To the White Sea

33: Shoot the Driver with Pete Ohs

Today we’re joined by visionary filmmaker Pete Ohs, director of Erupcja, Jethica, and The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick. We kick things off talking about script d

The Films of Mary Cybulski (feat. Tony Gilroy and John Sayles)

This Memorial Day weekend we are celebrating the life of Ray’s mom, filmmaker Mary Cybulski. We start by discussing a retrospective of Mary’s experimental short films, co

32: The Light Touch

Today we’re keeping it light, mostly with scenes of horrific violence, all of which evoke a paradoxical sensation, a strange weightlessness like you feel at the top of a

TTWS Double Feature: Short Cuts (35mm) / Send Help (4DX)

It’s movie night in New York City! Join us for some roving recording as we pound the cobblestones of Manhattan and take in two films in vastly different formats: Robert A

31: Point of View

You are about to listen to a mega episode. Charged up and sans guest, we dive deep into a core facet of moviemaking and film-viewing: point of view—the power of films to

TTWS Xmas Party – Bad Santa with Jason Adam Katzenstein & Michael Tyburski

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good commentary! That’s right—to celebrate the holiday season and ring in the new year we’re watching Terry Zwigoff’s 2003 holiday cl

30: Someone You’re Not with Rebecca Rose Bulnes

We’re back with a positively joyful episode about white-knuckling it through life :) These are scenes where characters are undercover, pretending to be different than the

COENS SECRETS UNLOCKED with Griffin Newman, Skip Lievsay & Joni Tefoya (Heidi Gardner)

In this extra special live event To the White Sea makes study group history as we explore deep secrets, hidden connections, and cinematic revelation in the work of the Co

COENS THEATER VOL. I: “SAWBONES” / LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

Boo! In this special episode we announce our live show COENS SECRETS UNLOCKED and unveil our new miniseries exploring the stage play work of the Coens. We kick off COENS

29: Mega Presences with Will Oldham

Today is all about mega presences—performances with so much character, life, and musicality breathed into them by their actors that they seem to haunt an entire film and

28: Laughed Out of Hollywood with Ian Faria

Laughter—why does it happen? Brilliant filmmaker and comedy consigliere Ian Faria joins the study group to break down comedy in all its forms, be it slapstick physical vi

27: The Dialectic with Edward Ongweso Jr.

Today we’re joined by writer, researcher, and podcaster Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss “the essence of The Dialectic,” as a highly-fictionalized Herbert Marcuse proclaims

HONEY DON’T! – A PANEL DISCUSSION with Ben Brewer, Emilio Diaz, & Melissa Tuckman

To the White Sea is back to discuss HONEY DON’T!—the slapjacking new film from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke—and we’re bringing a new episode format to attempt to wrap our

26: Intergenerational Warfare with Will Menaker & Hesse Deni

Today we’re excited to be joined by Will Menaker and Hesse Deni—cohosts of Movie Mindset, as well as Chapo Trap House and Seeking Derangements respectively—to split the e

25: Perfect Quiet with Skip Lievsay

Like a seashell to your ear, we are here. In this extra special episode of To the White Sea we are thrilled and honored to welcome Academy Award-winning sound editor Skip

24: Suspense and Surprise

Surprise! We're back with a new episode. We jump off from the idea introduced to us by J. Todd Anderson, by way of Alfred Hitchcock, that filmmaking is about two things (

UNLOCKED: TTWS Goes on Hit Factory - A Simple Plan

Hello study group! We will be back soon with more mainline episodes of To the White Sea. To tide you over we bring you a delightful side-quest / amuse-bouche. A couple mo

ROAD EPISODE: Drive-Away Dolls Rapid Response

We're on the road! Ray and Jordan step out of the AMC Lincoln Square 13 and give their immediate impressions of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's new film DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS wh

23: INSTINCT with Devyn Waitt

Emerging from a cloud of goose feathers, TTWS returns! Filmmaker Devyn Waitt joins the study group today to discuss INSTINCT, moments in the Coens films that defy logic b

22: Left Field Production Design with Alex DiGerlando

Today on the program we start things off with a reality-shattering two pages, then shoot into outer space with our guest, the brilliant production designer Alex DiGerland