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Tag: film essay

Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie, Or How I Found My Family in China

Film
By Jessica Kingdon | December 20, 2021
By Jessica Kingdon | December 20, 2021

Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie, Or How I Found My Family in China

Documentary filmmaker Jessica Kingdon on how she discovered relatives she never knew she had while making her new film Ascension in China.

I Love Difficult Women

Film
By Sarah Wayne Callies | December 16, 2021
By Sarah Wayne Callies | December 16, 2021

I Love Difficult Women

Actress, writer and director Sarah Wayne Callies celebrates the women in Hollywood who don't get hired – for all the wrong reasons.

The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Film
By Bryan Wizemann | December 15, 2021
By Bryan Wizemann | December 15, 2021

The Long Shadow of Las Vegas

Writer-director Bryan Wizemann on how his Vegas upbringing has influenced all his films, including his latest, You Mean Everything to Me.

How Entering a Beauty Pageant Helped Me Make My Debut Feature

Film
By Maya Cozier | December 13, 2021
By Maya Cozier | December 13, 2021

How Entering a Beauty Pageant Helped Me Make My Debut Feature

She Paradise writer-director Maya Cozier on how she used Miss Trinidad & Tobago as an unlikely launchpad for her film career.

There Is No “I” in Collaboration

Film
By Joel Cohen, John Frink and Rob LaZebnik | December 10, 2021
By Joel Cohen, John Frink and Rob LaZebnik | December 10, 2021

There Is No “I” in Collaboration

Veteran Simpsons writers Joel Cohen, John Frink and Rob LaZebnik share totally real texts showing how their movie Extinct came to be.

Dr. Mario or: How I Learned to Love Video Games Again and Accidentally Made One

Film
By Albert Birney | December 6, 2021
By Albert Birney | December 6, 2021

Dr. Mario or: How I Learned to Love Video Games Again and Accidentally Made One

Filmmaker Albert Birney on how the video game of his 8-bit web series Tux and Fanny serendipitously came into existence.

reRunning Happy Life

Film
By Michael M. Bilandic | December 3, 2021
By Michael M. Bilandic | December 3, 2021

reRunning Happy Life

The day his new movie Project Space 13 is released, Michael M. Bilandic looks back on the quirky microcinema that played his first film.

Make the Yuletide Gay

Film
By Ryan Spahn | December 3, 2021
By Ryan Spahn | December 3, 2021

Make the Yuletide Gay

Actor-writer-director Ryan Spahn on how Christmas movies have shaped his holiday season, and the revolutionary new film Single All the Way.

My Journey to Adrienne

Film
By Andy Ostroy | December 1, 2021
By Andy Ostroy | December 1, 2021

My Journey to Adrienne

Andy Ostroy on the importance of documentaries and why he made a film about his late wife, Adrienne Shelly.

No Script. No Budget. No Crew. No Problem.

Film
By Pete Ohs | November 30, 2021
By Pete Ohs | November 30, 2021

No Script. No Budget. No Crew. No Problem.

Filmmaker Pete Ohs on how he completely rewrote the rulebook for his new feature, Youngstown.

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