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Someone Else's Movie

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

Can you believe it took 618 episodes for someone to bring the Coens' breakout BARTON FINK to the show? Well, it did, and SAVAGE HOUSE writer-director Peter Glanz is the guest who brought it. On your podcast player of choice, or streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/pet...

A bearded man wearing a watch cap looks at activity on a film set. (The image is in black-and-white.)

A man in a brown suit sits on a beach, staring at a woman in a bathing suit who looks out at the surf. A brown box rests on the sand next to the man. It's all just a little unsettling.

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

This week, veteran producer William Woods -- whose directorial debut THE OUTER THREAT opens across Canada this week -- takes a considered run through the minimalist fantasy of M. Night Shyamalan's UNBREAKABLE. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/wil...

Standing in a forest, a man smiles at the camera. He's wearing a short-sleeved button-up shirt.

Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis walk along a Philadelphia street in a still from M. Night Shyamalan's UNBREAKABLE. Jackson wears a shiny trenchcoat and walks with a cane, while Willis wears a red baseball cap* and a green windbreaker over a white work shirt.

*relax, it's the year 2000

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3w ago

Feeling trapped by the weather? Escape to the ocean as ROSE OF NEVADA's Mark Jenkin brings John Milius' epic surfing drama BIG WEDNESDAY to the podcast! On all platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/mar...

A man in a yellow rain slicker peers around a corner

Five attractive young people lean against a roadster, surfboards strapped to its rooftop, a highway and the California mountains stretching out behind them in a promotional still from John Milius' BIG WEDNESDAY.

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

With his prickly family drama BEST BOY now on VOD, writer-director Jesse Noah Klein braves the cleansing fire of Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme breakout THE CELEBRATION. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/jes...

A bearded man with glasses stands in front of a brick wall in a promotional image.

In a grainy image, a young man in a dinner jacket holds up two folded pieces of paper, one slightly darker than the other. Well, a LOT darker.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · last mo.

With her @severinfilms.bsky.social Blu-ray box on shelves today, writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović is here to explore the ambiguous chills of Alain Resnais' avant-garde masterwork LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/luc...

A woman on a cobblestone street looks up at the camera.

Figures stand on the manicured grounds of a vast estate, their shadows suggesting an eerie stillness, in a black-and-white image from LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. Fun fact: The shadows were painted on beforehand!

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · last mo.

This week, LOVE IS THE MONSTER writer-director @alexnoyer.bsky.social tackles Zack Snyder and @jamesgunn.bsky.social's radical reinvention of the zombie movie in DAWN OF THE DEAD. Don't get bit. On your podcast platform of choice, and available right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ale...

A man sits in a cinema, his chin in his hand, smiling at the camera.

A group of people stand together in a small space, looking around for any potential danger, in a still from the 2004 DAWN OF THE DEAD.

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

With his new film ISLANDS now on digital and on demand, writer-director Jan-Ole Gerster is ready to take on a favorite thriller: Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. On your podcast platform of choice, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/jan...

A man with a goatee looks at the camera in a promotional photo.

A section of the poster for TAXI DRIVER, featuring a man in a green windbreaker and jeans standing in front of a yellow New York taxicab, looking at something to his right.

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

Attention! Courtney Summers -- whose novel THIS IS NOT A TEST is now a major motion picture -- is here to talk about THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, @jimmycthatsme.bsky.social's 2020 ... masterpiece? On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/cou...

In an image from THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, a man looks in horror at something out of frame. He wears a parka and holds a pistol, and it seems a wolf has just fallen on him from somewhere above.

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

Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME turns 40 this summer, and writer-director Rob Grant -- whose new movie THIS TOO SHALL PASS is its own kind of melancholy coming-of-age story -- is here to celebrate it. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/rob...

A bearded man, his face and glasses spattered with fake blood, leans forward into the camera at an angle that distorts his body.

Four kids in a forest stare at something outside the frame in a still from Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME.

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

Her first feature FORASTERA opens at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social on Friday, and Lucía Aleñar Iglesias is here to celebrate Céline Sciamma's similarly delicate and complex family drama PETITE MAMAN. Everywhere you get your podcasts, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/luc...

A young woman tilts her eyes up to the campus, as though she's about to speak.

Two little girls hug each other in a forest, looking at the fort they've built out of sticks and branches.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hey, a director! This week, MODERN WHORE's Nicole Bazuin joins us to discuss a film that's near and dear to her heart: Jim Henson's THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/nic...

A woman in an orange-and-white striped shirt poses for a photograph against an orange backdrop, smiling at something offscreen to the left.

A still from THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER, with Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog smiling on a city street, a crowd of humans singing and dancing behind them. Kermit is wearing a trenchcoat and Fozzie has a press card in the brim of his hat, because they're playing journalists. (And identical twins, but that's a lot harder to describe in alt text.)

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This week, THE TRAVEL COMPANION directors Travis Wood and Alex Mallis unpack the quiet oddness of Hong Sang-soo's 2011 gem THE DAY HE ARRIVES -- and also discuss the functions of festival Q&As and film critics! On all podcast platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tra...

Directors Alex Mallis (left) and Travis Wood (right) smile at the camera in a promotional image.

A man in a parka walks down a quiet city street. There are no other people in the black-and-white image.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bonus Friday episode! AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS writer-director Bretten Hannam explores the mysteries of Apitchatpong Weerasethakul's TROPICAL MALADY. Available on all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bre...

A filmmaker stands next to a window, wearing a baseball cap that says "INUK LOVE."

