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A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Film
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021

A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Filmmaker and artist David Shapiro shares journal entries from the making of his latest project, Untitled Pizza Movie, which is out this week.

Cinephile with Mark Borchardt: Clarice

Film
By Mark Borchardt | February 25, 2021
By Mark Borchardt | February 25, 2021

Cinephile with Mark Borchardt: Clarice

In his ongoing animated review series, Mark Borchardt turns his attention to the small-screen spawn of an Oscar-winning classic.

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Film
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Asian-Canadian writer-director Li Dong, whose debut feature, Stealing School, is out this week on VOD, gives his take on the current moment.

How Making Trans in Trumpland Changed My Perception of the Transgender Experience

Film
By Tony Zosherafatain | February 23, 2021
By Tony Zosherafatain | February 23, 2021

How Making Trans in Trumpland Changed My Perception of the Transgender Experience

Iranian-American trans filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain on how his perspective shifted while making his timely new docuseries for Topic.

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

Film
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.

Flock of the Lambs: The Legacy of The Silence of the Lambs at 30

Film
By Kevin Smokler | February 19, 2021
By Kevin Smokler | February 19, 2021

Flock of the Lambs: The Legacy of The Silence of the Lambs at 30

Kevin Smokler, director of the documentary Vinyl Nation, looks at the cultural impact of Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning classic.

What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Film
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | February 18, 2021
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | February 18, 2021

What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Crestone director Marnie Ellen Hertzler on the best movie she saw in 2020 — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a video game from 2015.

Three Great Things: Jillian Bell

Film
By Jillian Bell | February 17, 2021
By Jillian Bell | February 17, 2021

Three Great Things: Jillian Bell

The actress, currently starring in the drama Cowboys, shares a TV show, movie and book that have made her life better and more meaningful.

The Greatest Romantic Comedy of All Time is a Porn Movie called The Opening of Misty Beethoven

Film
By Gillian Wallace Horvat | February 16, 2021
By Gillian Wallace Horvat | February 16, 2021

The Greatest Romantic Comedy of All Time is a Porn Movie called The Opening of Misty Beethoven

Gillian Wallace Horvat, the writer-director-star of the dark satire I Blame Society, makes the case for Radley Metzger's 1970s classic.

What a Feminist, Anti-Colonial Science Lab Taught Me About Ethical Filmmaking

Film
By Noah Hutton | February 12, 2021
By Noah Hutton | February 12, 2021

What a Feminist, Anti-Colonial Science Lab Taught Me About Ethical Filmmaking

Filmmaker Noah Hutton on how he was inspired to create a handbook so that the making of his new film Lapsis adhered to the values it upheld.

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