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.
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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.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 11 – Volker Schlöndorff’s BAAL
byDavid and guest William Remmers discuss this adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s first play, starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Criterion Reflections – Season 2 Teaser
byAs 1970 rolls in sight, David takes a few minutes to talk about the new season of his podcast, set to begin later this month.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 10 – Random Wrap-Up of 1969
byThis episode covers a variety of short films released throughout 1969. Directors include Les Blank, Hollis Frampton, Carroll Ballard, Paul Bartel, Clu Gulager and Octavio Cortázar.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 9 – Autumn 1969 Part 3
byDavid and his guests discuss Ken Loach’s Kes, Ishiro Honda’s All Monsters Attack, and Gillo Pontecorvo’s Burn!
Criterion Reflections – Episode 8 – Autumn 1969 Part 2
byFilms covered in this episode include Allan King’s A Married Couple, Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer and Ingmar Bergman’s The Passion of Anna.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 7 – Autumn 1969 Part 1
byFilms discussed in this episode include Katzelmacher, My Night at Maud’s, More and The Color of Pomegranates.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 6 – Summer 1969 Part 3
byDavid and guests discuss ARMY OF SHADOWS and THE SORROW AND THE PITY, two films about the French Resistance in World War II.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 5 – Summer 1969 Part 2
byDavid and guests discuss MEDIUM COOL, THE OLYMPICS IN MEXICO, FELLINI SATYRICON and LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES)
Criterion Reflections – Episode 4 – Summer 1969 Part 1
byFilms discussed in this episode: Love is Colder than Death, All My Good Countrymen, Putney Swope, Phantom India and Boy
Criterion Reflections – Episode 3 – Spring 1969
byDavid and guests discuss The Rite, Calcutta, Easy Rider, Double Suicide and Midnight Cowboy.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 2 – Winter 1969 Part 2
byWe discuss six films from the Winter of 1969: The Joke, The Cremator, The Milky Way, Le Grand Amour, plus two shorts by Wim Wenders and Federico Fellini.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 1 – Winter 1969 Part 1
byWe cover four films, each fueled by their distinct blend of fury and outrage: Dillinger is Dead, Black Panthers, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, and Z.