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Tag: film essay

A Nation of Traumatized Youth: From Newtown to Parkland and Beyond

Film
By Kim A. Snyder | May 12, 2021
By Kim A. Snyder | May 12, 2021

A Nation of Traumatized Youth: From Newtown to Parkland and Beyond

Kim A. Snyder, director of Newtown and the new doc Us Kids, looks back on eight years documenting school shootings and gun trauma.

Who is Take Out Girl? Or, How I Found a Way to Show Vulnerability and Accept Myself Through My First Feature

Film
By Hedy Wong | May 11, 2021
By Hedy Wong | May 11, 2021

Who is Take Out Girl? Or, How I Found a Way to Show Vulnerability and Accept Myself Through My First Feature

For Take Out Girl’s writer-star Hedy Wong, her feelings toward her on-screen alter ego Tera are complicated, to say the least.

How Horror Movies and Rave Culture Made Me the Filmmaker I Am Today

Film
By Chino Moya | May 10, 2021
By Chino Moya | May 10, 2021

How Horror Movies and Rave Culture Made Me the Filmmaker I Am Today

Undergods writer-director Chino Moya on the unusual childhood and adolescent experiences that shaped him and his work.

From One (Great) Man to Another: Darius Marder and the Story of Sound of Metal

Film
By Shannon Plumb | May 4, 2021
By Shannon Plumb | May 4, 2021

From One (Great) Man to Another: Darius Marder and the Story of Sound of Metal

Shannon Plumb on how her friend and fellow filmmaker came to make his acclaimed, double Oscar-winning drama.

Finding Limbo

Film
By Ben Sharrock | April 30, 2021
By Ben Sharrock | April 30, 2021

Finding Limbo

Writer-director Ben Sharrock on how he made the first feature film to be shot on the Uists, a remote chain of islands 30 miles off the Scottish coast.

From Cupcakes to Kimmel, Movies and Beyond!

Film
By Maureen Bharoocha | April 28, 2021
By Maureen Bharoocha | April 28, 2021

From Cupcakes to Kimmel, Movies and Beyond!

Maureen Bharoocha, whose new film Golden Arm is out Friday, traces her unlikely and eventful journey to the director's chair.

Terrifying. Unexpected. Beautiful: The Making of Concrete Cowboy

Film
By Ricky Staub | April 21, 2021
By Ricky Staub | April 21, 2021

Terrifying. Unexpected. Beautiful: The Making of Concrete Cowboy

Writer-director Ricky Staub on the life-changing experience of making his Philadelphia-set debut feature, and the remarkable people he met on the way.

How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Helped Me Embrace My Transmasculinity

Film
By Lane Michael Stanley | April 19, 2021
By Lane Michael Stanley | April 19, 2021

How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Helped Me Embrace My Transmasculinity

Lane Michael Stanley, writer-director of Addict Named Hal, on how Ken Kesey’s book and its iconic film adaptation changed how they see gender.

Little Voices

Film
By Shannon Plumb | April 14, 2021
By Shannon Plumb | April 14, 2021

Little Voices

Prompted by Allen v. Farrow, Shannon Plumb shares a story from her own family that shows the importance of listening to and believing children.

Ground Spiders & Homemade Hot Sauce: Behind the Behind-the-Scenes of Beast Beast

Film
By Danny Madden | April 13, 2021
By Danny Madden | April 13, 2021

Ground Spiders & Homemade Hot Sauce: Behind the Behind-the-Scenes of Beast Beast

Writer-director Danny Madden shares the memorable in-between moments from his new film, which opens in select theaters this Friday.

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