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Turning My Childhood Home into a Film Set

By Sophia Peer | January 20, 2023

Turning My Childhood Home into a Film Set

Who’s Annie? creator and director Sophia Peer on how reenacting sitcom scenes with her parents inspired her to turn trauma into comedy.

Love You, Mum and Dad

Film

By Mark Tonderai | November 9, 2020

Love You, Mum and Dad

Spell director Mark Tonderai looks back on his dramatic childhood in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and how it shaped him as an artist.

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

Film

By Brea Grant | February 19, 2015

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

A deeply personal look at this moving portrait of an Alzheimer's patient featuring an Oscar-nominated performance from Julianne Moore.

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

Music

By Meredith Graves | December 31, 2014

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

I started having trouble on the bus when I was six years old. I was a little nerd who couldn’t keep my mouth shut. I would lip off to boys twice my...