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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

00:36:30

Lyndsy Fonseca on Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/10/05

Actor Lyndsy Fonseca -- of Nikita, the Kick-Ass movies, Marvel’s Agent Carter and now the Disney+ series Turner and Hooch, which drops its season finale this Wednesday, October 6th -- is here to celebrate the cracked magnificence of Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow in David Mirkin's 1997 cult comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Your genial host Norm Wilner never got an invitation to his own high-school reunion. That's weird, right? It feels weird.

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00:38:46

David Yarovesky on In the Mouth of Madness

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/09/28

With his creepy new film Nightbooks freshly landed on Netflix, director David Yarovesky (The Hive, Brightburn) is here to discuss John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, the 1994 mind-bender starring Sam Neill as an insurance investigator on the trail of a vanished author whose books may be driving readers insane. Your genial host Norm Wilner does not read Sutter Cane, because it's safer for everyone that way.

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00:30:40

Virginia Abramovich on Memento

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/09/21

Writer, producer and director Virginia Abramovich -- whose eerie first feature Between Waves arrives on VOD today -- digs into Memento, the corkscrewing Christopher Nolan thriller starring Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a relentless investigator driven by Polaroids, tattoos and a bone-deep desire for revenge, with former Matrix co-stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano as people working with Leonard (or are they?) to further very different agendas. Your genial host Norm Wilner knows this movie

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00:52:03

Lina Roessler on Border

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/09/14

Lina Roessler, an actor and filmmaker whose first feature Best Sellers is in theatres and on VOD this Friday, September 17th, tackles Ali Abbasi's unquantifiable mystery Border, which stars Eva Melander as a Swedish border guard and discovers an entirely new side of herself when she meets a man as strange as she is. Your genial host Norm Wilner strongly advises you watch the movie before you listen to this one.

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00:56:10

Jeremy Workman on The Heiress

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/09/07

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Workman -- whose new documentary Lily Topples the World is now streaming on Discovery+ in the US and coming to Canada next Tuesday, September 14th -- is here to sing the praises of The Heiress, William Wyler's 1949 adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square starring Olivia de Havilland (in the role that won her a second Oscar), Montgomery Clift and Ralph Richardson. Your genial host Norm Wilner is on the edge of his seat.

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01:00:41

John Ross Bowie on Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/08/31

John Ross Bowie is back, and to celebrate the launch of his new podcast Household Faces, where he interviews Hollywood’s most recognizable and iconic character actors about their lives and work, he's here to throw down for Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's epic 2019 drama that casts Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie as three Los Angelinos on a collision course with the Manson Family. Your genial host Norm Wilner hates that movie like Cliff Booth hates hippies, which

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00:35:21

Carly Pope on Boogie Nights

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/08/24

Actor, writer and producer Carly Pope (Popular, Young People Fucking, Suits, Textuality, Arrow and now Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic, currently in theatres and on VOD) is here to celebrate Boogie Nights, the epic 1997 dramedy that put Paul Thomas Anderson on the map, got Burt Reynolds his only Oscar nomination, assembled an all-time great supporting cast (Julianne Moore! John C. Reilly! Heather Graham! Don Cheadle! Nicole Ari Parker! William H. Macy! Philip Seymour Hoffman! Melora Walters! Luis Guzman

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00:54:02

Jonathan Levine on Billy Madison

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/08/17

With his miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers premiering on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video Canada this week, director Jonathan Levine (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, 50/50, Warm Bodies, The Night Before, Long Shot and more) is here to talk about his undying love for Billy Madison, the film that solidified Adam Sandler's screen persona for a decade or more. Your genial host Norm Wilner is more than happy to leverage this into a larger look at the actor's whole overgrown-kid thing, and how Sandler is a much

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00:42:05

Heather Ross on Waiting for Guffman

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/08/10

Documentary filmmaker Heather Ross , whose new project For Madmen Only: The Stories Of Del Close is newly available on VOD, celebrates Christopher Guest's 1996 feature Waiting For Guffman -- in which the actor and filmmaker recruited Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban and another half-dozen very funny people to make up a story about some amateur theater performers celebrating the sesquicentennial of a small Missouri town. And once you've listened to this

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00:26:51

David Dastmalchian on Impetigore

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/08/03

What happens on a movie podcast when the guest picks a movie the host hasn't seen? Well, usually the host goes out and watches said movie before the recording. That's not what happened here, as actor and writer David Dastmalchian -- currently starring alongside Idris Elba and Margot Robbie in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad -- brings Joko Anwar's 2019 supernatural thriller Impetigore to the show, and your genial host Norm Wilner has to roll with it. But it all works out, because two horror fans can

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00:49:01

Cameron Gibson on The Prestige

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/07/27

For our 350th episode, Cameron Gibson -- one of the lead magicians at Jamie Allan's Illusionarium, which opens in Toronto this Thursday, June 29th -- tackles Christopher Nolan's 2006 drama The Prestige. Your genial host Norm Wilner has nothing up his sleeves.

