House Of Crouse

Welcome to the House of Crouse, where great conversations great conversations get started. Today we enjoy the HoC air conditioning--it's so cold in here you could hang meat in the living room--as we talk about two things everybody loves, tickling and Elvis Presley. David Farrier is a New Zealand journalist who chronicled being sucked into the weird and wild world of competitive tickling videos in his documentary Tickled. It's a crazy story that takes on the aura of a thriller. Imagine Michael Clayton with tickling and you get the idea. Then we talk to Steve Michaels, one of the world's great Elvis tribute artists. Learn how he rose to the top of one of the world's most specialized professions. C'mon in. Sit a spell, it cool in here in more ways than one.

Welcome to the House of Crouse! Happy birthday to us! One year ago this week we opened the HoC doors and since then the foot traffic has been crazy! We've had to have the floors redone and don't even ask about the wear and tear on the furniture! We wouldn't have it any other way. This week ultimate film fans Chris Strompolos & Eric Zala drop by to discuss Raiders! a doc about their remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the legendary Tempest Storm comes by with secrets about Elvis and JFK. C'mon in! Sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. There's something for everyone on today's show. If you're an indie movie fan check out my chat with Maggie's Plan director Rebecca Miller. Find out why she had to shoot her new movie in NYC. If your taste in films runs more toward the superhero side, listen in on my talk with "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" star Stephen Amell. Cowabunga!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Fifty episodes! Over 100 interviews! That's a lot of talking. We continue the HoC tradition of bringing you the best in wordy ramblings and informative recitations as we welcome Emilia Clarke and Jojo Moyes, the star and author, respectively of "Me Before You," a three hanky romantic film in theatres now and Phillip Norman, the legendary biographer who tells us everything we need to know about Mick Jagger. Stop by, have a listen and get some satisfaction.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. We go to extremes today. You'll learn how and why to plan an orgy in a small town with the stars of the film with the most provocative name of the year, Ennis Esmer and Kristian Bruun and then, in an interview from the vault Mia Wasikowska talks about playing Alice Kingsley. The movies How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town and Alice Through the Looking Glass are in theatres now but the conversations about them are right here! C'mon in and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Many different accents this week talking about many different things. British director Ben Wheatley discusses sneaking sneaking weird into the mainstream in High-Rise. Olympia, Washington based writer Jim Lynch talks about his love of the sea and his book Before the Wind and then Italian director Luca Guadagnino talks about Ralph Fiennes's "psychoanalytical" dancing in A Bigger Splash. It's a worldly episode of House of Crouse!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Occasionally an image seen on line or in a magazine will burn itself into your brain. HoC guest George Zimbel has taken his share of memorable photographs but his 1954 snap of Marilyn Monroe, standing on a subway grate, skirt flying up around her waist is not only one of those memorable pictures, it's one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century. Listen in and find out the story behind the photo. Also stopping by for a chin wag is Emily VanCamp, co-star of Captain America: Civil War. Find out who she supports, Iron Man or her love interest Captain America. The answer may surprise you!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Is the saxophone a cursed instrument? Does its smooth and seductive sound drive people mad? Larry Weinstein thinks so and has made a fascinating film about it called The Devil's Horn. We talk about the yakety sax history of the instrument and Craig Davidson swings by to chat about his new memoir Precious Cargo. Join us! Sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This week we dig into the vault to chat with James Cameron. The Avatar director has just announced he will make four Avataronian sequels and shoot them all at the same time. In this conversation from 2010 Cameron discusses making the original film, "I'll be back," and much more.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Do you know where you were on July 8, 1977? I do. I was fourteen years old at the Halifax Forum gearing up to see KISS’s Love Gun tour with opening act Cheap Trick. It was my first big rock show and I remember it as if it was yesterday and not almost 40 years ago. A lot has changed since then… I don’t have braces anymore for instance… but one thing hasn’t. With 20 Million Albums sold, 40 gold & platinum Certifications for 16 studio albums, Cheap Trick is still rocking as hard as they did when they made my fourteen year old braces rattle. Recently inducted into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame and with a new album called Bang, Zoom, Crazy...Hello available now, founding members Rick Nielsen (lead guitar) and Tom Petersson (bass guitar) join me at the House of Crouse.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Roger Corman has had 90 birthdays. In that time he's directed 55 movies and produced almost 400. He gave a start to many young film directors, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron to name a few, and is known as the The Pope of Pop Cinema. As a belated birthday present this week the House of Crouse pays tribute to the man who bragged he made a hundred movies in Hollywood and never lost a dime.

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!).