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...
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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...
07.10.2025 18:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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...
07.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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...
30.09.2025 16:48 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A woman, wearing a heavy coat, faces the camera in three-quarter profile and smiles. The image is black and white.
A woman sits at her kitchen table and sips a cup of tea, a concerned look on her face.
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...
23.09.2025 16:49 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
PRAISE
20.09.2025 17:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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.
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...
19.09.2025 17:10 — 👍 132 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 2
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.
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...
12.09.2025 20:09 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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...
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05.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A black-and-white head shot of a woman smiling at the camera.
A shirtless boy on a beach stares out at the ocean, his body in silhouette. Palm trees are visible up the shore behind him.
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...
05.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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.
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...
02.09.2025 16:46 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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...
27.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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...
19.08.2025 20:59 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A woman looks straight at the camera as she stands on a riverbank. The image is in black and white.
Standing in profile, dressed for chilly weather, a young man and a young woman stare meaningfully into one another's eyes.
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...
12.08.2025 19:43 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Always glad to be of service!
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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.
08.08.2025 22:40 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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...
05.08.2025 16:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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.
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...
29.07.2025 19:03 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.)
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... !
22.07.2025 22:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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.
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...
15.07.2025 19:31 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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-...
08.07.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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.)
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...
01.07.2025 18:38 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Wearing a black sweater with white stripes over a black-and-white striped turtleneck, a woman looks at the camera in three-quarter profile. The image is in black and white, too.
Supporting himself with crutches, a man stands in a vaguely institutional hallway looking nervous and confused. He's dressed in a white robe over a white T-shirt, which has a trail of blood running down the center. An orderly stands in the distance behind him, also dressed in white, arms at his sides. The image has a sickly green tint to it.
With her brilliant first feature DO I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE? arriving on VOD this Friday, director Arianna Martinez advocates for a reappraisal of Gore Verbinski's 2017 creeper A CURE FOR WELLNESS. Available on all podcast platforms, and streaming right here:
someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ari...
25.06.2025 18:08 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
A bearded man leans against a wall in a hallway, his arms crossed in a comfortable pose.
A balding man in a brown suit crouches uncomfortably underneath a sink in a hotel bathroom, listening intently to whatever's playing in his headphones. A freshly sanitized toilet is directly to his left.
With his microbudget thriller SELF DRIVER now available on demand, writer-director Michael Pierro is here to celebrate Francis Ford Coppola and Gene Hackman’s essential work in THE CONVERSATION. On your favorite podcast platform, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/mic...
17.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A bearded man smiles for the camera. He's wearing a rose-colored shirt over a plain white T.
A man in a tropical shirt and khakis drags a rolling case across a sand beach, looking exactly like the famous silhouette image of Bigfoot. If Bigfoot had luggage.
With PLEASE, AFTER YOU newly out on VOD, director Rob Michaels shares his favorite comedy, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL -- the one where Jason Segel wrote himself a hit romcom. On your podcast provider of choice, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/rob...
10.06.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A young woman with dark hair and glasses looks at the camera, wearing a blue Oxford shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
On a Parisian street, a woman and a small boy look on as a man in a puffy coat explains something to someone off-camera, gesturing with his hands.
This week, director Chloé Robichaud – whose charming, spiky comedy TWO WOMEN is now playing in Toronto and Montreal – celebrates Jean-Marc Valleé’s heartbreaking 2011 masterpiece CAFÉ DE FLORE. On all podcast platforms, or streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/chl...
03.06.2025 20:33 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Breaking news! This disc includes Becky Shrimpton's episode of the podcast as a special feature!
Isn't that cool? We think it's cool.
01.06.2025 16:59 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
