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Tag: film essay

Revisited: What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Film
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | December 30, 2021
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | December 30, 2021

Revisited: What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Crestone director Marnie Ellen Hertzler on the best movie she saw in 2020 — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a video game from 2015.

Revisited: The Day Kobe Bryant Died

Film
By Matt Yoka | December 24, 2021
By Matt Yoka | December 24, 2021

Revisited: The Day Kobe Bryant Died

Filmmaker Matt Yoka looks back on when his first movie, Whirlybird, premiered at Sundance, and the passing of an L.A. icon that same day.

Revisited: The Revolutionary Act of (Female) Desire

Film
By Stacy Rukeyser | December 23, 2021
By Stacy Rukeyser | December 23, 2021

Revisited: The Revolutionary Act of (Female) Desire

Showrunner Stacy Rukeyser on why she created her new taboo-breaking Netflix hit, Sex/Life.

Changing the Narrative of How Asians are Represented on Screen

Film
By Joy Hopwood | December 22, 2021
By Joy Hopwood | December 22, 2021

Changing the Narrative of How Asians are Represented on Screen

Asian-Australian writer-director Joy Hopwood on her journey from seeing Joy Luck Club as a teen to making her new film Rhapsody of Love.

A Light in the Darkness

Film
By Virgil Williams | December 21, 2021
By Virgil Williams | December 21, 2021

A Light in the Darkness

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Virgil Williams on how adapting the memoir A Journal for Jordan transformed in a way he never expected.

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.

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