film essay

Storyteller and standup comedian Jeff Simmermon charts the integral role that Paul Verhoeven's 1987 classic has played in his personal life.

Micah Van Hove looks back on an unforgettable 10 days in Peru at Werner Herzog's filmmaking workshop in the Amazonian jungle.

The Burton sisters, who make films and shows together as Five Sisters Productions, explain how their family setup made them ideal collaborators.

Pat McGee, the director of the new documentary Bernie Blackout: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, reflects on his journey making the film.

Director David Charles Rodrigues never got any formal film education. Instead, he learned everything from his favorite video-store clerk, Cláudio.

Driveways director Andrew Ahn processes the death of his grandmother and actor Brian Dennehy by revisiting their performances in his films.

Co-stars and co-writers Joshua Leonard and Jess Weixler share their (slightly differing) perspectives on their new film Fully Realized Humans.

Two of the directors of Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections share the important takeaways from their sobering investigative doc.

Director Martha Stephens traces back the roots of her fascination with being a teenager in the '50s and '60s, the focus of her latest film.

First-time filmmaker Bo McGuire on how he used “skillful will” to make his Tribeca-winning docudrama Socks on Fire.

Under lockdown, filmmaker Shannon Plumb talks to her husband Derek Cianfrance as he completes his new HBO show with Mark Ruffalo.

Mike Doyle, the writer-director-producer of Almost Love, on the serendipitous meeting with his hero which helped make his new movie a reality.