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Tag: film essay

Love the Thing That It’s Doing

Film
By Terence Nance | September 26, 2025
By Terence Nance | September 26, 2025

Love the Thing That It’s Doing

Terence Nance looks back at his experiences at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and has much to ponder on ...

The Screwball Cure

Film
By Sara Zandieh | September 22, 2025
By Sara Zandieh | September 22, 2025

The Screwball Cure

Doin’ It director Sara Zandieh on how comedy has been crucial to her as a coping mechanism, a lifeline, a source of deep connection.

Becoming the Green Door, or How Working in Porn Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Film
By Scott Cummings | September 17, 2025
By Scott Cummings | September 17, 2025

Becoming the Green Door, or How Working in Porn Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Scott Cummings, whose film Realm of Satan is out now, looks back on his unlikely roots in adult entertainment.

On the Birds of Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

Film
By Sierra Falconer | September 12, 2025
By Sierra Falconer | September 12, 2025

On the Birds of Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

Writer-director Sierra Falconer takes an avian perspective on her debut feature, a Sundance hit which is now playing in theaters.

Delusion and the Artist

Film
By Shannon Plumb | September 10, 2025
By Shannon Plumb | September 10, 2025

Delusion and the Artist

Shannon Plumb on her debut feature Towheads, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, and what it takes for filmmakers to keep going.

A Walk with My Dog and Falling (Back) in Love with the Journey

Film
By Serena Dykman | September 9, 2025
By Serena Dykman | September 9, 2025

A Walk with My Dog and Falling (Back) in Love with the Journey

Serena Dykman on the unlikely genesis of her Humanitas Award nominee Babka ... and no less than three other films!

2gether forever and frenz 4lyf

Film
By Siyou Tan | September 5, 2025
By Siyou Tan | September 5, 2025

2gether forever and frenz 4lyf

Siyou Tan, whose debut feature Amoeba premieres next week at TIFF, on the disappearing Singapore of her teenage years.

A Hotel Room and a Movie – The Magical Discovery of Being Italian

Film
By Miki Magasiva | September 3, 2025
By Miki Magasiva | September 3, 2025

A Hotel Room and a Movie – The Magical Discovery of Being Italian

Miki Magasiva, the writer-director of the new heartwarming drama Tinā, on how Cinema Paradiso changed the course of his life and career.

Murder Porn and the American Imaginary: The Rise of the True Crime Industrial Complex

Film
By Lily Lady | August 29, 2025
By Lily Lady | August 29, 2025

Murder Porn and the American Imaginary: The Rise of the True Crime Industrial Complex

Filmmaker Lily Lady gets incarcerated writer John J. Lennon's take on our unhealthy obsession with The Jinx, My Favorite Murder and more.

On Weapons and Trumpism

Film
By Deborah Goodwin | August 26, 2025
By Deborah Goodwin | August 26, 2025

On Weapons and Trumpism

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin explores the parallels between Zach Cregger's new box-office hit and what's happening politically in the U.S.

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