Two young men -- one wearing a striped T-shirt and jeans, the other in military fatigues -- sit together on a porch, looking out at the wilderness around them.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With his latest drama TWO PIANOS now playing in New York and Los Angeles, writer-director Arnaud Desplechin shares his love for Judd Apatow's misunderstood 2009 dramedy FUNNY PEOPLE. Available wherever you get your podcasts, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/arn...

An older man in a dark suit looks at the camera with a thoughtful expression, as if he's about to say something profound.

Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann stand on either side of Adam Sandler, their heads on his shoulders. Sandler has his right arm around Rogen, while Mann clasps his left arm.

Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gift link. I spent twenty minutes chatting in a green room with Seymour in 2014, and he gave me an entirely new perspective on my career that led to me launching @semcast.bsky.social, the most satisfying thing I've ever done. May he rest in peace.

Seymour Bernstein Dies at 99; Stage Fright Cut Short His Piano Career

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Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With ERUPCJA in theaters across North America, director Pete Ohs loses himself in the atmosphere and ambiguities of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's EVIL DOES NOT EXIST. You should join him! On all podcast platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/pet...

Wearing a light jacket over a T-shirt, a man looks directly at the camera with a placid expression.

A little girl stands against a forest of bare trees, bundled in a winter coat and hat with bright yellow gloves. She shields her eyes from the sun as she looks at the camera.

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

With her acclaimed first feature BLUE HERON rolling into theaters this week, writer-director @sophyromvari.bsky.social returns to unpack Martha Coolidge's revolutionary debut NOT A PRETTY PICTURE. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/sop...

Standing on a road surrounded by trees, a young woman looks back over her shoulder and smiles.

A director sits in an empty studio space, listening to one of her actors with her head cocked, holding her hand to her own forehead.

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

With the East Coast drama LITTLE LORRAINE opening across Canada on Friday, actor Auden Thornton joins us to unpack the layers of loss and emotion in Sarah Polley’s first feature AWAY FROM HER. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/aud...

A woman wearing a collared shirt looks directly into the camera.

A man with gray hair and a beard leans in to kiss a woman on the cheek; she looks conflicted and seems ready to turn away.

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

For our 600th episode, COLD STORAGE director Jonny Campbell tackles Mike Hodges' classic gangster psychodrama GET CARTER. The style! The score! Michael Caine in full, terrifying fury! On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/jon...

A woman in a bright orange jacket and an older man in glasses look at a bound script together in a warehouse setting.

A man wearing a black trenchcoat over a suit and tie hefts a shotgun as he marches towards violence, the bleak hills of Newcastle visible in the background.

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

With THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT now streaming on @shudder.com, director Jeremiah Kipp is here to celebrate another creeper about a sinister funeral home: Don Coscarelli's cult classic PHANTASM! On your favorite podcast provider, or click on the image below to stream it directly. Happy haunting!

Jeremiah Kipp on Phantasm | Someone Else's Movie

Now that his new creeper The Mortuary Assistant is streaming on Shudder, director Jeremiah Kipp ventures into the sinister funeral home of Don Coscarelli’s midnight horror classic Phantasm. Your genia...

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

His new movie MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE is dropping on Hulu and Disney+, so you should check out @bdgrabinski.bsky.social's delightful 2021 episode on Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD. Please enjoy it before Ray shows up and ruins everything: www.someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ben...

A man with glasses and closely-trimmed facial hair looks at the camera with a neutral expression.

A woman with an intense look stands next to a man with a forced grin at her high-school reunion. A massive American flag and a small replica of the Statue of Liberty are visible behind them, and they both wear dopey little flag hats.

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

With her new drama MAYA AND SAMAR now playing in theaters across Canada, director Anita Doron celebrates GOODBYE, DRAGON INN, Tsai Ming-Liang’s love letter to cinemas and audiences. On your favorite podcast app, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ani...

A woman leans against a wall, smiling at the camera.

Holding an umbrella, a woman walks down a street on a rainy night, illuminated by the lights of the old movie theater behind her.

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

It's our 11th anniversary! And to celebrate this milestone we've got @horrornonna.com -- whose 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR starts streaming on @shudder.com on Friday -- to unpack Abel Ferrara's revolutionary MS .45. On all podcast platforms, and streaming at someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ale...

A woman smiles, her eyes closed, in a black and white image.

A woman stands in a dark alley, leveling a pistol at an unseen target.

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

WEEKEND BONUS EPISODE! Alison McAlpine -- who's going to the #Oscars tomorrow with her documentary short PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS -- untangles the complexities of Maren Ade's masterful TONI ERDMANN. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ali...

Wearing a taupe jacket over a black dress, a woman stands in a wooded area, smiling for the camera.

A woman sings at a party, accompanied by a shaggy-haired older gentleman on the piano behind her.

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

With his new sketch show coming to @tosketchfest.bsky.social on Friday, Jon Blair sinks his teeth into George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD -- and finds plenty to chew on. Available wherever you get your podcasts, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/jon...

A man dressed for post-apocalyptic desert life consults a notebook labelled "Ancient Sketch Premises"

An expressionistic black-and-white image from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD of a man turning around to look at something in the dark. A woman is partially visible over his shoulder.

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

Before her new show ONE BUTTHOLE AFTER ANOTHER premieres at TO Sketchfest, Toronto comic Tiyawnda stops in to talk about her fervent love for Jonathan Demme’s relentless adaptation of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. On all podcast platforms and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tiy...

Photographed at a canted angle, a young woman smiles at the camera in the backyard of a house, a tree and some green leaves visible over the fence behind her.

A young woman looks intently through a thick window at an even more intense man, whose very intense face is reflected on the left side of the frame.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

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.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

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.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

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.

Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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 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.