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.
The Eclipse Viewer
A monthly podcast, discussing a release from the Eclipse Series.
David Blakeslee
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 33 – Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures
David and Trevor indulge in the guilty pleasures to be enjoyed in this set of massively popular English women's films from the WWII era.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 32 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 2]
David and Trevor conclude their conversation about the set, discussing Return of the Prodigal Son, Capricious Summer and The Joke.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 31 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 1]
David and Trevor discuss Pearls of the Deep, Daisies and A Report on the Party and Guests in the first of a two-part series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 30 – Early Fassbinder [Part 2]
David and Trevor discuss the final three films in this box set: Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier and Beware of a Holy Whore.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 29 – Early Fassbinder [Part 1]
David and Trevor cover Love is Colder than Death and Katzelmacher, the first two films written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 28 – Silent Ozu: Three Crime Dramas
David and Trevor dig into the newest Eclipse set, featuring a trio of repentant criminals seeking to mend their wicked ways.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 27- Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.
Do not watch AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON until after you listen to this podcast!
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 26 – Jean Grémillon During the Occupation
David and Trevor conclude their series of World War II era films with a conversation about a French director whose films have fallen into undeserved obscurity.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 25 – The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
David and Trevor discuss four wartime movies that launched the career of one of cinema's most accomplished directors.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 24 – Kinoshita and World War II
David and Trevor discuss the newest addition to the Eclipse Series, five films that launched the career of a great, but under-appreciated, Japanese filmmaker.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 23 – Raymond Bernard
David and Trevor are joined by guest Mark Hurne to discuss two monumental French epics from the early 1930s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 22 – Presenting Sacha Guitry
David and Trevor savor a sampling of the work of this prolific and consummate French auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 21 – When Horror Came to Shochiku
David and Trevor examine the strange detour taken in the late 1960s by one of Japan's most venerable and prestigious movie studios.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 20 – A Conversation with Michael Koresky
David and Trevor spend an enjoyable hour talking with the lead essay writer for the Eclipse Series.