David Blakeslee

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Satyajit Ray’s The Stranger

David concludes his exploration of the Late Ray box set from Eclipse.

March 12, 2014

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 12 – Lubitsch Musicals

David and Trevor are joined by guest Lauren LoGiudice to discuss four romantic comedy classics directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

David Blakeslee

February 28, 2014

David Reviews Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent [Criterion Dual-Format Review]

As if a new Hitchcock/Criterion bundle needs any further recommendation: get it, it's great!

David Blakeslee

February 16, 2014

David Reviews Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s Television [PIFF 2014 Review]

Proof that it is possible to find warmth, compassion and humor in a story about fundamentalist zeal and religious intolerance after all.

David Blakeslee

February 15, 2014

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Satyajit Ray’s An Enemy of the People

David continues his exploration of the new Late Ray Eclipse Series set.

David Blakeslee

February 9, 2014

David Reviews Sherief Elkatsha’s Cairo Drive and Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez’s Manakamana [PIFF 2014 Review]

A pair of cinematic slow rides through the cram-packed avenues and alleys of Egypt's capitol and the spacious majesty of the Nepalese Himalayas.

David Blakeslee

February 8, 2014

David Reviews Wladyslaw Pasikowski’s Aftermath [PIFF 2014 Review]

A riveting and highly controversial Polish film is poised to challenge our assumptions about what happened in that nation's murky, war-torn past.

David Blakeslee

February 7, 2014

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Satyajit Ray’s The Home and the World

David begins his exploration of the new Late Ray set from Eclipse.

David Blakeslee

January 25, 2014

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 11 – Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy

In conjunction with this month's release of Kaurismaki's La Vie de Boheme, David and Trevor discuss three films that launched the Finnish director's career.

David Blakeslee

January 25, 2014

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Koreyoshi Kurahara’s Black Sun

Part 2 of a New Year's Weekend double feature covering the Eclipse Series films of 1964.

David Blakeslee

January 4, 2014

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Takumi Furukawa’s Cruel Gun Story

Part 1 of a New Year's Weekend double feature covering the Eclipse Series films of 1964.

David Blakeslee

January 4, 2014

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 10 – The Delirious Fictions of William Klein

David and Trevor discuss Klein's 1960s and 70s experiments in satire. Despite their flaws, they offer surprisingly relevant insight on some of today's most prominent cultural concerns.

David Blakeslee

January 3, 2014