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Tag: film essay

The Creative Process: A Visual Essay

Film
By Lilian T. Mehrel | July 10, 2025
By Lilian T. Mehrel | July 10, 2025

The Creative Process: A Visual Essay

Filmmaker Lilian T. Mehrel offers a glimpse into the creative process behind her debut feature Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca 2025.

How to Rent out a Theater Without Breaking the Bank

Film
By Lily Lady | July 8, 2025
By Lily Lady | July 8, 2025

How to Rent out a Theater Without Breaking the Bank

Writer and filmmaker Lily Lady on "peppers," Fried Green Tomatoes and a new way of helping cinemas stay alive.

The Down and the Fortress of Numbness

Film
By Tzvi | July 3, 2025
By Tzvi | July 3, 2025

The Down and the Fortress of Numbness

Writer-director Tzvi shares the two letters he wrote to his cast and crew during the making of his upcoming second feature, The Down.

Swimming with the Alligators

Film
By Uttera Singh | June 26, 2025
By Uttera Singh | June 26, 2025

Swimming with the Alligators

Writer-director-star Uttera Singh allows herself a few tangents as she tells the story of how her debut feature, Pinch, came to be.

Long Live the Werewolf!

Film
By Onur Tukel | June 24, 2025
By Onur Tukel | June 24, 2025

Long Live the Werewolf!

Or how filmmaker Onur Tukel pushed back against the impending singularity by adapting his lycanthrope screenplay Run Werewolf Run into a novel.

Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf and What Happens When We Stop Talking About the Art

Film
By Greg Stewart | June 19, 2025
By Greg Stewart | June 19, 2025

Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf and What Happens When We Stop Talking About the Art

Producer Greg Stewart takes a clear-eyed look at the current trend of shunning "difficult" art and the problems that stem from that.

Personal Exposure

Film
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025

Personal Exposure

Karla Murthy shares the experience of turning the camera on herself and her family in her latest feature, The Gas Station Attendant.

You Think You Know the Story

Film
By Zyortza | June 13, 2025
By Zyortza | June 13, 2025

You Think You Know the Story

Emerging filmmaker Zyortza on the immigrant narrative of her timely, L.A.-set short film I Don't Even Skate.

Heads Carolina, Tails California

Film
By Lovell Holder | June 6, 2025
By Lovell Holder | June 6, 2025

Heads Carolina, Tails California

Lovell Holder, the writer-director of Lavender Men and producer of The Surrender, on the pleasures of being (accidentally) bicoastal.

Devil in a Wig

Film
By Callie Hernandez | May 30, 2025
By Callie Hernandez | May 30, 2025

Devil in a Wig

Actor-writer-director Callie Hernandez takes us on a journey that starts with her love of Jonathan Glazer's banned commercial for Flake ...

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