A Film and a Movie

08/30/2024

With the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Paris, Texas hitting theaters, here's our conversation with Allison Anders about getting her start as a filmmaker on the crew of this Wim Wenders classic. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/paris-texas-gas-food-lodging-allison-anders-filmmaker--41780047

07/15/2024

On the latest episode of The Film Library: A Kanopy Podcast, Daniel and I talk to Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic Justin Chang about the enduring appeal of film noir. Audio on podcatchers; video on Kanopy and YouTube. https://youtu.be/0blreebADrk?si=MsfC-Izdyrl5m5OL

07/01/2024

On the latest episode of The Film Library: A Kanopy Podcast, Daniel and I talk to WEREWOLVES WITHIN director Josh Ruben about genre cinema. Audio on podcatchers; video on YouTube and Kanopy. https://youtu.be/sKl15lbF_xw?si=g5gDsjFGe7hr55mU

06/24/2024

Have you heard Daniel and Alonso’s new podcast, The Film Library: A Kanopy Podcast? The latest episode features legendary director Cheryl Dunye discussing LGBTQ+ cinema. Audio on podcatchers; video on Kanopy and YouTube.

Join hosts Alonso Duralde and Daniel Thompson as they speak with director Cheryl Dunye, best known for her trailblazing film "The Watermelon Woman." As a gra...

06/07/2024

Miss us? Daniel and Alonso are back with a new podcast, celebrating the wonders of streaming service Kanopy (all you need is a library card), and talking to an amazing new slate of guests, including Justin Chang, Cheryl Dunye, Francis Lee, Kristen Lopez, Patton Oswalt, Josh Ruben, Justin Simien, and Alex Winter!

05/13/2024

OMG IT’S TOMORROW! Please pre-order from your favorite purveyor of literature. https://www.runningpress.com/titles/alonso-duralde/hollywood-pride/9780762485895/

And ask your local library to get the physical book for their shelves and the e-book and audiobook (read by yours truly) on the Libby App.

And if you’re in Palm Springs, please join David Ansen and me at The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs for the launch. Thanks!

05/06/2024

Our heartiest congratulations to friend of the podcast Justin Chang for winning the ever-loving PULITZER PRIZE FOR FILM CRITICISM. We know fancy people.

Dan and Alonso welcome film critic Justin Chang (LA Times, NPR's Fresh Air) to connect two legendary ensemble dramas: Jean Renoir's 1939 classic The Rules of th

05/05/2024

Host on host: Daniel interviews Alonso about his new book Hollywood Pride, out May 14. (Audio on podcatchers; video on Philo)

Best friend of the show Alonso Duralde has written another excellent book! Get your copy of 'Hollywood Pride' on May 14, 2024 wherever books are sold ... or...

05/05/2024

Criterion interviews Lizzie Borden.

Fiercely committed to the possibilities of political art, the trailblazing director talks about how her intersectional understanding of feminism imbues her films, three of which are now playing on the Criterion Channel.

01/30/2024

Congratulations to Justin Chang, who is leaving the LA Times to join the staff of The New Yorker as a film critic; here's our episode with him:

Dan and Alonso welcome film critic Justin Chang (LA Times, NPR's Fresh Air) to connect two legendary ensemble dramas: Jean Renoir's 1939 classic The Rules of the Game and Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 Magnolia. The Rules of the Game: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-rules-of-the-game Magnolia: htt...

11/02/2023

Friend of the show Matt Singer has an acclaimed new book out about Siskel and Ebert:

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it "two thumbs up." On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they'd ever exchanged a...

09/17/2023

Oh, hi! It’s been a minute. Alonso ran into friend of the show Andrew Ahn at a premiere of the 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s NOWHERE. (Andrew moderated a great Q&A after the screening.) Link to episode in comments.