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PODCAST

Someone Else"s Movie

Norm Wilner/Frequency Podcast Network

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.

tv & film film interviews

All Episodes

00:44:43

Becky Shrimpton on The Devil At Your Heels

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/08/09

Becky Shrimpton, producer and host of Hollywood Suite's A Year in Film podcast and one of the dozen or so critics and programmers who appear in the new HS documentary series Cinema A to Z, is here to celebrate NFB filmmaker Robert Fortier's mesmerizing 1981 documentary The Devil At Your Heels, a chronicle of stunt driver Ken Carter's obsession with jumping a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River. Your genial host Norm Wilner (who also appears in the show!) just knows this won't end well.

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00:43:31

Graham Abbey on Chariots of Fire

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/08/02

Stage and screen veteran Graham Abbey (Defendor, Take This Waltz, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Under the Banner of Heaven), who's also the artistic director of Prince Edward County’s Festival Players, takes a run at Hugh Hudson's Chariots of Fire, the film about the unlikely friendship between British Olympians Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) and Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) that went on to triumph over Atlantic CIty, On Golden Pond, Reds and Raiders of the Lost Ark at the 54th annual Academy Awards

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00:41:23

Adeel Akhtar on Bhaji on the Beach

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/07/26

BAFTA-winning actor Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, Stranger Things, Enola Holmes and Sweet Tooth, among others), who co-stars with Clare Rushbrook in Clio Barnard's Ali & Ava -- opening across Canada Friday -- is here to talk about how important it was to see himself reflected in Gurinder Chadha's 1993 breakout drama Bhaji on the Beach, and what real representation means for everyone who's watching. Your genial host Norm Wilner just wants to ask about making Four Lions, really.

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01:04:12

Tracy Dawson on Broadcast News

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/07/19

Award-winning actor turned author Tracy Dawson -- whose first book Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed To Do was published in May by Harper Collins -- is here to celebrate James L. Brooks' eerily prophetic Broadcast News, the 1987 dramedy starring Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks and William Hurt that showed us exactly where America media, and the world, was heading. Your genial host Norm Wilner is worried he buried the lede.

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00:54:05

Jenna Cato Bass on Homicide - Life on the Street

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/07/12

South African filmmaker Jenna Cato Bass -- director of High Fantasy and Flatland , co-writer of Rafiki and whose crafty new thriller Good Madam drops on Shudder this Thursday, July 14th -- found her early aesthetic in Homicide: Life on the Street, the revolutionary NBC series which explored policing and morality in 1990s Baltimore over seven seasons and a feature-length finale. Your genial host Norm Wilner is happy to tweak the mission statement for this episode. Who wouldn't?

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00:44:05

Gigi Saul Guerrero on The Exorcist

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/07/05

Filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero -- whose Into the Dark episode Culture Shock just landed on Hollywood Suite in Canada -- discusses the impact of William Friedkin's The Exorcist on her young psyche, and the creative path she's been on ever since. Your genial host Norm Wilner wonders why everyone wants to talk about horror movies lately ... not that he minds, of course.

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00:50:34

Albert Birney on Dream Cinema

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/06/28

Memories of seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street as a child send filmmaker Albert Birney on a reverie through the films that walk between the conscious and unconscious. Your genial host Norm Wilner works Cronenberg in there somehow, too. Strawberry Mansion, which Birney co-wrote and co-directed with his pal Kentucker Audley, is now on digital and on disc, and you should see it; Norm liked it so much he even featured the Blu-ray in the latest edition of his Shiny Things newsletter!

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00:43:59

Jordan Gavaris on Suspiria 2018

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/06/21

Actor Jordan Gavaris, whom you knew and loved on Orphan Black, The Sea of Trees, Take Two and Love in the Time of Corona -- and who's now showing off his comic and dramatic chops in the Prime Video series The Lake -- shares his enduring love for Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, the Italian auteur's 2018 reinterpretation of Dario Argento's 1977 classic about an American student uncovering witchy workings in a German dance academy. Your genial host Norm Wilner is skeptical, but he trusts Jordan to make a

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00:38:10

Alanna Bale on The Blair Witch Project

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/06/14

In our 399th episode, Alanna Bale of Cardinal, Killjoys and Blaine Thurier’s Kicking Blood -- which arrives on digital next week -- braves the bleak, woodsy horrors of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez' game-changing 1999 found-footage classic The Blair Witch Project. Your genial host Norm Wilner is standing in the corner, don't mind him ... although he would feel a lot less lonely if you subscribed to his Shiny Things newsletter. He's just saying.

