House of Crouse

Welcome to the House of Crouse. “If it bleeds it leads,” is an accepted mantra around newsrooms these days but back in 1974 it was a new, controversial idea. In the based-on-true-events film Christine Rebecca Hall plays Christine Chubbuck, an investigative reporter at a local ABC affiliate in Sarasota, Florida. She was particularly disdainful of the idea until she became the poster child for news sensationalism by announcing to her viewers, “In keeping with WZRB’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see complete coverage of an attempted suicide," before putting a gun to her head and pulling the trigger. Rebecca Hall stops by the HoC to discuss the film and the life of Christine Chubbuck.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Set in a world where regular folks still open the door for rattily dressed kids selling magazines, American Honey is a road trip about families lost and families found, about poverty and disenfranchised youth. We tale to the stars Riley Keough and Sasha Lane. Then, from the vault just in time for Halloween, we have Drew Goddard talking about his amazingly good and amazingly underrated 2011 movie Cabin in the Woods. C'mon in and sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today Tatiana Maslany, Dane DeHaan, Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and more stop by to talk about their new movies, "Two Lovers and a Bear" and "Denial." Find out why Maslany was afraid of one of her "co-stars" and why Wilkinson doesn't love doing interviews. C'mon in, sit a spell and hang out at the good old HoC!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Based on the book The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster the Disney movie Queen of Katwe tells the tale of how Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), an illiterate girl from a very poor family in Kampala, Uganda, learned to play chess and with the help of mentor Robert Katende (David Oyelowo) became a World Chess Olympiads contestant. Meet director Nair, real life inspirations Mutesi and Katende and star Oyelowo as they stop by the HoC.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. At it’s very core Snowden, the story of Ed Snowden, an American computer wiz who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency to The Guardian, is about privacy, and how much of it you can expect to enjoy every time you turn on your computer or pick up your mobile phone. Learn more in the HoC conversations with director Oliver Stone and the film's stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley. C'mon in and sit a spell... but leave your cell phone in the microwave.

It's Part Two of a House of Crouse extra! Here is the raw and unedited audio from a press conference I hosted with 'Gimme Danger" director Jim Jarmusch and his subject, Iggy Pop. By 1973 Iggy and the Stooges had imploded, leaving behind three commercially unsuccessful records and a slug trail of decadence and unfulfilled expectations across two continents. “Gimme Danger” is Jarmusch’s grotty documentary about the life, death and influence of The Stooges. It's a first hand account of what the director calls “the greatest rock and roll band ever." Cover photo by Elizabeth Beddall.

It's a House of Crouse extra! Here is the raw and unedited audio from a press conference I hosted with 'Gimme Danger" director Jim Jarmusch and his subject, Iggy Pop. By 1973 Iggy and the Stooges had imploded, leaving behind three commercially unsuccessful records and a slug trail of decadence and unfulfilled expectations across two continents. “Gimme Danger” is Jarmusch’s grotty documentary about the life, death and influence of The Stooges. It's a first hand account of what the director calls “the greatest rock and roll band ever." Cover photo by Elizabeth Beddall.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. On January 15, 2009 Sully Sullenberger was an airplane captain with forty-two years experience piloting a plane on a routine run from New York's LaGuardia Airport to a stopover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The next day he was a worldwide hero, an instant celebrity. I spoke to the man behind the Miracle on the Hudson and now, the subject of a new Clint Eastwood film starring Tom Hanks, so, c'mon in and sit a spell and hear what Sully has to say.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Face front, true believer! Stan Lee is near the House of Crouse. If I stand on the roof I can almost see him. He's at Fan Expo this weekend, so to celebrate I'm putting this quick chat up earlier than usual. Find out the practical reason behind his unusual habit of using alliteration to name characters like Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Matt Murdoch and Reed Richards and much more! C'mon in and sit a spell with one of the architects of modern pop culture.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. West of Memphis, is a documentary from Oscar nominated director Amy Berg, details the efforts to find justice for Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and James Baldwin, collectively known as the West Memphis Three. Last week I saw a tweet from Echols--"I walked off of death row exactly 5 years ago today."--and was inspired to go back into the HoC vault to find chats with Echols, his wife Lorris Davis and Berg. It's fascinating stuff, so c'mon in and sit a spell and listen in.