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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 1d

Regular Kostanski collaborator Conor Sweeney turns up in DEATHSTALKER, too, so you should check out his episode on ALIEN: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/con...

A blond man with glasses reacts as a handful of potato chips fly off the kitchen table in front of him. There's a weird little puppet friend sitting in the chair to his left.

Three people in spacesuits make their way across the desolate surface of a derelict planetoid in a still from Ridley Scott's ALIEN.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 1d

And then reach into the archives to hear DEATHSTALKER director Steven Kostanski talk about how much he loves the original MORTAL KOMBAT! (Which is pretty solid entertainment, honestly.) someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ste...

A man in a baseball cap and glasses stands against a black background.

Four young people and a wizard guy in white stand in a cave, with candles and a brazier visible behind them.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 1d

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...

The actor Daniel Bernhardt -- dressed in leather and sporting long hair, a beard and an intense stare -- sits on a throne of wood and bone in a denuded forest in a promotional still from DEATHSTALKER.

Dressed in black, Neo raises his hand to halt a wave of oncoming bullets in a still from THE MATRIX.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 8d

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...

A woman poses with a book of poetry in a bookstore.

A young woman dances in silhouette, the sun bursting through the window behind her.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 15d

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...

A woman sits at her kitchen table and sips a cup of tea, a concerned look on her face.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 18d

PRAISE

Ilan Muskat @calculon.bsky.social · 18d

@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

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 19d

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...

A man with curly hair and a close-cropped beard looks intently at the camera.

A black-and-white image of a teenager towering over a young boy on a 1950s city street.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 26d

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:
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A woman looks into the camera with her hand on her chin, a row of bookshelves behind her.

A woman in an orange shirt holds her hand over the viewfinder of a video camera so someone can look through it over her shoulder. Another production member is visible at the left side of the frame.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 29d

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...

A black-and-white image of a smiling man with long hair and a beard, standing against a wall with a clock visible just over his shoulder.

A bespectacled man peeks out from behind a shower curtain in a pink-tinted bathroom.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

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A shirtless boy on a beach stares out at the ocean, his body in silhouette. Palm trees are visible up the shore behind him.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

A black-and-white image of a bearded, bespectacled man in a collared shirt, facing slightly away from the camera.

Dressed in a yellow Speedo, a man lies on a deck chair in front of a swimming pool, baking in the sun. A younger man can be seen cleaning the pool in the distance. There is a spectacular coastal view behind them.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 27

Put 'em up! This week, Catherine Legault -- whose new documentary LARRY (THEY/THEM) is now streaming across Canada on CBC Gem -- digs into Zachary Heinzerling’s prizewinning 2013 doc CUTIE AND THE BOXER. On all podcast providers and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/cat...

A woman with long hair catches the camera's eye.

An older couple stand in front of a river, both wearing goggles and boxing gloves. He's shirtless and splattered from head to toe in bright green paint; she is fully dressed, with tiny flecks of paint on her tank top.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 19

New episode! With her unsettling debut INEDIA now available on VOD across Canada, writer-director Liz Cairns is here to celebrate the unceasing empathy of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s breakout ROSETTA. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/liz...

A woman stands at what looks like the outer limits of a forest.

A young woman with an intense look is seen through a window.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 12

With her new drama SWEET ANGEL BABY opening in select Canadian cities this Friday, writer-director Melanie Oates is here to talk about the exquisite sadness of Derek Cianfrance’s BLUE VALENTINE. (And she has a point.) On all podcast platforms, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/mel...

A woman looks straight at the camera as she stands on a riverbank. The image is in black and white.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 8

Always glad to be of service!

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 8

Now that SHOOK is in theaters across Canada, let's recirculate Amar Wala's episode from last September! Because it was really good, just like his movie.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Sep 4

TIFF time! And before his first feature SHOOK makes its world premiere on Saturday at the festival, director Amar Wala is here to reveal his love for Lulu Wang's THE FAREWELL. Available on your podcatcher of choice, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ama...

