documentary
Being BeBe: No Acting Please
Emily Branham on the intense acting class that she and her subject, Ru Paul's Drag Race winner BeBe Benet, took while making her new movie.
The Music of Collaboration
The men behind McMillion$ and the new Apple TV+ true-crime docuseries The Big Conn on how being in rock bands shaped them as filmmakers.
Film: To Imagine What is Possible
Since I Been Down director Gilda Sheppard on the way that creative imagination has shaped her distinctive approach to filmmaking.
Like Songs Floating in the Air
Director Robert Machoian reveals the backstory to his documentary Notes From a Quiet Town, made as a companion piece to the Killers' new album.
Undefined: A Lifelong Journey with Adaptation and Self-Love
Dancer and filmmaker Kelsey Peterson shares the emotional trajectory of making her debut documentary feature, Move Me.
“When Will You Make an End?”
David Licata on his 15-year journey making A Life’s Work, his new documentary about people engaged in all-consuming, open-ended projects.
The Other F-Word
Documentary filmmaker Patrick Forbes on the central role that fear has played in shaping his work over the years.
Why Lucy Matters to Me
To mark the release of Amy Poehler’s new doc Lucy and Desi, Shannon Plumb shares her deep love of Lucille Ball and how she changed the world.
The Black Box of Documentary Filmmaking
The Phantom director Patrick Forbes on the pivotal relationship between director and interviewee that is so crucial to a good non-fiction film.
For My Brother
Jeremiah Zagar on the very personal reason he was motivated to make The Fix, his new Roku docuseries on the truth about drug addiction.
In Afghanistan, Love Blossoms Against Violence
Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei on how love flourished in the face of war, both in their film Three Songs for Benazir and in their own lives.
Best of 2021: Michel Franco on The Beatles: Get Back
The Mexican writer-director, whose new film Sundown hits theaters this Friday, on his favorite movie of the past year.











