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Tag: Directing

Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole

Film
By Dante Bellini | March 2, 2021
By Dante Bellini | March 2, 2021

Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole

Dante Bellini, director of Ken Burns: Here & There, on how the documentary icon helped him make a late-career leap to filmmaking.

The Girls of Kaali Khuhi

Film
By Terrie Samundra | March 1, 2021
By Terrie Samundra | March 1, 2021

The Girls of Kaali Khuhi

When writer-director Terrie Samundra made her feature debut, she ignored the age-old adage about not working with children and animals ...

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Film
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Asian-Canadian writer-director Li Dong, whose debut feature, Stealing School, is out this week on VOD, gives his take on the current moment.

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

Film
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.

What a Feminist, Anti-Colonial Science Lab Taught Me About Ethical Filmmaking

Film
By Noah Hutton | February 12, 2021
By Noah Hutton | February 12, 2021

What a Feminist, Anti-Colonial Science Lab Taught Me About Ethical Filmmaking

Filmmaker Noah Hutton on how he was inspired to create a handbook so that the making of his new film Lapsis adhered to the values it upheld.

How I Spent Seven Years Single-handedly Making a Demonic Thriller – and Accidentally Uncovered My Family’s Dark History

Film
By Jordan Graham | February 9, 2021
By Jordan Graham | February 9, 2021

How I Spent Seven Years Single-handedly Making a Demonic Thriller – and Accidentally Uncovered My Family’s Dark History

Jordan Graham, the writer-director (and pretty much everything else) of Sator shares the remarkable story of making his debut movie.

Cinema of the Interior

Film
By Isabel Sandoval | February 8, 2021
By Isabel Sandoval | February 8, 2021

Cinema of the Interior

For Isabel Sandoval — an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Lingua Franca — cinema, like all art, is an emotional experience.

Viggo Mortensen Talks with Alix Lambert on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast
By Alix Lambert | February 4, 2021
By Alix Lambert | February 4, 2021

Viggo Mortensen Talks with Alix Lambert on the Talkhouse Podcast

The actor, whose debut feature as writer-director, Falling, is out tomorrow, chats with his longtime friend and fellow filmmaker.

What True Diversity Looks Like

Film
By Ken Mok | February 3, 2021
By Ken Mok | February 3, 2021

What True Diversity Looks Like

From America’s Next Top Model to his directorial debut The Right One, industry vet Ken Mok has been focused on everyone on the screen.

The Evolution of 9th Circuit Cowboy

Film
By Terry Sanders | February 2, 2021
By Terry Sanders | February 2, 2021

The Evolution of 9th Circuit Cowboy

Academy Award-winning director Terry Sanders on how he came to make his latest film, a documentary portrait of the late Judge Harry Pregerson.

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