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Tag: film essay

The Time I Was An Alien Rapist (for Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse)

Film
By Brian McGuire | October 17, 2019
By Brian McGuire | October 17, 2019

The Time I Was An Alien Rapist (for Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse)

Actor-writer-director Brian McGuire shares his extraterrestrial experiences working on the New Queer Cinema auteur's recent TV show.

As a Vegan, Directing a Documentary About Taxidermy Transformed the Way I See the World

Film
By Erin Derham | October 16, 2019
By Erin Derham | October 16, 2019

As a Vegan, Directing a Documentary About Taxidermy Transformed the Way I See the World

Filmmaker and environmental historian Erin Derham charts the journey she took as she challenged herself making her new film, Stuffed.

“The Seed is Planted, The Terror Grows”

Film
By Patrick Lussier | October 15, 2019
By Patrick Lussier | October 15, 2019

“The Seed is Planted, The Terror Grows”

Patrick Lussier on his thematic preoccupation with paranoia, both in his new movie Trick and in two longstanding favorites.

Meeting Mack Beggs and Making Mack Wrestles

Film
By Erin Sanger and Taylor Hess | October 9, 2019
By Erin Sanger and Taylor Hess | October 9, 2019

Meeting Mack Beggs and Making Mack Wrestles

The directors of the ESPN 30 for 30 film describe the experience of crafting their intimate portrait of the trans wrestler.

On Making Breaking In with Burt Reynolds

Film
By Bill Forsyth | October 4, 2019
By Bill Forsyth | October 4, 2019

On Making Breaking In with Burt Reynolds

Gregory’s Girl director Bill Forsyth on his overlooked 1989 crime caper, in which Reynolds showed he was a great actor, not just a movie star.

Bursting From Within: Why Alien Struck a Nerve

Film
By Alexandre O. Philippe | October 1, 2019
By Alexandre O. Philippe | October 1, 2019

Bursting From Within: Why Alien Struck a Nerve

Alexandre O. Philippe, director of Memory: The Origins of Alien, on how Ridley Scott's 1979 film defied cinematic trends to become a classic.

Shooting My Fucked Up Movie Sustainably Helped Me Sleep at Night!

Film
By Daniel Scheinert | September 27, 2019
By Daniel Scheinert | September 27, 2019

Shooting My Fucked Up Movie Sustainably Helped Me Sleep at Night!

Or why Daniel Scheinert made his film The Death of Dick Long in small-town Alabama with community involvement and sustainability at the fore.

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet

Film
By Mara Wilson | September 26, 2019
By Mara Wilson | September 26, 2019

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet

For actress and writer Mara Wilson, it took seeing the Bard's classic tale of revenge through a Japanese lens for her to truly appreciate it.

How I Came to Make a Scottish Historical Epic … in Montana

Film
By Richard Gray | September 20, 2019
By Richard Gray | September 20, 2019

How I Came to Make a Scottish Historical Epic … in Montana

Richard Gray on how he went from being an Aussie kid who loved Braveheart to revisiting characters from that film in a movie of his own.

I Believe in Monsters. I Believe in Time Machines.

Film
By Angelica Zollo | September 19, 2019
By Angelica Zollo | September 19, 2019

I Believe in Monsters. I Believe in Time Machines.

Writer-director Angelica Zollo on the subject of her debut feature, Trauma is a Time Machine.

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