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Tag: film essay

Finding Mistress Dispeller

Film
By Elizabeth Lo | October 21, 2025
By Elizabeth Lo | October 21, 2025

Finding Mistress Dispeller

Director Elizabeth Lo shares the backstory to her remarkable new doc, an intimate portrait of the disentangling of a real-life love triangle.

On Losing My Father and My New Film, Köln 75

Film
By Ido Fluk | October 17, 2025
By Ido Fluk | October 17, 2025

On Losing My Father and My New Film, Köln 75

Ido Fluk on the bittersweet way in which his new film Köln 75, in theaters today, had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Reliving History for Vindication Swim

Film
By Elliott Hasler | October 16, 2025
By Elliott Hasler | October 16, 2025

Reliving History for Vindication Swim

Filmmaker Elliott Hasler on the amazing dedication it took from many people to make his historical biopic Vindication Swim.

Another Wrenching Departure: Remembering Ken Jacobs

Film
By Caveh Zahedi | October 15, 2025
By Caveh Zahedi | October 15, 2025

Another Wrenching Departure: Remembering Ken Jacobs

Caveh Zahedi pays tribute to the iconic New York experimental filmmaker, who passed away last week at the age of 92.

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.

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