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Tag: mental health

As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency

Film
By Reid Davenport | July 18, 2025
By Reid Davenport | July 18, 2025

As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency

Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.

How to Create in Darkness and (Mostly) Stay Sane

Film
By Pascal Plante | September 6, 2024
By Pascal Plante | September 6, 2024

How to Create in Darkness and (Mostly) Stay Sane

Pascal Plante on plumbing the depths with his psychological thriller Red Rooms (which opens in theaters today), and living to tell the tale.

Thoughts on Suffering for Your Art

Film
By Anna Zlokovic | December 15, 2023
By Anna Zlokovic | December 15, 2023

Thoughts on Suffering for Your Art

Writer-director Anna Zlokovic, whose horror movie Appendage is now on Hulu, discusses finding balance and self-care in her work.

Why I Stopped Seeing Filmmaking Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Film
By Kyra Elise Gardner | April 13, 2023
By Kyra Elise Gardner | April 13, 2023

Why I Stopped Seeing Filmmaking Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Kyra Elise Gardner opens up about the mental health struggles she experienced on her new documentary, Living with Chucky.

Al Spx and Prince Josh (Prince Innocence) Talk Staying Sane in a Stressful Industry

Music
By Al Spx | June 23, 2022
By Al Spx | June 23, 2022

Al Spx and Prince Josh (Prince Innocence) Talk Staying Sane in a Stressful Industry

The friends catch up about mental health and more.

Light For the Midnight

Music
By Al Spx | April 27, 2022
By Al Spx | April 27, 2022

Light For the Midnight

Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.

Laughing and Crying

Film
By Kristian Mercado | February 8, 2022
By Kristian Mercado | February 8, 2022

Laughing and Crying

Director Kristian Mercado on the complicated, interconnected relationship between film, comedy and depression in his life.

A Light in the Darkness

Film
By Virgil Williams | December 21, 2021
By Virgil Williams | December 21, 2021

A Light in the Darkness

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Virgil Williams on how adapting the memoir A Journal for Jordan transformed in a way he never expected.

Parenthood, Panic Attacks and Premiering at Sundance

Film
By Christopher Makoto Yogi | November 18, 2021
By Christopher Makoto Yogi | November 18, 2021

Parenthood, Panic Attacks and Premiering at Sundance

I Was a Simple Man writer-director Christopher Makoto Yogi looks back on the past year, a time of huge change and transition for him.

A Rough Guide to Getting By Without Getting High

Music
By Kate Vargas | August 5, 2021
By Kate Vargas | August 5, 2021

A Rough Guide to Getting By Without Getting High

Kate Vargas on sobriety, escapism, and living in the present (when the present is less than pleasant).

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