film essay

Ryan Martin Brown looks back on making his new movie Free Time, which is now out on digital, through a photographic lens.

Karla Murthy, whose latest documentary, Love, Jamie, is now streaming on PBS American Masters, on where she finds creative inspiration.

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

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

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

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.