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Tag: film essay

Hound & I: How Growing Up the Daughter of Actor Kevin Corrigan Shaped Me as an Artist and Person

Film
By Sadie Bones | October 13, 2025
By Sadie Bones | October 13, 2025

Hound & I: How Growing Up the Daughter of Actor Kevin Corrigan Shaped Me as an Artist and Person

Sadie Bones, whose debut feature If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing is out now, on the joy of watching movies with her dad.

This is Not a Love Story – How The Graduate Inspired My Own Age-Gap Indie Drama

Film
By Zoë Eisenberg | October 2, 2025
By Zoë Eisenberg | October 2, 2025

This is Not a Love Story – How The Graduate Inspired My Own Age-Gap Indie Drama

Zoë Eisenberg, whose film Chaperone is now on digital, explains what everyone get wrong about this all-time classic movie.

1985 Was a Rad Year for Cinema

Film
By Julia Marchese | October 1, 2025
By Julia Marchese | October 1, 2025

1985 Was a Rad Year for Cinema

Filmmaker Julia Marchese celebrates the 40th anniversary of, well, a lot of really cool movies, actually!

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.

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