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Tag: film essay

When Form and Content Echo Each Other: The Endless Loop

Film
By Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg | April 24, 2025
By Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg | April 24, 2025

When Form and Content Echo Each Other: The Endless Loop

Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg on their new short film, Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded, nothing, everything, the internet, etc.

Making My First Short Film (and How I Possibly Cursed My Set …)

Film
By Emma Claire Crockett | April 23, 2025
By Emma Claire Crockett | April 23, 2025

Making My First Short Film (and How I Possibly Cursed My Set …)

Actor turned writer-director Emma Claire Crockett shares some rookie mistakes (and potential hexes) from her debut short film.

Breaking All the Rules at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies

Film
By Cosmo Salovaara | April 17, 2025
By Cosmo Salovaara | April 17, 2025

Breaking All the Rules at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies

Cosmo Salovaara takes stock of the innovative filmmaking and enlightened curation at the buzzed-about fest, held earlier this month.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Directing

Film
By Michael Tyburski | April 15, 2025
By Michael Tyburski | April 15, 2025

What I Talk About When I Talk About Directing

Michael Tyburski, whose new film Turn Me On is now out, on the role that running has played in his creative and personal lives.

Are Artists Any Better Than AI?

Film
By Bobby Miller | April 10, 2025
By Bobby Miller | April 10, 2025

Are Artists Any Better Than AI?

Filmmaker Bobby Miller, whose debut novel Situation Nowhere is out now, on the existential moment facing artists.

How We Made Gazer

Film
By Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni | April 8, 2025
By Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni | April 8, 2025

How We Made Gazer

Creative collaborators Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni pull back the curtain on their Cannes hit, which is now in theaters.

My Friends in Ukraine

Film
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025

My Friends in Ukraine

Emmy winner Ryan Smith, whose film Soldiers of Song is out now, on his experiences making documentaries about and with the people of Ukraine.

The Lens is Never Neutral: How to Shoot a Crime Scene

Film
By Ami Canaan Mann | March 28, 2025
By Ami Canaan Mann | March 28, 2025

The Lens is Never Neutral: How to Shoot a Crime Scene

Ami Canaan Mann, whose new film Audrey’s Children is out now, looks back on her time researching her 2011 film Texas Killing Fields.

Steaming Up the Screen: On “Good Kissing” and the Need for Intimacy Coordinators

Film
By Aimee Kuge | March 25, 2025
By Aimee Kuge | March 25, 2025

Steaming Up the Screen: On “Good Kissing” and the Need for Intimacy Coordinators

Writer-director Aimee Kuge, whose new film Cannibal Mukbang is out today, on how to (safely) bring heat to the big screen.

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

Film
By Jhett Tolentino | March 21, 2025
By Jhett Tolentino | March 21, 2025

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

Tony and Grammy winner Jhett Tolentino shares his inspiring journey to directing his first film, Asian Persuasion, out now in theaters.

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