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My Friends in Ukraine

Film
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025

My Friends in Ukraine

Emmy winner Ryan Smith, whose film Soldiers of Song is out now, on his experiences making documentaries about and with the people of Ukraine.

In Afghanistan, Love Blossoms Against Violence

Film
By Gulistan Mirzaei and Elizabeth Mirzaei | February 1, 2022
By Gulistan Mirzaei and Elizabeth Mirzaei | February 1, 2022

In Afghanistan, Love Blossoms Against Violence

Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei on how love flourished in the face of war, both in their film Three Songs for Benazir and in their own lives.

“I Was Fascinated By the Way Film Could Represent Reality”: Yung Chang in Conversation with Robert Fisk

Film
By Yung Chang | October 16, 2020
By Yung Chang | October 16, 2020

“I Was Fascinated By the Way Film Could Represent Reality”: Yung Chang in Conversation with Robert Fisk

The director of This is Not a Movie interviews his subject, Middle East correspondent Fisk, about his abiding love of cinema.

Discovering My Grandfather’s Secret World War II Legacy

Film
By Wes Tooke | November 7, 2019
By Wes Tooke | November 7, 2019

Discovering My Grandfather’s Secret World War II Legacy

Wes Tooke, the screenwriter of the new movie Midway, on finding out a crucial and revelatory part of his family's history.

Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks Making a War Movie in a War Zone

Film
By Brian Trenchard-Smith | October 18, 2014
By Brian Trenchard-Smith | October 18, 2014

Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks Making a War Movie in a War Zone

The veteran director recalls making a movie about the Vietnam War in the Philippines — where a real conflict was taking place at the very same time.

Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill) Talks Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam

Film
By Tracy Droz Tragos | September 8, 2014
By Tracy Droz Tragos | September 8, 2014

Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill) Talks Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam

Made almost 40 years after the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, this documentary underlines why we must not forget the lessons of that war.

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks János Szász’s The Notebook

Film
By Kat Candler | September 3, 2014
By Kat Candler | September 3, 2014

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks János Szász’s The Notebook

Kat Candler's been very busy with her film recently, but her husband's been needling her about not writing for Talkhouse Film, so she wrote this, OK?

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