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Standing Room Only

Drew Denny, director of the new documentary Second Nature, on a transformative decade spent telling a story that truly matters.

April 13, 2026

Finding the Magic and Humanity in Science on the Big Screen

Newly returned from Sundance, Sandbox Films' Jessica Harrop on her attempts to reconceive what science documentaries can be.

February 6, 2026

I Mailed People Pills

Musician/comedian Ember Knight reveals the results of their “imagination strengthening” drug trial.

April 18, 2025

Facing Failure on Top of a Mountain

How Canary director Danny O’Malley met a neuroscientist and made an impossible film.

September 19, 2023

The Endless Scientific Possibilities of Music, and Musical Possibilities of Science

However clever you are, whatever system you think of for trying to understand the world, there's always things which you can never know.

September 18, 2018

Why Humans Form Rock Bands and Chimpanzees Don’t

Danbert Nobacon (Chumbawamba) goes deep into the evolutionary origins of music.

March 6, 2017

Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) Talks with Mike Cahill (I Origins) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

The fascinating and wide-ranging conversation between two fine young directors, who also happen to be great friends.

August 1, 2014