film essay

Director and cinematographer Jon Bregel on creative burnout and rethinking how to make filmmaking play a truly positive role in his life.

Writer-director Vincent D’Alessandro on the challenges he faced finding a home in the world for his debut feature, Bottom Feeders.

Writer-director-actor Max Talisman shares a definitive mixtape of the love songs that shaped his film Things Like This, which opens today.

Writer-director Sarah Kambe Holland on the different aspects of her hilarious debut feature that resonate with her own real-life experiences.

Palestinian-German writer-director Lexi Alexander on the difficulties of releasing her new feature Absolute Dominion at this moment in time.

Former soap writer Alina Adams looks at the (previously?) controversial topic of interracial love, both on screen and in her own life.

Writer-director Sarah Jayne Brown on the messy, uncomfortable process of writing Unicorn’s Dilemma, now crowdfunding on Indiegogo.

Writer-director Hala Matar on the beautiful, unexpected and slightly chaotic genesis of her debut feature, Electra, which is in theaters now.

Writer-director Joshua Erkman on creating an entire body of work for the central character in his new movie, A Desert, which opens tomorrow.

Writer-director Constance Tsang on the transformative process of making her Cannes hit Blue Sun Palace, which is in theaters now.

Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg on their new short film, Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded, nothing, everything, the internet, etc.

Actor turned writer-director Emma Claire Crockett shares some rookie mistakes (and potential hexes) from her debut short film.