It’s all Strawberry Mansion all the time this week. But that’s a good thing — the movie’s really quite lovely, and I’m happy to get behind it.

So on the latest episode of Someone Else’s Movie, filmmaker Albert Birney — who wrote and directed the movie with friend (and star) Kentucker Audley — tells me how an early encounter with Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street sparked a lifelong fascination with dream cinema, and this week’s edition of my Shiny Things newsletter leads off with my review of the Music Box Films Blu-ray, which is just stuffed with special features.

I also offered my thoughts as to why the new Star Trek series Strange New Worlds soars while the new Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi stumbles, so if you’re a huge nerd (like me!) you’re not going to want to miss that. Have you subscribed yet? I hope you’ve subscribed.

Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever and get it instantly, or download it directly from the web if you’re feeling all extra-clicky.

And then get yourself to the TIFF website and book tickets for Friday’s 7:30 pm screening of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, because I’ll be there to introduce the film and host a Q&A with director Dean Fleischer-Camp afterward. Marcel the Shell is one of the most oddly beautiful movies you’ll see all year; please come down and join us. You won’t regret it.