James Mason's breakout performance kicked off a wave of lurid sensational melodramas in WWII Britain.
David Blakeslee
David Blakeslee
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 5 – Maidstone and Other Films by Norman Mailer
David and Robert discuss three experiments in radical low-budget cinema, written and directed by prize-winning author Norman Mailer.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Norman Mailer’s Maidstone
Mailer's 1968 summer holiday in the Hamptons leads him, his bohemian hippie tribe and us viewers on a trip that winds up deep in his dungeon.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Norman Mailer’s Beyond the Law
Mailer and friends take us out for a date with on- and off-duty with members of a Manhattan vice squad.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 4 – The First Films of Samuel Fuller
David and Robert are joined by guest West Anthony to discuss Sam Fuller's earliest adventures behind the camera.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Norman Mailer’s Wild 90
A literary icon's initial foray into late 60s radical underground cinema.
David Reviews Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy [Criterion Blu-Ray Review]
He also attempts to explain how the film manages to avoid crashing with a thud in spite of its inherent cognitive dissonance.
David Reviews Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich [Criterion Blu-Ray Review]
If you own the old DVD and wonder if it's worth upgrading to Criterion, here you go.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 3 – Larisa Shepitko
David and Robert discuss the films and career of a great but relatively unknown female Ukrainian director.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Louis Malle’s …And the Pursuit of Happiness
Malle's final documentary looks at the experience of immigrants to the USA in the mid-1980s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 2 – Silent Naruse
David Blakeslee and Robert Nishimura are joined by Scott Nye to discuss the five surviving silent films of Mikio Naruse.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Mikio Naruse’s No Blood Relation
One of five films in the Silent Naruse box set, his earliest surviving feature serves as a warm-up to Episode 2 of The Eclipse Viewer podcast - coming soon!
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Jean Grémillon During the Occupation
The newest Eclipse Series set introduces us to one of the great unsung heroes of French cinema.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Jaromil Jires’ The Joke
This adaptation of Milan Kundera's debut novel shows one man's futile quest for revenge for his persecution in a totalitarian state.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 1 – Silent Ozu
A new series of podcasts focusing on Criterion's Eclipse Series line of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Robert Nishimura discuss this collection of early films by Yasujiro Ozu.