# Henry Bean

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Henry B. González

Born in 1916, Henry B. González was the first Mexican American to represent Texas in Congress. An expert on the nation's banking system, he oversaw the 1989 savings and loan bailout, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. He also led efforts to overhaul public housing and increase t…

...about The Believer (2001) with Christopher Roberts

Christopher Roberts was one of the producers of "The Believer", as well as on the film "Welcome To The Dollhouse" and the demo that got Andy Dick booked on The Ben Stiller Show. Roberts joins the podcast to fill in a few details left out of our interview with director Henry Bean and share stores wi…

...about The Believer (2001) with director Henry Bean

Henry Bean, the writer/director of “The Believer” which is based upon the true story of a New York Jew who became a Long Island Nazi and killed himself after being outed by the New York Times…insists his film is a comedy. Bean (and producer Christopher Roberts) join the podcast to unpack the film w…

Henry Bean

As a writer, Henry Bean is responsible for films about self-destructive protagonists who skirt justice in Deep Cover Internal Affairs. With his directorial debut, The Believer, he took that character one step further. Now with his newest film, Noise, he moves into the realm of fable.  We discuss hi…

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 53 - 'Enemy of the State' with Guest Robert Daniels (Tony Scott, 1998)

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema's greatest auteurs. In doing so, they will look at their filmographies, explore what drives them artistically and …

Case 67. DEEP COVER (1992) | Dir Bill Duke |

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1992's DEEP COVER! Starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. Written by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean. Directed by Bill Duke.   Mean Streets is produced by Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth Edited by Luke Deckard Music by Luke Deckard

49. Golden Eighties (1986)

With Scott back from vacation, he and Grace go on their own trip to Belgium for Chantel Akerman's shopping mall musical, Golden Eighties (1986). Is it a brilliantly quirky examination of consumerism and romance through a feminist lens? Is it a poor attempt at recreating the lushness of an MGM Techn…

The Event

A strange fire has consumed the land between the river and the sea. Fiction by Henry Bean from our Fall 2025 issue. "The Event" was written by Henry Bean and edited for the page by Arielle Angel and Nathan Goldman. It was narrated by the author, with sound design and music by Amber Devereux at Tin …

Desire

Filmmaker Mike Figgis on desire: the disruptive force behind every great story, why we’re drawn to the forbidden, and learning to enjoy it without acting on it. Figgis Unfiltered S2 E4. Season 2 of Figgis Unfiltered examines the human emotions, one at a time. In Episode 4, director Mike Figgis (Lea…