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How Being a Failure Led Me to Making My Feature Debut

Film
By Micaela Wittman | April 5, 2022
By Micaela Wittman | April 5, 2022

How Being a Failure Led Me to Making My Feature Debut

Micaela Wittman charts her journey from frustrated actor to writer-director with her breakthrough film Clairevoyant.

My Biggest Failure (and How it Led to Where I Am Today)

Film
By Andrew Herr | January 18, 2022
By Andrew Herr | January 18, 2022

My Biggest Failure (and How it Led to Where I Am Today)

Actor Andrew Herr, best known as Jonesy on the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny, on his circuitous route to success.

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Film
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

Film
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.

Revisited: How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

Film
By Chris Osborn | December 25, 2019
By Chris Osborn | December 25, 2019

Revisited: How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

True Blue's writer-director does some frank career self-assessment and envisions a system that is interdependent, not "indie."

Failing Upward

Film
By Clay Liford | March 12, 2019
By Clay Liford | March 12, 2019

Failing Upward

Writer-director Clay Liford examines how he's set himself up for failure in the past and the positive actions he's taking to break that cycle.

How Songwriting Saved Kiri Oliver from the Curse of Perfectionism

Music
By Kiri Oliver | February 28, 2019
By Kiri Oliver | February 28, 2019

How Songwriting Saved Kiri Oliver from the Curse of Perfectionism

The Early Riser frontwoman on the importance of being willing to fall on your face once in a while.

How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

Film
By Chris Osborn | February 22, 2019
By Chris Osborn | February 22, 2019

How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

True Blue's writer-director does some frank career self-assessment and envisions a system that is interdependent, not "indie."

Music is My Hobby Now — and I’m Proud

Music
By John Strohm | June 27, 2016
By John Strohm | June 27, 2016

Music is My Hobby Now — and I’m Proud

John Strohm (Blake Babies, the Lemonheads) enjoys the simple pleasures of playing a suburban block party.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Gaspar Noé’s Love

Film
By Terence Nance | November 6, 2015
By Terence Nance | November 6, 2015

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Gaspar Noé’s Love

Probably the only examination of this film to reference Puff Daddy, Key & Peele, MTV reality shows, Rick Alverson and Michael Bay.

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