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Nathan Silver

My Life as an Unexpected Actress

Cindy Silver fostered her son Nathan’s creativity and now plays another important role in his life: his favorite actress.

July 17, 2019

Video Essay: The Essence of Agony

Nathan Silver, who has cast his mother Cindy in nearly all his films, tries to make sense of their complex and often fraught working relationship.

December 14, 2016

“Never Make Another Movie Again”: Filmmakers Choose Their Favorite Negative User Reviews

Talkhouse Film contributors dig around on IMDb, Amazon, Netflix and more to find the most hilariously outspoken takes on their movies.

Rick Alverson (Entertainment) Talks Nathan Silver’s Stinking Heaven

Shot on an old broadcast camera and featuring addicts' recreations, Silver's film occupies an alive, unsettling space between the false and the real.

December 7, 2015

Nathan Silver (Stinking Heaven) Talks Bertrand Bonello’s On War

Preparing to embark on two new projects, a filmmaker looks to a new movie by a great French director for ideas he can steal for his own work.

December 1, 2015

Nathan Silver (Exit Elena) Talks Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Winter

At his second attempt, the Brooklyn director writes about one of the Tales of the Four Seasons, plus a deal with the devil and Kelsey Grammer sitcoms.

December 15, 2014