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 ...
With her documentary Your Tomorrow streaming across Canada on Friday March 21st and making its broadcast premiere on TVOntario Sunday the 23rd, filmmaker Ali Weinstein picks up the torch for another Norman Jewison musical: His 1971 adaptation of the Broadway smash Fiddler on the Roof. Your genial host Norm Wilner knows the entire songbook for this one.
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Felix-Antoine Duval on Red Rooms
It’s our 10th anniversary! And award-winning actor Felix-Antoine Duval – star of Sophie Deraspe’s wonderful Shepherds, now playing at the TIFF Lightbox and elsewhere – is here to explore the darkest corners of Pascale Plante’s 2023 thriller Red Rooms. Your genial host Norm Wilner is fighting the urge to do the Jeremy Piven thing from Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Atom Egoyan on Jesus Christ Superstar
This week, Oscar-nominated writer and director Atom Egoyan – whose latest drama Seven Veils opens in theatres across Canada this Friday – joins the chorus for Norman Jewison’s 1973 screen adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar … a film, and a musical, with which Atom has a very personal connection. Your genial host Norm Wilner is more of a Little Shop guy, honestly.
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Jeremy Schuetze on American Movie
This week, actor and filmmaker Jeremy Schuetze – whose first feature Anacoreta is now available on digital and on demand – digs into American Movie, Chris Smith’s beloved documentary about Wisconsin auteur Mark Borchardt’s attempts to make a horror short with the help of his eccentric friends and family. Your genial host Norm Wilner sees more of himself in this movie than he’d probably want to admit.
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Moritz Binder on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This week, Moritz Binder – the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of September 5 – joins us to celebrate Sergio Leone’s landmark Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, from the magnificently sweaty cast to the sun-blasted locations to Ennio Morricone’s iconic score. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still a Tuco guy, despite everything.
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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