Lately we’ve been asking filmmakers why they make films. The question is usually pretty awkward, since most filmmakers haven’t really…
There is so much good advice out there, but almost none of it sticks. For every thousand pieces of advice…
How far are you willing to go for your films? Are you willing to break the law? Get arrested? Spend…
Like any good story, our careers often make sense only in retrospect. In the moment, the way forward is anything…
Matthew Porterfield, a 39-year-old filmmaker from Baltimore, Maryland, has written and directed four feature films, including Hamilton, Putty Hill, I…
Tom Levinge’s comedic short, Mister Biscuits, is silly. It suspends reality by putting humans in the roles of beloved pets.…
Dylan Allen’s The Privates manages to tackle sci-fi, indie-rock, group dynamics, and merge them into one brilliantly thoughtful short film.…
I recently heard one of my favorite directors, Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant), say that his biggest concern for…
There’s no easy way to make a film. The process is incredibly long and complex with a thousand unmarked pitfalls…
Eliot Rausch likes parables and has a habit of turning them into beautiful and thought-provoking, albeit highly ambiguous, short films.…
