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Tag: childhood

Choosing To Be Seen: A Journey Beyond the Shadows

Film
By Timothy Linh Bui | April 30, 2025
By Timothy Linh Bui | April 30, 2025

Choosing To Be Seen: A Journey Beyond the Shadows

Exactly 50 years after the Fall of Saigon, Timothy Linh Bui shares his epic journey, from fleeing Vietnam to making his new film, Daydreamers.

The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Film
By Philippe Lesage | March 13, 2025
By Philippe Lesage | March 13, 2025

The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire opens tomorrow, looks back on a simpler time.

The Little People

Film
By Deborah Goodwin | December 13, 2024
By Deborah Goodwin | December 13, 2024

The Little People

Writer-director Deborah Goodwin looks back to her childhood as she tries to make sense of the current political moment.

The Spear Sisters on Discovering Where the Story Lives

Film
By Kailey and Sam Spear | October 20, 2023
By Kailey and Sam Spear | October 20, 2023

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.

Dear Dad, or the Power of Violent Forgiveness

Film
By Aitch Alberto | September 20, 2023
By Aitch Alberto | September 20, 2023

Dear Dad, or the Power of Violent Forgiveness

Aitch Alberto, the writer-director of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, writes a letter to her father.

How I Planted the Seeds of My Movie Career at Five Years Old

Film
By Johnny Strong | July 19, 2023
By Johnny Strong | July 19, 2023

How I Planted the Seeds of My Movie Career at Five Years Old

Actor-writer-director Johnny Strong on the deep roots of illustration in his life, and how storyboarding impacted his new film, Warhorse One.

Movies That Live in Our Subconscious

Film
By Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan | March 17, 2023
By Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan | March 17, 2023

Movies That Live in Our Subconscious

Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, whose feature New Strains plays First Look this weekend, share the childhood films that hit home.

Houses I Lived in

Film
By Goran Stolevski | March 9, 2023
By Goran Stolevski | March 9, 2023

Houses I Lived in

Goran Stolevski on how making his new film, Of An Age, reconnected him to his past, growing up as an immigrant teenager in Melbourne.

Revisited: Every Being That Lives Will One Day Die

Film
By Carla Simón | September 8, 2022
By Carla Simón | September 8, 2022

Revisited: Every Being That Lives Will One Day Die

Writer-director Carla Simón, whose new short is at the Venice Film Festival, on how the death of a family member has underpinned each of her films.

Revisited: Chad Hartigan Talks Discovering His True Self Through Jim Carrey and Meet Joe Black

Film
By Chad Hartigan | July 21, 2022
By Chad Hartigan | July 21, 2022

Revisited: Chad Hartigan Talks Discovering His True Self Through Jim Carrey and Meet Joe Black

How Martin Brest's misunderstood masterpiece helped a goofball teenager find love, and his identity.

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