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Tag: film essay

How Claire Dolan and Roseanne Got Me Through My First Year in New York City

Film
By Ido Fluk | April 4, 2017
By Ido Fluk | April 4, 2017

How Claire Dolan and Roseanne Got Me Through My First Year in New York City

Ido Fluk, director of The Ticket, looks back on arriving in New York in August 2001, and his experiences in a city suddenly thrown into crisis.

A Modest (Black Art by Black Artists) Proposal

Film
By Stephen Winter | April 3, 2017
By Stephen Winter | April 3, 2017

A Modest (Black Art by Black Artists) Proposal

Stephen Winter channels Jonathan Swift as he responds to controversy surrounding [name redacted]'s painting of Emmett Till.

John Waters for President!

Film
By Tommy O’Haver | March 30, 2017
By Tommy O’Haver | March 30, 2017

John Waters for President!

Tommy O'Haver, director of The Most Hated Woman in America, makes his passionate pitch for who should be the next POTUS.

Kelly Reichardt and Humanism as a Political Statement

Film
By Hope Dickson Leach | March 29, 2017
By Hope Dickson Leach | March 29, 2017

Kelly Reichardt and Humanism as a Political Statement

The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach on Certain Women and the compassionate approach of her former professor.

How I Harnessed My Silicon Valley Startup Skills to Make a Successful First Feature

Film
By Rucha Humnabadkar | March 28, 2017
By Rucha Humnabadkar | March 28, 2017

How I Harnessed My Silicon Valley Startup Skills to Make a Successful First Feature

Director Rucha Humnabadkar explains how her dayjob as a UX designer shaped the way she made her debut feature, For Here or To Go?.

The Unfortunate Thing Filmmakers Have in Common with President Trump

Film
By Ted Geoghegan | March 21, 2017
By Ted Geoghegan | March 21, 2017

The Unfortunate Thing Filmmakers Have in Common with President Trump

Writer-director Ted Geoghegan, who is also a publicist, begs his peers to tweet less about their movies and spend more time actually making them.

Who Cares About Films About Actresses?

Film
By Elisabeth Subrin | March 20, 2017
By Elisabeth Subrin | March 20, 2017

Who Cares About Films About Actresses?

A Woman, A Part director Elisabeth Subrin on her quest to solve the riddle of why she chose an actress as the subject of her debut feature.

How I Learned the Importance and Value of Anger in Art

Film
By Guy Davidi | March 17, 2017
By Guy Davidi | March 17, 2017

How I Learned the Importance and Value of Anger in Art

Oscar-nominated documentarian Guy Davidi reveals how his film about acting teacher Amir Orian shifted his views on how art and politics can intersect.

For All the Girls (Or, How Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of The Diary of a Teenage Girl Helped Me Stop Worrying and Love the Book)

Film
By Mara Wilson | March 15, 2017
By Mara Wilson | March 15, 2017

For All the Girls (Or, How Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of The Diary of a Teenage Girl Helped Me Stop Worrying and Love the Book)

Writer and actress Mara Wilson traces her complex relationship over time with Phoebe Gloeckner's book, and then its big-screen version.

Personal Shopper and the Movies That Haunt Us

Film
By Stephen Cone | March 13, 2017
By Stephen Cone | March 13, 2017

Personal Shopper and the Movies That Haunt Us

Stephen Cone on Olivier Assayas' beguiling new film, and the other rare movies that have powerfully lingered with him in the same way.

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