Cinema Field Guide

Cinema Field Guide is a podcast that explores the film movements and microgenres that have defined and sometimes upended film history. Each season has one movement under the microscope, covering its signature features and traits, its historical context, and its key figures. Most episodes cover a film from the movement that serves as a representative sample of its style and obsessions. Cinema Field Guide is hosted by Felicia Maroni and Bryan Loomis.

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S1 · E12
September 16 · 1 hr 17 min
The Hidden Gems of New German Cinema (Season 1 Finale)
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials Episode Links: https://letterboxd.com/bryanloomis/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul/2/ https://coldwarcinema.com/bonus-new-german-cinema-and-the-raf-w-ryan-ruby
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S1 · E11
September 9 · 1 hr 41 min
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials Episode Links: 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
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S1 · E10
September 2 · 1 hr 28 min
Marianne and Juliane (1981) dir. Margarethe von Trotta
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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/
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S1 · E9
August 26 · 1 hr 19 min
Ticket of No Return (1979) dir. Ulrike Ottinger
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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/
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S1 · E8
August 19 · 1 hr 33 min
Stroszek (1977) dir. Werner Herzog
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials Episode Links: 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
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S1 · E7
August 12 · 1 hr 23 min
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) dir. Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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
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S1 · E6
August 5 · 1 hr 35 min
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968) dir. Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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
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S1 · E5
July 29 · 1 hr 34 min
Alice in the Cities (1974) dir. Wim Wenders
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials Episode Links: 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/
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S1 · E4
July 22 · 1 hr 25 min
Young Törless (1966) dir. Volker Schlöndorff
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials Episode Links: 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/
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S1 · E3
July 15 · 1 hr 28 min
Yesterday Girl (1966) dir. Alexander Kluge
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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
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S1 · E2
July 8 · 1 hr 26 min
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) dir. Werner Herzog
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Website/Socials 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
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S1 · E1
July 1 · 1 hr 8 min
Introducing Cinema Field Guide & An Overview of New German Cinema
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. Email us at cinemafieldguide@gmail.com Social Links 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
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