Today on the show, I’m joined by one of cinema’s most distinctive and uncompromising performers — Crispin Glover. From his unforgettable turns in Back to the Future, River’s Edge, The People vs Larry Flynt, & Alice in Wonderland to his own groundbreaking directorial projects like What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine., Crispin has built a career exploring the outer edges of character, performance, and storytelling.

His latest role — in Tallulah H. Schwab’s surreal new film Mr. K — places him in a strange, Kafkaesque hotel where nothing is as it seems. Glover plays a traveling magician whose attempt to check in becomes a descent through bureaucratic absurdity, dream logic, and existential unease. The film has been described as eerie, hypnotic, and visually stunning — and at its center, Glover delivers a performance that’s both hauntingly restrained and deeply human.