film essay

Writer-director Ben Sharrock on how he made the first feature film to be shot on the Uists, a remote chain of islands 30 miles off the Scottish coast.

Maureen Bharoocha, whose new film Golden Arm is out Friday, traces her unlikely and eventful journey to the director's chair.

Writer-director Ricky Staub on the life-changing experience of making his Philadelphia-set debut feature, and the remarkable people he met on the way.

Lane Michael Stanley, writer-director of Addict Named Hal, on how Ken Kesey’s book and its iconic film adaptation changed how they see gender.

Prompted by Allen v. Farrow, Shannon Plumb shares a story from her own family that shows the importance of listening to and believing children.

Writer-director Danny Madden shares the memorable in-between moments from his new film, which opens in select theaters this Friday.

Director Jessica Kavana Dornbusch on how her Miami filmmaking peers stepped up when her new movie Reefa was illegally shut down by the police.

10 years after Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon premiered at Tribeca, director Stephen C. Mitchell looks at the movies which shaped it.

Come True's director and co-writer Anthony Scott Burns on how Michael Mann’s Manhunter saved him and changed the course of his life.

Shiva Baby's writer-director Emma Seligman on her lead actress, who also took on the role of friend, champion and support system.

When Tim Sutton set his new movie Funny Face in NYC, he knew it had to be a celebration of the city's diverse culinary pleasures.

First-time documentarian Karla Murthy, whose film The Place That Makes Us airs tomorrow on WORLD Channel, ponders what home means to her.