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Tag: childhood

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.

Revisited: The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Film
By Bryan Wizemann | June 28, 2022
By Bryan Wizemann | June 28, 2022

Revisited: The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Writer-director Bryan Wizemann on how his Vegas upbringing has influenced all his films, including his latest, You Mean Everything to Me.

That Time I Tried to Get the Stage Rights to My Favorite Film, Newsies (When I Was 12)

Film
By Ryan Spahn | April 28, 2022
By Ryan Spahn | April 28, 2022

That Time I Tried to Get the Stage Rights to My Favorite Film, Newsies (When I Was 12)

Actor-filmmaker Ryan Spahn recalls his precocious exploits as a fan of the 1992 Disney musical, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this month.

That Time I Got Caught Stealing a VHS Copy of Basic Instinct When I Was 12

Film
By Ryan Spahn | March 16, 2022
By Ryan Spahn | March 16, 2022

That Time I Got Caught Stealing a VHS Copy of Basic Instinct When I Was 12

On the 30th anniversary of this classic erotic thriller, actor-writer-director Ryan Spahn shares how the movie drove him to a life of crime.

Exclusive Book Extract: Pete Chatmon on Discovering His Passion for Film

Film
By Pete Chatmon | January 3, 2022
By Pete Chatmon | January 3, 2022

Exclusive Book Extract: Pete Chatmon on Discovering His Passion for Film

From his new book Transitions: A Director's Journey and Motivational Handbook, filmmaker Pete Chatmon reveals his cinematic origin story.

The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Film
By Bryan Wizemann | December 15, 2021
By Bryan Wizemann | December 15, 2021

The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Writer-director Bryan Wizemann on how his Vegas upbringing has influenced all his films, including his latest, You Mean Everything to Me.

Realer Than Reality

Film
By Niav Conty | November 24, 2021
By Niav Conty | November 24, 2021

Realer Than Reality

Small Time writer-director Niav Conty on a formative childhood double bill and the unreliable nature of memory.

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