Like There’s No Tomorrow

Turns out releasing three episodes of Someone Else’s Movie in five days isn’t that much of a challenge. Here’s the last of my TIFF run, featuring Quebec writer-director Alexandre Franchi, whose new film L’Autre has its world premiere tonight at the festival with a repeat screening Monday afternoon.

I hadn’t seen Alexandre since he brought his first film, The Wild Hunt, to the 2009 festival. He’s gone through some stuff since then, a lot of which is in this new movie. It’s pretty good; you should check it out.

And Alexandre picked another movie that’s been a long time coming: Alain Resnais’ 1959 new-wave breakthrough Hiroshima, Mon Amour, a haunting romance set against the backdrop of one of humanity’s greatest atrocities. I’m surprised it’s taken so long for someone to bring this particular film to the podcast, but I guess it was waiting for him.

Come on, then; subscribe to the show on AppleSpotifyYouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while your lover sleeps beside you in the sanctuary you’ve made for one another.

After that, there is Shiny Things; specifically, my visit to the new brick-and-mortar Cinema Cellar store that just opened in downtown Toronto and is currently All Criterion All The Time. It’s nice there. And of course if you’re a paid subscriber you got yesterday’s What’s Worth Watching, featuring my exclusive reviews of the new seasons of North of North and The Paper and Gal Gadot’s new thriller The Runner, which is … well, it’s not good, but it is worth watching. As a cautionary tale, perhaps.

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