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Tag: film essay

The Benefits of Being Hungover as a Documentary Filmmaker

Film
By Ben Mullinkosson | January 21, 2020
By Ben Mullinkosson | January 21, 2020

The Benefits of Being Hungover as a Documentary Filmmaker

Making his new film in China, the director of Don't Be a Dick About It had an epiphany. It might sound a bit odd, but hear him out!

Bert&Bertie’s Great Girl Adventure

Film
By Bert&Bertie | January 17, 2020
By Bert&Bertie | January 17, 2020

Bert&Bertie’s Great Girl Adventure

Troop Zero's directing duo on the importance of female collaboration and making the female answer to Stand By Me and The Goonies.

In a Bubble

Film
By Andrew Desmond | January 10, 2020
By Andrew Desmond | January 10, 2020

In a Bubble

The Sonata's writer-director examines the roots of how fascination with deviating wildly from portrayals of everyday life in his films.

Looking Backwards and Forwards

Film
By Liz Manashil | January 8, 2020
By Liz Manashil | January 8, 2020

Looking Backwards and Forwards

Writer-director Liz Manashil on traveling through time in Speed of Life and on the eve of 2020.

Revisited: How Not to Talk About a Film (Not) About Disability

Film
By Aaron Schimberg | January 1, 2020
By Aaron Schimberg | January 1, 2020

Revisited: How Not to Talk About a Film (Not) About Disability

For writer-director Aaron Schimberg, finding the right way to describe his latest feature, Chained for Life, has been challenging.

Revisited: How To Become An Overnight Success in Just 15 Years

Film
By Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky | December 30, 2019
By Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky | December 30, 2019

Revisited: How To Become An Overnight Success in Just 15 Years

Writer-directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky on the real, unglamorous story behind their award-winning breakthrough movie Freaks.

Revisited: How First Reformed’s Success Actually Points to a Dark Future for Independent Film

Film
By Alex Ross Perry | December 27, 2019
By Alex Ross Perry | December 27, 2019

Revisited: How First Reformed’s Success Actually Points to a Dark Future for Independent Film

Her Smell’s writer-director breaks down the stark reality that film distribution today is an inequitable system that excludes almost everyone.

Revisited: How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

Film
By Chris Osborn | December 25, 2019
By Chris Osborn | December 25, 2019

Revisited: How to Not Feel Like a Failure in the Film Industry

True Blue's writer-director does some frank career self-assessment and envisions a system that is interdependent, not "indie."

Revisited: The Importance of Bad Santa in the Wake of a Friend’s Death

Film
By Jack Dunphy | December 24, 2019
By Jack Dunphy | December 24, 2019

Revisited: The Importance of Bad Santa in the Wake of a Friend’s Death

Filmmaker Jack Dunphy on his late best friend John Cibula, and the shifting role Terry Zwigoff’s dark holiday comedy played in their relationship.

A New Beauty

Film
By Shannon Plumb | December 18, 2019
By Shannon Plumb | December 18, 2019

A New Beauty

Shannon Plumb on The Disappearance of My Mother, an intimate portrait of ex-model Benedetta Barzini, and her own brush with the fashion world.

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