This week we close out Season One of the podcast with a conversation about Ingmar Bergman’s family epic Fanny and Alexander, starring Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, and Jan Malmsjö. Plus: wind chimes, bookstore etiquette, and Gloomhaven. LINKS: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXoXFdNa1o'>Trailer for Fanny and Alexander</a> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHNvbDZuc0'>Art Garfunkel in the studio</a> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc'>Chevy Chase can't get left, from European Vacation</a><a rel="payment" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides">Support the show</a>

This week we close out Season One of the podcast with a conversation about Ingmar Bergman’s family epic Fanny and Alexander, starring Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, and Jan Malmsjö. Plus: wind chimes, bookstore etiquette, and Gloomhaven. LINKS: Trailer for Fanny and Alexander Art Garfunkel in the studio Chevy Chase can't get left, from European Vacation Support the show

This week we close out Season One of the podcast with a conversation about Ingmar Bergman’s family epic Fanny and Alexander, starring Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, and Jan Malmsjö. Plus: wind chimes, bookstore etiquette, and Gloomhaven. LINKS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXoXFdNa1o" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trailer for Fanny and Alexander</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHNvbDZuc0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Art Garfunkel in the studio</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chevy Chase can't get left, from&nbsp;European Vacation</a><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

1982: Fanny and Alexander

James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder. But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed. Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now. One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…

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James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder. But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed. Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now. One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…

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