Filmmaking on the Edge at the 2014 Provincetown Film Festival

The Credits is back at the Provincetown Film Festival, and we'd be lying if we said we weren't just a little bit thrilled. Last year, our first in Provincetown, was the type of introduction that will marry you to a place, and a festival, for life. We had the great fortune to spend some time with legendary filmmaker, writer, visual artist, wit and unofficial (but sort of official) Provincetown mayor John Waters.

Singing for his Supper: 7 Questions With Icon John Waters

How many of us can say we really did it our way? Frank Sinatra sure seemed like he did. Who else? Who else seemed to not only live the life they wanted to lead, but a life that was in many ways counter to the way everybody else was doing it? Sinatra certainly did it his way, but he was hardly an outlier—he had a whole pack.

You know whom I’m driving towards,

Hanging With John Waters, Mary Harron & More at the Provincetown Film Festival

From June 19th to the 24th, The Credits had the distinct pleasure of attending the 15th Anniversary of the Provincetown International Film Festival. Unlike Sundance, or Cannes, or Toronto, PIFF is the kind of gathering where first-time filmmakers fight with industry legends for space at the ice cream counter instead of over grand jury prizes, and the lineup of films not only makes room for women's issues, LGBTQ rights,

The Queen of Casting: Meet Emmy Award Winning Casting Director & Baltimore Legend Pat Moran

The plight of the casting director is well known to people who follow the industry—they are crucial, they are highly skilled, and they are almost comically overlooked when it comes to having their contributions to filmmaking recognized (the TV world is, however, more egalitarian—they are honored at the Emmys). The gap between their worth to the films they work on and the respect they receive has generated pieces from the likes of Deadline.com and The Wrap, who wonder why the work of such critical collaborators,