film essay

Niclas Larsson, whose debut feature, Mother, Couch, is now in theaters, on the delicate art of letter writing.

Actor-writer-director Jake Allyn shares the emotional journey of making his new movie, which is now in theaters and on demand.

Filmmaker Jessie Barr shares her cancer story, which is the focus of her upcoming gallery show in Los Angeles next week.

Tzvi, writer-director of the newly released cult film Killer of Men, on growing up loving movies in a family of Rabbinic scholars.

Director Nick August-Perna on the unlikely and rocky road to success he traveled with his new documentary, now a viral hit on Netflix.

Tomás Gómez Bustillo, writer-director of Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, on finding deep connection through cinema with his father.

Filmmaker Kentucker Audley on how he returned to making music with his stripped-down debut record, Old Amateur.

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

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

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

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

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