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From “Interesting Enough” Actors to Extremely Unique Filmmakers

Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung on the experience of the taking massive creative leap of making their debut feature Extremely Unique Dynamic.

Revisited: The Process

My First Film director (and new mother) Zia Anger on what it takes to make something and usher it into the world.

January 3, 2025

Neurodiversity is the Fucking Coolest Thing in the World

Director Amber Sealey on OCD, ADHD and the personal growth she achieved making her new movie, Out of My Mind, now streaming on Disney+.

December 11, 2024

How Stunt Work Prepared Me for Directing

Writer-director Kelsey Egan, whose new thriller The Fix is out today, on what she learned about filmmaking from her time as a stuntperson.

November 22, 2024

The Knowing and the Victory of Magical Thinking

James Ward Byrkit on the mysterious intuition that has guided him, from anticipating earthquakes to creating his new TV show, Shatter Belt.

November 19, 2024

Who Am I? Or, Finding My Identity in Cinema

The director of Lost on a Mountain in Maine on how his childhood in Madagascar shaped him into the person and filmmaker he is today.

Three Great Things: Alan Rudolph

The legendary indie pioneer, whose 1999 film Breakfast of Champions is re-released today, shares a trio of personal favorites.

November 1, 2024

Revisited: Lake Bell Talks with Santigold for the Talkhouse Podcast

Friends Lake and Santi talk motherhood, creativity, and the challenges of balancing the two.

October 31, 2024

“Where Else Can I Go?” Or, How I Reckoned With My Movie Almost Completely Falling Apart On Day One

Writer-director Michael Felker looks back on the disastrous first week of his debut feature, Things Will Be Different.

October 25, 2024

My First (and Last) Film

Filmmaker Sheridan O'Donnell on the seismic life event which completely changed how he approached making his debut feature, Little Brother.

September 17, 2024

Storyboarding Stick Men to the Finished Product

Writer-director Rodger Griffiths shows the unconventional path he took in visualizing his debut feature, Betrayal, out now on VOD.

September 10, 2024

My Serendipitous Stint as Fishmonger-Filmmaker

Emily Packer on working at the Union Square market while making her debut feature, Holding Back the Tide, which opens this week in NYC.

September 4, 2024