Even if you don’t recognize the name Zia Anger, you’re probably familiar with her work. Over the last few years, Anger has pushed and played with the limits of conceptual visual storytelling as the ...

What is it to make a movie? Often, we think of singular auteurs almost effortlessly spinning visions of astounding beauty from nothing but their imagination for us to reverentially take in while ...

A Taoist parable is finding new life on TikTok, where creators are touting the "Empty Boat Theory" as a simple "brain hack" for dealing with anger and self-centered thinking. The concept, imagining ...

A self-reflexive origin story about creation, growth, and the myth of the lone artist, “My First Film” announces a bold, disruptive new talent in American cinema. But if the film’s release is anything ...