film essay
My Eight-Year Odyssey Trying to Get The Greatest Beer Run Ever Made
Producer Andrew Muscato on the perseverance and patience it took to bring the remarkable story of Chickie Donohue to the big screen.
For the (Puerto Rican) Culture
For Hispanic Heritage Month, Cobra Kai actor Rose Bianco talks positively impacting Puerto Rican on-screen representation through her work.
All in the Family: Brotherhood, Addiction and My First Feature
Writer-director-actor Scott Friend on the real-life events that led to him making his debut feature, To the Moon.
Stories of What’s Left Behind: On Making They Won’t Call It Murder
The directors of the new Field of Vision short documentary share their experiences chronicling the human impact of police killings in Columbus, Ohio.
On Making Mistakes and Learning to Embrace Them
Tom George, director of the new star-studded comedy mystery See How They Run, on the only true way to get good at filmmaking.
Revisited: Making Movies, Making Babies (and the Monster Beside Me)
Susanna Nicchiarelli, whose new feature Chiara debuts today in Venice, on bringing films and new life into the world at the same time.
The Film As It Makes Itself
Filmmaker Juan Pablo González on the unconventional and organic way he made his debut feature, Dos estaciones, in his hometown.
Revisited: Every Being That Lives Will One Day Die
Writer-director Carla Simón, whose new short is at the Venice Film Festival, on how the death of a family member has underpinned each of her films.
Revisited: Abel Ferrara Talks the Actor-Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration
As Abel Ferrara's new feature Padre Pio premieres at the Venice Film Festival, we look back at his 2015 essay for Talkhouse.
Revisited: How the World Became Wellesian
Mark Cousins, whose new film March on Rome just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, on how Orson Welles was a man ahead of his time.
Pursuing Pasolini
Filmmaker and historian of LGBTQ cinema Jenni Olson on her unusual relationship with the late Italian auteur, who this year celebrates his centenary.
The Art of the Finish
On the 17th anniversary of the disaster, the director of Hurricane Katrina doc Forced Change details his epic path to completing his film.
