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The Truth in Our Lies

Actor-writer-director David Beck on the complicated relationship between storytelling and (un)truth, and his new film Regarding Us.

June 21, 2024

a poem is a city asking a clock why

Writer-director Jac Cron, whose new movie, Chestnut, is in theaters from tomorrow, on how she has evolved creatively through poetry.

June 20, 2024

A Letter to My Sweet Boy

Sareen Hairabedian, whose new documentary My Sweet Land just had its world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, writes to her newborn son.

June 18, 2024

Better in Person

Jenn Harris on IRL connection, leaving Brooklyn and her new short film, She's Clean.

June 13, 2024

The Emergence of Emergent City

Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg on the roots of their new doc, the chronicle of a changing Brooklyn, which premieres at Tribeca today.

Can a Friendship Survive the Making of a Buddy Comedy?

Writer-director Fernando Andrés on the real-life story behind his new movie Rent Free, which premieres at Tribeca tomorrow.

June 6, 2024

“Struck Faceless and Yet, We Continue to Speak”

Lynne Sachs, the subject of a current retrospective at DCTV, on the powerful experience of making her new abortion documentary, Contractions.

June 5, 2024

The Kitchen

From the Talkhouse Reader, Oscar nominee Colman Domingo on a fulfilling life of performance, creativity and food.

May 30, 2024

The Industry is in Crisis, But Make Something Anyway

Despite all the challenges creatives face at the moment, Laura Hunter Drago is finding a way to get her work out there.

May 23, 2024

Film-Geeking

Writer-director Richard Shepard looks back on his cinephilic childhood, the focus of his new documentary, Film Geek.

May 15, 2024

Filmmaking and Fatherhood: Five Years Later

Writer-director Joel Potrykus, whose new film Vulcanizadora premieres at Tribeca next month, on life with his son, Solo.

May 10, 2024

My Rocky Horror Picture Show Obsession

Out of Print director Julia Marchese traces the roots of her deep love for one of the greatest midnight movies of all time.

May 7, 2024