Filmmaker Ryan White Wants You To Eat Your Br...

You would recognize Emmy Award-nominated actor Stephen Root from over 300 film and television credits including iconic roles in “Office Space”, “NewsRadio”, “King of the Hill”, “Dodgeball”, “Idiocracy”, and “Barry” - for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outst ...  Show more

Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick series. This week, we revisit Alec’s conversation with Becca Heller. On January 27th, 2017, Donald Trump issued the travel ban barr ...  Show more

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 56 - RYAN WHITE - DIRECTOR

Director Ryan White (GOOD NIGHT OPPY, THE KEEPERS, ASSASSINS) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast to discuss his career and the field of documentary filmmaking. Born and raised in Dunwoody, Georgia, Ryan lat ...

We hear from the makers of a beautiful, Oscar nominated documentary about a fading culture in the alpine region of Italy, and the director of a documentary about the bizarre assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. 

A Hollywood character unlike any other reflects on his accidental journey from MTV VJ to white rapper to best actor Oscar contender for his portrayal of a has-been porn star in Sean Baker’s latest indie about people on the fringes of American society. Credits: Hosted by Scott Fei ...  Show more

The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated indie darling reflects on her unusual path to prominence, the backstories of some of her more provocative projects (including 'Kids,' 'Boys Don't Cry' and 'The Brown Bunny') and why she has increasingly been drawn to TV projects (from 'Big Love' to n ...  Show more