David, Trevor and Scott discuss two films focused on Kenji Mizoguchi's critical examination of prostitution in postwar Japan.
The Eclipse Viewer
A monthly podcast, discussing a release from the Eclipse Series.
David Blakeslee
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 47 – Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women [Part 1]
David and Scott talk about Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion, two contemporary films from prewar Japan.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 46 – George Bernard Shaw on Film
David and Trevor are joined by Lady P from the FlixWise podcast to discuss three witty, literate comedies from the creators of Pygmalion.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 45 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 2]
David, Trevor and guest Pablo Knote conclude their Kurahara coverage with a discussion of Black Sun and Thirst for Love.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 44 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 1]
David and Trevor are joined by film blogger and researcher Pablo Knote to discuss three exhilarating Japanese films from the early 1960s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 43 – Alexander Korda’s Private Lives
David and Trevor discuss four historical biopics from the founder of London Films.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 42 – Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
David and Trevor are joined by Lady P from the FlixWise podcast to discuss five early films by the innovative and influential Belgian auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 41 – Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy
David and Trevor discuss three films focused on the Spanish fusion of dance, music and passionate, disciplined melodrama.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 40 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 2]
David, Trevor and Aaron conclude their two part series on the films of Nagisa Oshima.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 39 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 1]
David and Trevor are joined by Aaron West to begin a two-part dissection of Nagisa Oshima's earliest independent films.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 38 – Raffaelo Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas
David and Trevor push back against the winter's chill with a discussion of these torrid tales of virtue, vice and emotional torment.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 37 – Dušan Makavejev Free Radical
David and Trevor discuss three early features from Yugoslavian cinema's notorious provocateur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 36 – Late Ray
As we celebrate the new release of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, David and Trevor discuss three of the final films directed by the great Indian auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 35 – Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys
David and Trevor discover that "the world's worst rock-and-roll band" isn't really all that bad.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 34 – Agnès Varda in California
David and Trevor offer their personal impressions of Agnès Varda's cinematic expressions of life in the Golden State during two distinctly different cultural epochs: the late 1960s and early 1980s.