Criterion Reflections – Episode 27 – François Truffaut’s Bed and Board
byDavid is joined by William Remmers, Grant Douglas Bromley and Derek J. Power (new guest!) to talk about this fourth installment in the Adventures of Antoine Doinel.
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Criterion Reflections – Episode 26 – Kenji Misumi’s Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
byMartin Kessler and Robert Taylor team up with David to discuss this outstanding 21st installment of the Zatoichi franchise.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 25 – Věra Chytilová’s Fruit of Paradise
byDavid and Jordan discuss the Czech director’s follow-up to Daisies.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 24 – David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future
byDavid is joined by William Remmers (and some weird sound effects) in a discussion of this disturbing, discomfiting dystopian demo reel from early in Cronenberg’s career.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 23 – Nagisa Oshima’s The Man Who Left His Will on Film
byDavid is joined by Josh Hornbeck and new contributor Grant Douglas Bromley.to discuss Oshima’s answer to the question, “how are able people to terrorize themselves?”
Criterion Reflections – Episode 21 – Yoshitaro Nomura’s The Shadow Within
byDavid and William provide a spoiler-free intro to a great Japanese director before moving into their conversation about this intriguing contemporary Japanese melodrama/thriller/character study.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 22 – Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
byA sweet talking candy man takes the long run with a moon child and a bitch to see if they can find it by looking on up at the bottom. Let the games begin!
Criterion Reflections – Episode 20 – Costa-Gavras’s The Confession
byDavid is joined by Trevor Berrett and Jordan Essoe to discuss Costa-Gavras’s harrowing portrayal of a man under pressure to admit to crimes that he never committed.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 19 – Luis Garcia Berlanga’s Long Live the Bride and Groom
byDavid and Josh Hornbeck discuss this very funny portrayal of the conflict between lust and repression in a sun-drenched coastal Spanish resort.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 18 – Masahiro Shinoda’s The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
byDavid is joined by Robert Taylor and Arik Devens to talk about this odd hybrid of traditional theatrical and jazz/New Wave sensibilities, featuring Tatsuya Nakadai in a comedic role.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 17 – John Waters’ MULTIPLE MANIACS
byDavid is joined by Keith Enright and William Remmers as they partake of something strong that they can get off on.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 16 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s GODS OF THE PLAGUE
byDavid is joined by Jason Beamish and Josh Hornbeck to discuss a mournful crime drama from the Early Fassbinder Eclipse Series set.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 15 – Luis Buñuel’s TRISTANA
byDavid is joined by Lauren LoGiudice and William Remmers to discuss Buñuel’s adaptation of a Spanish novel, starring Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 14 – Elio Petri’s INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
byDavid Blakeslee and Matt Gasteier sift through the evidence and draw inevitable but awkward conclusions about the persuasive power of authoritarian impulses and our collective willingness to let tyrants find new ways of killing us today.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 13 – Leonard Kastle’s THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
byDavid is joined by Arik Devens and Josh Hornbeck in this low budget crime shocker based on actual events.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 12 – Kihachi Okamoto’s ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO
byDavid is joined by Robert Taylor and Jon Laubinger to talk about this epic Shintaro Katsu/Toshiro Mifune collaboration.