film essay

Making his new film, 18 to Party, writer-director Jeff Roda discovered that sometimes you should meet your heroes, after all.

Henry Butash reflects on how his time on three films by the master affected his own directorial debut, The Atlantic City Story.

Lillian LaSalle, director of the new documentary My Name is Pedro, on her challenging, emotional experiences during the pandemic.

Director John Stewart on his criminally overlooked stunt-filled thriller Action U.S.A., which is newly re-released in 4K.

The man behind How To With John Wilson froze when he was asked about his influences, so he decided to write some of them down.

Documentarian Sabrina Van Tassel on the path that led her to her most significant project to date, the stirring The State of Texas vs. Melissa.

Lydia Dean Pilcher, director of the new films Radium Girls and A Call to Spy, reflects on her personal and professional journey in 2020.

LiME writer-director Dawn Storey reflects on the impact, both personally and creatively, that Baldwin had on their life.

Julia Marchese on how being an outsider and her love of Stephen King led to her latest project, a film version of King's story “I Know What You Need.”

Indie legend Tom DiCillo writes for the first time about the backstory to his 2006 film and why he needed to revisit it for a new version.

Lifelong best friends Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff share adventures from making their debut feature The Planters alone in the desert.

When you travel all over and play a show a day for a year and make a movie about it, you inevitably learn lessons. But you also have to remember them.