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Swimming Upstream

Kusama — Infinity director Heather Lenz details the obstacles she faced during her resilient attempts to get her documentary made.

September 6, 2018

An Oral and Visual History of the Making of Bisbee ’17

Director Robert Greene, his cinematographer and producers break down the images in their new film, and how they used genre to interrogate mythologies.

September 4, 2018

How We Ended Up Casting a Legendary French Porn Star in Our New Movie

The married writer-directors of Let the Corpses Tan on using porn stars in their movies, and working with the iconic Marilyn Jess.

How a Broken TV Led to Us Becoming Hollywood Filmmakers

Twins Jonathan and Josh Baker, the Australian directing team behind the new sci-fi film Kin, recall when their beloved family set packed it in.

Making a Fictional Documentary in the Era of Fake News

Dean Fleischer-Camp on the story behind his film Fraud, and what it's been like to show the film to audiences in the current climate.

August 23, 2018

Storyboarding We the Animals

The director and co-writer of We the Animals discusses putting his film on paper before he made it, and shares storyboards from the movie.

August 20, 2018

How Repeated Rejection Can Lead To Your Dream Job

Two of the The Katydids, the comedy team behind TV Land's hit sitcom Teachers, share how hearing a lot of “no's” set them up for success.

One Year After Charlottesville, Lessons Learned from Making a Film About the Alt-Right and Antifa

Adam Bhala Lough, director of Alt-Right: Age of Rage, ponders where we stand 12 months after the tragic death of Heather Heyer.

August 10, 2018

Between Brooklyn and Manila

Manila Death Squad's director on his adopted home and his birth country, and making work that explores the gap between the two places.

August 7, 2018

What I Learned Working with Jean-Luc Godard, Béla Tarr and Alex Cox

At the end of the day, writes Gavagai's writer-director Rob Tregenza, it's all dependent cinema.

August 3, 2018

Peace in Chaos: An Introvert’s Story of Speaking Softly in a Loud Business

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, director of the new YA sci-fi thriller The Darkest Minds, on how she went from quiet animator to blockbuster director.

August 2, 2018

Making Movies, Making Babies (and the Monster Beside Me)

Susanna Nicchiarelli is about to release her new film Nico, 1988, and about to have her second child. She has a lot of thoughts about all this.

August 1, 2018