For this special Valentine's Day episode Alex and Jonathan get a little sappy, looking at three film adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. We talk how to condense a novel into two hours, how "modern" adaptations age, and the changing demographic of audiences of romance stories.

For links to resources referenced in this episode visit the blog:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/episode-6-pride-and-prejudice-x3/

Are you watching closely? Alex and Jonathan are this week as we look into Christopher Nolan's Following, The Prestige, and Interstellar. We talk about "temporal cross-cutting," obsessive characters, and how Nolan ranks with other directors.

To find links to things we talked about this week visit the blog:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/episode-5-nothin-but-nolan/

Alex and Jonathan take to the open waters this week and look at three movies that revolve around characters who are lost at sea: Lifeboat, Life of Pi, and All is Lost. The conversation covers how technology makes this type of film more accessible, how to strip your characters from their environment to find their humanity, and if "lost at sea" can be considered its own genre.

For links to resources we referenced in this episode visit the blog post: https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/episode-4-lost-at-sea/

This week Alex and Jonathan watched, and then rewatched, Primer and Upstream Color by Shane Carruth. They discuss "imply, don't tell" storytelling and not pandering to your audience.

For more information and links to things we referenced in this episode visit the blog post at:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/episode-3-carruths-cerebral-cinema/

Nihilism, cinematic rhetoric, and classic independent filmmaking take front stage this week as the guys talk about Stranger than Paradise and Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch.

To find links to things we talked about please visit the blog:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/episode-2-jumping-into-jarmusch/

For the first ever Filmlings Podcast, Jonathan and Alex discuss three Steven Spielberg films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Always, and Lincoln. Topics include starting your film with a summary of the film to follow, making even non-crucial characters feel real, and the incredible career of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

For info referenced in podcast see blog post here:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/episode-1-starting-with-spielberg/