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