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Tag: film essay

Video Essay: Mark Rappaport on The Empty Screen

Film
By Mark Rappaport | February 6, 2017
By Mark Rappaport | February 6, 2017

Video Essay: Mark Rappaport on The Empty Screen

A new video essay from Mark Rappaport about movies in movies, and how the screen watches us just as we watch it.

How I Made My First Feature at 16

Film
By Jack Fessenden | February 3, 2017
By Jack Fessenden | February 3, 2017

How I Made My First Feature at 16

Jack Fessenden, son of director Larry Fessenden, on the story behind his thriller Stray Bullets, which he finished while still in high school.

Why Movies Must Tell Different Kinds of Gay Stories

Film
By Justin Kelly | January 31, 2017
By Justin Kelly | January 31, 2017

Why Movies Must Tell Different Kinds of Gay Stories

Justin Kelly, director of King Cobra and I Am Michael, on the need to move away from depicting typical LGBT characters on screen.

Capturing the Moment: Inauguration Day, the Women’s March and Why We Must See Trump’s Presidency as an Opportunity

Film
By Iva Radivojevic | January 30, 2017
By Iva Radivojevic | January 30, 2017

Capturing the Moment: Inauguration Day, the Women’s March and Why We Must See Trump’s Presidency as an Opportunity

Iva Radivojevic shares her experiences over two contrasting days in Washington, D.C., and looks ahead to what is next for the resistance.

How Kids Changed My Life

Film
By Sean Brosnan | January 27, 2017
By Sean Brosnan | January 27, 2017

How Kids Changed My Life

Sean Brosnan reveals the profound impact that Larry Clark and Harmony Korine's movie had on his angry, rebellious teenage years.

Films to Watch When Everything is Shit

Film
By Orlando von Einsiedel | January 25, 2017
By Orlando von Einsiedel | January 25, 2017

Films to Watch When Everything is Shit

The award-winning director of Virunga and The White Helmets on the movies, both fiction and doc, that can restore hope in all of us.

Groupies, Drugs and Boredom: On the Insanity of Directing 200 Motels with Frank Zappa

Film
By Tony Palmer | January 23, 2017
By Tony Palmer | January 23, 2017

Groupies, Drugs and Boredom: On the Insanity of Directing 200 Motels with Frank Zappa

Tony Palmer details the favors, lies and innovations necessary to make Zappa's 1971 madcap cult classic on a shoestring in just 10 days.

What We Learned Following a Trump-Supporting West Virginia Miner and an Immigrant Community Organizer on Election Day

Film
By Elaine McMillion Sheldon | January 20, 2017
By Elaine McMillion Sheldon | January 20, 2017

What We Learned Following a Trump-Supporting West Virginia Miner and an Immigrant Community Organizer on Election Day

Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Martha Shane share their experiences filming subjects on Election Day for the documentary 11/8/16.

The Incredible True Story of How My Leonard Cohen Movie Was Destroyed – and Then Resurrected Almost 40 Years Later

Film
By Tony Palmer | January 17, 2017
By Tony Palmer | January 17, 2017

The Incredible True Story of How My Leonard Cohen Movie Was Destroyed – and Then Resurrected Almost 40 Years Later

Director Tony Palmer discusses the dramatic history behind the making, unmaking and restoring of his film Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire.

How I Hit Rock Bottom in Reality TV and Found Myself as a Feminist Filmmaker

Film
By Dana Michelle Cook | January 12, 2017
By Dana Michelle Cook | January 12, 2017

How I Hit Rock Bottom in Reality TV and Found Myself as a Feminist Filmmaker

Dana Michelle Cook explains how an incident at a girls beauty pageant sparked the decision to transform her life and the work she was making.

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