Someone Else's Movie

With her new drama The Arrival freshly available on digital and on demand, producer-director Alyssa Rallo Bennett is here to explore the slow-rolling dread of Sam Esmail’s 2023 drama  Leave the World Behind. Your genial host Norm Wilner stocked up on bottled water before the recording, just in case.

With his paranormal thriller Succubus hitting DVD and digital next week, writer-director RJ Daniel Hanna stops in with a film that somehow no one’s picked in over 500 episodes: Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Your genial host Norm Wilner is really glad he did.

His debut dramatic feature Shook makes its world premiere at TIFF this Saturday, but first Amar Wala is here to celebrate Lulu Wang’s  The Farewell, the 2019 indie hit that spins an emotionally complex tale of generational culture clash -- and lets us see Awkwafina in a whole new light. Your genial host Norm Wilner hopes to see you at the Festival.

His first feature Doubles is available on digital and on demand today, so writer-director Ian Harnarine steps up to celebrate Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, the movie that introduced reggae to the world and made Jimmy Cliff an even bigger star than he already was. Your genial host Norm Wilner is happy to crank up the sound.

His exquisite folk-horror film All You Need Is Death is on digital and on demand in the US and making its way to Canada, so writer-director Paul Duane drops by to sing a love song to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s groundbreaking 1997 thriller Cure. Your genial host Norm Wilner is a little nervous about listening too closely.

Her new drama Good One is in US theaters now and opening in Canada this Friday, so writer-director India Donaldson is here to discuss Archipelago, Joanna Hogg’s 2010 drama about a family struggling to enjoy a weekend together. Your genial host Norm Wilner is just so happy someone finally picked one of Joanna Hogg's movies.

With his new thriller Cuckoo creeping into theaters this Friday, writer-director Tilman Singer joins us from Berlin to unpack his love for David Lynch’s 1997 identity-crisis nightmare Lost Highway. Your genial host Norm Wilner still gets the shivers when he remembers that one moment. No, the other one.

With her new series Poly is the New Monogamy freshly landed on Hollywood Suite, actor, producer, writer and director Cat Hostick is here to tackle Ari Aster’s sunlit creeper Midsommar -- you know, the one where Florence Pugh goes on a European vacation. Your genial host Norm Wilner isn’t going anywhere near that big stuffed bear.

Before his charming new film Bookworm opens Montreal’s Fantasia Festival on Thursday, producer and director Ant Timpson spends an hour discussing his love for Cornel Wilde’s 1965 survival thriller The Naked Prey. Your genial host Norm Wilner can see where he’s coming from.

Juno-winning comedian and actor Dave Merhege – who co-stars opposite Daisy Ridley in Rachel Lambert’s affecting new drama Sometimes I Think About Dying – is here to praise the manic commitment of Robert Pattinson in Josh and Benny Safdie’s white-knuckle drama Good Time. Your genial host Norm Wilner is totally on board with this, as long as no one gets hurt.