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A Proper Collaboration: Joaquin Phoenix and Gus Van Sant’s Big Step Forward in Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
In the 33 years since he made his first feature, the now classic Mala Noche, director...
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The Mythical West: The Zellner Brothers on Playing with Genre Tropes and Letting Humor Come Intuitively with Damsel
From Tarantino, to the Coen Brothers, to Kelly Reichardt, the western is so entrenched in cinematic history...
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How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing...
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NewFilmmakers LA: Asia LeMasters, Simon Ryninks, Zak Klein, Lu Han and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well...
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The Hope Gatherer: Debra Granik Finds Beauty in the Difficulties of Life in Leave No Trace
In Debra Granik’s narrative films, women take charge. They try to save their men from the...
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“Our Selfishness is Our Legacy”: 2018 Moviemaker of the Planet, Paul Schrader
It’s not that the planet is in danger. The planet is just fine. If we have...
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Believer: Director Don Argott and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds on Their Doc in Support of LGBTQ Youth
Molded by his Mormon upbringing, Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the internationally renowned band Imagine Dragons,...
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NewFilmmakers LA: Georgia Fu, Renee Faia, Iggi Ogard, Miguel Almagro and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well...
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NewFilmmakers LA: Alexis Ostrander, Heidi Hartwig, Kimmy Gatewood and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well...
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Child’s Play: Carla Simón on Directing Her Young Stars and Revisiting Her Memories in Summer 1993
Stemming from true events in her childhood, Carla Simón’s Summer 1993 is a delicate, accomplished debut feature...
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Sleuthy Blinders: In Darkness Director Anthony Byrne On Hitchcockian Thrillers, Writing with Partner Natalie Dormer
In his new film In Darkness, Irish director Anthony Byrne takes the cat-and-mouse crime thriller perfected...
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True Crime, New Fiction: Form Follows Fiction’s Function in Bart Layton’s Hybrid Docudrama, American Animals
American Animals is the true story of four students who get lost in a fantasy of...
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Embracing Your Inner Masochist: WIP Your Project Into Shape With Work-in-Progress Screenings
Let’s assume you’ve achieved the impossible: you’ve stressed your way through pre-production on your first feature,...
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Desert Eagle: How Coralie Fargeat Shot Revenge in the Moroccan Desert, Preserved Her Creative Freedom, and More
If you’d have told film critics five years ago (or maybe even just last year) that...
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Measure of a Man: DP Denson Baker on Making a Period Piece Feel Modern, and Avoiding VFX During a 23-Day Shoot
Measure of a Man marks my fifth collaboration with director Jim Loach. Each project was a voyage of...
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Like Brothers: Mark and Jay Duplass Explore Their Fraternal Filmmaking Bond in New Memoir
“How do you make it in this brutal fucking business?” This is the question that indie...
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Zama: Director Lucrecia Martel Discusses Her Long-Awaited New Film
Continuing to explore her interest in lost souls, found elsewhere in her films The Holy Girl (2004)...
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Exclusive: Andover Examines Love, Death and Resurrection (Video)
There is nothing as permanent as death and there is no desire as strong as the...
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How They Did It: Recording Live Musical Performances Added Sonic Realism to The House of Tomorrow
My first feature film The House of Tomorrow was shot in a small town in Minnesota...
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No Days of Rest: How First-Time Director Rachel Myers Made Wendy’s Shabbat With Her Mother and Grandmother
It was incredible to make this project with three generations of women in my family. My...
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Up to the Tusk: How Actor Ashley Bell Took On Her First Feature as a Director, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
I didn’t go to film school. I’d never written a feature. I was a working actress...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Olivier Assayas
Some 40 years into his moviemaking journey, Olivier Assayas shares why he’s still asking questions, trying...
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Shifting Sands: Director Brad Anderson on Making Beirut, and Managing a Career of Genre and Budget-Hopping
Despite a 22-year track record, director Brad Anderson has had what some might consider a stealth...
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Taylor Made: Deon Taylor on How His Self-Made Moviemaking Journey Led Him to Direct Traffik
One of the hardest working filmmakers in the industry, Deon Taylor has been making features for...
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