I know this is technically the Halloween episode of Someone Else’s Movie, and my guest is a director of horror films — his latest, Spell, hits VOD on Friday — but the movie he chose to discuss is the furthest thing from scary.

And that’s okay, because Mark Tonderai wanted to talk about The Straight Story, the outlier in David Lynch’s catalogue of hothouse nightmares: It’s Lynch’s most placid and direct work, a lovely drama about an old man making an arduous journey and meeting some decent and helpful people along the way, I will also note that the film’s energy is the exact opposite of Mark’s in the episode, which might require a bit of an adjustment, at least initially. But it’s good! You should listen!

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Stitcher and get the episode immediately, or download it directly from the web. And then you can look up the newest NOW What, which features Rad talking to Amanda Parris as she prepares to take a year off from CBC.

Also, since November is coming, you might want to check out our look-aheads for Netflix, Amazon and Crave; we even did one for CBC Gem this month, because there’s so much good stuff coming … and because we’re all staying home with nothing else to do, right?

Right?