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Set 64 years before Katniss volunteered as tribute, THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) as a young man who does everything in his power to keep his mentee, Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), alive in the 10th annual Hunger Games. Although he's drawn to the young woman, there's an inner darkness welling up within Snow that beckons him. This week, Seun Olowo-Ake and Daniel Collins step in to talk about being the 'victor' and holding back our dark side.

Set in the cold New England winter, The Holdovers follows Paul Hunnam (Paul Giamatti), a grumpy professor who is forced to remain on campus during the Christmas break to supervise the students who remain over the holidays. Locked away in a school with few support staff, Hunnam is as frustrated about his situation as the students themselves, leading to tension between them. During their enforced time together, Hunnam forms an unlikely bond with troublemaker (but highly intelligent) Angus (Dominic Sessa) and Mary Lamb, (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) the school’s head cook who is grieving the loss of her son in Vietnam. This week, the crew from The Movie Podcast (Shahbaz, Anthony Gagliardi & Daniel Baptista) join us to talk about holidays without the holidays and looking for community.

Directed by Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn, ANOTHER BODY introduces us to Taylor, a young college student who discovers that someone has used deepfake technology to use her face in pornographic videos. Traumatized by the actions of a mysterious foe, Taylor sets out to bring her attacker to justice. Without help from the police, Taylor works with other victims of deepfake to find the young person who did this to her in a cautionary tale for the AI generation. In this 1on1, we speak to Hamlin & Compton about internet consent and 'shame as a form of silence'.

Inspired by a horrifying true story, SQUEALER takes the viewer into a world of toxicity and brutality. Co-written by Danielle Burgio and Andy Armstrong, SQUEALER follows one officer's determination to bring down a serial killer who has a unique taste for his victims. In this 1on1, we speak to Burgio and Armstrong about the value of the unseen and bringing the story of a killer to life onscreen.

Written and directed by Kyle Armstrong, HANDS THAT BIND is set in 1980s Alberta as farmhand Andy (Paul Sparks) is struggling to make ends meet. When his boss' estranged son re-emerges to replace him, Andy's life begins to spiral. With his job in peril, Andy begins to look for other ways to keep his family afloat financially. In this 1on1, we speak to Armstrong about what it means to 'be a man' and holding back our dark side.

Co-created by Alex Mifflin, THE WATER BROTHERS return for their fifth season to delve into our complex relationship with the environment and the ways that we need one another. This season, the team sets their sights on the epic nature of Ontario's biodiversity while sharing stories about such topics as The Breathing Lands, The Great Plastic Lakes and the World's Oldest Water. In this 1on1, we speak to Mifflin about Ontario's eco-system, the power of carbon and how the average person can get involved. 

Directed by Paul Angeli, MEDICINE MAN introduces us to Stan Brock, a British-born cowboy who become an American television icon. However, Brock’s life is hardly Hollywood anymore. Having sacrificed everything, Brock has dedicated his life to bring free healthcare to the struggling American population. By way of his work with Remote Area Medical (RAM), Brock works tirelessly to heal a nation that remains divided by the political aisle, even as countless families lie in the balance. In this 1on1, we speak to Angeli and RAM co-ordinator Audra Fitzgerald about Stan's legacy and the 'power of together'.

Directed (and starring) Aaron Murtagh, MAN BABY follows a man in the weeks following the birth of his child. As he attempts to navigate the changes within the home, the man soon discovers that there are changes happening within himself that defy the laws of nature. In this 1on1, we speak to Murtagh about struggling with change and the male perspective when having kids.

Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy and executive produced by Neil deGrasse Tyson, SHOT IN THE ARM begins in a time before the world had heard of COVID-19 as New York was situated in the midst of a deadly measles outbreak. And then... COVID happened. But, even in the midst of a terrifying global pandemic, people began to further mistrust scientific evidence that immunization shots were not only safe but necessary. In this 1on1, we speak to Kennedy and deGrasse Tyson about searching for truth in an age of misinformation and "the war against ourselves".

Directed by Walt Dohrn, TROLLS: BAND TOGETHER returns to the fabled forest as Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) are preparing to help their friends on their wedding day. However, the festivities are interrupted with the return of John Dory (Eric Andre), Branch’s estranged brother. John Dory explains their other brother Floyd (Troye Sivan) has been captured by pop sensation Velvet and Veneer (Amy Shumer & Andrew Rannells) and that the only thing that can save him is ‘the perfect family pitch’. Suddenly, Branch, John Dory and Poppy embark on a furious family reunion in order to reunite Branch’s brothers and save Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity. In this 1on1, we speak to Dohrn about the *NSYNC reunion, creating new worlds & 'fighting together'.