TIFF is upon us, and while I lay out my schedule of intros and interviews — let’s hear it for that transferable skill set! — you can sit back and enjoy the latest episode of Someone Else’s Movie, where I introduce y’all to Toronto filmmaker V.T. Nayani, whose first feature This Place premieres at the festival on Friday, and is quietly devastating.
Nayani’s choice of movie, though? It’s anything but. She picked the delightful teen rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1998 smash that made instant stars of Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, introduced Shakespeare to millennials who weren’t quite old enough to see Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and made perfect use of Larry Miller and Allison Janney.
Come join the fun! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever and get the episode instantly, or download it directly from the web like Kat Stratford probably would, the better to enjoy it on your own terms. However you listen, mark your calendar for next Saturday night’s free open-air screening of the movie, with Nayani and me on hand to introduce it, at 10 pm at TIFF’s Cinema Park in David Pecaut Square. Did I mention it was free? Because it is.
And then you can go check out the new editions of Shiny Things, where I share my copious thoughts on the Prime Video reboot of A League of their Own, the new Criterion editions of Faya Dayi and Hotel du Nord and Shout! Factory’s gorgeous 4K box of Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle. There’s more coming this week, somehow, so you’ll want to subscribe if you haven’t already.
Also, I did another episode of Jeremy LaLonde’s Black Hole Films … where it turned out I was the only person defending the pure, sweet heart of Steve Martin’s Roxanne from the jaded souls of Jeremy and Ian MacIntyre. You think you know people. Jeez.
Also also: I’ll be dropping a bonus episode of Someone Else’s Movie this Friday, because it’s TIFF and there are lots of cool people to talk to. Stand by!