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Tag: film essay

How Do You Frame It?

Film
By Irina Varina | January 19, 2021
By Irina Varina | January 19, 2021

How Do You Frame It?

Filmmaker Irina Varina looks back on, and tries to make sense of, the series of short films she made during pandemic-era 2020.

Find Your Creative Passion and Follow It

Music
By Chris Sullivan | January 5, 2021
By Chris Sullivan | January 5, 2021

Find Your Creative Passion and Follow It

This is Us star and Joseph the Spouse lead singer Chris Sullivan on how artistic expression and finding true purpose has shaped his life.

Remote Control: How the World’s Youngest Voting Evangelist Came to Be

Film
By Katherine Fairfax Wright | January 4, 2021
By Katherine Fairfax Wright | January 4, 2021

Remote Control: How the World’s Youngest Voting Evangelist Came to Be

Filmmaker Katherine Fairfax Wright on the memorable experience of making election ads with six-year-old motivational speaker Caleb Stewart.

Revisited: Derek Cianfrance in Quarantine Finishing I Know This Much Is True

Film
By Shannon Plumb | December 29, 2020
By Shannon Plumb | December 29, 2020

Revisited: Derek Cianfrance in Quarantine Finishing I Know This Much Is True

Under lockdown, filmmaker Shannon Plumb talks to her husband Derek Cianfrance as he completes his new HBO show with Mark Ruffalo.

Revisited: What I Learned Working with Terrence Malick

Film
By Henry Butash | December 28, 2020
By Henry Butash | December 28, 2020

Revisited: What I Learned Working with Terrence Malick

Henry Butash reflects on how his time on three films by the master affected his own directorial debut, The Atlantic City Story.

My Beloved Teachers

Film
By Massoud Bakhshi | December 23, 2020
By Massoud Bakhshi | December 23, 2020

My Beloved Teachers

The Iranian director of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness looks back on his cinematic journey, and the attempt to find closure with his new film.

Kikuchi, the Best Film I’ve Never Seen

Film
By Peter Strickland | December 21, 2020
By Peter Strickland | December 21, 2020

Kikuchi, the Best Film I’ve Never Seen

Peter Strickland, whose new short Cold Meridian is out now, wants your help finding an obscure Japanese oddity he’s been tracking for decades.

What Happened When I Came Back Home to Staten Island to Make My First Movie

Film
By Julio Vincent Gambuto | December 18, 2020
By Julio Vincent Gambuto | December 18, 2020

What Happened When I Came Back Home to Staten Island to Make My First Movie

Filmmaker Julio Vincent Gambuto on family, art, politics and what it was like to make Team Marco in New York City's "red" borough.

The Year Stories Brought Us Together

Film
By Shannon Plumb | December 17, 2020
By Shannon Plumb | December 17, 2020

The Year Stories Brought Us Together

Filmmaker Shannon Plumb looks back on what she watched and how she observed the world during the trauma and upheaval of 2020.

Coming to Term: A Tale of Loss and Sisterhood

Film
By Patricia Vidal Delgado | December 14, 2020
By Patricia Vidal Delgado | December 14, 2020

Coming to Term: A Tale of Loss and Sisterhood

La Leyenda Negra's writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado on the poignant bond that brought her and her film's lead actress together.

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