Filmmaker Magazine

🎉NEW BYLINE ALERT 🎉: For @FilmmakerMag, I spoke to Graham Parkes about his fantastic feature debut WISHFUL THINKING, which took the top Narrative Feature Prize at #SXSW. We talked the magic of split-screen filmmaking, Maya Hawke, & much more. Read here: filmmakermagazine.com/133423-intervi…

If you're befuddled by The Bride!, let Payton McCarty-Simas educate you on the past two centuries of zombie girls on screen. filmmakermagazine.com/133414-the-bri…

@otilia_padua @mehta_critic @AlexPrager @mcastimovies @thebrianivie @zacharoni22 And @EclecticHutch chatted with writer-director Graham Parkes about Wishful Thinking, which stars Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke as a couple with a supernatural slant. filmmakermagazine.com/133423-intervi…

@otilia_padua @mehta_critic @AlexPrager @mcastimovies Speaking to director @thebrianivie and star Sydney Chandler, @zacharoni22 digs into the "lo-fi sci-fi" heart of Anima. filmmakermagazine.com/133418-intervi…

SXSW may be over, but we're continuing to publish some great coverage on the site. If you're curious about what to keep an eye out for, Natalia Keogan wrote a cursory guide to the 2026 festival: filmmakermagazine.com/133394-curtain…

My interview with Rachel Mason, director of MY BROTHER'S KILLER, an unexpectedly personal #truecrime doc premiering at #SXSW today. If you've watched Mason's CIRCUS OF BOOKS, this is an easy rec! May you now RIP, Billy London. More at @FilmmakerMag filmmakermagazine.com/133397-intervi…

“Fungi dictated the structure of the movie.” Mexican director Otilia Portillo Padua speaks with @FilmmakerMag about DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST, premiering at #CPHDOX and #SXSW filmmakermagazine.com/133401-intervi…

For @FilmmakerMag I interviewed Maggie Gyllenhaal about THE BRIDE! which I did not hate!!!!

"Everyone says they want something new," The Bride! writer-director @mgyllenhaal tells @gertsofficial about her sophomore feature. "Well, alright. Can you take it?” filmmakermagazine.com/133387-intervi…

Josef Gatti speaks with Natalia Keogan about his trippy True/False world premiere Phenomena, wherein "ten experiments result in sublime molecular artistry." filmmakermagazine.com/133380-intervi…

Natalia Keogan highlights five films to catch at the 2026 edition of @truefalse—and warns not to miss musical guests ESG and @ amid the non-fiction offerings. filmmakermagazine.com/133384-curtain…

With the Oscars less than two weeks away, @tylercoates explains why prospective winners, at least in all but one category, still feel perplexingly up-in-the-air. filmmakermagazine.com/133367-conside…

this was so fun. also this (latter screenshot) is what i'm thinking when i'm thinking about the concept of a movie "meeting the moment"

Essential interview concerning the best American film that will be released in 2026. x.com/FilmmakerMag/s…

Comedians, co-writers and co-stars Armen Weitzman and Nick Corirossi (who directed) tell @mesneezing about their collaboration on their vineyard romp parody The Napa Boys, out today via @MagnoliaPics filmmakermagazine.com/133359-intervi…

In his final interview from Berlin, @mehta_critic speaks with Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Sultan Khoosat about his “genre-bending” world premiere Lali. filmmakermagazine.com/133347-intervi…

Amir Naderi featured in @FilmmakerMag! filmmakermagazine.com/133330-amir-na…