Someone Else's Movie

4.4 (101)
FILM INTERVIEWS
UPDATED WEEKLY

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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Sheila McCarthy and Mackenzie Donaldson on The Wizard of Oz

It’s a mother-daughter episode as actor Sheila McCarthy and producer-director Mackenzie Donaldson – who collaborated on the post-collapse thriller All the Lost Ones, now onscreen in Toronto at the Carlton Cinema – bring The Wizard of Oz to the podcast, just in time to draft on the opening of Wicked. Your genial host Norm Wilner is always up for a chat about how weird Frank L. Baum’s books are.

47 min
NOV 26

Ben Petrie on City Lights

Writer, director and actor Ben Petrie, whose first feature The Heirloom has its Toronto premiere at the TIFF Lightbox this Thursday, November 28th, before moving to the Carlton and the Revue on Friday the 29th, is here to celebrate City Lights, Charlie Chaplin’s masterful blend of comedy and heart. Your genial host Norm Wilner is amazed this is the first time someone’s brought a Chaplin film to the podcast.

48 min
NOV 19

Mark McKinney on Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga

With Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy Scared Shitless making its Toronto premiere this Saturday, November 23rd at the Blood in the Snow film festival, scene-stealer Mark McKinney is here to ride or die with George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which rolls back the clock to show us how the wasteland’s greatest warrior learned her craft … and what it cost her. Your genial host Norm Wilner would have given an arm to have this conversation.

52 min
NOV 12

Gillian McKercher on Martin Eden

With her new film Lucky Star making its Toronto premiere at the Reel Asian film festival this Saturday, writer-director Gillian McKercher is here to celebrate Pietro Marcello’s muscular adaptation of Martin Eden, which galvanized the festival circuit five years ago but was lost in the first wave of COVID. Your genial host Norm Wilner didn’t expect this episode to be as timely as it is, but there you go.

55 min
NOV 5

Flashback -- Lauren Collins on Obvious Child

Since Lauren Collins is starring in the new Crave series My Dead Mom – and since the US election is all anyone can think about right now – here’s her 2015 episode on Gillian Robespierre’s breakout comedy Obvious Child, the one where Jenny Slate plays an aspiring Brooklyn standup trying to build a set while dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. Your genial host Norm Wilner really hopes America holds itself together this week.

59 min
OCT 29

Zach Clark on Spider Baby

With his sci-fi drama The Becomers landing on Blu-ray today, writer-director Zach Clark closes out his October horror viewing with Jack Hill’s unquantifiable family study Spider Baby. Your genial host Norm Wilner wonders whether it truly is The Maddest Story Ever Told.

57 min
OCT 22

Michael Greyeyes on In the Mood for Love

With his short film The Light Before the Sun making its world premiere at the Hamilton Film Festival this Saturday, October 26, actor and director Michael Greyeyes is here to talk about his newfound passion for Wong Kar-Wai’s 2000 romance In the Mood for Love. Your genial host Norm Wilner has been waiting so long for someone to pick this one, you guys.

58 min
OCT 15

Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti on Hostel

As their found-footage horror movie It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This continues rolling through theaters, filmmakers Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti drop by to talk about their love for Eli Roth’s Hostel, and make the case for the film being a lot more thoughtful than people gave it credit for. Your genial host Norm Wilner is willing to hear them out.

53 min

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I love these conversations

2022-12-12

windsoria

I’ve been listening for years but listening to your Sirk discussion finally got me off my duff and into this review space. I’m learning so much and I LOVE how fluidly you go with whatever and wherever your guest takes the convo. Just a genuinely smart and engaging show.
Thank you

2022-09-01

Tide.AL

Thanks to Norm for doing this. I’ve been enjoying it a ton. There’s something about listening to Norm and his guests just talk movies the way they do. I can and often do listen to it all day.
Cool Concept, Great Host and Engaged Artists

2022-08-17

Judecast

Revisit your favourite films through the eyes of the filmmakers / actors/ writers who are obsessed with them. It’s cool.
Great Host, Amazing Guests, Incredible Range of Films

2021-03-06

P. D. Walter

In a sea of film-related content, SEMcast stands out. Great host – professional, funny, insightful and humane – amazing range of film industry guests, and films that range from ‘The Shining’, ‘Nights of Cabiria’ and ‘All About Eve’ to ‘Mortal Kombat’, ‘Batman Returns’ and ‘They Live’, you get your classics, your Oscar-bait, your art house, and your pop culture tent-poles. For a masterclass on how to politely agree to disagree, listen to the Sean Cisterna episode on ‘Life is Beautiful’. A truly class act!

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.