film essay

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on two crowd-pleasers from 1988 that make an irresistible double bill: The In Crowd and Hairspray.

As her debut feature To Kill a Wolf hits theaters, writer-director Kelsey Taylor comes face to face with her harshest critic ...

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire came out earlier this year, looks back on a simpler time.

Writer-director Jules Arita Koostachin on the profound impact Lee Tamahori's 1994 film had on her and her new film, Angela's Shadow.

Actor Joseph Cross on how he fulfilled a childhood ambition by directing his first movie, thanks to a crew who went above and beyond.

Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on her previous incarnations as one of the great screen mimes and Sean Penn's iconic stoner dude.

Filmmaker Lilian T. Mehrel offers a glimpse into the creative process behind her debut feature Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca 2025.

Writer and filmmaker Lily Lady on "peppers," Fried Green Tomatoes and a new way of helping cinemas stay alive.

Writer-director Tzvi shares the two letters he wrote to his cast and crew during the making of his upcoming second feature, The Down.

Writer-director-star Uttera Singh allows herself a few tangents as she tells the story of how her debut feature, Pinch, came to be.

Or how filmmaker Onur Tukel pushed back against the impending singularity by adapting his lycanthrope screenplay Run Werewolf Run into a novel.