film essay

Writer-director Corey Sherman on the very specific details that made his crowdpleasing debut feature come fully to life.

As she releases Sleep No More, a new cut of her 2014 debut, Antonia Bogdanovich comes to terms with truly belonging in the director's chair.

Shannon Plumb goes to Florida to visit her father ... and finds inspiration in his surprising narrative arc.

Writer-director Onur Tukel has a novel idea for how the Democratic presidential nominee could claim victory in November.

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.