Cinema Field Guide

On this bonus episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss the 1933 film, Design for Living, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, and Fredric March. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance as a precursor to the Screwball Comedy genre, and our thoughts on the film.

Joining us on this episode is Raf Stitt, host of The Canon podcast and writer at ScreenAge Wasteland.

https://screenagewasteland.com/author/rafstitt/

https://screenagewasteland.com/tag/the-canon-podcast/

Season 2 of Cinema Field Guide will cover Screwball Comedies, and will launch on November 18th!

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Episode Links:

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ernst-lubitsch-comedy-thirties-one-hidden-chest-mise-en-scene-magazines-treasure-trove/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/three-takes-1-ernst-lubitschs-design-for-living

https://screenagewasteland.com/the-last-picture-show-1971-is-an-essential-movie-podcast-exclusive/

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss what we've learned from the season and how we feel about New German Cinema after watching a boatload of films. Then we discuss ten underseen films from New German Cinema, covering their contents, why we responded to them, and their place in the movement.

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https://letterboxd.com/bryanloomis/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul/2/

https://coldwarcinema.com/bonus-new-german-cinema-and-the-raf-w-ryan-ruby

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1979 film, The Marriage of Maria Braun. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Sources:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1047-a-market-for-emotions-the-marriage-of-maria-braunproduction-history?srsltid=AfmBOooaGtpRBvPbp9bDCxE91ON9mJoiWxe3Rot28ouKC8a5CVG749lS

https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_chapter_monograph/j.ctt46mt94.7?seq=1

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/fassbinder/

https://www.asharperfocus.com/DieEhe.html

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Margarethe von Trotta’s 1981 film, Marianne and Juliane. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

Our guest on this episode is Jason Christian, host of the Cold War Cinema podcast.

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Episode Links:

https://reverseshot.org/symposiums/entry/2967/mariane

https://www.anothergaze.com/women-edge-history-temporality-sisterhood-political-militancy-marge-piercys-vida-margarethe-von-trottas-die-bleierne-zeit/

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/an-interview-with-margaretha-von-trotta/

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Ulrike Ottinger’s 1979 film, Ticket of No Return. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Links:

https://archive.org/details/vampiresvioletsl0000andr/page/128/mode/2up

https://www.filmcomment.com/interview-ulrike-ottinger/

https://www.ulrikeottinger.com/en/film-details/ticket-of-no-return

https://filmref.com/2017/12/22/ticket-of-no-return-1979/

https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/09/ulrike-ottinger-1983/

https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/ulrike-ottinger-1979-film-ticket-of-no-return-berlin-drinking-berlinale/

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Werner Herzog’s 1977 film, Stroszek. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/journey%20into%20the%20unknown%3Cbr%3Ethe%20films%20of%20werner%20herzog/2024/01/08/stroszek/

https://bostonhassle.com/werner-and-bruno-on-the-enigma-of-kaspar-hauser-and-stroszek/

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/journey%20into%20the%20unknown%3Cbr%3Ethe%20films%20of%20werner%20herzog/2024/01/08/stroszek/

https://adammohrbacher.com/2016/07/10/film-review-stroszek-1977/

https://scottmckain.medium.com/the-thanksgiving-i-spent-with-werner-herzog-ad8deda7db95

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta’s 1975 film, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Links:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7038-the-lost-honor-of-katharina-blum-the-past-is-present

https://www.artforum.com/features/an-editing-room-of-ones-own-the-films-of-margarethe-von-trotta-207204/

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1076-honoring-katharina-the-lost-honor-of-katharina-blum

https://www.thebeliever.net/logger/adaptations-katharina-blum/

https://filmint.nu/the-lost-honor-of-katharina-blum-criterion-jeremy-carr/

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lost-honor-of-katharina-blum-1976

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s 1968 film, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Links:

https://bampfa.org/program/not-reconciled-cinema-straub-huillet

https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/chronicle-of-anna-magdalena-bach-2016-10

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/great-directors/jean-marie-straub-and-daniele-huillet/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/a-straub-huillet-companion-chronicle-of-anna-magdalena-bach

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/the-reader-collaborates-with-the-author-in-every-book-some-words-about-straub-huillet

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/straub-and-huillet/interview-1976/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/a-conversation-with-daniele-huillet-and-jean-marie-straub-about-class-relations

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Wim Wenders’ 1974 film, Alice in the Cities. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2024/06/07/alice-in-the-cities/

https://www.tcm.com/articles/719889/alice-in-the-cities

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4085-alice-in-the-cities-a-girl-s-story

https://www.frieze.com/article/wim-wenders-art-seeing-remembering-and-forgetting-2025

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2014/cteq/the-end-is-a-transition-wim-wenders-alice-in-den-stadten/

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Volker Schlöndorff’s 1966 film, Young Törless. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/201602967.pdf

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/669-young-torless

https://lfq.salisbury.edu/_issues/46_4/no_need_for_words_the_role_of_music_in_volker.html

https://schloendorff.deutsches-filminstitut.de/en/films/youngtoerless/

https://cineramafilm.com/2025/08/31/young-torless-1966/

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Alexander Kluge's 1966 film, Yesterday Girl. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Links:

https://www.academia.edu/114121181/Oberhausen_Manifesto_1962_Beginning_of_the_New_German_Cinema

https://tiff.net/events/yesterday-girl

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/kluge/

https://www.nthuleen.com/papers/655short3.html

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/i-am-a-patriot-of-the-20s-an-interview-with-alexander-kluge

https://www.dctp.tv/

https://www.swarthmore.edu/film-media-studies/politics-yesterday-girl

On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Werner Herzog's 1972 film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Sources:

New German Cinema: A History, Thomas Elsaesser

https://keyframe.fandor.com/werner-herzogs-aguirre-the-wrath-of-god/

https://wernerherzblog.substack.com/p/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god-1972

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/aguirre-wrath-god-real-history-werner-herzog-allegory-empire

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/myth-environment-and-ideology-in-the-german-jungle-of-aguirre-the-wrath-of-god/

https://offscreen.com/view/herzog

This is the very first episode of Cinema Field Guide, a podcast hosted by Felicia Maroni and Bryan Loomis. Felicia has a degree in film history from the University of Toronto and has hosted her podcast, Seeing Faces in Movies, since 2023. Bryan is a film critic at ScreenAge Wasteland and curates a local experimental and arthouse film screening series in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The first season of Cinema Field Guide will cover the New German Cinema film movement. In this episode, Felicia and Bryan discuss the state of German cinema before the movement, the Oberhausen Manifesto, the ways that subsidies and television co-production played a role in film development, the hallmarks and key figures of the movement, and how the movement ended.

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Sources mentioned in episode:

https://www.seeingfacesinmovies.com/

https://screenagewasteland.com/author/bloomis/

https://chromaknox.com/

New German Cinema: A History by Thomas Elsaesser

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/autorenfilm-a-process-of-enlightenment

https://www.academia.edu/114121181/Oberhausen_Manifesto_1962_Beginning_of_the_New_German_Cinema