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Someone Else's Movie

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SOMEONE ELSE’S MOVIE is just what it says on the label: Each week, an actor, director, screenwriter, critic or industry observer will discuss a film that he or she admires, but had no hand in making. Hosted as genially as possible by Norm Wilner.

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#628
Tuesday · 59 min
Adam Belanger and David Lafontaine on Kes
With their first feature A Breed Apart launching its theatrical run this Saturday, October 3rd, at Toronto’s Revue Cinema writer-directors Adam Belanger and David Lafontaine stop by to celebrate Ken Loach’s devastating coming-of-age drama Kes. Your genial host Norm Wilner is here to hit the North.
#627
September 22 · 50 min
Nick Davis on Young Frankenstein
With his new Godspell documentary You Had to Be There rolling across North America, Emmy-winning documentarian Nick Davis is here to share the love for another cultural milestone of the early ‘70s: Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder’s greatest collaboration. Your genial host Norm Wilner is so happy he did.
#626
September 15 · 48 min
David Gregory on Delicatessen
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Severin Films, co-founder and president David Gregory drops in to talk about one of his favorite recent releases: Delicatessen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s charming dystopian comedy about true love and cannibalism. Your genial host Norm Wilner has such fond memories of this one.
#625
September 12 · 45 min
Alexandre Franchi on Hiroshima, Mon Amour
One more TIFF episode! This one features Quebec writer-director Alexandre Franchi, whose third feature L’Autre makes its world premiere tonight at the festival. And he’s here to talk about the endless allure of Alain Resnais’ avant-garde breakthrough Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Your genial host Norm Wilner had a very similar experience.
#624
September 10 · 40 min
Carol Nguyen on Tampopo
With her first documentary feature Still Night, Burning House making its world premiere at TIFF on Saturday, award-winning filmmaker Carol Nguyen stops by to talk about Tampopo, and how one scene from Juzo Itami’s 1985 "ramen western" introduced her to a whole new world of cinema. Your genial host Norm Wilner regrets not eating before recording this episode.
#623
September 8 · 52 min
Denis Cote on Blow-Up
Before his challenging new film Nobody’s Violence has its North American premiere at TIFF this Friday, September 11th, Quebecois writer-director Denis Cote is here to ponder the unanswerable questions of Michelangelo Antonioni’s first English-language feature, Blow-Up and maybe reflect on his own auterist perspective a little. Your genial host Norm Wilner is really glad he gets to do this.
#622
September 1 · 46 min
Karen Lam on In Bruges
As she readies her new film Armageddon Road for its Toronto premiere at the Revue Cinema this Thursday and Friday, writer-director Karen Lam pauses to celebrate the power of Martin McDonagh’s first feature In Bruges, in which the Irish auteur first discovered the anti-chemistry of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Your genial host Norm Wilner has a confession to make about this one.
#621
August 25 · 1 hr 1 min
Aaron Barnett on State of Grace
Screenwriter, producer and now author Aaron Barnett – whose 30th anniversary novelization of Matthew Bright’s cult thriller Freeway is available this Sunday, August 30th, from Echo On Publications – is here to celebrate Phil Joanou’s State of Grace, a magnificent mob thriller that got steamrolled by Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas in September 1990. Your genial host Norm Wilner has room in his heart for both of them.
#620
August 18 · 46 min
Aaron Merke on The Ladykillers
As his new series American Hostage makes its way towards a world premiere at TIFF, actor, comedian and makeup effects artist Aaron Merke stops in to talk about The Ladykillers – the original 1955 Ealing Studios comedy where Alec Guinness and a crew of wrong’uns plot the perfect heist, only to be foiled by a little old lady. Your genial host Norm Wilner is impressed by how much ground we cover in this one.
#619
August 11 · 43 min
Alison Reid on Fried Green Tomatoes
