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Failing Better

Writer-director-actor Celyn Jones looks back on the filming of a pivotal scene in his debut feature, The Almond and the Seahorse.

December 15, 2022

How Did I Get Here?

Director Matt Stawski charts his journey from punk rock roots to directing the new kids musical Blue's Big City Adventure.

November 17, 2022

Going Back to the Source

Director Mark Pellington shares the backstory of creating the Director’s Edit of his debut feature, Going All the Way.

November 15, 2022

Dina Amer Talks with Ramy Youssef on the Talkhouse Podcast

The writer-director of You Resemble Me, the moving real-life drama out now in theaters, in conversation with Ramy's creator-star.

November 10, 2022

All It Took Was a Brain Injury

Filmmaker Ian Clark ponders the personal and creative repercussions of being in a major car accident in 2019.

October 10, 2022

On Making Mistakes and Learning to Embrace Them

Tom George, director of the new star-studded comedy mystery See How They Run, on the only true way to get good at filmmaking.

September 14, 2022

Revisited: Making Movies, Making Babies (and the Monster Beside Me)

Susanna Nicchiarelli, whose new feature Chiara debuts today in Venice, on bringing films and new life into the world at the same time.

September 9, 2022

The Film As It Makes Itself

Filmmaker Juan Pablo González on the unconventional and organic way he made his debut feature, Dos estaciones, in his hometown.

September 9, 2022

Back to School

Writer-director Sabrina Jaglom on returning to her teenage years for her latest film, the high-school thriller JANE.

August 25, 2022

Mix Tape

Killian & the Comeback Kids writer-director-star Taylor A. Purdee on multiracial representation, both in front and behind the camera.

August 18, 2022

The Films That Shaped Me – and the Teenage Movie That Made Me a Director

Vincent Grashaw, whose new film, What Josiah Saw, is streaming now on Shudder, on ’90s classics and his WWII epic, The Shortest Straw.

August 16, 2022

The Wonder of Stories Hiding in Plain Sight

Paradise Highway writer-director Anna Gutto on making an audience-friendly film about a topic many people want to pretend doesn’t exist.

July 29, 2022