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James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) Talks with David Lowery (The Old Man and the Gun) for the Talkhouse Podcast

In a conversation recorded at Soho House in L.A., writer-director Lowery chats with longtime friend Ponsoldt about his new movie.

October 2, 2018

How Giving Up on My Movie Actually Made it a Reality

The writer-director of Don't Leave Home tells the frustrating, improbable story of how his fifth feature (finally) came to be.

September 13, 2018

Hannah Fidell (The Long Dumb Road) Talks with Josephine Decker (Madeline’s Madeline) for the Talkhouse Podcast

Recorded at Sundance, the two director friends discuss their new films, race, childhood storytelling games, and much more.

Between Brooklyn and Manila

Manila Death Squad's director on his adopted home and his birth country, and making work that explores the gap between the two places.

August 7, 2018

A Love Letter to Wanda

Sometimes the sign of a great film is that you don't like it the first time. With Christina Choe and Wanda, that was certainly the case.

August 6, 2018

What I Learned Working with Jean-Luc Godard, Béla Tarr and Alex Cox

At the end of the day, writes Gavagai's writer-director Rob Tregenza, it's all dependent cinema.

August 3, 2018

Peace in Chaos: An Introvert’s Story of Speaking Softly in a Loud Business

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, director of the new YA sci-fi thriller The Darkest Minds, on how she went from quiet animator to blockbuster director.

August 2, 2018

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

Susanna Nicchiarelli is about to release her new film Nico, 1988, and about to have her second child. She has a lot of thoughts about all this.

August 1, 2018

Voyeurism and Half-Lit Streets: Bette Gordon on Variety

Bette Gordon takes us back to Downtown NYC in the early 1980s and the roots of her classic 1983 directorial debut feature.

July 18, 2018

Why a Little Black Girl Wanted to Make a Feature Film

Leslie Harris on the unique journey she took to making her debut feature, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., and beyond.

July 13, 2018

Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men) Talks with Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You) for the Talkhouse Podcast

Two of the hottest new directors of 2018 sit down at the Sundance Film Festival to discuss their contrasting paths to success.

How I Became an Accidental Filmmaker

The director of the new film Love, Cecil on stumbling into cinema, and how she somehow ends up looking like all of her documentary subjects.