Her new documentary The Art of Adventure is now available on VOD and streaming on Hollywood Suite in Canada, so filmmaker Alison Reid drops by to share her love for Jon Avnet’s 1991 drama Fried Green Tomatoes. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still trying to figure out why his preview audience rejected it so violently.
#618
August 4 · 46 min
Peter Glanz on Barton Fink
With his aristocratic comedy Savage House now available on digital and on demand, writer-director Peter Glanz is here to venture into the depths of Joel and Ethan Coen’s unquantifiable Hollywood nightmare Barton Fink. Your genial host Norm Wilner is already quite well-acquainted with the life of the mind, thank you.
#617
July 28 · 53 min
Gloria Mercer on Thieves Like Us
As her first feature A Safe Distance rolls towards its Canadian premiere at Fantasia on Thursday, director Gloria Mercer is here to make sure Robert Altman’s Thieves Like Us is held in the same regard as all his other ‘70s classics. Your genial host Norm Wilner can’t really find a flaw in that argument.
#616
July 21 · 55 min
William Woods on Unbreakable
With his directorial debut The Outer Threat opening across Canada today, veteran producer William Woods steps up for M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable, the follow-up to The Sixth Sense that dared to imagine a different kind of superhero movie. Your genial host Norm Wilner is curious to see where this goes.
#615
July 14 · 40 min
Mark Jenkin on Big Wednesday
With his eerie Rose of Nevada enthralling audiences across North America, and opening in Toronto, Vancouver and Hamilton this Friday, Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin is here to make the case for John Milius’ Big Wednesday – the personal epic starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Busey as California surfers – as a lost masterpiece. Your genial host Norm Wilner is curious to see where this goes.
#614
July 7 · 43 min
Jesse Noah Klein on The Celebration
His new movie Best Boy follows three adult siblings locked in a deeply dysfunctional rivalry with one another, so it makes perfect sense that writer-director Jesse Noah Klein would want to tackle Thomas Vinterberg’s radical Dogme drama The Celebration, aka Festen. Your genial host Norm Wilner guarantees this episode was recorded entirely handheld.
#613
June 30 · 48 min
Lucile Hadžihalilović on Last Year at Marienbad
To mark the release of a new boxed set of her cinema from Severin Films and Yellow Veil Pictures, writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović joins us to investigate the looping mysteries and chilling implications of Alain Resnais’ avant-garde masterpiece Last Year in Marienbad. Your genial host Norm Wilner is sure he’s had this conversation before.
#612
June 23 · 1 hr
Alex Noyer on Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead
This week, writer-director Alex Noyer – whose folk-horror creepshow Love Is the Monster is newly available on VOD – asks whether Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead is a faithful remake of the George A. Romero classic, or something entirely new. Your genial host Norm Wilner is very interested in the answer.
#611
June 16 · 49 min
Jan-Ole Gerster on Taxi Driver
His new film Islands is now on digital and on demand, and writer-director Jan-Ole Gerster is here to dig into a favorite thriller: Martin Scorsese’s revolutionary hit Taxi Driver. Your genial host Norm Wilner can’t believe no one’s ever picked this one before.
#610
June 9 · 49 min
Courtney Summers on The Wolf of Snow Hollow
With her novel This Is Not a Test now a movie streaming on Shudder in the US and available on VOD in Canada, author Courtney Summers is here to howl about The Wolf of Snow Hollow, in which writer-director Jim Cummings plays a small-town deputy trying to solve a spate of violent murders while also dealing with his chaotic personal life. Your genial host Norm Wilner strongly suggests you watch the movie before listening to this episode.
#609
June 2 · 1 hr 3 min
Rob Grant on Stand By Me
With his ‘80s dramedy This Too Shall Pass now streaming in the US and Canada, writer-director Rob Grant wants to celebrate Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me, the coming-of-age movie that changed everyone’s idea of what “a Stephen King movie” could look like. Your genial host Norm Wilner is embracing the melancholy on this one.

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