
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
The Life of Chuck Director Mike Flanagan on Horror, Hope, and Lessons from RuPaul
The Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan spent years making movies and working in reality TV before he used a

How We Made ‘Peeping Todd,’ Our Bible Belt Pervert Musical
In the piece below, “Peeping Todd” director Josh Munds details the making of his wild comic musical about a pervert

Is Tyler Perry’s Straw ‘No Exit for Black Women’?
(Spoiler alert: Tyler Perry’s Straw is spoiled in this article and the accompanying podcast.) Tyler Perry’s Straw has a deceptive

Phantom of the Paradise Stage Musical in the Works From Paul Williams, Sam Pressman (Exclusive)
Phantom of the Paradise, the cult classic 1974 Brian de Palma film that reworked Phantom of the Opera and starred

13 Filmmakers on the Future of Queer Cinema: Predictions, Pep Talks and Calls to Action
Reflections on the future of queer cinema from Brian Michael Smith, Eve Lindley, Vera Drew, Marco Calvani and more.

Making 80 for Brady; Not Everyone Deserves The Last of Us; How to Best Watch Skinamarink
How to watch Skinamarink, according to its director; some folks don’t deserve The Last of Us, director Kyle Marvin on making 80 for Brady; Bloc Party rules