This week on Someone Else’s Movie, I welcome indie filmmaker Pete Ohs, whose new film Erupcja has been getting a lot of attention because it’s the dramatic debut of the singer Charli XCX. And that’s good, because she’s great in it, but also because it means people are paying attention to a Pete Ohs drama while it’s in theaters rather than discovering it on a streaming service and feeling like they missed out.

Pete makes very good movies, is what I’m saying, and you should check them out. He frequently collaborates with Friends of the Show Callie Hernandez and Albert Birney — they all worked together on Birney’s lo-fi VR drama OBEX — and while Erupcja is  a little more conventional in nature than Jethica or The Beauty of Being Bitten By a Tick, it’s just as tangled and authentic. I really liked it, and you will too. See it with a crowd.

And Pete chose a great movie for his episode: Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s evocative, meditative look at the collision of traditional and modern ways of life in a Japanese mountain village. If you’ve seen it, you know exactly why it might appeal to someone who specializes in small, delicate cinema — and if you haven’t, I strongly suggest you check it out before listening to the episode. It’s really great, and not at all as heavy as the title may lead you to believe.

So get on it! Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while contemplating the deer in the snowy glade behind your home / setting up the projector for your pitch session at the town hall.

And then go catch up to the latest Shiny Things dispatches! Last week I reviewed the new discs of Die My Love, Primate and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die — two of which are very, very good movies, all of which are great discs. There was also Friday’s What’s Worth Watching newsletter for paid subscribers, where I tackled Erupcja, Buffet Infinity and the new Apple series Margo’s Got Money Troubles. All good stuff, and if you missed it you can always click the 14-day free trial and catch up to months of these exclusives online. I want you to be happy! Don’t you want to be happy too?