In this week’s NOW, I catch up with Jean-Marc Vallée about his new movie, Wild, and how he’s been doing since Dallas Buyers Club made him kind of a big deal, Oscars-wise.

I also talked to Laura Dern, who plays the mother of Reese Witherspoon’s Cheryl Strayed and is very tall. (She’s also a really warm and engaged person; I left out the part where she demanded a hug afterward, but I can tell you guys. You seem cool.)

And furthermore, here’s a Q&A with writer-director Mark Raso, whose first feature Copenhagen marks him as a filmmaker with potential. And that’s always nice.