Just Say Rad

In 2009, Sarah Polley hosted myself and director Doug Liman at her house to look back at Go for the movie’s 20th anniversary. This happened to be the first interview Sarah ever gave on the movie, you’ll find out why when you listen. This is the backup recording for a podcast that once lived at the old NOW Magazine.

Christopher Côté joins me to unpack comments he made on the red carpet for Killers of the Flower Moon. The language consultant who taught Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio how to speak Osage appreciated how Scorsese captured the culture but was also critical about how the film’s perspective priviledged the narrative of Ernest Burkhart, the white villain, over Mollie Kyle, the Indigenous woman, whose story the movie should have been about. Read more about Killers of the Flower moon in Zoomer Magazine, where I have exclusive interviews with Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Chief Standing Bear and Tantoo Cardinal. Read those here.

It is mentioned in the podcast that activist and lawyers Bryan Stevenson is a descendent of Rosa Parks. Stevenson has had an inspirational encounter with Parks. But they are not related.

I didn't love Hereditary. So I brought in Film Critic Adam Nayman to play counsellor and walk me through those feelings.

We discuss the film and its relationship to "Elevated Horror", the hype and comparisons to William Friedkin's The Exorcist, the branding from the cool kids at A24, and the wide gap in reception between RottenTomatoes (currently 92%) and CinemaScore (D+).

This is an exhaustive, spoiler-heavy look at a film some are calling the scariest movie in decades.

Follow Adam Nayman on Twitter and keep up with his writing in Cinemascope, The Ringer, Reverse Shot, Sight and Sound and Little White Lies.

Also order yourself a copy of Adam's book, Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage, which is not unrelated to the current discussion. Also (and this is unrelated), preorder Adam's new book, The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together.

I don't write books so just follow me on Twitter and right here at www.justsayrad.com

Photo: AfterMeToo

This week in NOW Magazine, I wrote about the Canadian film and television industry's new code of conduct, their commitment to a "zero tolerance" policy and the involvement of #AfterMeToo. 

Joining me to delve deeper into the issues is #AfterMeToo co-founder Aisling Chin-Yee, who details what her initiative is doing and what we hope is next for the Canadian screen industry in terms of tackling harassment, supporting survivors and continuing to fight for representation.

I found out what it takes to work the Academy Awards red carpet with my colleague Ben Mulroney, eTalk host and Your Morning co-host.

We discussed the red carpet behind-the-scenes as well as what we hope to see during the awards come Oscar night.

Follow Ben on Twitter and tune into eTalk's red carpet coverage on Sunday, March 4th on CTV.

Follow Radheyan Simonpillai on Twitter and right here at www.justsayrad.com

Clips

"Glory to Bast" by Ludwig Göransson. Black Panther (Original Score)

Blood Diamond (Dir. Edward Zwick). Warner Bros, 2005.

"Bling Bling" by B.G. Cash Money/Universal, 1999.

Film Critic Adam Nayman joins me for a deep dive on Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread.

We discuss the Oscar-nominated film, its interpretations, its relationships to Anderson's canon and those of other filmmakers (particularly influences like Hitchcock and Kubrick), and how it may be received along gender lines.

This is an exhaustive, spoiler-heavy look at our favourite film of 2017.

Follow Adam Nayman on Twitter and keep up with his writing in Cinemascope, The Ringer, Reverse Shot, Sight and Sound and Little White Lies.

Follow Radheyan Simonpillai on Twitter and right here at www.justsayrad.com

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