His exquisite folk-horror film All You Need Is Death is on digital and on demand in the US and making its way to Canada, so writer-director Paul Duane drops by to sing a love song to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s groundbreaking 1997 thriller Cure. Your genial host Norm Wilner is a little nervous about listening too closely.

Her new drama Good One is in US theaters now and opening in Canada this Friday, so writer-director India Donaldson is here to discuss Archipelago, Joanna Hogg’s 2010 drama about a family struggling to enjoy a weekend together. Your genial host Norm Wilner is just so happy someone finally picked one of Joanna Hogg's movies.

With his new thriller Cuckoo creeping into theaters this Friday, writer-director Tilman Singer joins us from Berlin to unpack his love for David Lynch’s 1997 identity-crisis nightmare Lost Highway. Your genial host Norm Wilner still gets the shivers when he remembers that one moment. No, the other one.

With her new series Poly is the New Monogamy freshly landed on Hollywood Suite, actor, producer, writer and director Cat Hostick is here to tackle Ari Aster’s sunlit creeper Midsommar -- you know, the one where Florence Pugh goes on a European vacation. Your genial host Norm Wilner isn’t going anywhere near that big stuffed bear.

Before his charming new film Bookworm opens Montreal’s Fantasia Festival on Thursday, producer and director Ant Timpson spends an hour discussing his love for Cornel Wilde’s 1965 survival thriller The Naked Prey. Your genial host Norm Wilner can see where he’s coming from.

Juno-winning comedian and actor Dave Merhege – who co-stars opposite Daisy Ridley in Rachel Lambert’s affecting new drama Sometimes I Think About Dying – is here to praise the manic commitment of Robert Pattinson in Josh and Benny Safdie’s white-knuckle drama Good Time. Your genial host Norm Wilner is totally on board with this, as long as no one gets hurt.

With her new film Valley of Exile opening across Canada this Friday, July 5th, writer-director Anna Fahr is here to discuss a lost masterwork of Iranian cinema: Bashu, The Little Stranger, Bahram Beyzai’s 1986 drama about an orphaned child and the woman who takes him into her home. Your genial host Norm Wilner hates that this story is still relevant four decades later.

Actor Ryan Ali, who stars in the drag dramedy Queen Tut – freshly streaming on Crave in Canada – takes on Good Grief, the movie Daniel Levy made after Schitt’s Creek came to an end. Your genial host Norm Wilner wishes everyone a happy Pride.

Actor Shayelin Martin, who stars as determined teen surfer Goat in Caitlyn Sponheimer’s first feature Wild Goat Surf, now available on digital and on demand, is here to celebrate the comfort – and singing! – of Mamma Mia!, the 2008 Abba jukebox musical and international smash. Your genial host Norm Wilner has always admired Pierce Brosnan in this one.

Now that his first feature Before I Change My Mind has arrived on digital and on demand, writer-director Trevor Anderson takes a little time to celebrate Pedro Almodovar’s madcap 1987 neo-noir Law of Desire. Your genial host Norm Wilner has been waiting a long time for somebody to pick another Almodovar movie.