Someone Else's Movie

With his new film Two Pianos now playing in New York and Los Angeles, award-winning French writer-director Arnaud Desplechin is here to discuss a film he loves with his whole heart: Judd Apatow’s Funny People, the one where Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen play comedians grappling with life, death and jokes. Your genial host Norm Wilner truly did not see this coming.

With his latest drama Erupcja – starring Charli XCX as a young woman adrift in Warsaw – now playing select North American theaters, indie filmmaker Pete Ohs is here to explore the evocative world of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, about a very polite collision of cultures in a Japanese mountain village. Your genial host Norm Wilner also thinks this was one of the best films of 2024.

With her award-winning first feature Blue Heron rolling into theatrical release, writer-director Sophy Romvari returns to the podcast to unpack Martha Coolidge’s devastating 1975 documentary Not a Pretty Picture, in which Coolidge enlisted a group of actors to re-create her own sexual assault and explored the effect the project has on her cast, and herself. Your genial host Norm Wilner has never seen anything like it.

With the East Coast drama Little Lorraine starting its Canadian theatrical run this Friday, April 17th, actor Auden Thornton is here to discuss Sarah Polley’s first feature Away from Her, and unpack the layers of emotion and loss running through it. Your genial host Norm Wilner had to brace himself for this one.

With his goopy, giddy contagion thriller Cold Storage now available on digital and on demand, director Jonny Campbell takes a swing at Mike Hodges’ stylish crime classic Get Carter – you know, the one where Michael Caine rampages through the Newcastle underworld. Your genial host Norm Wilner is bloody delighted to have this as our 600th episode.