House of Crouse

Welcome to the House of Crouse. It's a sombre week around the HoC as we remember Rob Stewart, the environmentalist and filmmaker who passed away January 31, 2017 while filming a documentary. His movie Sharkwater won awards all over the world and shed light on the plight of sharks in the modern world. On a lighter note, Michael Cera stops by to chat about playing Robin in The Batman Lego Movie. C'mon in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Elan Mastai wrote "The F Word." That should be enough to earn him a place of honour at the HoC but, as if that wasn't enough, he then wrote a wildly imaginative and entertaining book of humanistic sci fi called "All Our Wrong Tomorrows." Interested? Tune and hear him talk about it. It's a good listen so c'mon in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today around the old HoC we're thinking locally but acting globally. Joyce A. Nashawati’s pre-apocalyptic film "Blind Sun" sets xenophobia and alienation against the sunny backdrop of Athens, Greece. Jamie Kastner's documentary "The Skyjacker's Tale" tells the story of Ishmael Muslim Ali an American convicted of murdering eight people in the US Virgin Islands who hijacked an American Airlines plane full of passengers to Cuba on New Years Eve 1984, and got away with it. Until now. Great stories, so come on in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today it's ripped-from-the-headlines day around the old HoC. Two documentary filmmakers drop by to chat up two very different films. Dilip Mehta's "Mostly Sunny" is a look at Sunny Leone, the Canadian born performer who made the jump from porn star and “Penthouse Pet of the Year” to Queen of Bollywood. Then Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson drops by to discuss "Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities," his wide ranging look at how Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have helped shape the societal and cultural history of America for the last 170 years. It's fascinating stuff so c'mon in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This week "Paterson" star Adam Driver expresses disbelief that his new film won't make $165 million on it's opening weekend and Don McKellar talks about why he has always found film restrictive. It's fun stuff, so c'mon in and sit a spell with us.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. We're having a look back today at some favourite conversations from 2016. Jay Baruchel talks soccer, Moon Zappa chats about her dad Frank, exotic dancer and JFK mistress Tempest Storm talks about her life and comic book legend Stan Lee discusses alliteration. It's all good stuff, and it's all at the House of Crouse! C'mon in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. It was so busy around here for the holidays we forgot to post the Best of 2016 edition! Here it is, words of wisdom from Spike Lee, Jonah Hill, photographer George Zimbel and Cheap Trick! Crazy big show to celebrate a crazy year. C'mon in, take a load off and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Denise Donlon is a lot of things, Canadian business executive, television producer, host and member of the Order of Canada to name just a few. She is now also an author. Her book "Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances)" is a memoir about her career spent at the highest levels of Canadian cultural life. Today she stops by the House of Crouse to talk about Much Music, Sony Records, a disagreement with Leonard Cohen and much more. C'mon in and sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Last week we teased you with a taste of Riz Ahmed. Today you get the long version were we talk about Star Wars, The Night of and much more. David Frankel, director of Collateral Beauty, talks about working with an all star cast and how Will Smith controls the weather to get his way on set. C'mon in, sit a spell!

Welcome to an extra House of Crouse. In joyous celebration of the release of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" here's a standalone HoC podast with Lucasfilm story group head geek Pablo Hidalgo. He probably knows more about "Star Wars" than anyone on the planet and is the man with the "Star Wars" plan. He makes sure the all the puzzle pieces fit together seamlessly. C'mon in and geek out with me and Pablo. The force is strong with him.