CriterionCast

Criterion Now – Episode 10 – Being There, Before Midnight, Samurai Films

Aaron is joined by Dave and Matt, and they begin by battling out for Criterion Now supremacy in the first ever Samurai duel. We get into a number of topics and digressions afterward, notably Being There, Before Sunset, John Waters, the value of schlock, the mystery of Jon Mulvaney, and a lot more where that came from.

Episode Notes

6:00 – Samurai Off

14:20 – Dave and Matt on June announcements

19:30 – Being There

28:00 – Before Midnight

46:00 – News Items

1:03:40 – Short Takes (Hour of the Wolf, Proletariat Trilogy, Walkabout)

1:11:30 – FilmStruck

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Episode Credits


Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.

Aaron West

I am a somewhat educated Criterion dork, with a History and Film Studies bachelor's degree and plenty of self-education over the years. My tastes are all over the map. Probably my favorite is 1930s French Poetic Realism, but I like everything from noir, to animation, to horror, westerns, and modern film. Usually I prefer film that challenges and requires something of the viewer.