“Where Exactly Does Consent Live?” Rea Tajiri on Wisdom Gone Wild
Wisdom Gone Wild Rea Tajiri’s Wisdom Gone Wild takes a hard look at...
“I Rejected the Concept of Linearity”: Leslie Tai on How to Have an American Baby
How to Have an American Baby Sprawling in scope, observational in form and...
“The Pendulum Can Only Swing So Far Before the Industry Realizes That There is More to Film, and Life, Than Celebrities and Murderers”: Frances Henderson on Her Essay Doc, This Much We Know
This Much We Know “I think the reason we’ve never pinpointed the real...
“The History of Racist Ideas”: Roger Ross Williams on Stamped From the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning Though I’ve not read Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New...
“A Journey That Allowed Us to Harness the Power of Storytelling”: Kaouther Ben Hania on her Cannes-winning Four Daughters
Four Daughters Co-winner of the Cannes 2023 Golden Eye, Kaouther Ben Hania’s (Zaineb...
The ’80s NYC Art Scene, DIY Doc Filmmaking and the Hustle of Self-Promotion: Director Brian Vincent and Producer Heather Spore on Make Me Famous
Edward Brezinski at Club 57, 1981. (Photo ©Kathy Dumas) There’s a moment early...
“Sometimes the Present Erases the Past, and Sometimes the Past Erases the Present”: Steve McQueen on His Cannes-Premiering Occupied City
Occupied City, by Steve McQueen (courtesy A24) Tourists in Amsterdam typically stop at...
Binaural Recording, Room Tone, and Voices from the Past: Sam Green on His Documentary 32 Sounds
32 Sounds When it came time to title his 2018 documentary about The...
“Klee Wanted to Destroy the Convention of Angels in Their Historic Tradition”: Ken August Meyer on His SXSW Doc about Art and Illness, Angel Applicant
Angel Applicant There’s the concept of art as therapy, and then there’s the...
“…The Costs of Turning Yourself from a Three-Dimensional Person into a Two-Dimensional Brand”: Miranda Yousef on Her SXSW-Premiering doc Art for Everybody
Art for Everybody One of the most surprising revelations about the painter (and...
“How Do You Talk About It as a Murder When You Think It’s an Accident?” Citizen Sleuth Director Chris Kasick on His SXSW-Premiering Mile Marker 181 Doc
Citizen Sleuth In the nine years since Serial, the “true crime podcaster” has...
“This ‘Space Problem’ Became Our Problem”: Ido Mizrahy on The Longest Goodbye
The Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) With NASA under “presidential orders” to...