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Episode 33 of One Week Only! Our key film this week is the occult dark comedy "The Alchemist Cookbook" about a loner living in the woods, trying to harness the dark powers of alchemy. Directed by Joel Potrykus (Buzzard) and starring Ty Hickson & Amari Cheatom, it's a strange, creepy & darkly humorous take on the occult, and shows once again why it's a bad idea to mess around with evil in the woods. Now playing in select theatres, and also available online at BitTorrent: pay what you want! Our interview this week is with director Brian Davis for his documentary "The Million Dollar Duck" about the annual duck painting competition to become the coveted Federal Duck Stamp. A fascinating look at a fierce competition of artists, nature-lovers and stamp collectors, it won the Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, and aired on Animal Planet earlier this year. It screens this month at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood & Chicago as part of the Slamdance Cinema Club. More information on the Arclight & Slamdance websites. This week we also review the horror film "Under The Shadow" about a mother & daughter haunted by an evil spirit in 1988 war-torn Tehran, directed by Babak Anvari; French teen drama "Being 17" about two classmates with a difficult relationship, directed by André Téchiné; and the indescribable gross-out murder comedy "The Greasy Strangler" directed by Jim Hosking. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.imcompetech.com