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Cutting and Pasting My Way Through the Western Cannon

Filmmaker Shaina Feinberg on how her process of reimagining movies has shaped the work she has made over the course of her creative career.

July 19, 2024

Integrity vs. Innovation: How AI is Redefining Documentary Filmmaking

Rachel Elizabeth Seed, director of the new doc A Photographic Memory, dives into the most pressing current topic in non-fiction cinema.

Verses of Defiance

The actor, whose recently published his debut collection of poetry, Her, Him & I, on the role the book played in his personal evolution.

July 15, 2024

“All You Need in Life is a Sharp Knife”

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

July 12, 2024

The Ride of My Life

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

July 11, 2024

Live Live Live

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

July 3, 2024

God Moving Across the Screen

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

July 2, 2024

The Strange Case of Tell Them You Love Me

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

July 1, 2024

A Language Beyond Words

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

“I Fucking Hate Folk Music”

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

June 25, 2024

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