Criterion Reflections – Episode 61 – Mike Nichols’s Carnal Knowledge
byDavid enjoys a podcasting threesome with Richard Doyle and Grant Douglas Bromley to discuss this landmark film, a Criterion Collection laserdisc release of 1991.
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Criterion Reflections – Episode 60 – Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Decameron
byDavid is joined by Josh Hornbeck, Brad McDermott and first-time guest Steven Johnson to talk about the first film in Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life, based on the medieval writings of Giovanni Boccaccio.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 59 – Werner Herzog’s Fata Morgana
byDavid is joined by first-time guest David Seeley to talk about this early documentary/essay/adventure-based travelogue by Werner Herzog, now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 58 – Pierre Granier-Deferre’s The Widow Couderc
byDavid is joined by first-time guest Adam Spieckerman to discuss a film starring Simone Signoret and Alain Delon, based on a novel by Georges Simenon.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 57 – Alan J. Pakula’s Klute
byHere’s your chance to tap into a lurid three-way conversation with David, Robert and Trevor about sex, murder and paranoia. We got the whole thing on tape!
Criterion Reflections – Episode 56 – Reginald Mills’ Tales of Beatrix Potter
byDavid is joined by new guest Peter Webb to talk about this family-friendly matinee feature, currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 55 – Ingmar Bergman’s The Touch
byDavid is joined by Jordan Essoe and first-time guest, television director Norman Buckley, to discuss this long-neglected English language film by Ingmar Bergman.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 54 – Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller
byDavid is joined by Trevor Berrett, Brad McDermott and William Remmers for a whole lotta talk (just one voice at a time!) about this New Hollywood take on the classic western.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 53 – Roberto Rossellini’s Socrates
byDavid enters into a dialog with Josh Hornbeck that, while perhaps not quite Socratic, is at least Socrat-ish.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 52 – Jack Nicholson’s Drive, He Said
byDavid is joined by Derek J. Power and new contributor Richard Doyle to discuss Jack Nicholson’s ballsy (in every sense of the word) directorial debut.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 51 – Nagisa Oshima’s The Ceremony
byDavid is joined by Grant Douglas Bromley, Josh Hornbeck and Trevor Berrett to analyze this tormented family saga, a ritualized encapsulation of 25 years of Japanese history.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 50 – Melvin Van Peebles’s SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
byDavid is joined by Jason Beamish and first-time guests Brad McDermott and Mark Repp to discuss this “blaxploitation classic”, originally issued on Laserdisc by Criterion in 1997.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 49 – Jacques Tati’s Trafic
byDavid talks with Derek J. Power about the last appearance of M. Hulot, and Arik Devens provides a few thoughts on the film as well.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 48 – Jan Troell’s The Emigrants
byDavid is joined by Trevor Berrett and Josh Hornbeck to discuss the first part of this epic saga of a poor Swedish family’s relocation to North America in the mid-19th century.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 47 – Barbara Loden’s Wanda
byDavid is joined by Robert Taylor to discuss this remarkably radical, unvarnished exploration of an impoverished woman’s experience in rural America.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 46 – Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice
byDavid is joined by Josh Hornbeck, William Remmers and Robert Taylor as they strive to escape the mediocrity that lies at the bottom of the mainstream.