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Tag: film essay

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.

Why I’m Still Reliving High School

Film
By Aron Eli Coleite | December 16, 2019
By Aron Eli Coleite | December 16, 2019

Why I’m Still Reliving High School

Aron Eli Coleite, the comic book writer and co-creator/showrunner of Netflix's Daybreak, has some stuff to get off his chest.

You Write What You Remember, Even When You Forget

Film
By Tom Quinn | December 13, 2019
By Tom Quinn | December 13, 2019

You Write What You Remember, Even When You Forget

When Tom Quinn set out to make Colewell, he didn't realize he was telling a story about someone so close to home: his next-door neighbor.

Standup Comedy: Truth be Told

Film
By Amber Rollo | December 11, 2019
By Amber Rollo | December 11, 2019

Standup Comedy: Truth be Told

Amber Rollo, a comedian, writer and actor who was one of the people who confronted Harvey Weinstein at a New York comedy show in October, speaks out.

Eight Holiday Movies To Teach You About Christmas, If You’re A Jew Like Me

Film
By Anna Roisman | December 10, 2019
By Anna Roisman | December 10, 2019

Eight Holiday Movies To Teach You About Christmas, If You’re A Jew Like Me

Comedian Anna Roisman reveals the cinematic source of her knowledge about the gentile holiday extravaganza.

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