Billi (Awkwafina) embraces her beloved Nai Nai (Zhao Shu-zhen) in the courtyard of a Changchun apartment complex in a still from Lulu Wang's THE FAREWELL.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Aug 5

Summer blockbuster alert! With his delightful debut SKETCH opening across the US and Canada tomorrow, writer-director Seth Worley stops by to share his love for Barry Sonnenfeld’s magnificent MEN IN BLACK. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/set...

A bearded man with round glasses poses for a photograph, wearing a light gray cardigan over a dark gray T-shirt.

Dressed in black suits, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones point big shiny sci-fi weapons at something out of frame in a still from Barry Sonnenfeld's MEN IN BLACK.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

With her first feature FOREIGNER making its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia festival this week, director Ava Maria Safai peels back the layers of Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG. On all podcast platforms, and streaming here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ava...

A young woman in a burgundy top looks into the camera, her dark hair falling past her shoulders.

Two young women stand uncomfortably on either side of a doorway as an older man closes the doors on them.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 26

Charles Laughton's magnificent American Gothic thriller THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER turns 70 today. Beloved character actor Julian Richings brought it to the show in 2020, and it was a very special episode. You should catch up to it.

Julian Richings on The Night of the Hunter | Someone Else's Movie

You’ve seen actor Julian Richings in everything from Hard Core Logo and Cube to Supernatural and Man of Steel, and you’re about to see him opposite Sheila McCarthy in the Fantasia world premiere Anyth...

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 22

Having just premiered their first feature LUCID at Montreal’s Fantasia film festival, Ramsey Fendall and Deanna Milligan dive into DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, Harry Kumel’s 1971 cult classic about ... oh, you know. On your podcast platform of choice, or at someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ram... !

A man and woman perch behind a video camera in a messy space.

Two blonde women -- one a little younger, the other a little older -- peer at something out of frame, lit from above like an '80s Bonnie Tyler album cover. (Which is nifty, because the image was taken in 1971.)

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 20

MIDNIGHT RUN turns 40 today, so here's Enrico Colantoni's absolutely delightful episode about it. (Also includes some GALAXY QUEST stories, because he's just the best.)

Enrico Colantoni on Midnight Run | Someone Else's Movie

Beloved actor Enrico Colantoni — of Galaxy Quest, Veronica Mars, Flashpoint, Remedy and the new psychological thriller The Dark Stranger, available today on DVD and on demand — brings the love for Mar...

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 15

With his new documentary PARADE: QUEER ACTS OF LOVE AND RESISTANCE streaming on NFB.ca (and opening in Winnipeg on July 30th), filmmaker Noam Gonick takes a moment to celebrate Uli Edel's LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/noa...

Wearing large round eyeglasses, a blue hat and a blue shirt, a bearded man stares straight into the camera.

At a 1950s-era bar, a platinum-blonde woman stares into the middle distance while couples smoke and drink on either side of her.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 8

With his new thriller 40 ACRES in theaters across the US and Canada, writer-director RT Thorne is here to share his love and admiration for Joel and Ethan Coen's breakout neo-noir BLOOD SIMPLE. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/rt-...

A head-and-shoulders image of man standing against a white backdrop, his head turned so he can look into the camera.

A man crawls on a dirt road, silhouetted by the headlights of the car behind him. Someone is walking towards him from the driver's side.

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy Canada Day, tout le monde! SKEET writer-director Nik Sexton is here to celebrate Denis Villeneuve's Oscar-nominated adaptation of INCENDIES. Available on your favorite podcast provider, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/nik...

A black-and-white photo of a young man in a ball cap and T-shirt, with headphones around his neck, smiling broadly at something off-camera.

A shocked woman stares down at the ground as something burns in the distance behind her. (Image is a still from Denis Villeneuve's INCENDIES.)

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