film essay

Emerging filmmaker Zyortza breaks down the intangibles that a great director needs, taking examples from the work of her heroes.

Director Katie Camosy on her never-completed doc on the mid-aughts London music scene ... and how it led to her debut feature, Gaslit, out now in theaters.

Writer-director Kerry Mondragon on tumultuous making of his (possibly cursed) new movie Wetiko, out now on digital.

Filmmaker and writer Lily Lady takes a close look at the most recent iteration of the old-school reality TV show ...

Writer-director Erika Burke Rossa on why, especially at this time, she wants to tell a different kind of story with her film Rain Reign, which just premiered at Tribeca.

Documentary filmmaker Ruth Leitman, whose classic Wildwood NJ is back in theaters in a new restoration, examines the dark comedic thread that connects all her work.

Writer-director Lucía Aleñar Iglesias on how growing up bilingual hugely impacted her complex debut feature, out now in theaters.

Director Eric Appel on his surprisingly personal connection to the new Nate Bargatze family comedy, which hits theaters today.

Filmmaker Chie Hayakawa shares some of the childhood stories that inspired her ’80s-set Cannes hit Renoir, which hits theaters tomorrow.

Yehuda Duenyas, who was the intimacy coordinator on the forthcoming I Want Your Sex, sets the record straight.

For his new film A. Rimbaud, Patrick Wang shares a prose poem channeling the French poet and a playlist of songs inspired by his work.

Writer-director-actor Ela Thier, whose new book How to Fail as an Artist is out now, shares her unconventional creative journey.