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''A true pleasure ... among the best destinations for deep, expert film discussion.'' -- @AVClub.com. Hosted by @normwilner.bsky.social!
This week, Oscar and Emmy nominee Hubert Davis -- whose dramatic debut THE WELL opens in Toronto and Montreal on Friday -- takes Tony Scott's TOP GUN for a spin. Military propaganda or iconic blockbuster? Find out wherever you listen to podcasts, or right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/hub...
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hey, SEMcast pals! Thanks to a weird but unavoidable confluence of events, there's no new episode this week.

But don't you worry, SOMEONE ELSE'S MOVIE will be back next Tuesday, all shiny and fresh and maybe with a nice little hat on. See you then!
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
With his new podcast TUBBY landing on Apple and Amazon's best-of lists, this felt like the perfect time to bring Alan Zweig's episode on THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE out of the vault. On all podcast platforms, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/fla...
January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
In memory of Rob Reiner -- and to get us through the last weeks of this miserable year -- we're playing some favorites over the holidays. Here's Kristin Booth's lovely episode on THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
Rob Reiner RIP - Kristin Booth on The Princess Bride | Someone Else's Movie
To honor the late Rob Reiner, we’re revisiting two of his best-beloved films: This week, from early 2022, actor Kristin Booth celebrates the wide-open heart of his magical, impossibly entertaining The...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New episode! CODE 3's @aimeecarrero.bsky.social is here to talk about her undying love for THE BIRDCAGE -- and how Mike Nichols got South Beach in the mid-90s exactly right. On your favorite podcast platform, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/aim...
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Buckle up, everybody! This week, EEPHUS director Carson Lund takes the wheel for a tour of Monte Hellman’s existential grindhouse picture TWO-LANE BLACKTOP. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/car...
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Everything sucks right now, but I just found out I've landed a really cool guest for @semcast.bsky.social so that's nice.
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This week, @veilletteinto.bsky.social looks at Just Jaeckin's adult drama EMMANUELLE and its run-in with the Ontario Censor Board, which he documents for @severinfilms.bsky.social in EMMANUELLE IN ONTARIO. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/eri...
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This week, MEADOWLARKS director Tasha Hubbard talks about seeing Debra Granik's rural thriller WINTER'S BONE at the exact right time in her life -- and how its sense of authenticity informs her own work. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or streaming here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tas...
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you listen to @hertzbarry.bsky.social on FAST FIVE in your car, you may feel the urge to challenge someone to a race. Please don't do that. Just enjoy some thoughts about the entire FAST series from the guy who literally wrote the book on it! someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bar...
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Jinkies! This week, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS writer-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese celebrate their unironic love of SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED -- and, especially, Linda Cardellini's Velma.

On all podcast platforms and streaming at someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/emm... !
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Actor Guillaume Marbeck plays Jean-Luc Godard in Richard Linklater’s delightful NOUVELLE VAGUE, so how could we pass up the opportunity to have him tackle Godard’s revolutionary BREATHLESS? On all podcast platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/gui...
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Writer-director Bryn Chainey, whose first feature RABBIT TRAP is now on digital (and ideal Halloween viewing), conjures up Jonathan Miller’s eerie BBC adaptation of M.R. James’ WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bry...
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wake up! Because DUST BUNNY writer-director @bryanfuller.bsky.social is here to unpack the pulpy effects and still-potent metaphor of Philip Kaufman's 1978 adaptation of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bry...
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Just cutting tomorrow's @semcast.bsky.social, with a guest I'd been hoping to land since the podcast launched a decade ago. And it's as good as I could have hoped. You'll love it ... if you're still capable of experiencing love, of course.
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
His historical drama VINDICATION SWIM rolls into US theaters this Friday, and writer-director Elliott Hasler is here to swash the buckles for Gore Verbinski’s PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL. On all podcast platforms, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ell...
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Prepare for battle, as DEATHSTALKER star Daniel Bernhardt recounts having his mind blown open by THE MATRIX -- after a heads-up from his buddy Chad Stahelski. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/dan...
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week, filmmaker Jules Koostachin -- whose new movie ANGELA'S SHADOW is now streaming on @hollywoodsuite.bsky.social -- joins us to talk about an unlikely inspiration: Seeing FLASHDANCE with her mom. On all podcast providers, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/jul...
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As her subversive classic BORN IN FLAMES joins the Criterion Collection, writer-director Lizzie Borden offers a radical take on Chantal Akerman’s JEANNE DIELMAN, specifically: What happened next? On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/liz...
September 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
PRAISE
@normwilner.bsky.social I'm halfway through the @alexwinter.com interview and it's absolutely incredible -- thanks, both of you, for this difficult and crucial conversation
September 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
He’s on Broadway with his best pal Keanu Reeves in WAITING FOR GODOT, and his new movie ADULTHOOD is in theaters now, but somehow @alexwinter.com made the time to talk about Luis Bunuel’s LOS OLVIDADOS. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ale...
September 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With her award-winning first feature BLUE HERON screening at TIFF this week, it felt like a good time to re-post @sophyromvari.bsky.social's 2018 episode, tackling Kirsten Johnson's brilliant CAMERAPERSON. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here:
someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/fla...
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Before his gloriously wild F*CK MY SON! makes its world premiere at TIFF's Midnight Madness Wednesday, Todd Rohal celebrates underground filmmaker George Kuchar’s cri de coeur HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED. On all podcast platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tod...
September 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Before NIKA AND MADISON has its world premiere at TIFF on Sunday, writer-director Eva Thomas pays tribute to the tender soul and gigantic heart of @barryjenkins.bsky.social’s Oscar-winning MOONLIGHT. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/eva...
September 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Before his first feature LITTLE LORRAINE premieres at TIFF this Friday, writer-director Andy Hines celebrates Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 breakout SEXY BEAST -- the movie that made Ben Kingsley terrifying. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/and...
September 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM