Here is the debut episode of the newest Bramble Jam Podcast, Our Dad's Diary! The first episode features our very own Daniel Thompson! If you like what you hear and want to hear more, check out bramblejampodcast.com/dad

Dan and Alonso are joined by the legendary B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly, "New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut") to revisit Barry Jenkins' Oscar-winning MOONLIGHT (2016) alongside HAPPY TOGETHER (1997), a beautifully shot (by Christopher Doyle) gay love story directed by one of Jenkins' filmmaking idols, Wong Kar-Wai.

HAPPY TOGETHER is streaming on The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/happy-together

MOONLIGHT is streaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80121348

Ruby and Alonso recommend IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000): https://www.criterionchannel.com/in-the-mood-for-love

Dan and Alonso are joined by Alonso's Linoleum Knife co-host (and also husband) Dave White to discuss Christopher Nolan's WWII epic DUNKIRK (2017) alongside one of the films that Nolan screened for his cast and crew, Henri-Georges Clouzot's landmark nail-biter THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953).

THE WAGES OF FEAR is currently streaming on Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-wages-of-fear

DUNKIRK is available for rent on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dunkirk-Fionn-Whitehead/dp/B076QVB5HP/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso recommends HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO: https://www.amazon.com/Henri-Georges-Clouzots-Inferno-Romy-Schneider/dp/B07KBJWDR9/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Dave recommends A MAN ESCAPED: https://www.criterionchannel.com/a-man-escaped

Dan and Alonso record an episode in one take to explore two movies that tell their stories in what appears to be one uninterrupted shot -- Sam Mendes 1917 (2019) and Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE (1948).

1917: https://www.amazon.com/1917-George-MacKay/dp/B082MQMWV7?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Rope: https://www.amazon.com/Rope-Alfred-Hitchcock/dp/B009CGQHI2/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso recommends:

Russian Ark: https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Ark-Sergey-Dreyden/dp/B018DYKEGO/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Swoon: https://www.amazon.com/Swoon-Daniel-Schlachet/dp/B009YYRELG/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network http://www.criticallyacclaimed.net/ ) joins Dan and Alonso to link two action-movie game-changers: the swashbuckling THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) and Christopher Nolan's brooding superhero origin story BATMAN BEGINS (2005).

THE MARK OF ZORRO on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/MARK-ZORRO-DOuglasFairbanks/dp/B00U50AUYG/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

BATMAN BEGINS on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/batman-begins-4dee2ca2-a81a-4988-8fe5-952637acbb5d

The Shadow https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-shadow-deee4cd2-0fba-4e71-a1b4-eefcbea4b1f3

My Favorite Year https://www.amazon.com/My-Favorite-Year-Peter-Otoole/dp/B000J3ZVOI/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

The Scarlet Pumpernickel https://www.amazon.com/Duck-Amuck-Rabbit-Fire/dp/B0011FRASI/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Teen Titans GO! to the Movies https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J6TTNRT?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Ella Taylor (NPR) joins Dan and Alonso to discuss two childhood fantasies set during the Spanish Civil War: Pan's Labyrinth (2006; Guillermo del Toro) and The Spirit of the Beehive (1973; Victor Erice).

Ella Recommends: MY 20TH CENTURY https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/my-twentieth-century

Alonso Recommends: FORBIDDEN GAMES https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043686/reference

Links for Ella:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-watch/id492010645
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6952-the-memory-lane-that-runs-through-a-kid-for-two-farthings

This week, Christy Lemire (RogerEbert.com, Breakfast All Day) joins Dan and Alonso to connect two soundtrack-heavy coming-of-age classics, Martin Scorsese's MEAN STREETS (1973) and Amy Heckerling's FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982).

Mean Streets: https://www.amazon.com/Mean-Streets-Robert-Niro/dp/B004GF0SNO/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://www.starz.com/us/en/movies/46911

Alonso recommends I VITELLONI: https://www.criterionchannel.com/i-vitelloni

Christy recommends FOXES: https://www.amazon.com/Foxes-Jodie-Foster/dp/B00OZ8XHK8/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

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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: https://www.amazon.com/Magnolia-Philip-Seymour-Hoffman/dp/B0036SXQEA/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Alonso Recommends: Nashville (1975) https://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Henry-Gibson/dp/B008DF1CKQ/?tag=alonsoduralde-20

Justin Recommends: Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377556/reference

Amy Nicholson (Variety, Unspooled podcast) joins Dan and Alonso to connect Ingmar Bergman's landmark relationship drama Scenes from a Marriage to Noah Baumbach's acclaimed, autobiographical Marriage Story.
Watch the movies here:
Scenes from a Marriage (theatrical version): https://www.criterionchannel.com/scenes-from-a-marriage-theatrical-version
Marriage Story: https://www.netflix.com/title/80223779

This week, Alonso and Dan are joined by Matt Zoller Seitz to talk about the connection between The Umbrellas of Cherbourg & La La Land