Daniel and Alonso end the show (for now, at least) with a bang -- director Edgar Wright joins us to talk about his first documentary, THE SPARKS BROTHERS (in theaters June 18), and the many cinematic and musical inspirations that guided his way. For old times' sake, follow us @filmandmoviepod on social media and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Edgar on Twitter @edgarwright Edgar recommends THE FILTH AND THE FURY...

How did the Blake Edwards 1991 body-swap comedy SWITCH inspire Rose Troche's groundbreaking 1994 lesbian indie rom-com GO FISH? The latter film's star and co-writer, filmmaker and producer Guinevere Turner, joins us with an answer that might surprise you. (We also discuss Vincente Minnelli's 1964 GOODBYE CHARLIE, the uncredited inspiration for SWITCH.) We'll be back next week with one final episode, and it's gonna be a doozy! Follow us @filmandmoviepod, leave us a five-star review on Apple...

Daniel and Alonso trace the all-star whodunit DNA of Rian Johnson's 2019 hit KNIVES OUT back to Herbert Ross' THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973). Plus, we've got big news about the future of the show. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcast or wherever you get your episodes. THE LAST OF SHEILA is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Sheila-Richard-Benjamin/dp/B000NHR7AG/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 KNIVES OUT is streaming...

Dan and Alonso are joined by critic Matt Singer to trace the anarchic outrageousness of JACKASS: THE MOVIE (2002) to the "narrative prank documentary" BAD TRIP (2021). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Matt on Twitter @mattsinger and check out his reviews and coverage at screencrush.com JACKASS: THE MOVIE is streaming on Paramount+...

Dan and Alonso welcome Shantrelle P. Lewis, who discusses her new Netflix documentary IN OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS (2021) and the inspiration she drew from Julie Dash's groundbreaking independent feature DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Shantrelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apshantology/ IN OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS premieres on Netflix...

Dan and Alonso are joined by IndieWire's Kristen Lopez to talk about two female-directed films about women writers coming into their own: Gillian Armstrong's MY BRILLIANT CAREER (1979) and Lone Scherfig's THEIR FINEST (2016). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on the socials, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Kristen at twitter.com/journeys_film MY BRILLIANT CAREER is streaming on HBO Max...

Dan and Alonso discuss two movies you might have heard of about love-starved media moguls: Orson Welles' all-timer CITIZEN KANE (1941) and David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review of Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. CITIZEN KANE is streaming on HBO Max https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GXjS6GgxEUpPCwgEAAASR:type:feature THE SOCIAL NETWORK is streaming on Netflix...

Dan and Alonso welcome TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, who suggested two tales of men behind bars: the gritty and violent 1947 noir BRUTE FORCE and 1994's beloved THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Watch Ben on TCM and CBS Sunday morning, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/benmank77 BRUTE FORCE is streaming on HBO Max...

Dan and Alonso spend a dark and stormy night with two dark comedies about murder, mayhem, and bad weather: James Whale's influential THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) and Jonathan Lynn's cult favorite CLUE (1985). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. CLUE is streaming on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B008RKGC52/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 Paramount+...

Dan and Alonso are joined by director Andrew Ahn, who connects the subtle and heartbreaking storytelling of Yasujirô Ozu's 1953 classic TOKYO STORY with Ahn's acclaimed 2020 film DRIVEWAYS. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Andrew on Twitter and Instagram @andrewahnfilms DRIVEWAYS is streaming on Showtime Anytime https://www.showtimeanytime.com/#/movie/3497435 Kanopy...

Dan and Alonso welcome Tim Grierson, author of a fascinating new book that breaks down the mechanics of filmmaking, and Tim brings a fascinating pair of films about people who may or may not be falling apart: Todd Haynes' 1995 SAFE and Amy Seimetz' 2020 SHE DIES TOMORROW. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on all the socials, and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Tim on Twitter [at] TimGrierson and pick up THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE wherever...

