Every now and then I start a conversation with strangers and end up making new friends.
That’s the way it went with this week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie, where I ended up bonding with the absolutely lovely Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto over Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s L’Enfant.
In addition to being very talented filmmakers — which people can finally see for themselves, now that their 1991 drama Thousand Pieces of Gold has been restored and reissued after decades in obscurity — they’re also just delightful people, and their insights into the Dardennes’ masterwork will make you feel optimistic about humanity. And honestly, we really need that right now.
Check it out! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Stitcher and get the episode immediately, or download it directly from the web. And then watch Thousand Pieces of Gold. It’s very good.
… and yes, I know I’ve fallen way behind on the updates. So here’s what I’ve achieved in the last week:
- A list of essential Black cinema from filmmakers who aren’t necessarily as well-known as your Spike Lees, Ava DuVernays and Barry Jenkinses.
- A review of Becky, that movie where Kevin James plays a scary neo-Nazi
- More capsules for the NOW VOD calendar, including a review of the gorgeous new 4K disc of Jaws
- Three new episodes of NOW What: A panel about the push to defund police departments in order to save Black lives, a Hot Docs chat with Nathalie Bibeau, director of the Rogers Audience Award-winning The Walrus and the Whistleblower, and today’s episode about how to protest during a pandemic. Get on ’em!
Christ, I’m tired.