film essay

Screenwriter Fusco on the blues-tinged journey that took him from his debut film to his latest, The Highwaymen — and to making his first album.

Michelle Memran on the lengthy and arduous journey she took to complete The Rest I Make Up, her film about playwright María Irene Fornés.

Documentarian Alison Klayman on how family history informed the decision to direct her latest film, The Brink.

Azazel Jacobs shares a short appreciation of the beloved Finnish writer-director, who is being celebrated with a retrospective at NYC's Metrograph.

Pat McGee on the ethical dilemmas he faced when making his debut doc feature, the film which inspired Viceland's Dopesick Nation.

Last year, Joel Potrykus' son, Solo, was born 10 days before his new film premiered. As Relaxer hits theaters, he takes stock of where he's at.

Mark Cousins, director of the new doc The Eyes of Orson Welles, on how our current age has caught up to a genius ahead of his time.

Writer-director Clay Liford examines how he's set himself up for failure in the past and the positive actions he's taking to break that cycle.

Two Plains and a Fancy directors Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn on their love for these two kinds of eerie viewing experiences.

The writer-director-star of The Poet and the Professor on the personal and cinematic experiences that informed her taboo-busting film.

The director of the re-released Beatles film The Hours and Times on how speculative history became the framework he chose to make movies.

Writer-director Neil Jordan, returning with Greta, his first film in six years, looks back on some projects that never quite came to fruition.