Commotion remembers the great Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison — who passed away on Saturday at age 97 — with a group chat featuring his friend and colleague Rick Mercer, filmmaker Clement Virgo and Globe and Mail film critic Barry Hertz

January 22nd marks the 40th anniversary of Apple’s famous 1984 themed — a nod to George Orwells famed dystopian novel — Macintosh ad, which aired during the Super Bowl. The event officially kicked off the home-computing craze in North America. But that was just one breakthrough moment in a year that's become one of the most pivotal in modern history. Music journalist Michaelangelo Matos and media studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan explain how the major evolutions in technology, pop culture and politics we saw in 1984 created the world we live in today.

Comedian Marlon Palmer and culture critics A. Harmony and David Dennis Jr. join Elamin to dig into the week’s big stories: the ‘Drake hip-hop’ debate, Ava DuVernay’s latest film Origin and the trailer for the new J-Lo movie that's gotten everyone confused.

CruiseTok — the daily stream of TikTok videos made by passengers on Royal Caribbean’s unprecedented nine-month cruise around the world — is the current hottest reality TV show. Culture writers Becky Hughes and Anne T. Donahue explain why you just can’t swipe away. Plus, You might know the actor Sophie Nélisse for playing the young Shauna in Yellowjackets. Now she’s the voice of another harrowing story: a podcast about the Ashley Madison hack. Where people who used the site to cheat on their partners were exposed — with devastating results. Elamin sits down with her to talk about her new project.

The Paramount+ series The Curse turns a funhouse mirror on white liberal guilt, gentrification, the art world, reality television and other aspects of modern life. Culture critics Falen Johnson and Amil Niazi weigh in on The Curse’s absurd finale. Plus, Jeopardy contestants were recently stumped by a pop culture clue, even when shown a photo of the person they had to guess, which was the late rapper Mac Miller. Elamin chats with 23-time Jeopardy champion Mattea Roach about how hard it is to keep up with pop culture these days!

Jonathan Glazer’s new film The Zone of Interest has received rave reviews and awards-season attention for its unconventional approach to retelling the Holocaust from the perspective of a rich Nazi family that lives next to Auschwitz. Rad Simonpillai will explain what makes The Zone of Interest so compelling, while fellow critic Katarina Docalovich will explain why she was put off by the film. Plus, Former Montreal Canadiens player Terry Ryan never stopped playing hockey – even AFTER he started acting in the hit comedy Shoresy. But he never expected to be called up to a pro game in a sold-out arena in his hometown of St John’s — on his 47th birthday.

The fourth season of True Detective premiered on Sunday, and critics are raving about it. TV critics Kathryn VanArendonk and Jackson Weaver talk about leading performances by Jodie Foster and newcomer Kali Reis and the storytelling prowess of showrunner Issa Lopez. Plus, South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun died by apparent suicide late last year, following a highly publicized investigation into alleged drug use. Korean pop culture expert Michelle Cho explains why South Korea’s top artists are calling for an examination of the police and the media’s treatment of his case.

The new Mean Girls movie musical comes out today. Culture critics Sarah-Tai Black, Niko Stratis & Cassie Cao join Elamin to review the latest adaptation of the classic teen movie. Plus, they unpack the backlash to the controversial New York Times op-ed that speculates on Taylor Swift’s sexuality.

Commotion is proud to announce the most highly anticipated reading list of the year. Elamin will reveal the five Canadian celebrities and the five books they'll be championing, and give each panelist a thirty second preview of what's to come.

Almost a decade after his presidency, Barack Obama is still a cultural force. Jennifer Zhan and Eric Deggans get into Obama’s lasting cultural relevance — and why artists may not want to be on his year-end lists. Plus, are Canadians being left off of best-of lists? Music journalist and author Michael Barclay offers some theories as to why Canadian music may have fallen off on the international stage.