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  • The Retrospective

    June 13, 2025 · 2 hr 1 min

    Alex and Jonathan reflect on 8 1/2 years of recording the Filmlings Podcast. If you're new here, this is an invitation and guide to explore the back-catalog, even though we are not currently recording new episodes. If you've been around…

  • 172. COMEDY CINEMA 5: The Wit's End

    June 6, 2025 · 1 hr 41 min

    As we bring our discussion of the history of comedy to the modern day, Alex and Jonathan look at three comedy films from the past two decades: Mean Girls (2004), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and The Fall Guy (2024). We discuss the…

  • 171. COMEDY CINEMA 4: The Stoners

    April 25, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

    Moving from the absurd to the irreverent, today Alex and Jonathan look at three films which encompass a subset of comedy in which the characters are under the influence in some form or fashion: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), The…

  • 170. COMEDY CINEMA 3: The Absurdists

    March 28, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

    After the collapse of the Production Code, filmmakers now had the ability to put anything and everything in their movies, so they did. Today Alex and Jonathan discuss three films which take comedy beyond rational proportions and talk about…

  • 169. COMEDY CINEMA 2: The Screwballs

    February 28, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

    With the arrival of sound in Hollywood, a new subgenre of comedy arose, so today Alex and Jonathan discuss the history of the "screwball comedies" while looking at Trouble in Paradise (1932), His Girl Friday (1940), and Some Like it Hot…

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  • 168. COMEDY CINEMA 1: The Clowns

    January 31, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

    To kick off a new series on the history of American comedy films, Alex and Jonathan travel back to the early days of cinema and look at the physical comedy of the early film clowns in Safety Last! (1923), City Lights (1931), and Duck Soup…

  • 167. TRAGEDIES of Misunderstanding

    December 6, 2024 · 1 hr 46 min

    To wrap up the tragedy series, Alex and Jonathan look at three films characterized by the ways in which the characters' difference of perspectives causes the primary conflict in part or whole: A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The…

  • 166. TRAGEDIES of Betrayal

    November 1, 2024 · 1 hr 43 min

    As we move into stories of interpersonal tragedies, today Alex and Jonathan discuss three films which deal with themes of betrayal as it applies to family relationships, as in Tokyo Twilight (1957), romantic relationships, as in In the…

  • 165. TRAGEDIES of Fate

    October 4, 2024 · 1 hr 52 min

    In one of the saddest episodes of the show (besides Episode 105), Alex and Jonathan look at films in which the protagonists struggle to navigate circumstances outside of their control with three tragedy classics: Ikiru (1952), Grave of the…

  • 164. TRAGEDIES of Injustice

    September 6, 2024 · 1 hr 53 min

    From power to societal marginalization to prejudicial greed, in this episode Alex and Jonathan talk about three films in which the subject characters are faced with various forms of injustice: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Umberto D…

  • 163. TRAGEDIES of Self

    August 2, 2024 · 1 hr 57 min

    The downfall. The tragic flaw. Today Alex and Jonathan kick off a new series about tragic cinema with three stories where the protagonist is ultimately responsible for their own misery: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Brief Encounter…

  • 162. CAHIERS DU CINÉMA: Jacques Rivette

    May 31, 2024 · 2 hr 6 min

    The last of the Cahiers du Cinéma critics-turned-directors to discuss is Jacques Rivette. Alex and Jonathan take a look at his films Paris Belongs to Us (1961), L'amour fou (1969), and Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) and discuss…

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About the show

The Filmlings is a podcast dedicated to analyzing film in context. Each episode features a discussion of several movies that are all related in some way – usually by director, thematic content, source material, sequels, or cast/crew. Currently having covered over 500 films ranging from popular Hollywood films to obscure foreign arthouse, search the archive for your favorite film, we've probably talked about it. Hosted by Alex Geringer and Jonathan Satchell. Find more info at TheFilmlings.com