On this week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie, I’m joined by Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Noam Gonick, whose latest documentary Pride: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance is now streaming free across Canada at the National Film Board website.
And Noam wanted to talk about an old favorite of his, which also happens to be an old favorite of mine.
That would be Uli Edel’s 1988 adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn, a film that made a fairly big splash on the art-house circuit back when it was first released, but then just sort of slid away down the memory hole once its DVD and Blu-ray editions went out of print. (And it continues to play hard to get: The film can be streamed on various platforms in the US, but not here in Canada.)
Even if you haven’t seen the movie, it’s a pretty good conversation and an excellent read of the film from Noam, who’s clearly been carrying it with him for decades. And if you have seen the film, you’ll be even more invested. So check it out!
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And then you can get caught up on Shiny Things! I still haven’t published the reviews of Dark City and Swordfish I promised you all last week — I’m combining them with some other catalogue releases, you’ll see — but I did take a good long look at Warner’s exquisite 4K edition of Sinners. Subscribe now so you don’t miss the next thing!
Oh, and speaking of newsletters, I turned up in Alex Goudge’s Dreams of Analog Sheep newsletter — talking about physical media, which I seem to be doing fairly often these days. John Hodgman was right: It’s fun to be a resident expert! Now I just have to wait for The Daily Show to come calling, I guess.