film essay

After running and gunning in both Saigon and Los Angeles, a filmmaker pays stylistic homage to Truffaut in the City of Lights.

The Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning filmmaker lays out the perspective that has led him to push himself creatively throughout his career.

The veteran writer/producer turned director asks why one of our most beloved movie genres is currently in such a perilous state.

Sometimes growing up in a filmmaking family means sleeping on the editing room floor, or discovering classic movies before you hit double digits.

The actor turned director recalls the day in 1987 when, as an aspiring young thespian, an unexpected call gave him a career-launching break.

A caffeinated conversation with the British documentarian as his latest work premiered simultaneously at a film festival and online.

Pondering the disparate runners and riders in the Academy Awards non-fiction race, and what winning the statuette is supposed to mean.

In 1980s Paris, a young filmmaker meets one of the giants of world cinema (who asks him to please shut the door on his way out).

The veteran director looks back on a particularly messy job for hire, and a "testicular encounter" with a legendary Hollywood star.

The team behind one of the documentaries shortlisted for the 2014 Academy Awards discusses navigating complicated with the people in their films.

The acclaimed auteur looks back on the experience of being mentored by the godfather of American independent filmmaking, and what he learned from him.

A night that starts with watching a new take on Strindberg's classic play at a swanky club and ends at Justin Timberlake's restaurant in Times Square.