It's rare that the homage matches the original, but that's the case this week when Dan and Alonso discuss the hilarious screwball masterpieces BRINGING UP BABY (1938) and WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. BRINGING UP BABY is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Up-Baby-Katharine-Hepburn/dp/B008ROFQKU/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 WHAT'S UP, DOC? is...

Dan and Alonso look at two films that gather a quartet of famous people in a hotel for a memorable night -- Nicolas Roeg's 1985 INSIGNIFICANCE (where Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy cross paths in 1954) and Regina King's 2020 ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (friends Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown hang out and challenge each other in 1964). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts...

Dan and Alonso explore boozy midlife crises as portrayed in John Cassavetes' HUSBANDS (1970) and Thomas Vinterberg's ANOTHER ROUND (2020). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episode. HUSBANDS is streaming on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Husbands-Ben-Gazzara/dp/B088X489YN/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 ANOTHER ROUND is currently available for rental:...

With Godzilla vs. Kong coming up, Curt Holman joins Dan and Alonso to discuss two of the giant monster's most acclaimed films: His debut in 1954's GOJIRA and the political-satire reboot SHIN GODZILLA (2016). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Curt on Twitter @thecomicscanon and check out The Comics Canon podcast comicscanon.com GOJIRA is streaming on The Criterion Channel:...

Commentator, critic, and historian Mark Harris joins Dan and Alonso to discuss two films by the artist who's the subject of Harris' latest book, as we discuss Mike Nichols' first film, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) and one of his last, CLOSER (2004), both of which focus on a pair of couples in disarray. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and subscribe and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Mark on...

Critic Witney Seibold joins Dan and Alonso to discuss two nightmarish classics that have more in common than just Los Angeles street names: Billy Wilder's sardonic SUNSET BLVD. (1950) and David Lynch's surreal showbiz saga MULHOLLAND DR. (2001). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; subscribe and leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Witney @witneyseibold and check out Critically Acclaimed:...

Dan and Alonso are joined by Chilean filmmaker Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, who pairs his recent festival hit THE STRONG ONES (LOS FUERTES) with Sofia Coppola's bittersweet comedy LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow THE STRONG ONES on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/losfuertesfilm/ THE STRONG ONES (LOS FUERTES) is available for rental:...

Dan and Alonso discuss two elegiac "anti-Westerns": Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed FIRST COW (2020), one of last year's most celebrated movies (currently nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards), and a film that Reichardt herself claims as an inspiration, Robert Altman's groundbreaking McCABE & MRS MILLER (1971). Find out which one Dan didn't like! Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook; leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your...

Dan and Alonso are joined by Oscar- and Emmy-nominated writer-director Richard LaGravenese, who discusses discusses directing the screen adaptation of the musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS (2014) and its connections to Stanley Donen's 1967 TWO FOR THE ROAD, a time-hopping exploration of the ups and downs of a marriage. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Richard on...

Drea Clark -- indie producer, festival programmer, and Alonso's co-host on the Who Shot Ya? podcast -- joins Dan and Alonso to connect Chantal Akerman's feminist classic JEANNE DIELMAN (1975) to Kitty Green's #MeToo drama THE ASSISTANT, which has made its way to several "Top 10 of 2020" lists. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. Follow Drea on Twitter:...

Matt Atchity joins Dan and Alonso to remember two visually outrageous children's musicals that flopped on original release but later gained enthusiastic cult followings: THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953) and WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T is available for rental:...

Deck the Hallmark's Bran joins Dan and Alonso for something new that's coming to Bramble Jam Plus: A Film and a HALLMARK Movie. The trio takes another look at the 2018 Jodie Sweetin vehicle ENTERTAINING CHRISTMAS and dig into what it borrows from the 1945 Barbara Stanwyck classic CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @filmandmoviepod and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes. CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT is available for...

Dan and Alonso continue their look at Christmas movies, but with a twist this week: the classic is the one everybody knows, and the more recent film might have slipped under your radar. We discuss the melancholic undertones and redemption arcs of Frank Capra's beloved IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) and Charles Poekel's understated indie CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (2014). Give us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get the show) and follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and...