House of Crouse

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Richard Linklater’s new film Everybody Wants Some!! is set in that sweet spot between Saturday Night Fever and the Reagan Years. Ripe with feathered hair, bell bottom pants and milk crates used as LP storage, it’s the story of college life over the course of one weekend in 1980 set to the throbbing beat of disco and new wave music. Richard and Richard discuss the movie and more on this week's House of Crouse podcast.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This week show runner Glen Mazzara shares secrets about how he made the transition from hospital administrator to Hollywood hotshot and John Lydon talks about... well, just about everything from frozen nipples to Richard III.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today we celebrate our 40th episode with filmmakers Spike Lee and Jeff Nichols. Lee talks about Chi-Raq, his audacious look at gang violence on the Southside of Chicago. Nichols, the director of Mud and Take Shelter stops by to discuss his new one, Midnight Special, and how working with Michael Shannon has mad him a better filmmaker. Stop by, sit a spell and help us commemorate our 40th show!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today Richard has a look at the Chet Baker biopic "Born to be Blue," with the help of its stars Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo. They discuss creativity, what it is like to be an artist and their work on the film. C'mon cool cats and kitties, stop by for an jazzy look at what it is like to have a creative life.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This week Robert Carlyle gives us news on the upcoming Trainspotting sequel while Canadian news legend Peter Mansbridge tells us how he joined the ranks of Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket and Aladdin and became a Disney character in Zootopia.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. The Oscars are finally over so we can move on to other things. This week those things include a chat with The Taliban Shuffle author Kim Barker and A Perfect Day star Benicio Del Toro. Barker's book has been adapted into the new Tina Fey movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about her years as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan. Del Toro talks about aid workers in war zones. Come along and join us!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. In the film Race, Toronto-born actor Stephan James plays the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. On the HoC podcast James talks about playing the hero and what superhero he'd like to play next. Then Jason Sudeikis, who plays Owens's trainer in the film, chimes in on what makes a hero. Lace up your running shoes and join us!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Two interesting chats for you today. First up, Mr. Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds. This conversation comes years before he wore the red leather suit and made $135 million on his opening weekend. On today's show we talk about Buried, his riskiest film to date. Then it is my "conversation" with filmmaker Paul Dalio. I use quotation marks because it's really just one question and an extraordinary 22 minute long answer. His film is Touched With Fire details the lives of two bipolar poets and you do not want to miss his description of four years of battling the disease himself.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This weekend the continuing adventures of awesomeness of Kung Fu Panda 3 ruled the movie theatres. Find out why the movies are so popular from the directors Jennifer Nelson and Alessandro Carloni! Also from the vault we have a chat with Billion's star Paul Giamatti about why his character in Sideways doesn't like Merlot (It's not what you think!).

Welcome to the House of Crouse! Today we hear from two Oscar nominees. We'll learn, right from the horse's mouth, to pronounce the name Saoirse and hear all about George Miller's medical career and how it surfaces in his work as the director of film's like Mad Max: Fury Road. Sláinte!