film essay

Sasha Waters Freyer, director of Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable, has some thoughts on being a so-called "late-bloomer."

The writer-director-star of Armed writes about his unconventional upbringing and becoming the filmmaker — and man — he is today.

The writer-director of Don't Leave Home tells the frustrating, improbable story of how his fifth feature (finally) came to be.

Documentary filmmaker Jesse Sweet on the recent rush of movies about Hasidic Jews, and his own upcoming film, City of Joel.

For MDMA writer-director Angie Wang, The Affair and Sharp Objects have helped her see and discuss difficult topics in a new way.

Amy Scott talks accidentally getting stoned in Italy, Roger Ebert, La Dolce Vita, Trump, editing, and her debut feature, Hal.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.