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What Can a Story Be?

Alison McAlpine, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary short perfectly a strangeness, on pushing the boundaries of narrative.

March 5, 2026

A Hotel Room and a Movie – The Magical Discovery of Being Italian

Miki Magasiva, the writer-director of the new heartwarming drama Tinā, on how Cinema Paradiso changed the course of his life and career.

September 3, 2025

From New Girl to Bookworm: How High School Loneliness Sparked My Love for Storytelling

Wish You Were Here actress-producer Gabby Kono-Abdy on how finding solace in books sparked a lifelong love of stories, and her current career.

February 4, 2025

“To Know That We Are Not Alone.”

Actor Tom Bateman, who made his screenwriting debut with the new thriller Magpie, traces back his long relationship with storytelling.

November 14, 2024

A Story to Live

Shannon Plumb goes to Florida to visit her father ... and finds inspiration in his surprising narrative arc.

July 30, 2024

The Spear Sisters on Discovering Where the Story Lives

Kailey and Sam Spear, whose episode of Creepshow airs tonight, on the theatre school that sparked their deep love of storytelling.

October 20, 2023

How Story is Destroying Us (and How to Write Back)

Sam Jaeger, currently starring in The Handmaid’s Tale, on how story has become our king, equally capable of devastating harm or salvation.

January 10, 2023

Stories for Indigestion

Writer-director Rodrigo García, whose new film Raymond & Ray is now on Apple TV+, goes back to the very roots of storytelling.

October 25, 2022

The Wonder of Stories Hiding in Plain Sight

Paradise Highway writer-director Anna Gutto on making an audience-friendly film about a topic many people want to pretend doesn’t exist.

July 29, 2022

Madame Harris – C’est Moi

Anthony Fabian, director of the new film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, on why he is drawn to stories of the underdog.

July 14, 2022

Three Great Things: Inbar Lavi

The Israeli actress, who currently stars as Eve in Netflix's Lucifer, on what gives her life the most meaning.

May 24, 2021

Finding the Thread and Repairing the Past

Filmmaker Enid Zentelis on making her non-fiction podcast series How My Grandmother Won WWII, and how we tell historical stories.

March 24, 2021