Cruising to 600

Yep, the 600th episode of Someone Else’s Movie went out this morning. For something I more than started eleven years ago out of spite, it’s become the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done — hundreds of hours of conversation with artists about art, all preserved for posterity and my own perverse sense of pride. (Start stuff out of spite, kids. It’s the only way to heal.)

This week’s episode is a fun marriage of guest and inspiration, as director Jonny Campbell — whose goofy all-star contagion thriller Cold Storage came out earlier this year and freshly available on digital and on demand, with a physical release expected next month — picked Mike Hodges’ Get Carter, which in the 55 years since its release has become a monumental work of British cinema. And it’s all the more resonant for Jonny, as a Northern kid. We get into that, and much more. It’s a good chat.

Subscribe to the show on AppleSpotifyYouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or download the episode directly from the web and listen to it as you seethe quietly in your room, thinking of all the people standing between you and the truth.

And then it’s time to catch up on your Shiny Things, innit. Last week I wrote about the disc debuts of Marty SupremeLurker and We Bury the Dead, and of course there was Friday’s What’s Worth Watching newsletter with my exclusive reviews of The Drama, Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story and the new season of Daredevil: Born Again. If you’re curious about the stuff on the paid  tier, you can always check out the 14-day free trial and see if it appeals.

(Spoiler: It will! Because I’m fun!)

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