film essay

Noah Segan, who wrote, directed and stars in the vampire road movie Blood Relatives, ponders some formative films that shaped his worldview.

Writer-director Anthony Orkin on how his personal history with lowbrow culture led to his new movie, the musical Hello From Nowhere.

Actor-writer-director Brian McGuire explores the convergence of two of his great passions: cinema and cryptocurrency.

Actor-writer-director Kit Zauhar, whose debut feature Actual People opens Friday, reflects on a memorable student film shoot.

Director Mark Pellington shares the backstory of creating the Director’s Edit of his debut feature, Going All the Way.

Pej Vahdat on the unusual (and creative) approach he needed to take in order to kickstart his career as an actor.

Multihyphenate Eleanore Pienta, who can currently be seen in the thriller Soft & Quiet, on the importance pushing oneself creatively.

An Tran, director of the new documentary For Tomorrow, on how relocating to Vietnam turned out to be exactly the change she needed.

Documentary director Ricki Stern, whose new film A Radical Life is now streaming on discovery+, on getting to the core of her subjects.

Kimberley Elizabeth, one of the directors of the new horror anthology movie Sinphony, on her origin story as a genre filmmaker.

Writer-director Rodrigo García, whose new film Raymond & Ray is now on Apple TV+, goes back to the very roots of storytelling.

On the anniversary of their first date, multi-hyphenate Ryan Spahn looks back on 14 years with his partner, actor Michael Urie.