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From Newsletter to Pilot: How I Accidentally Rebuilt My Writing Career

Former TV writer Jon Stahl on the unlikely genesis of his new comedy web series, Casen Pointe: True Crime Detective.

February 10, 2026

Finding the Magic and Humanity in Science on the Big Screen

Newly returned from Sundance, Sandbox Films' Jessica Harrop on her attempts to reconceive what science documentaries can be.

February 6, 2026

How Francis Ford Coppola Taught Me to Build, Not Just Direct

Janek Ambros on how studying the iconic director - and getting personal advice from Coppola himself - has guided him in his film career.

February 5, 2026

David Lynch and I: Involved in a Mystery

A year after David Lynch’s death, filmmaker Robert Kolodny reveals the idiosyncratic way he has been processing the loss of the iconic auteur.

February 3, 2026

To Protest or Not to Protest

Actress Irene Sofia Lucio on the question that starring in Liberation on Broadway during the time of ICE raids has forced her to reckon with.

January 29, 2026

Big Sonia and the Big 100

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Leah Warshawski on her grandmother, Holocaust survivor Big Sonia, and her 100th birthday.

January 27, 2026

Can the “Post-Modern” Whore Era Finally Begin?

Filmmaker and sex worker Lily Lady weighs up the virtues of two new festival titles, the film Modern Whore and web series Bulldozer.

January 23, 2026

Sing, Dance and Be Yourself: How Two Films Helped Heal One Hurt

Nicola Rose on her favorite short of recent years, the Oscar-winning Sing, and how it inspired her own film Gabrielle.

January 22, 2026

Photo Diary: The Making of Zodiac Killer Project

Through images, Charlie Shackleton tells the story of how his hit Sundance documentary — which is now out on digital — came into existence.

January 14, 2026

Silence Isn’t An Option

Cherien Dabis, whose Oscar-shortlisted All That's Left of You opens tomorrow, on the imperative nature of telling Palestinian stories.

January 8, 2026

Revisited: The Impossibility of Promoting a Movie During a Genocide

Palestinian-German writer-director Lexi Alexander on the difficulties of releasing her new feature Absolute Dominion at this moment in time.

January 1, 2026

Revisited: On Nature and Creativity

The award-winning international actress, whose new film Went Up the Hill came out earlier this year, on her connection to the wilds.

December 31, 2025