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00:21:18

Michael Sarnoski on Spider-Man

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/07/20

With his remarkable Nicolas Cage drama Pig making its way into theatres across North America, we grab director and co-writer Michael Sarnoski for a few minutes to talk about his love for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, the 2002 blockbuster that cast Tobey Maguire as everyone’s favorite wall-crawler and laid the template for comic-book movies going forward … though no one knew that at the time. Your genial host Norm Wilner thinks you should see Pig, by the way.

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00:45:12

Gemma Files on The Borderlands

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/07/13

Award-winning horror author and screenwriter Gemma Files (Experimental Film, the new collection In That Endlessness, Our End) burrows deep into the theological inquiry of Elliot Goldner’s 2013 found-footage creeper The Borderlands, which was released in North America as Final Prayer. Your genial host Norm Wilner is a little worried about the implications of all this Lovecraftian horror, but let’s see where this goes.

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00:46:03

Katherine Cullen on Bottle Rocket

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/07/06

Writer and performer Katherine Cullen — who’s spending this month with Britta Johnson remounting their 2017 play Stupidhead! as a series of live audio broadcasts from July 7th to 16th, and then as in-person performances on porches and backyards from July 20th to August 1st — is here to celebrate Bottle Rocket, the 1996 indie that brought Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson onto the film scene. Your genial host Norm Wilner is trying to process the fact that Bottle Rocket is 25 years old

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00:45:02

Josh Ruben on Clive Barker’s Nightbreed

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/29

Actor and filmmaker Josh Ruben — whose new horror-comedy Werewolves Within is in theaters now and coming to IFC Films Unlimited this Friday, July 2nd — has been haunted by Clive Barker’s Nightbreed for a very long time … too long, perhaps. But now he’s ready to unpack the effect Barker’s 1990 monster mash had on his developing imagination. Your genial host Norm Wilner is here to guide him.

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00:35:02

Ilya Naishuller on The Way of the Gun

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/22

Director Ilya Naishuller — who followed his 2015 breakout Hardcore Henry by turning Bob Odenkirk into an action star in the immensely satisfying Nobody, now available on disc and digital — takes a break from his next production to salute the swaggering mayhem of The Way of the Gun, the 2000 directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie. Your genial host Norm Wilner had forgotten all about that one.

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00:37:49

Saul Williams on Lovers Rock

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/15

Author, actor, poet and hip-hop pioneer Saul Williams — who stars in and scores Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape, now available on VOD across North America — takes the mic for Lovers Rock, the second and best feature in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe film cycle. Your genial host Norm Wilner thinks you’ll enjoy this one.

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00:39:27

Patrick White on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/11

With his directorial debut Queen of Spades arriving on VOD next week, writer and producer Patrick White (Jack Brooks, Monster Slayer) is here to spread the love for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the Oscar-winning animated experience from directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman that brought Miles Morales to the big screen and expanded our conception of what comic-book movies can do. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still team Spider-Ham, though.

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00:30:51

Lowell on Bong Joon-ho’s The Host

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/08

Singer and songwriter Lowell turns screenwriter and composer with the horror movie Bloodthirsty, which earned her two Canadian Screen Awards nominations for best score and best original song; now that it’s available on VOD, she’s here to talk about another kind of monster movie: The Host, Bong Joon-ho’s delirious 2006 thriller about a dysfunctional Seoul family brought together by the rampage of an angry fish monster. Your genial host Norm Wilner knows how it feels.

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00:32:04

Alyson Richards on The Goonies

Someone Else"s Movie ·

2021/06/01

Toronto screenwriter and producer Alyson Richards — whose latest project, the queer survival thriller The Retreat, is freshly available on VOD — is here to celebrate Richard Donner’s beloved 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies in all of its messy, frenetic glory. Your genial host Norm Wilner has some questions.

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