film essay

The Iranian director of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness looks back on his cinematic journey, and the attempt to find closure with his new film.

Peter Strickland, whose new short Cold Meridian is out now, wants your help finding an obscure Japanese oddity he’s been tracking for decades.

Filmmaker Julio Vincent Gambuto on family, art, politics and what it was like to make Team Marco in New York City's "red" borough.

Filmmaker Shannon Plumb looks back on what she watched and how she observed the world during the trauma and upheaval of 2020.

La Leyenda Negra's writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado on the poignant bond that brought her and her film's lead actress together.

Seamus Murphy, director of the new doc A Dog Called Money, on traveling the world with PJ Harvey – and his favorite binge-worthy TV shows.

Seth Savoy, the director and co-writer of the crime thriller Echo Boomers, on exactly what it took to get his new movie made.

Charles Gould, currently starring in the horror-comedy It Cuts Deep, yearns for the golden age when performers like him could become A-listers.

Hubert Point-Du Jour, one of the stars of Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, on how he has used music in his creative process as an actor.

David Raboy, the director of the new psychological thriller The Giant, on a moment in production that came to define the film for him.

Actor turned writer-director Cory Wexler Grant on the emotion that drove him to make his directorial debut, Painter, out now on VOD.

For Deborah Shaffer, director of the new doc Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack, the political has always been personal.