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On Being a Millennial Making a Holocaust Film

Film
By Serena Dykman | April 11, 2018
By Serena Dykman | April 11, 2018

On Being a Millennial Making a Holocaust Film

Serena Dykman shares her experiences making her directorial debut, Nana, which is released this week.

Our Own Language

Music
By Fat Tony | December 13, 2017
By Fat Tony | December 13, 2017

Our Own Language

My brother Charles is autistic and has been nonverbal for our whole lives.

Yammer of Thor: On Death

Music
By Thor Harris | September 26, 2017
By Thor Harris | September 26, 2017

Yammer of Thor: On Death

"There is a kind of wisdom one only gains through pain or loss."

“And Where Did the Idea for the Film Come From?”

Film
By Angus MacLachlan | September 25, 2017
By Angus MacLachlan | September 25, 2017

“And Where Did the Idea for the Film Come From?”

Writer-director Angus MacLachlan shares some of the stories behind his latest film, Abundant Acreage Available, which opens this week.

On Compulsive Home-Movie-Making During Loss, Birth and Hamlet

Film
By Elvira Lind | September 20, 2017
By Elvira Lind | September 20, 2017

On Compulsive Home-Movie-Making During Loss, Birth and Hamlet

Bobbi Jene director Elvira Lind on the documentary she shot but may never show about a tumultuous year in her and husband Oscar Isaac's life.

Marjorie Prime and Memories of My Father (Still-Living)

Film
By Shannon Plumb | August 23, 2017
By Shannon Plumb | August 23, 2017

Marjorie Prime and Memories of My Father (Still-Living)

Shannon Plumb pens a beautiful, idiosyncratic response to Michael Almereyda's movie about love, death and memory.

A Ghost Story and My Own Ghosts of the Past

Film
By Victoria Negri | July 12, 2017
By Victoria Negri | July 12, 2017

A Ghost Story and My Own Ghosts of the Past

Victoria Negri shares the personal and moving response she had to David Lowery's new movie about memory, loss and time.

A Chronicle of My Attempts to Live an Integrated Life as a Mother, Wife and Filmmaker

Film
By So Yong Kim | February 17, 2017
By So Yong Kim | February 17, 2017

A Chronicle of My Attempts to Live an Integrated Life as a Mother, Wife and Filmmaker

Lovesong director So Yong Kim looks back on how she and her filmmaker husband Brad have tried to integrate their work and family lives.

Specters of the Past: Revisiting October Country in Post-Election America

Film
By Donal Mosher | December 16, 2016
By Donal Mosher | December 16, 2016

Specters of the Past: Revisiting October Country in Post-Election America

Donal Mosher looks back at the documentary portrait he made of his family, and is faced with the question of whether it represents Trump voters.

Video Essay: The Essence of Agony

Film
By Nathan Silver | December 14, 2016
By Nathan Silver | December 14, 2016

Video Essay: The Essence of Agony

Nathan Silver, who has cast his mother Cindy in nearly all his films, tries to make sense of their complex and often fraught working relationship.

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