Scott and David discuss faith, simplicity, nature, joy, and realism in Rossellini's don't-call-it-a-biopic.
Podcasts 151-200
Scott Nye
Episode 169 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2016
The team gathers for one last episode in 2015: our annual Blu-ray upgrade wish list!
Ryan Gallagher
Episode 168 – Eric Rohmer’s My Night at Maud’s
Scott and David discuss faith, chance, choices, and morality in Eric Rohmer's landmark 1969 hit.
Episode 167 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2015
To celebrate the past year of Criterion Collection releases, Ryan is joined by David Blakeslee, Scott Nye, Aaron West, Arik Devens and Keith Enright to discuss their favorite releases of 2015.
Episode 166 – William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come
Scott, David, and Trevor discuss dramatic structure, societal needs, and production design in the landmark utopian film.
Episode 165 – Guillermo Del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone
Scott, David, and Ryan discuss the heritage of war, the supernatural, visual effects, and violence in Del Toro's 2001 ghost story.
Episode 164 – Anthony Asquith’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Scott, David, and Sean discuss propriety, society, and sexuality in the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic farce.
Episode 163 – Victor Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive
Scott, David, Trevor, and Ryan discuss memory, growing up, the remnants of war, and cultural exports in Erice's 1973 landmark film.
Episode 162 – Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Véronique
Scott, David, and Trevor discuss fate, free will, spirituality, vocation, manipulation, and loneliness in Kieślowski's metaphysical thriller.
Episode 161 – Luchino Visconti’s Senso
Scott, David, and Trevor discuss the passion, history, opulence, and tragedy in Visconti's melodrama.
Episode 160 – Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder
Scott, David, and Trevor discuss the legal process, morality, and uncertainty in Otto Preminger's landmark film.
Episode 159 – G.W. Pabst’s The Threepenny Opera
Scott, David, and Ryan discuss the politics, authorship, and simple pleasures of the 1931 musical film.
Episode 158 – Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now
Scott, Sean, and James discuss fluidity, sexuality, grief, and the occult in the 1973 horror film.
Episode 157 – Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon
Scott, David, Sean, and Trevor discuss Kurosawa's relative truth and visual expressionism.
Episode 156 – Claire Denis’ White Material
Scott, David, Sean, and Catherine discuss how Denis explores race, class, gender, and going a little mad in her 2009 feature.