film essay

Two New York City-based directors, both half of a fraternal filmmaking team, share their stories of attending the prestigious French festival.

Three filmmakers who are recent alumni of the Cannes Film Festival share their chronicles of the Croisette.

The Danish director looks back on the trajectory his career has taken and a crucial piece of advice he received from one of cinema's all-time greats.

The journeyman director looks back on one of his most controversial films, and how it caused a (literal) stink among journalists in the U.K.

After running and gunning in both Saigon and Los Angeles, a filmmaker pays stylistic homage to Truffaut in the City of Lights.

The Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning filmmaker lays out the perspective that has led him to push himself creatively throughout his career.

The veteran writer/producer turned director asks why one of our most beloved movie genres is currently in such a perilous state.

Sometimes growing up in a filmmaking family means sleeping on the editing room floor, or discovering classic movies before you hit double digits.

The actor turned director recalls the day in 1987 when, as an aspiring young thespian, an unexpected call gave him a career-launching break.

A caffeinated conversation with the British documentarian as his latest work premiered simultaneously at a film festival and online.

Pondering the disparate runners and riders in the Academy Awards non-fiction race, and what winning the statuette is supposed to mean.

In 1980s Paris, a young filmmaker meets one of the giants of world cinema (who asks him to please shut the door on his way out).