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: http://twitter.com/thedreaclark

THE ASSISTANT is streaming on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-assistant-94c3d0f4-b5d2-4252-aa12-b959e3f5c6f3

JEANNE DIELMAN is streaming on The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles

Drea recommends EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS FAR AWAY https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07CXH5BLH/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 and MORVERN CALLAR https://kanopy.com/video/morvern-callar-0

Alonso recommends SAFE (1995): https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MR0X15Y/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

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: https://www.amazon.com/000-Fingers-Dr-T/dp/B003BCX2H2/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/Willy-Wonka-Chocolate-Factory-Wilder/dp/B0091WZY9K/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Matt recommends CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG https://www.amazon.com/Chitty-Bang-Dick-Van-Dyke/dp/B0011EVSGE/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 and LABYRINTH https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B071KZGTFX/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso recommends PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE https://www.hulu.com/movie/pee-wees-big-adventure-6dea462b-786c-4fa8-a469-89c4b2826fe6 and HELLZAPOPPIN' https://youtu.be/c2TOriWWSLE

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 rental: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00316WYGI/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

ENTERTAINING CHRISTMAS is streaming on Fubo: https://www.fubo.tv/lp/program/MV012072310000/

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 Facebook.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is streaming on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Life-Black-White-Version/dp/B001M432XA/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

CHRISTMAS, AGAIN is streaming on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Again-Kentucker-Audley/dp/B017S0J8Z2/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso recommends MEET JOHN DOE: https://www.amazon.com/Meet-John-Doe-Gary-Cooper/dp/B0863K4FNN/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Dan and Alonso kick off the holiday season by examining two Christmas favorites about Santa, Manhattan, and department stores: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) and ELF (2003). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to the show.

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET is streaming on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/miracle-on-34th-street/U8eNFUFXUzcV

ELF is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/Elf-Will-Ferrell/dp/B0091VTNZC/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso recommends HOLIDAY AFFAIR: https://www.amazon.com/Holiday-Affair-Robert-Mitchum/dp/B0042R4OOK?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso's book HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS is for sale at Amazon: http://amzn.to/2cRL0SY

Dan and Alonso check out Netflix's new Christmas musical JINGLE JANGLE (2020), which inspires another look at 2007's often-maligned MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM, a film Alonso has always defended -- will Dan agree it time for a cult revival and re-evaluation of this financial and critical flop? Follow us @filmandmoviepod on social media, and please leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes.

MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM is streaming on HBOMax: https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GVrptmQg-8KGPproIAAAN

JINGLE JANGLE is streaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80232043

Alonso recommends HAROLD AND MAUDE: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07VDNCKRB/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

The hilarious Elliott Kalan joins Dan and Alonso to discuss the blistering political satires DR. STRANGELOVE (1964, Stanley Kubrick) and IN THE LOOP (2019, Armando Iannucci). Pick up Elliott's new children's book "Sharko & Hippo" wherever books are sold. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes.

DR. STRANGELOVE is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000P407K4/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

IN THE LOOP is available for rental: https://www.amazon.com/Loop-Peter-Capaldi/dp/B00885XOUM/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Elliott recommends: BEING THERE
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000HJ38K8/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) https://play.maxgo.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXadpHA7lF8McQQEAAAKz DUCK SOUP https://www.criterionchannel.com/duck-soup MILLION DOLLAR LEGS https://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Legs-Jack-Oakie/dp/B00BB0FRUG?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Dan recommends THE DEATH OF STALIN https://www.netflix.com/title/80208631

Alonso recommends SPECIAL BULLETIN https://youtu.be/cDZQsVNZ3SE LOCAL HERO https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10765012 https://www.criterionchannel.com/local-hero

Director Allison Anders (Mi Vida Loca, Grace of My Heart) joins us to discuss her breakthrough GAS FOOD LODGING (1992) and the inspiration she drew from Wim Wenders' PARIS, TEXAS, (1984), a film on which she worked as a production assistant. Follow us @filmandmoviepod on social media, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes.

GAS FOOD LODGING is streaming on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.com/Gas-Food-Lodging-Fairuza-Balk/dp/B08KTJD1CB/?tag=alonsoduralde-20 and is screening on Turner Classic Movies on November 11 https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76009/gas-food-lodging#overview

PARIS, TEXAS is streaming on HBOMax https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXk3juQiaRZ4_wwEAAAZJ and The Criterion Channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/paris-texas

Allison recommends ALICE IN THE CITIES https://www.criterionchannel.com/alice-in-the-cities LIGHTNING OVER WATER https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081055/reference?ref_=tt_mv_close THE SHAPE OF THINGS https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084725/reference REPO MAN https://www.starz.com/us/en/movies/repo-man-45192

Alonso recommends UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD https://www.criterionchannel.com/until-the-end-of-the-world GRACE OF MY HEART (Blu-ray - out 11/19) https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Heart-Blu-ray-Illeana-Douglas/dp/B08H5FVGNR/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Revolutionary filmmaker Lizzie Borden (WORKING GIRLS) joins Dan and Alonso to discuss her feminist guerilla masterpiece BORN IN FLAMES (1983) and the inspiration she drew from Gillo Pontecorvo's groundbreaking THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes.

Lizzie Borden will screen BORN IN FLAMES on TCM on November 4 at 2:30am EST. https://womenmakefilm.tcm.com/filmmaker/lizzie-borden/

BORN IN FLAMES screens on The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/born-in-flames

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS screens on HBOMax https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXnqYMAVTqxtjhQEAAAI9 and The Criterion Channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-battle-of-algiers

Lizzie recommends THE CONFORMIST https://kanopy.com/video/conformist and the films of Reiner Werner Fassbinder https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-rainer-werner-fassbinder

Alonso recommends ALPHAVILLE https://kanopy.com/video/alphaville and LAND AND FREEDOM https://archive.org/details/LandAndFreedomFullFilm

The legendary Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Smoke) joins Dan and Alonso to talk about his powerful new film COMING HOME AGAIN (premiering 10/23) and the inspiration he drew from Chantal Akerman's groundbreaking JEANNE DIELMAN (1975). Follow us @filmandmoviepod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your episodes.

COMING HOME AGAIN premieres October 23 in virtual cinemas and theaters around the U.S.: https://www.outsiderpictures.us/movie/coming-home-again/

JEANNE DIELMAN is available on The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles

Wayne Wang recommends TOKYO STORY: https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXnAn7gnKAMNVoAEAABp9

Alonso recommends LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD https://kanopy.com/video/last-year-marienbad-0 and GOLDEN EIGHTIES https://www.criterionchannel.com/golden-eighties