David collaborates with blogger and Criterion fan Aaron West in this review of Oshima's pivotal film from 1966.
David Blakeslee
David Blakeslee
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 25 – The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
David and Trevor discuss four wartime movies that launched the career of one of cinema's most accomplished directors.
David Reviews Preston Sturges’ The Palm Beach Story [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
One of Hollywood's most legendary auteurs finally gets an American Blu-ray release.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 24 – Kinoshita and World War II
David and Trevor discuss the newest addition to the Eclipse Series, five films that launched the career of a great, but under-appreciated, Japanese filmmaker.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 23 – Raymond Bernard
David and Trevor are joined by guest Mark Hurne to discuss two monumental French epics from the early 1930s.
David Reviews Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
Frank Capra's seminal rom-com romp delivers the expected laughs, but offers considerably more food for thought along the way.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 22 – Presenting Sacha Guitry
David and Trevor savor a sampling of the work of this prolific and consummate French auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 21 – When Horror Came to Shochiku
David and Trevor examine the strange detour taken in the late 1960s by one of Japan's most venerable and prestigious movie studios.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 20 – A Conversation with Michael Koresky
David and Trevor spend an enjoyable hour talking with the lead essay writer for the Eclipse Series.
David Reviews John Ford’s My Darling Clementine [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
Criterion's investigation of the Western genre continues to accelerate with this marvelous presentation of a beloved masterpiece.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 19 – Rossellini’s History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment
David and Trevor delve into the dry, dusty and didactic worlds that Roberto Rossellini created in the final phase of his illustrious career.
David Reviews Serge Bourguignon’s Sundays and Cybèle [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
The film makes a strong impact in addressing cultural concerns that remain as unsettling and provocative as they must have been in 1962 - though perhaps for different reasons than what the film's original viewers had to...
David Reviews Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz [Dual-Format Review]
The release of Fosse's blistering and entertaining exercise in self-excoriation also marks the end of Criterion's dual-format experiment.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 18 – Travels With Hiroshi Shimizu
David and Trevor discuss four films of the 1930s by a highly prolific and all-but-forgotten master of Japanese cinema.
David Reviews Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket [Criterion Dual Format Review]
An archetypal portrayal of the ambiguous loner with unexplained motives has just received a solid upgrade from the Criterion Collection.