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Andre Holland and Nicole Beharie in Love, Brooklyn, directed by Rachael Abigail Holder
September 10, 2025
Rachael Abigail Holder discusses her film Love, Brooklyn, starring Andre Holland and Nicole Beharie, and finding a common language with…
Ba Benjamin Wong
May 28, 2025
Like many filmmakers on the verge of becoming parents, Ba director Benjamin Wong worried that having a child might hurt
September 5 Tim Fehlbaum
January 21, 2025
The events of September 5, 1972 have lingered with director Tim Fehlbaum since the start of his career: Studying film
Blitz director Steve McQueen Things I've Learned as a Moviemaker
January 16, 2025
Blitz writer-director Steve McQueen is revered as one of the most visionary of all filmmakers — a Best Picture winner
Fighting Giants Oluwaseun Babalola-
July 23, 2024
Fighting Giants director Oluwaseun Babalola on the importance of pivoting when obstacles arise in filmmaking. Fighting Giants is told from…
Fresh Kills Jennifer Esposito 2
July 8, 2024
Fresh Kills director Jennifer Esposito mortgaged her house to make her acclaimed debut — a different kind of mob family…
TOOTH Jillian Corsie
November 3, 2023
Jillian Corsie says her short film "Tooth" was inspired by a COVID malaise — and her mother presenting her with…
Climax Critics Awards Announced
November 15, 2022
The Climax Critics Awards, based out of Madrid, Spain, announced its award winners following an ambitious art "vexhibition."
Mike Mosallam Breaking Fast
January 27, 2021
Mike Mosallam is the writer and director of Breaking Fast, a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim reeling…
Michael Covino The Climb Kyle Marvin
January 27, 2021
Michael Covino and Kyle Marvin wore many caps on their cycling-centric comedy The Climb. They co-wrote and star in the…
Karen Maine Yes, God, Yes Directorial Debut
July 29, 2020
Karen Maine on the inspiration for her coming-of-age film, Yes, God, Yes, and her experiences directing for the first time.
The Rental Dave Franco Barry Jenkins
July 24, 2020
Barry Jenkins was so unnerved by The Rental, directed by Dave Franco, that he went back through his own history…
Bloody Nose Empty Pockets Bill and Turner Ross Ross Brothers Jonas Carpignano
July 24, 2020
In Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, some barflies come together to mark the closing of The Roaring Twenties, a dive bar…
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
March 1, 2020
Quentin Tarantino, director of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, is older, wiser, but no less wilder. Here, he shares…
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
December 13, 2019
A Hidden Life stars August Diehl and Valerie Pachner say director Terrence Malick kept the camera rolling at almost all…
December 13, 2019
Director Quentin Tarantino says his story structure in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood owes a debt to director Richard…
In Fabric director Peter Strickland The Lighthouse Robert Eggers David Lynch Eraserhead
December 10, 2019
In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers say Eraserhead, the first film by David Lynch, changed…
In Fabric director Peter Strickland The Lighthouse Robert Eggers David Lynch Eraserhead
December 5, 2019
Should your script be rooted in research or creative license? In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert…
Daniel Kaluuya Queen & Slim Lena Waithe Melina Matsoukas
November 15, 2019
Queen & Slim writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas introduced the film at its premiere at AFI Fest in…
May 25, 2019
Armed with a master’s degree and memberships to the Ukranian and European Film Academies, Nairman Aliev now represents his native…
August 23, 2018
Moviemaker Ramón Salazar told us about his familial drama Sunday’s Illness (La enfermedad del domingo), how the film forged his…
August 23, 2018
Jeremiah Zagar's debut fiction feature We the Animals follows three rowdy brothers growing up in 1980s New York with two…
July 20, 2018
Writer/producer Stephen Susco (The Grudge, Texas Chainsaw 3D) makes his directorial debut with Unfriended: Dark Web, and spoke with us about…
July 19, 2018
In an industry full of big heads, failure is the great equalizer. Here, The Equalizer 2 director Antoine Fuqua gives…