Six leading directors — Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuaron, Marielle Heller, Yorgos Lanthimos and Spike Lee — discuss how they conquer the fears of actors, the politics of art in "dangerous times," what you learn in film school and what can ruin a project: "In one word, Hollywood."

An under-discovered Amazon treasure, a boundary-pushing broadcast comedy, a riveting nature doc and a delightfully quirky Australian import were among the Hollywood Reporter TV critic’s favorites of the year.