personal essay

“Creativity gives us the potential for true transformation.”

“This was simply about expressing myself and finding that point of connection between my instrument, my art, my heart, my roots, and my ancestry.”

"Sure, it makes a good story. But for what? For whom?"

Narcissister, the performance artist making her film debut with the forthcoming Narcissister Organ Player, shares memories of her mother.

The director of Super Dark Times reveals how making the film helped him come to terms with two traumatic incidents from his youth.

Rose McGowan's powerful words, written on behalf of her friend Asia Argento, in response to the death of Anthony Bourdain.

Actor-writer-director Jade Jenise Dixon on escaping an abusive relationship, and how writing a screenplay about her experiences transformed her life.

Lucky director John Carroll Lynch on a moment (and an expression) that changed the course of his life.

Writer-director Angus MacLachlan shares some of the stories behind his latest film, Abundant Acreage Available, which opens this week.

Vincent Sabella, whose debut feature Elizabeth Blue opens today, asks you to see beyond the superficial.

Bobbi Jene director Elvira Lind on the documentary she shot but may never show about a tumultuous year in her and husband Oscar Isaac's life.

Actor turned writer-director Brian McGuire remembers his late friend, a screen icon who he directed in four movies.