From crafting matter-of-fact sex scenes with Kate Winslet, to bathing Alexander Skarsgård in good light, to giving Andy Samberg a serious role, Lee director Ellen Kuras shares lessons in life, war and art.

Jim Henson Idea Man director Ron Howard shares the creative restlessness and experimental spirit he discovered while crafting a new documentary about the “never satisfied” Muppets master—and the film of his that feels the most Muppety in spirit.  

Backspot director D.W. Waterson and star Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs on obsessive cheerleader culture, healthy queer relationships and being star-struck by Elliot Page. Plus: the consensual intricacies of filming back-flips.  

After Letterboxd reviews unleashed headlines about the use of generative A.I. in their spooky new feature, Late Night with the Devil writer-directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes open up about low-budget life, conjuring creativity and the fate of the accursed images in question. 

As they embark on a 2024 tour to new album Little Rope, Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker reflect on their 2024 Oscar faves, naming an album after Robert Redford and the many career peaks of Nicolas Cage.

As box-office surprise Anyone But You comes to Blu-ray and digital, director Will Gluck reflects on the goofiness of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, Shakespeare as the original master of cringe, and his favorite films from 100 years of Columbia history. 

As The Boy and the Heron swoops into cinemas, Gemma Gracewood explores horror, heron behavior and how to live with Hayao Miyazaki’s longtime cinematographer, Atsushi Okui. Plus: an update from Studio Ghibli on Miyazaki’s daily routine.

With DOC NYC upon us, award-winning In the Rearview filmmaker Maciek Hamela describes how he made the interior of a van cinematic to document his volunteer efforts transporting Ukrainian refugees out of war zones. 

Un Certain Regard winner and soccer-mad striker Molly Manning Walker talks about crafting the perfect rave scene, blowing up the filmmaking hierarchy and the blurry lines of consent in How to Have Sex.

Gemma Gracewood dives into the unknown with Jennifer Connelly, who plays an unhinged actress seeking enlightenment from Ben Whishaw and forgiveness from Alice Englert in the darkly comedic Bad Behaviour.  

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan and sci-fi heartthrob David Duchovny whip out dance moves, celebrate the muscularity of Nora Ephron’s favorite genre, and subvert tropes in What Happens Later. 

With Together 99, Lukas Moodysson needed to know if the communal dream could still be alive. Gemma Gracewood meets the director at TIFF to talk about the politics of dishes, the dark euphoria of The Cure and whether there might ever be a sequel to We Are the Best!