film essay

For Victoria Negri, gearing up for her second feature has been an exercise in accepting uncertainty. And being on pandemic lockdown doesn't help any.

Director Ted Geoghegan will be relying on a rich selection of old movie favorites to tough it out during coronavirus isolation.

Actress-writer-director Deborah Twiss draws parallels between 9/11 and the present moment, and advocates for art as a way to process trauma.

Filmmaker Megan Griffiths, who got married in Seattle this past weekend, on #loveinthetimeofcorona.

Kelli Dunham, whose new comedy album Not the Gym Teacher is out now, on the comedy special that changed her life.

Writer-director Katharine O'Brien, whose debut feature Lost Transmissions opens today, on the challenges of making a film based on real life.

Writer-director-star Aaron Fisher on how art imitates life in his debut feature, Inside the Rain.

Swallow’s writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis charts his journey from perpetually terrified child to maker of psychological horror movies.

While directing his debut feature, Saint Frances, Alex Thompson started to look differently at how he ate and exercised.

Premature’s Rashaad Ernesto Green on why telling a young black love story was a radical act.

Writer-director Andrew Heckler treats filmmaking like an investigative journalist, starting with his new movie Burden.

The hard road James Sweeney traveled to make his debut feature Straight Up is not necessarily one that everyone will survive.