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Podcast: Someone Else's Movie
Episode: Aaron Hillis on Ishtar
Description: Journalist and filmmaker Aaron Hillis â who also runs Video Free Brooklyn, one of New Yorkâs last surviving video stores â sits down to discuss the singular genius of Elaine Mayâs underrated 1987 comedy Ishtar, starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as hack singer-songwriters who become embroiled in an elaborate Middle Eastern spy caper. Be warned that your genial host Norm Wilner sings a few bars of âDangerous Businessâ.