You know how I always open Someone Else’s Movie with a nod to the nebulous industry professionals? Well, my guest this week is a little more nebulous than usual, since his sole film credit dates back to the late 1990s. But there’s a fun story to that, and it was a delight to have New York chef (and very old friend) Andrew Carmellini tell it on the show as part of a fairly digressive conversation about The Blues Brothers.

As is customary, you can find the show on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher, or download it straight from the site. Enjoy!

And before you ask, no, I can’t get you a table at Lafayette. But they take walk-ins, so you should totally do that.

This week on Someone Else’s Movie is the first to be recorded in my shiny new studio … which wasn’t 100% finished at the time. Apologies for the slightly rough audio; the sound should be softer next week.

Still, the conversation is pretty good, as writer-director Trevor Juras (The Interior) brings Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary Grizzly Man onto the show for a discussion about lifestyle choices, the allure of the wilderness and the risks of surrendering to nature.

Also mauling. We talk about that a lot.

You know where to find it, right? iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or straight from the site. So go do that! And thanks for listening.

After a run of crowd-pleasers on Someone Else’s Movie, we get a little more serious in this week’s episode as actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup — of Falling Skies, American Crime and this Friday’s Closet Monster — brings Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking into the basement.

It’s a really lovely little drama from a filmmaker whose greatest films feel like perfect minatures, holding an entire world in their delicate spheres. Do check it out, and enjoy the episode!

As always, it’s available on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher, or directly from the show site. Go to it.

This week on Someone Else’s Movie, the show gets its first crack at James Cameron courtesy of Lost Girl and Killjoys creator Michelle Lovretta, and her selection of Aliens.

This was such a blast to do, and not just because it distracted me from an awful summer cold. Michelle is funny and insightful, qualities you’ll also find in her work — did I mention Killjoys starts its second season this Friday, July 1st, on Syfy and Space? — and it was great to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cameron’s kickass sequel this way.

You can find the episode in all the usual places: iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or straight from the show site. So do that! And enjoy!

I’ve been sitting on this week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie for months — and it’s been killing me, because Dana Gould is someone I’ve long admired, and spending an hour-plus talking with him about Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove was an absolute blast.

We also get into the Star Wars franchise a bit; it was a natural digression and I couldn’t resist keeping it in. No jury would convict me.

It’s at all the usual spots: iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, the show site. You know the deal.

This week on Someone Else’s Movie, director Allan Ungar — whose ’90s throwback actioner Gridlocked arrives on disc and VOD today — goes all in on Michael Bay’s The Rock, which marks its 20th anniversary this summer and my god do I feel old.

It’s an interesting roll through contemporary action cinema, and lines up quite nicely with the conversation I had with Gabriel Carrer about Point Break last year.

You know what to do: Find it on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher, or get it straight from the source. Get going!

My love for Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy is boundless, and it’s been my pleasure to discuss it, even if only in passing, with all three of its principal creators.

So you can imagine my delight when Maureen Judge, whose new documentary My Millennial Life is now streaming on TVO.org, picked all three films for her episode of Someone Else’s Movie.

Sooooo … what are you waiting for? Go get it! It’s online at iTunes, Google Playand Stitcher, or directly from the show site. This one was unusually personal, and I’m really happy with it. Enjoy.

I’ve teased an upcoming episode of Someone Else’s Movie with one more member of the How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town team, and here it is: Jonas Chernick, who’s also the writer and star of Borealis, is on the show this week to talk about Swingers.

It’s a great choice, one that opens the door to an number of intriguing digressions — the very different careers of stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn’s career, the post-Tarantino indie boom, festival culture in the mid-90s, all sorts of stuff. I think you’ll enjoy the ride.

You can get it on  iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher, or go straight to the source. So do that, you beautiful babies. Do just that.

Trigger warning: This week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie includes a digression about Xavier Dolan, the Quebecois enfant terrible whose latest film It’s Only the End of the World just won the Grand Prix at Cannes.

It came up organically, though, as my guest Carolina Bartczak had picked Pedro Almodovar’s Volver, and that led to a conversation about hyperexpressive filmmaking aesthetics, and certain directors who do that better than certain others. Give it a listen, it’s all in there — along with Carolina’s really thoughtful unpacking of Almodovar’s complex emotional storytelling.

You know what to do: Find it on  iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or right here at the source. I hope you enjoy it.