On the sixty- fourth episode of All the Film Things, Cecilia Müller, the admin of @jane.and.fonda on Instagram, joins me for a casual discussion of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford’s four on- screen collaborations! This episode contains spoilers.

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford have achieved astounding levels of success on their own that their on- screen partnership, that spanned fifty years, often goes under-appreciated. Both Fonda and Redford emerged as key figures of the New Hollywood era and went on to earn Academy Awards, but their careers really started alongside each other in the 60s. Though they share a debut feature film in Tall Story (1960), they really first shared the screen in The Chase (1966) - but their interaction was quite limited. The next year their most famous collaboration, Barefoot in the Park, was released and their chemistry that couldn’t be contained was evident while playing newlyweds in this film. About ten years later they reunited to make The Electric Horseman (1979), in which their dynamic was initially quite the opposite of Paul and Corrie in Barefoot in the Park. Their final film together was Our Souls at Night (2017) which is a cherished “bookend”, as Jane calls it, to their careers. While Jane and Robert share many similarities, one being extroverted and the other introverted along with unparalleled chemistry, made for one of the greatest actor- actress duos in cinema.

Cecilia, a true Jane Fonda expert, runs the biggest and best Jane Fonda fan account on Instagram, @jane.and.fonda, that has achieved over 575,000 followers. She’s active every single day posting numerous times covering all things Jane from the latest updates, photos throughout her life and career, as well as both film and interview clips. If you want to learn about Jane or just stay updated on the living legend, you definitely need to follow Cecilia’s account. Her dedication to Jane is impressive and her creativity in making edits, posts, etc. is truly admirable.

Not only is this Cecilia’s first time on All the Film Things, but this appearance marks her podcast debut! I am so honored Cecilia makes her podcast debut on ATFT. We have been talking about recording an episode together for about two years now and this specific topic is one I’ve wanted to dive into since starting this podcast four years ago. Cecilia and I have been online friends through Instagram for about three years now with our shared appreciation for Jane Fonda being the basis of our friendship. I always enjoy texting her, but this conversation is the first time we got a chance to verbally converse. It’s certainly a challenge to schedule a time for us to record since there is a five- hour time difference between us, as Cecilia is based in Germany, but hopefully we will be able to record another episode again sometime since we both had a great time talking. This highly- anticipated episode was set to release in May, but after sudden unexpected events, it unfortunately had been postponed for two months. This episode was recorded on May 2, 2026.

Naturally, because this was the first time Cecilia and I really conversed, we did veer off in some minor tangents and the introduction section was a bit longer than usual. In this episode, Cecilia and I share our ranking of Jane and Robert’s four collaborations, playfully argue over our very different opinions towards one of the four films, and the film that led us to both becoming fans of Fonda. Cecilia reveals which of these two Hollywood legends isn’t so famous in Germany while I analyzed The Chase’s place in cinema as the unofficial beginning of the New Hollywood era. Tangents in this episode include discussing films throughout Jane's career, Grace and Frankie, and the loss of Diane Keaton. All this and much more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!

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On the sixty- third episode of All the Film Things, Anne Hockens, the Director of Communications for the Film Noir Foundation, *returns* to join me in analyzing Pedro Almodóvar’s 2006 comedy/ drama film Volver! This episode is spoiler- filled.

Volver marks the first and only time Almodóvar’s two muses, Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maura, shared the screen. The film revolves around sisters Raimunda (Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) living in Madrid who are first seen cleaning their parents' gravestones in a communal tradition. Shortly after, both sisters are forced to handle the loss of two family members separately. Raimunda does everything in her power to provide for and keep Paula safe while Sole is reunited with her mother (Maura), who was presumed to be dead.

The Film Noir Foundation will be holding their highly- anticipated first Noir City Film Festival in NYC beginning this Friday, July 10 and concluding on July 19 at the Paris Theater. Over those nine days, 32 noir films will be screened and you can purchase tickets by going to ParisTheaterNYC.com. The next episode of “Ask Eddie”, the biweekly video podcast hosted by Anne and Eddie Muller, will be streaming live tomorrow night at 7 pm PST/ 10 pm EST on the Film Noir Foundation Facebook page and will be available to watch on the Noir City YouTube channel the next day. Learn more about all that’s going on with the foundation from upcoming Noir City film festivals to how to donate and help their efforts to restore films to Ask Eddie by going to their Facebook page and FilmNoirFoundation.org.

This is Anne’s third, but really second, appearance on ATFT! Anne’s debut appearance on All the Film Things was back in November to discuss Double Indemnity, click here to listen to that episode. Anne, in a very rare move, was a part of the stellar ensemble of guests in the previous episode joining me in paying tribute to Marilyn Monroe (you can click here to listen to that episode). These two episodes were recorded on the same day so, while the Marilyn tribute was released first, this was really her second appearance (which is also why this episode is shorter than usual). Anne is a delight and has already become one of my very favorite people to discuss film with. Between having having a wonderful time talking about Double Indemnity and knowing she is a fellow Almodóvar fan, I knew we had to discuss one of his masterpieces in our next episode together. This episode was recorded on May 28, 2026.

In this episode, Anne and I talk about attempt to do the impossible by figuring out where Volver ranks amongst our favorite Almodóvar films, how Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry inspired Almodóvar in a key point in the film, and our favorite darkly comedic moments. Anne also shares her experience seeing the film in theaters twenty years ago while I compared Blanca Portillo’s character Agustina to her character Judit in Broken Embraces. All this and much more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!

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