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00:37:57

Yoav and Doron Paz on Inception

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/06/07

Sibling filmmakers Yoav and Doron Paz (The Golem, JeruZalem), whose new film Plan A opens the Toronto Jewish Film Festival this Thursday, June 9th, at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, are here to tackle Christopher Nolan's genre-twisting thriller Inception, which blew their minds when they first experienced it in 2010. Your genial host Norm Wilner is willing to take his eyes off that damn top long enough to tell you to subscribe to Shiny Things, his weekly newsletter about film, culture and physical

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01:08:45

Melanie Chung on Prisoners

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/05/31

Hello (Again) director Melanie Chung plumbs the psychological depths of Denis Villeneuve's all-star 2013 thriller Prisoners -- the one where Hugh Jackman holds Paul Dano hostage in a basement to solve his daughter's disappearance, while Jake Gyllenhaal's obsessive detective conducts his own equally fevered investigation. Your genial host Norm Wilner warns you: We talk about the ending almost immediately, so if you haven't seen Prisoners you're probably going to want to do that first. And maybe

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00:40:43

Tim Rozon on My Own Private Idaho

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/05/24

In an episode almost seven years in the making, actor Tim Rozon (Lost Girl, Schitt’s Creek, Wynonna Earp, Vagrant Queen, Surreal Estate and the new family film Dakota) shares his love for My Own Private Idaho, and the incandescent, indelible performance of River Phoenix within Gus Van Sant's masterful 1991 indie drama. Your genial host Norm Wilner is really just an enabler here, but also feels he really underestimated what Keanu Reeves was doing the first time around. (Also, have you subscribed to

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00:45:59

Nathalie Bibeau on Into the Wild

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/05/17

Filmmaker Nathalie Bibeau (The Walrus and the Whistleblower, and the new Prime Video miniseriesThe Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith) saw Into the Wild, Sean Penn's 2007 film about the life and death of Chris McCandless, at exactly the right moment in her development as an artist. Your genial host Norm Wilner wants to hear all about that ... and he also wants you to know his Shiny Things newsletter – a weekly dispatch about physical media, culture and maybe even the odd streaming show – is now

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00:49:06

Rong Fu on Kill Bill Vol 1

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/05/10

Actor Rong Fu -- whom you might know from Pretty Hard Cases and Hello (Again), and who's now a member of the Enterprise bridge crew in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds -- is here to talk about discovering Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1 in her teens, and the rush that came with discovering Lucy Liu's O-Ren Ishii and realizing badass villains could be more than just one-dimensional antagonists. Your genial host Norm Wilner gets it, he really does. (And check out Norm's new newsletter project

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00:30:38

Chase Joynt on The Watermelon Woman

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/05/03

Filmmaker Chase Joynt -- whose metatextual documentary Framing Agnes makes its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs this week -- unpacks the layers of Cheryl Dunye's 1996 indie breakout The Watermelon Woman, a film that was easily 25 years ahead of its time in its exploration of race, representation, privilege and sexuality. Your genial host Norm Wilner can't believe what he missed the first time around, although he's glad we've left VHS behind. And don't forget, the entire first year of this podcast is

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00:43:57

Stephanie Kaliner on Moana

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/04/26

Writer, producer and performer Stephanie Kaliner -- whose delightful new series Pinecone & Pony just dropped on Apple TV+ -- is here to share her love of Disney's 2016 animated smash Moana, another fantastical tale of a young woman who learns that being a hero and saving the world can be ... complicated. Your genial host Norm Wilner is Team Hei Hei all the way, and would also like to remind you that the entire first year of this podcast is still available for purchase (and only $20!) at

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00:50:03

Michael McGowan on Good Will Hunting

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/04/19

It's National Canadian Film Day on Wednesday, and filmmaker Michael McGowan -- director of Saint Ralph, One Week, Still Mine and now All My Puny Sorrows , which opened in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal last weekend and reaches Winnipeg this Friday, April 22nd -- is here to celebrate Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting, the secretly Canadian 1997 drama that won Robin Williams his only Oscar and catapulted screenwriters Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to superstardom. Your genial host Norm Wilner is a

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00:53:57

Martin Edralin on Secret Sunshine

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/04/12

Toronto filmmaker Martin Edralin, whose award-winning first feature Islands plays the TIFF Bell Lightbox tonight (April 12th) through Thursday (April 14th), unpacks the tensions at play in Korean master Lee Chang-dong's almost unbearably empathetic Secret Sunshine, a study of a woman carrying the weight of unimaginable loss that earned star Jeon Do-yeon the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2007. Your genial host Norm Wilner is braced for impact, and reminds you the first year of the podcast can be

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00:53:14

Kristin Booth on The Princess Bride

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/04/05

With her new drama Marlene opening this Friday in Toronto, Guelph, Edmonton and Calgary, actor Kristin Booth (Foolproof, Orphan Black, Workin' Moms, the Signed, Sealed, Delivered series and more) is here to declare her undying love for the self-aware magic of Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride, which made heartthrobs of Robin Wright and Cary Elwes, gave Mandy Patinkin one of his finest screen roles and taught kids of all ages to appreciate the occasional kissing book. Your genial host Norm Wilner

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00:47:51

Alex Mallari, Jr on Remember the Titans

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2022/03/29

Actor Alex Mallari Jr. -- whom you may remember from Dark Matter, Ginny & Georgia, Workin' Moms, The Adam Project, Transplant and as the star of the brand-new CBC Gem digital series Hello (Again) -- shares his love for Boaz Yakin's 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans. Your genial host Norm Wilner has never been much of a football guy, honestly, but -- wait, is that Ryan Gosling? Oh, and while we're remembering things, the first year of Someone Else's Movie is available to download -- ad-free, in

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