interview
How Mike Mills Made a Great Movie About Fatherhood by Focusing on an Uncle
‘C’mon C’mon’ follows a middle-aged bachelor as he’s forced to take care of his nephew. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker talks to MEL about why he’s okay with all of his movies ending up being about family — although sometimes even he hates how much of a double Pisces he is
The First Lady of Boxing Won’t Let the Sport Ignore CTE
To ensure combat sports aren’t following the NFL’s very slow lead on head trauma, legendary manager Jackie Kallen is working on new technologies that will gauge the damage to boxers’ brains immediately after a fight
In ‘Procession,’ Six Sexual-Abuse Survivors Turn Their Trauma into Movies
Documentarian Robert Greene discusses the extraordinarily cathartic creative collaboration he underwent with his subjects — and why he thinks it’s up to the audience to complete their film
Nipping It in the Bud: The War Against Succulent Smugglers in California
A new law intends to crackdown on plant poachers in the Golden State. But how widespread is the problem really?
