film essay

While finishing his new Sundance feature during COVID-19, animator Dash Shaw relieved his stress through a therapeutic creative outlet.

When COVID-19 forced Spoor director Agnieszka Holland to stop working, she paused to observe some truths about life and cinema.

Sarah Pirozek charts her journey from making '90s hip-hop videos through to directing her first narrative feature, #Like, which is out now.

Angela Tucker on why producing Belly of the Beast, a documentary on race and forced sterilizations, was so personally resonant for her.

For Jake Allyn, the star and co-writer of No Man's Land, his main aim as a filmmaker is to create connection with the audience.

Filmmaker Irina Varina looks back on, and tries to make sense of, the series of short films she made during pandemic-era 2020.

This is Us star and Joseph the Spouse lead singer Chris Sullivan on how artistic expression and finding true purpose has shaped his life.

Filmmaker Katherine Fairfax Wright on the memorable experience of making election ads with six-year-old motivational speaker Caleb Stewart.

Under lockdown, filmmaker Shannon Plumb talks to her husband Derek Cianfrance as he completes his new HBO show with Mark Ruffalo.

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

The Iranian director of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness looks back on his cinematic journey, and the attempt to find closure with his new film.

Peter Strickland, whose new short Cold Meridian is out now, wants your help finding an obscure Japanese oddity he’s been tracking for decades.