film essay

Director Amber Sealey on OCD, ADHD and the personal growth she achieved making her new movie, Out of My Mind, now streaming on Disney+.

Night is Not Eternal director Nanfu Wang on what she has learned from living and making work in the U.S. in the past 13 years.

Director Dan Chen on film, family, the intersection of those two things, and his new Vimeo Staff Pick doc You're Too Sensitive.

Writer-director Kelsey Egan, whose new thriller The Fix is out today, on what she learned about filmmaking from her time as a stuntperson.

James Ward Byrkit on the mysterious intuition that has guided him, from anticipating earthquakes to creating his new TV show, Shatter Belt.

Palestinian director Areeb Zuaiter on Gaza, her new documentary Yalla Parkour, which premieres at DOC NYC tomorrow, and what is yet to come.

Actor Tom Bateman, who made his screenwriting debut with the new thriller Magpie, traces back his long relationship with storytelling.

Christmas Eve in Miller's Point writer-director Tyler Taormina pulls back the curtain on his secret body of work as YouTube shitposter.

Producer William Rosenfeld on his unconventional approach to making the horror hit It's What's Inside, which sold for $17 million at Sundance.

The director of Lost on a Mountain in Maine on how his childhood in Madagascar shaped him into the person and filmmaker he is today.

For Halloween, Julia Marchese gives some love to her favorite horror movie of all time, which hits the big 4-0 this year.

Writer-director Michael Felker looks back on the disastrous first week of his debut feature, Things Will Be Different.