film essay

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.

David Usui on the mayor and the gull, telling small-town stories and his new documentary, Been Here Stay Here.

Filmmaker Mark Rappaport on the genesis of his witty, cinephilic photomontages, which are collected together in Book of Dreams.

Screenwriter Jeremy Slater on his late father, videogames and his new movie, Mortal Kombat II, which hits theaters tomorrow.

Editor turned writer-director Josh Ethier on his joint love of horror movies and bleak, confrontational European cinema.

Benjamin Wagner on directly addressing his mental health struggles and leaning into vulnerability in his new documentary Friends & Neighbors.

G. Anthony Svatek, whose debut feature Humboldt USA plays First Look this weekend, on how collaging has made him a better filmmaker.

Lynne Sachs, who this week will be presented the Pesistence of Vision Award, on making her new film Every Contact Leaves a Trace.

Josh Heaps on the personal journey behind his no-budget giallo homage City Wide Fever, which is out now through Factory 25.

As Redux Redux hits digital, Kevin McManus on the many filmmaking adventures he and his brother Matthew had with their beloved Saturn Ion.