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Tag: film essay

Personal Exposure

Film
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025

Personal Exposure

Karla Murthy shares the experience of turning the camera on herself and her family in her latest feature, The Gas Station Attendant.

You Think You Know the Story

Film
By Zyortza | June 13, 2025
By Zyortza | June 13, 2025

You Think You Know the Story

Emerging filmmaker Zyortza on the immigrant narrative of her timely, L.A.-set short film I Don't Even Skate.

Heads Carolina, Tails California

Film
By Lovell Holder | June 6, 2025
By Lovell Holder | June 6, 2025

Heads Carolina, Tails California

Lovell Holder, the writer-director of Lavender Men and producer of The Surrender, on the pleasures of being (accidentally) bicoastal.

Devil in a Wig

Film
By Callie Hernandez | May 30, 2025
By Callie Hernandez | May 30, 2025

Devil in a Wig

Actor-writer-director Callie Hernandez takes us on a journey that starts with her love of Jonathan Glazer's banned commercial for Flake ...

How Filmmaking Became My Escape from Intimacy

Film
By Jon Bregel | May 22, 2025
By Jon Bregel | May 22, 2025

How Filmmaking Became My Escape from Intimacy

Director and cinematographer Jon Bregel on creative burnout and rethinking how to make filmmaking play a truly positive role in his life.

I Made a Movie for an Industry That Didn’t Want It

Film
By Vincent D’Alessandro | May 20, 2025
By Vincent D’Alessandro | May 20, 2025

I Made a Movie for an Industry That Didn’t Want It

Writer-director Vincent D’Alessandro on the challenges he faced finding a home in the world for his debut feature, Bottom Feeders.

The Secret Soundtrack to My Debut Feature

Film
By Max Talisman | May 16, 2025
By Max Talisman | May 16, 2025

The Secret Soundtrack to My Debut Feature

Writer-director-actor Max Talisman shares a definitive mixtape of the love songs that shaped his film Things Like This, which opens today.

Seeing Myself in Egghead & Twinkie

Film
By Sarah Kambe Holland | May 13, 2025
By Sarah Kambe Holland | May 13, 2025

Seeing Myself in Egghead & Twinkie

Writer-director Sarah Kambe Holland on the different aspects of her hilarious debut feature that resonate with her own real-life experiences.

The Impossibility of Promoting a Movie During a Genocide

Film
By Lexi Alexander | May 9, 2025
By Lexi Alexander | May 9, 2025

The Impossibility of Promoting a Movie During a Genocide

Palestinian-German writer-director Lexi Alexander on the difficulties of releasing her new feature Absolute Dominion at this moment in time.

Interracial Relationships, Soap Operas and Me

Film
By Alina Adams | May 8, 2025
By Alina Adams | May 8, 2025

Interracial Relationships, Soap Operas and Me

Former soap writer Alina Adams looks at the (previously?) controversial topic of interracial love, both on screen and in her own life.

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