film essay

Kelli Dunham, whose new comedy album Not the Gym Teacher is out now, on the comedy special that changed her life.

Writer-director Katharine O'Brien, whose debut feature Lost Transmissions opens today, on the challenges of making a film based on real life.

Writer-director-star Aaron Fisher on how art imitates life in his debut feature, Inside the Rain.

Swallow’s writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis charts his journey from perpetually terrified child to maker of psychological horror movies.

While directing his debut feature, Saint Frances, Alex Thompson started to look differently at how he ate and exercised.

Premature’s Rashaad Ernesto Green on why telling a young black love story was a radical act.

Writer-director Andrew Heckler treats filmmaking like an investigative journalist, starting with his new movie Burden.

The hard road James Sweeney traveled to make his debut feature Straight Up is not necessarily one that everyone will survive.

Writer-director-actor Melissa Stephens on the very personal motivation that drove her to make her new short film, Travis.

Producer Marie Therese Guirgis on her recent struggles to both be a serious cinephile and stay true to her feminist principles.

Filmmaker Sacha Jenkins on the long-lost, newly restored Cane River, which his father Horace completed just months before his death in 1982.

Filmmaker and musician Brian McGuire charts his journey from daydreaming hyper spaze to director and cryptocurrency connoisseur.