Someone Else's Movie

Against a black background, an older man with glasses, his head clean-shaven, smiles happily at the camera in a promotional photograph.

The theatrical poster for GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, with Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton walking arm-in-arm against a stylized yellow backdrop and smaller images of Spencer Tray and Katharine Hepburn in boxes below the title treatment.

This week, director Paris Barclay -- whose new documentary BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT opens in New York on Friday -- tackles Stanley Kramer’s GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER with a wealth of research. On all podcast platforms, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/par...

Wearing a cardigan over a yellow top, a woman enjoys a moment of peace in a forest setting.

A man in a wheelchair and a woman in a white medical coat listen to a voice on the telephone she holds to his ear.

To mark her revelatory performance in the new drama MONTREAL, MY BEAUTIFUL, Joan Chen is here to celebrate Julian Schnabel's masterful adaptation of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/joa...

A black-and-white promotional image of a smiling man sitting on a stool.

Surrounded by her fellow audience members, a young woman rests her elbows on the stage and clasps her hands at her chin, staring intently into the camera.

His new short DISC playing Clermont-Ferrand this week, but filmmaker Blake Winston Rice is still buzzing about Jesse Buckley's performance in Chloé Zhao's HAMNET. Can you blame him? Find it on your favorite podcast platform, or stream the episode right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bla...

(One small note: SWAY is now opening NEXT week, February 6th, at the Yonge-Dundas and Morningside theaters in Toronto.)

A strikingly handsome young man in a blue suit turns towards the camera with a smile, adjusting his shirt cuff as he moves.

Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke lean against their vehicle, looking at something off-camera, in a still from TRAINING DAY.

How did seeing Denzel Washington in TRAINING DAY put the young Emmanuel Kabongo on a path to produce and star in the new thriller SWAY? You can probably guess, but it's more fun if you listen to him tell the story. On all podcast providers and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/emm...

A man with close-cropped hair looks at something off-camera in a black-and-white promotional photo.

A blonde woman in a leather jacket hangs off the shoulders of a confident young pilot on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. (It's Kelly McGillis and Tom Cruise from the TOP GUN poster.)

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...

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!

A man with thinning hair stares at the camera in a grainy black-and-white image.

The Criterion Collection Blu-ray edition of THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, featuring three rectangular images stacked atop one another: First, a close-up of Robert Mitchum looking simultaneously confident and nervous, then a shot of several men with guns holding a family at their breakfast table, then a wide shot of a stretch of dirt with a yellow car at the rightmost side of the frame.

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...

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...

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.

A young woman wearing paramedic's scrubs and orange gloves stands with her arms crossed in front of a fire engine.

Two middle-aged men in leisure clothes sit underneath an umbrella on a beach.

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...

A young man with a beard smiles for the camera. He's wearing a denim jacket over a blue collared shirt.

On a road in the middle of nowhere, three young people with an ancient car stare at the camera in a publicity still from TWO-LANE BLACKTOP.

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...

Everything sucks right now, but I just found out I've landed a really cool guest for @semcast.bsky.social so that's nice.

On a long enough timeline ...

Saga Erotica: The Emmanuelle Collection 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD) (Canada) Saga Erotica: The Emmanuelle Collection 4K Blu-ray Release Date December 9, 2025. Blu-ray reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Blu-ray movies and deals.

It's all part of @severinfilms.bsky.social' elaborate 11-disc collection of the early EMMANUELLE films, out next week. 4K restorations! Hours of extras! Soundtrack CDs!

(Norm will be writing about that over at SHINY THINGS, so you should probably subscribe at shiny-things.ghost.io right now.)

In what looks like a moody bistro, a bearded man with graying hair sits with his arms crossed on the table in front of him, above an illuminated light with text that reads "Jolene the waitress called in sick ... again. Head to the bar for your next round."

A woman wearing a strapless dress and a feather boa regards herself in an ornate mirror in a still from Just Jaeckin's 1974 feature film EMMANUELLE.

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...

Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard smiles for the camera in a publicity image. She's nice!

A young woman runs through a forest, her hair blown out behind her by the wind. (Image of Jennifer Lawrence in WINTER'S BONE.)

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...

The Globe and Mail’s Barry Hertz: Welcome To The Family | Hot Docs Join The Globe and Mail’s Barry Hertz for the launch of his new book about the explosive Fast & Furious franchise

And here's a link to Barry's book launch next Tuesday with @elamin.bsky.social at @hotdocs.bsky.social!

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FAM'LY

Welcome to the Family An exclusive look inside the surprising history and contentious future of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster—the Fast & Furious franchise—a seri...

Here is a link to @hertzbarry.bsky.social's book, which is out next week and which our genial host @normwilner.bsky.social says is a lot more fun than a book so thoroughly researched and reported ought to be ...

A bearded man smiles for the camera in an author photo. He wears a light gray jacket over a blue collared shirt, his hands clasped on the table in front of him.

Two young men crouch atop a convertible, looking awesome, the sky behind them stretching out to infinity. The world is theirs. Family.

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...

Two young women lean against each other against a purple backdrop in a promotional photo. They look happy!

Two young women -- one holding the broken pieces of a lance and wearing a t-shirt with her own face on it, the other in an orange sweater holding some sort of ancient tome -- stand together in shock and confusion in a still from SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

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... !

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A man in dark glasses stands in front of a collection of photographs of movie stars. (Image is from Richard Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE.)

In a black-and-white image from Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS, Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo walk down a Paris street, chatting.

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...

A young man in a khaki shirt holds a microphone and speaks to something beyond the right edge of the frame.

A black and white image of a man walking along a desolate beach. The sun sets behind him, so we can only see him in silhouette, and there appears to be another silhouetted figure in the distance behind him.

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...

A bearded man smiles at the camera.

Crouched in a weedy field, a man in a brown suit clutches a woman in a red dress protectively. A large barn-like building is visible behind them through the darkness.

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...

A man in a suit stands in the street, watching a garbage truck drive away. He is holding an empty bin.

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.

A smiling young man leans on a tripod, holding a small camera in his right hand.

Johnny Depp stands on deck in a still from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL.

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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...