Writer-director Kimberly Peirce (BOYS DON'T CRY) joins Dan and Alonso to discuss her powerful 2008 film STOP-LOSS, about veterans of the Iraq war being pressed back into service, and the inspirations she drew from Gillo Pontecorvo's legendary 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 shows.
Don't miss Kimberly Peirce screening STOP-LOSS on TCM on October 20 as part of the Women Make Film series.
STOP-LOSS is available on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Loss-Ryan-Phillippe/dp/B07MYC2X1C/?tag=alonsoduralde-20
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS is available on HBOMax https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXnqYMAVTqxtjhQEAAAI9 and The Criterion Channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-battle-of-algiers
Kimberly recommends ON THE WATERFRONT https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000I9VXSQ/?tag=alonsoduralde-20
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B004VFMNYQ/?tag=alonsoduralde-20
CASABLANCA https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXdu2UQAP-qXCPQEAADfL
Alonso recommends BURN! https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000W4Q27O/?tag=alonsoduralde-20