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Being Jason Vaughn, or How I Kickstarted My Career By Becoming My Own (Fake) Agent

Film
By Pej Vahdat | November 9, 2022
By Pej Vahdat | November 9, 2022

Being Jason Vaughn, or How I Kickstarted My Career By Becoming My Own (Fake) Agent

Pej Vahdat on the unusual (and creative) approach he needed to take in order to kickstart his career as an actor.

Drooling Towards Bethlehem: Taking Risks in Making Art

Film
By Eleanore Pienta | November 7, 2022
By Eleanore Pienta | November 7, 2022

Drooling Towards Bethlehem: Taking Risks in Making Art

Multihyphenate Eleanore Pienta, who can currently be seen in the thriller Soft & Quiet, on the importance pushing oneself creatively.

How Leaving the Life I Knew Saved Me

Film
By An Tran | November 4, 2022
By An Tran | November 4, 2022

How Leaving the Life I Knew Saved Me

An Tran, director of the new documentary For Tomorrow, on how relocating to Vietnam turned out to be exactly the change she needed.

Reaching a Place of Vulnerability and Authenticity

Film
By Ricki Stern | November 1, 2022
By Ricki Stern | November 1, 2022

Reaching a Place of Vulnerability and Authenticity

Documentary director Ricki Stern, whose new film A Radical Life is now streaming on discovery+, on getting to the core of her subjects.

How a Brush With Death Made Me an Even Bigger Horror Fan

Film
By Kimberley Elizabeth | October 27, 2022
By Kimberley Elizabeth | October 27, 2022

How a Brush With Death Made Me an Even Bigger Horror Fan

Kimberley Elizabeth, one of the directors of the new horror anthology movie Sinphony, on her origin story as a genre filmmaker.

Stories for Indigestion

Film
By Rodrigo García | October 25, 2022
By Rodrigo García | October 25, 2022

Stories for Indigestion

Writer-director Rodrigo García, whose new film Raymond & Ray is now on Apple TV+, goes back to the very roots of storytelling.

For Michael

Film
By Ryan Spahn | October 20, 2022
By Ryan Spahn | October 20, 2022

For Michael

On the anniversary of their first date, multi-hyphenate Ryan Spahn looks back on 14 years with his partner, actor Michael Urie.

From Teen to Parent and Back Again

Film
By Jenny Waldo | October 17, 2022
By Jenny Waldo | October 17, 2022

From Teen to Parent and Back Again

Acid Test writer-director Jenny Waldo reflects on making a personal coming-of-age movie while a mother to teenage kids.

Opa + Me

Film
By Karina Manashil | October 13, 2022
By Karina Manashil | October 13, 2022

Opa + Me

Producer Karina Manashil weaves together her family history and her deep love of the nature documentary series Kingdom of the Apes.

I Made a Movie to Save My Marriage and Then I Got Divorced

Film
By Michael Tennant | October 12, 2022
By Michael Tennant | October 12, 2022

I Made a Movie to Save My Marriage and Then I Got Divorced

Actor-writer-producer Michael Tennant shares the complex personal backstory to his new movie, Pretty Problems.

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