film essay

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.

Sundance-winning filmmaker Jack Dunphy, whose new podcast Revelations with Jack Dunphy premieres next week, on his dad, drugs and dissociation.

Japanese writer-director Daisuke Miyazaki, whose new film Plastic opens today, on opting out of school and society, before discovering cinema.

Documentary filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen on motherhood and realizing what her new movie, Weed & Wine, is actually about.

Darla in Space’s directors on how they used AI in their film, got criticized, took it out and have now pretty much solved the whole AI problem.

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on visiting David Lynch’s house, and her other disparate adventures in the world of the cinematic visionary.

Filmmaker Sheridan O'Donnell on the seismic life event which completely changed how he approached making his debut feature, Little Brother.