Now that Someone Else’s Movie is in its eleventh year — wild, right? — I’ve been allowing the occasional repeat of either a guest or a film choice. But this week’s episode is a groundbreaker for a couple of reasons.

First, because it’s the third time the chosen film has been discussed on the show, and second, because my guest is Lizzie Borden, whose 1983 Born in Flames is as much of a breakthrough feminist statement as the film she wanted to talk about.

That would be Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, first tackled on the podcast in 2020 by Wayne Wang and again in 2023 by Lukas Dhont, both of whom had some very pertinent thoughts about Akerman’s unblinking study of domestic desperation, and the shattering precision of Delphine Seyrig’s performance. But Lizzie has a different approach to the film, wondering what happens after the credits roll and how Akerman’s vision allows the viewer to imagine a whole world beyond the Dielman apartment.

It’s a really fun conversation, given the subject matter, and of course Lizzie discusses her own cinematic evolution as well. So you should give it a listen! And check out the other Jeanne Dielman episodes if you haven’t heard them, what the hell.

You know how this goes. Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or just download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while you draw up the plans for your intersectional feminist group’s political action. The resistance is on a schedule, you know.

Oh, and pick up the new Criterion Blu-ray of Born in Flames when you have the chance — it’s an excellent release of a landmark cinematic work. I featured it this weekend in the latest Shiny Things, in fact, alongside Warner Archive’s splendid 4K edition of Get Carter. Of course, if you were a subscriber you’d already know that. Why aren’t you a subscriber? What’s wrong with you?