David is joined by Richard Doyle and first-time guest James Merritt to talk about this engaging concert/documentary featuring Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, The Staples Singers, and an all-star cast of Black...
David is joined by Richard Doyle and first-time guest James Merritt to talk about this engaging concert/documentary featuring Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, The Staples Singers, and an all-star cast of Black...
David is joined by Richard Doyle as they dive into the mafia-infused milieu of Italian poliziotteschi cinema via this trilogy-concluding whirlwind of mayhem, betrayal, and revenge.
David provides a video overview of Visconti's maligned late career masterwork and extends his coverage in a conversation with Brad McDermott
David revisits the TV miniseries that attempts to recreate the cultural milieu of 15th century Florence in this first episode of Season 5: 1973.
A brief video introducing the newest phase of my long-running project to review every Criterion film in chronological order of original theatrical release!
This year's panel (David, Jordan, Josh, Brad, and Aaron) resumes our annual tradition of sharing their favorite 2023 releases from the Criterion Collection.
Critic and YouTube creator Celeste de la Cabra joins Josh for a journey into the Criterion Channel’s permanent, streaming-only library, and conclude their conversation about the films of Japanese filmmaker and...
We wrap up Season 4: 1972 by discussing a film portraying the grinding conflicts and ruthless power plays between oppressive governments and desperate insurgencies.
With the festival in the rearview mirror, we finish our look at ten of the best films from this year's DOC NYC lineup.
The festival concluded on June 21 and these are ten films that you need to keep an eye on following a banner year for AFI DOCS.
This year's festival runs, online only, June 11-20.
This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero.
The latest from director Josephine Decker is a haunting, often dream-like riff on the life, and more so the work, of one of America's great authors.
We take a look at the latest and greatest to hit various streaming services in the month of June.
From a forgotten Douglas Sirk masterpiece to a collection of shorts from an American icon, these are the five best home videos of May 2020.
Trevor and David launch their new series, discussing a trio of impressive films that established Josef von Sternberg as one of Hollywood's greatest directors of the 1920s.
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that will explore the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection.
Marking the debut of director Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night is a fascinating, if thin, period science-fiction picture.
David is joined by Stephanie Conti and Savanna Lanausse of the Purple Noon podcast to discuss GROWING UP FEMALE, JANIE'S JANIE and JOYCE AT 34, as featured in the Criterion Channel's collection, "Tell Me: Women...