1/4 A few years ago I took Andrea on my David Bowie Walking Tour of London which ends at the Ship pub, just a few steps from Trident Studio where the Ziggy Stardust album was recorded. I've whiled away quite a few hours at that bar over the years, but this visit was special.

On last night's edition of The Richard Crouse Show we met filmmaker David Greaves. His father William produced more than 200 documentaries and wrote and directed more than half of these. He garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations. In 1972 he assembled gathering of artists, writers, musicians, and organizers at Duke Ellington’s Harlem townhouse to film their to recollections on the cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement of the 1920s and 30s known as the Harlem Renaissance. Shot verité-style, the footage isn’t just a record of an extraordinary event, it’s also a tribute to the legacy of change ushered in by the people who assembled that afternoon. That footage sat, unreleased for fifty years until William’s son David, who was one of the camera operators on that August afternoon in 1972, restored some 60,000 feet of 16mm film and completed Once Upon a Time in Harlem. Then, Zoë Roberts, one of the co-creators of the hit musical "Operation Mincemeat" stopped by to talk about the show and how a dead body, a fake love letter, and — of all people — Ian Fleming turn the tide of WWII? Then, we met Brad Schiff and Jacob Tremblay of the new film “Wildwood.” The dark fantasy based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s book comes from the stop motion animation wizards at a company called LAIKA, whose other films Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link are all classics. Listen to the whole thing here : on.soundcloud.com/pK80SvFZ7C…

It's The Devil's Day! I literally wrote the book (check it out ecwpress.com/products/raisin…) about this controversial 1971 Ken Russell film. Banned and censored in its initial release, the story of 17th-century priest accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun has hasn’t been seen in its original form for decades. Until now. The new 4k restoration, which debuted in Cannes this year, is breathtaking. Provocative, it’s a thing of terrible beauty that demands a reaction. It’s a testament to Russell’s vision that 55 years after it was originally released in theatres, it will likely be the most transgressive movie of the year. Read all about it in the New York Times article “In 1971, This Film Was a Scandal. In 2026, It’s a Respected Period Piece” by Ben Kenigsberg HERE: nytimes.com/2026/10/16/movie…

Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to chug a beer. Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the whale of a tale #Whalefall📷, the pulpy and pious #YourMotherYourMotherYourMother and the the rock ‘em, sock ‘em action #StreetFighter.

Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to wind your watch. Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the whale of a tale #Whalefall, the pulpy and pious #YourMotherYourMotherYourMother and the the rock ‘em, sock ‘em action #StreetFighter.

My review of #YouCanSeeEverything: "What makes the movie so ingenious, and entertaining, and justifies its almost three-hour running time, is the way it approaches its themes." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/you-can-see…

My review of #StreetFighter: "Street Fighter is pure fan service, a movie that provides the rock ‘em, sock ‘em action fans expect but the slack pace and disregard for story will likely test the patience of non-fans." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/street-figh…

My review of #YourMotherYourMotherYourMother: "Pulpy and pious, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is arthouse action laced with tension, bloodshed, devotion buoyed by a terrific performance from Mahershala Ali." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/your-mother…

My review of #Whalefall: "A modern riff on Jonah and the Whale, Whalefall” has some genuinely uncomfortably claustrophobic moments but the whale of a tale gets drowned in sentiment in the belly of the beast." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/whalefall-2…

Theatre is jammed for a 2 pm #YouCanSeeEverything screening! #loveit Review coming tomorrow!

On last night's edition of The Richard Crouse Show we met Kristen Joiner. She is a writer, activist, and producer. After two decades in nonprofit and human-rights work, she was asked to co-author the memoir of disability rights leader Judy Heumann—a collaboration that became “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist,” and later the YA book “Rolling Warrior.” Kristen is now an executive producer on the feature film “Being Heumann,” directed by Oscar winner Siân Heder and starring Ruth Madeley as Judy and now playing on theatres. Then we met Teagan Johnston. She is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose work moves fluidly between music, film, and writing. Born in the Yukon and raised across South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Canada’s West Coast, she first emerged under the name Little Coyote before stepping forward under her own name with the critically acclaimed 2022 album "Sentimental Ballad"—a raw, piano-driven portrait of heartbreak. Her new album, "Big Time" was written during a period when she had stepped back from music and was questioning her future in the industry after spending her twenties trying to “hit the big time.” Her relationship with music was also reignited through teaching piano to children; watching her students develop their own relationships with music reminded her why she fell in love with it in the first place and gave her a renewed perspective that nothing is set in stone and not everything needs to be taken so seriously. Then we met Sean Menard and Darrel Fox of the film Run Terry Run. Terry Fox’s 1980 run across Canada to raise money for cancer research is a well-documented story, familiar to many Canadians. Despite our familiarity with the tragic story, ehe new documentary “Run Terry Run” offers up new footage that packs an emotional wallop. The story of a plainspoken but philosophical twenty-two-year-old everyman whose mission, driven by compassion and courage, was cut short by cancer, is tragic. But it’s refreshing and necessary to have a movie like “Run Terry Run” provide an up close and personal look at what Canadian unity and heroism look like. Listen to the show here: on.soundcloud.com/FLjIr22z8H…

Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to wind your watch. Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the doom scrolling of #TheSocialReckoning, the intimate documentary #RunTerryRun and the stranger-than-fiction #CaliforniaSchemin'.

My review of #TheSocialReckoning: "Strong performances from Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong provide “The Social Reckoning’s” vigor even when the movie takes on the tone of a lecture on profit vs. social harm." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/the-social-…

My review of #RunTerryRun: "Featuring never-before-seen footage of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, Run Terry Run is an intimate portrait of the Canadian hero that packs an emotional wallop." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/run-terry-r…

My review of #CaliforniaSchemin': “California Schemin' is a rowdy, stranger-than-fiction music bio that provides tons of fun but is also a cautionary tale of the toxic side of ambition." Read the full review here: richardcrouse.ca/california-…

Terry Fox’s 1980 run across Canada to raise money for cancer research is a well-documented story, familiar to many Canadians. Despite that familiarity, a new documentary called #RunTerryRun (in theatres tomorrow) offers up new footage that packs an emotional wallop. I spoke with director #SeanMenard and Terry Fox's brother Darrell about the film and the Marathon of Hope. Here's Part Two.

Terry Fox’s 1980 run across Canada to raise money for cancer research is a well-documented story, familiar to many Canadians. Despite that familiarity, a new documentary called #RunTerryRun (in theatres tomorrow) offers up new footage that packs an emotional wallop. I spoke with director #SeanMenard and Terry Fox's brother Darrell about the film and the Marathon of Hope. Here's Part One.

My VIA Lounge chair does a pretty good Chewbacca impression!

This is what I’m doing tonight. Review coming on Friday. #TheSocialReckoning

Seeing this piece of art on the wall at #SonicBoom on Spadina made me nostalgic for the gritty, neon drenched days of Yonge Street and #SamtheRecordMan’s beautiful sign!