David reviews the directorial debut of Mel Brooks, released on Criterion Laserdisc back in 1988.
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Criterion Reflections – Golden Eyes (1968) – Hulu
This 1968 Japanese James Bond knock-off feels more like fool's gold than the real thing, but at least it doesn't require much up-front investment.
Criterion Reflections – I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) – #181
David reviews the sadly neglected "dark side of the moon" half of Vilgot Sjöman's notorious pair of pseudo-vérité mash-ups.
Criterion Reflections – Kuroneko (1968) – #584
David's blog makes the transition to Criterion Cast with this spooky tale of ghostly cats, seductive spirits and haunted samurai.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 40 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 2]
David, Trevor and Aaron conclude their two part series on the films of Nagisa Oshima.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 39 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 1]
David and Trevor are joined by Aaron West to begin a two-part dissection of Nagisa Oshima's earliest independent films.
David Reviews Nagisa Oshima’s Death By Hanging [Criterion Blu-Ray Review]
The film that first served to introduce Oshima to Western viewers in the late 1960s finally gets a solid Blu-ray release in 2016.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 38 – Raffaelo Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas
David and Trevor push back against the winter's chill with a discussion of these torrid tales of virtue, vice and emotional torment.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 37 – Dušan Makavejev Free Radical
David and Trevor discuss three early features from Yugoslavian cinema's notorious provocateur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 36 – Late Ray
As we celebrate the new release of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, David and Trevor discuss three of the final films directed by the great Indian auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 35 – Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys
David and Trevor discover that "the world's worst rock-and-roll band" isn't really all that bad.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 34 – Agnès Varda in California
David and Trevor offer their personal impressions of Agnès Varda's cinematic expressions of life in the Golden State during two distinctly different cultural epochs: the late 1960s and early 1980s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 33 – Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures
David and Trevor indulge in the guilty pleasures to be enjoyed in this set of massively popular English women's films from the WWII era.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 32 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 2]
David and Trevor conclude their conversation about the set, discussing Return of the Prodigal Son, Capricious Summer and The Joke.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 31 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 1]
David and Trevor discuss Pearls of the Deep, Daisies and A Report on the Party and Guests in the first of a two-part series.