David Blakeslee, Aaron West, and Brad McDermott got together to keep our annual "favorites of the year" podcast tradition going for Year 16!
David and Trevor continue their conversation, focusing on two medium-length narratives about adolescence and poverty: Experience and A Wedding Suit.
The Eclipse Series is back! And so is our podcast dedicated to each of the excellent box sets released under this sideline of the Criterion Collection. Trevor and David begin a multi-part series that will...
Oshii's 1985 classic returns in a gorgeous new 4k restoration.
A compilation of video and audio clips that David Blakeslee put together for his review, including a repurposed Criterion Reflections podcast episode from 2019 featuring Richard Doyle and Grant Bromley.
The film is now playing at The Metrograph, in a stunning new 2K restoration.
In this lengthy episode, David hosts four individual conversations about this emotionally searing and evocative TV miniseries of 1973 that was edited for theatrical release the following year.
David Blakeslee hosts director/screenwriter Matthew Gentile in a conversation about six films from Argentina's golden age of cinema, currently featured on the Criterion Channel.
David is joined by William Remmers to discuss an obscure Canadian documentary about 10 groovy teenagers who are granted 10 weeks of autonomy for the purpose of generating compelling cinematic moments, or at...
David is joined by Richard Doyle and David Seeley to provide intellectual gravitas as we contemplate the threat that atomic testing presents to the future of human civilization. Also: Jet Jaguar to the rescue!
Josh is joined by film critic Josh Brunsting to discuss the Criterion Channel’s new and expiring titles for the month of August.
We return to this year's Fantasia International Film Festival for a peak at a pair of horror films, a trio of documentaries and one of the strangest comedies of sorts yet this fest.
This is Jill Blake's first official episode as co-host. We react to the 4K announcement and talk a lot more film.
David is joined by Michael Worth, Richard Doyle and Jason Beamish as they battle shaky VOIP connections and emerge triumphant to discuss this kung fu masterpiece starring Bruce Lee.
This first of four dispatches from this year's Fantasia International Film Festival looks at an American indie, a massive blockbuster and a pair of incredible new documentaries.
We look at five of the best home videos from July 2021, ranging from a pair of exploitation films from Kino Lorber to a box set of one of America's great experimental filmmakers.
In this episode of Inside the Box, Trevor and David look into Hiroshi Inagaki's The Samurai Trilogy, featuring Musashi Miyamoto, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, and Duel at Ganryu Island.
Jill Blake is joining Aaron West as co-host of Criterion Now and we expect the show to improve and grow.
This new documentary from MTV Documentary Films and director Hogir Hirori is a thrilling, often chilling, look into the life of women kidnapped into slavery, and the volunteers willing to risk their lives to save them.
Brad McDermott joins to take a deep dive into the boxset of Marlon Riggs.
David Blakeslee
Joshua Brunsting
Josh Hornbeck
Aaron West
Trevor Berrett
Ryan Gallagher