film essay
Second Date Movies That Will Make Your Partner Fall for You
Comedian Anna Roisman offers up a list of fail-safe viewing options for when you're looking to take your relationship to the next level.
You’re Too Much
Director Kim Farrant on taking her new film Angel of Mine, starring Noomi Rapace, to a place of intense emotional honesty.
How Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler’s Murder Mystery Solved the Case of the Uncomfortable Imposter!
Before You Know It's writer-director-star Hannah Pearl Utt on how the Netflix comedy saved her at a moment of existential and creative crisis.
How a New-Age Sex Therapist From a Banned Cult Turned My Filmmaking Dreams Into a Nightmare
Perception writer-director Ilana Rein shares the wild tale of her darkest moments in the "hope-industrial complex" of the indie film world.
Why Making Documentaries is an Act of Resistance
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? director Roberto Minervini on the profound importance of nonfiction filmmaking, now more than ever.
A Not Very Funny Story About My Mother and the 1998 Movie The Godson
Ahead of his Off-Broadway show, Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald shares a poignant tale from his past.
Four Stories About Alexander Sokurov
Documentarian Victor Kossakovsky dedicated his new film Aquarela to Russian cinematic great Sokurov. Here he explains why.
A Father-Son Story
For A Score to Settle director Shawn Ku, the themes of his films connect deeply to his own relationship with his father.
The Rest of the Story
For a long time, Brian Falduto was “the gay kid from School of Rock,” but now he’s happily writing new, exciting chapters of his life.
The “Lost” Pilot Episode of Exhibit A in Words and Photos
Exhibit A's creator Kelly Loudenberg shares stories and images from the show's unseen episode about bite marks.
The Responsibility (and Fear) of Telling the Extraordinary Life of Anton Yelchin
Garret Price on how he transitioned from editor to director to work with the Yelchin family on the intimate documentary portrait Love, Antosha.
Making a Latinx Movie in the Time of Trump
Coyote Lake's Mexican writer-director Sara Seligman on her complicated feelings about making a film with Latino villains in the present era.











