Criterion Reflections – Episode 85 – Claude Jutra’s Mon Oncle Antoine
byDavid and guests celebrate Christmas in July as they discuss The. Best. Canadian. Film. Ever.
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Criterion Reflections – Episode 84 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Merchant of Four Seasons
byDavid is joined by Jordan Essoe and Robert Taylor as we sink our teeth into the fresh and ripe first fruits from Fassbinder’s exploration of Sirkian melodrama.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 83 – Masahiro Shinoda’s Silence
byDavid is joined by Josh Hornbeck, Jon Laubinger and Robert Taylor in a discussion that focuses on Shinoda’s, Scorcese’s and Endo’s distinctive interpretations of this compelling portrayal of faith and purpose under intense persecution in medieval Japan.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 82 – Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs
byDavid and guests step into the fray and survive the siege as they discuss this complicated portrayal of emotional, physical and sexual violence.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 81 – Three Feminist Films of 1971
byDavid is joined by Stephanie Conti and Savanna Lanausse of the Purple Noon podcast to discuss GROWING UP FEMALE, JANIE’S JANIE and JOYCE AT 34, as featured in the Criterion Channel’s collection, “Tell Me: Women Filmmakers, Women’s Stories”.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 80 – Werner Herzog’s Land of Silence and Darkness
byDavid Blakeslee and David Seeley discuss this early Herzog documentary that focuses on the the extraordinary story of a woman’s effort to connect with people afflicted with deafness and blindness.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 79 – Lo Wei’s The Big Boss
byDavid teams up with Michael Worth and Richard Doyle to discuss Bruce Lee’s breakout role that established his status as a martial arts superstar.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 78 – Norman Jewison’s Fiddler on the Roof
byDavid and guests go deep and long in discussing the music, the movie, the theatrical production and the overall phenomenon of this timeless classic and cultural landmark.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 77 – Terence Young’s Red Sun
byDavid and guests team up to form the greatest podcasting machine the West has ever known!
Criterion Reflections – Episode 76 – Gordon Parks’s Shaft
byDavid is joined by Richard Doyle to talk about the complicated man, that no one understands but his woman… recently (and temporarily) added to the Criterion Channel.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 75 – Dušan Makavejev’s WR: Mysteries of the Organism
byBreathe deep! David and Derek and Brad come to grips with this freewheeling, brazenly confrontational and life-affirming exploration of our driving forces and the repressive mechanisms that bottle us up.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 74 – Sidney Lumet’s The Anderson Tapes & Richard Brooks’ $
byDavid is joined by Richard Doyle to talk about a couple of lively heist flicks that just broke into the Criterion Channel.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 73 – Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show
byDavid and guests cast their long, soulful, emotive gaze at this timeless American classic (from an appropriate distance of social isolation, of course.)
Criterion Reflections – Episode 72 – Henry Jaglom’s A Safe Place
byDavid is joined by Jordan Essoe and Derek J. Power to bring some appreciative attention to one of the most overlooked titles in the BBS Box Set.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 71 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore
byDavid and his ensemble cast talk about Rainer Werner and *his* ensemble cast as they discuss this pivotal work in Fassbinder’s early career.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 70 – Louis Malle’s Murmur of the Heart
byDavid is joined by Aaron West and William Remmers to discuss the cinematic coming-of-age of one Laurent Chevalier.