David Blakeslee
David 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.
Podcasts
Criterion Reflections – Episode 51 – Nagisa Oshima’s The Ceremony
David 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 Now – Episode 85 – July 2019 Announcements, OOP Comebacks, Criterion Channel
Aaron is joined by David Blakeslee from Criterion Reflections and Jon Laubinger to dig into the Criterion July 2019 slate, tackle rumors about OOP discs, and more.
Aaron West
Criterion Reflections – Episode 50 – Melvin Van Peebles’s SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
David 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.
Episode 200 – Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence
The trilogy concludes with the surreal, the inexplicably, and the haunting.
Scott Nye
Episode 199 – Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light
Bergman's faith trilogy continues with the relentless Winter Light