David Blakeslee

David hosts the Criterion Reflections podcast, a series that reviews the films of the Criterion Collection in their chronological order of release. The series began in 2009 and those essays (covering the years 1921-1967) can be found via the website link provided below. In March 2016, the blog transferred to this site, and in August 2017, the blog changed over to a podcast format. David also contributes to other reviews and podcasts on this site. He lives near Grand Rapids, Michigan and works in social services. Twitter / Criterion Reflections

Criterion New Release Tuesday For July 13th, 2010 – The Only Son And There Was A Father, Two Films By Yasujiro Ozu

News July 13, 2010 July 1, 2015

Criterion New Release Tuesday For July 13th, 2010 – The Only Son And There Was A Father, Two Films By Yasujiro Ozu

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Louis Malle’s Vive Le Tour

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series July 12, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Louis Malle’s Vive Le Tour

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: William Klein’s Mr. Freedom

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series July 5, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: William Klein’s Mr. Freedom

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Akira Kurosawa’s I Live In Fear

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series June 28, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Akira Kurosawa’s I Live In Fear

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Gabriel Pascal’s Caesar And Cleopatra

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series June 21, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Gabriel Pascal’s Caesar And Cleopatra

David’s Ten Criterion Collection Films To Celebrate Father’s Day

List June 19, 2010 June 9, 2015

David’s Ten Criterion Collection Films To Celebrate Father’s Day

Here’s a list of ten fatherly archetypes that I’ve selected from my past year-and-a-half of watching Criterion DVDs

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series June 14, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Ernst Lubitsch’s Monte Carlo

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series June 7, 2010 June 9, 2015

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Ernst Lubitsch’s Monte Carlo

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series May 31, 2010 May 27, 2013

A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Raymond Bernard’s Wooden Crosses

David begins a long series of individual reviews of films from Criterion’s Eclipse line of DVDs.