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CriterionCastCriterion Reflections – Episode 141 – Roberto Rossellini’s The Age of the Medici
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of Season 5: 1973 features a short video clip in which David offers a few thoughts about films that were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint, whether published on physical media or made available on their streaming platform. These clips will occasionally be accompanied by lengthier podcast episodes including other guests for films that call for more in-depth coverage. In this first episode of Season 5, David discusses The Age of th...2024-01-1600 min
Criterion Cast: Master Audio FeedCriterion Reflections – Episode 141 – Roberto Rossellini’s The Age of the Medici
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of Season 5: 1973 features a short video clip in which David offers a few thoughts about films that were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint, whether published on physical media or made available on their streaming platform. These clips will occasionally be accompanied by lengthier podcast episodes including other guests for films that call for more in-depth coverage. In this first episode of Season 5, David discusses The Age of th...2024-01-1600 min
Criterion ReflectionsCriterion Reflections – Episode 141 – Roberto Rossellini’s The Age of the Medici
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of Season 5: 1973 features a short video clip in which David offers a few thoughts about films that were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint, whether published on physical media or made available on their streaming platform. These clips will occasionally be accompanied by lengthier podcast episodes including other guests for films that call for more in-depth coverage. In this first episode of Season 5, David discusses The Age of th...2024-01-1600 minCriterion ReflectionsCriterion Reflections – Episode 140 – Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this, the final episode of Season 4, David is joined by Trevor Berrett and Brad McDermott to discuss State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras. The film is available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection an...2023-12-0200 minCriterionCastCriterion Reflections – Episode 140 – Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this, the final episode of Season 4, David is joined by Trevor Berrett and Brad McDermott to discuss State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras. The film is available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection an...2023-12-0200 minCriterion Cast: Master Audio FeedCriterion Reflections – Episode 140 – Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this, the final episode of Season 4, David is joined by Trevor Berrett and Brad McDermott to discuss State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras. The film is available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection an...2023-12-0200 minCriterion Cast: Master Audio FeedInside the Box – Episode 18 – The Complete Jean Vigo
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Complete Jean Vigo. This box set contains the films À propos de Nice (1930), Taris (1988), Zéro de conduite (1933), and L’Atalante (1934).
Even among cinema’s legends, Jean Vigo stands apart. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age t...2023-11-1800 minCriterionCastInside the Box – Episode 18 – The Complete Jean Vigo
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Complete Jean Vigo. This box set contains the films À propos de Nice (1930), Taris (1988), Zéro de conduite (1933), and L’Atalante (1934).
Even among cinema’s legends, Jean Vigo stands apart. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age t...2023-11-1800 min
Inside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 18 – The Complete Jean Vigo
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Complete Jean Vigo. This box set contains the films À propos de Nice (1930), Taris (1988), Zéro de conduite (1933), and L’Atalante (1934).
Even among cinema’s legends, Jean Vigo stands apart. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age t...2023-11-1800 min
Film SwapFilm Swap Ep. 19 - Gangster Greats! Scarface and Branded to KillIn this episode, film podcasting veteran and host of the Criterion Reflections and Inside the Box podcasts David Blakeslee joins us for a captivating discussion as we delve into the influential world of the gangster genre.
We uncover the innovative brilliance of two groundbreaking films that defied conventions and faced censorship challenges. We focus on Howard Hawks' original 'Scarface' from 1932, produced by the legendary Howard Hughes, and Seijun Suzuki's inventive Japanese Yakuza classic 'Branded to Kill.'
We'll take you back in time and across continents to explore the visionary storytelling, trailblazing cinematography, and unforgettable...2023-11-021h 40Inside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 17 – The Qatsi Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Qatsi Trilogy. This box set contains the films Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for the galvanizing films of The Qatsi Trilogy. Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind’s obsession with technological advancement has wrea...2023-06-2200 minCriterion Cast: Master Audio FeedInside the Box – Episode 17 – The Qatsi Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Qatsi Trilogy. This box set contains the films Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for the galvanizing films of The Qatsi Trilogy. Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind’s obsession with technological advancement has wrea...2023-06-2200 minCriterionCastInside the Box – Episode 17 – The Qatsi Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Qatsi Trilogy. This box set contains the films Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for the galvanizing films of The Qatsi Trilogy. Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind’s obsession with technological advancement has wrea...2023-06-2200 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 16 – The Infernal Affairs Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Infernal Affairs Trilogy. This box set contains the films Infernal Affairs (2002), Infernal Affairs II (2003), and Infernal Affairs III (2003).
The Hong Kong crime drama was jolted to new life with the release of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, a bracing, explosively stylish critical and commercial triumph that introduced a dazzling level of narrative and thematic complexity to the genre...2023-03-0300 minCriterion Cast: Master Audio FeedInside the Box – Episode 16 – The Infernal Affairs Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Infernal Affairs Trilogy. This box set contains the films Infernal Affairs (2002), Infernal Affairs II (2003), and Infernal Affairs III (2003).
The Hong Kong crime drama was jolted to new life with the release of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, a bracing, explosively stylish critical and commercial triumph that introduced a dazzling level of narrative and thematic complexity to the genre...2023-03-0300 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 15 – 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman. This untraditional box set contains the films Stromboli (1950), Europe ’51 (1952), and Journey to Italy (1954).
In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman found herself so stirred by the revolutionary neorealist films of Roberto Rossellini that she sent the director a letter, introducing herself and offering her talents. The resulting collaboration produced a seri...2022-11-2400 minCriterion Cast: Master Audio FeedInside the Box – Episode 15 – 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman. This untraditional box set contains the films Stromboli (1950), Europe ’51 (1952), and Journey to Italy (1954).
In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman found herself so stirred by the revolutionary neorealist films of Roberto Rossellini that she sent the director a letter, introducing herself and offering her talents. The resulting collaboration produced a seri...2022-11-2400 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 14 – A Whit Stillman Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss A Whit Stillman Trilogy. This untraditional box set contains the films Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994), and The Last Days of Disco (1998).
Over the course of the 1990s, writer-director Whit Stillman made a trilogy of films about the acid tongues and broken hearts of some haplessly erudite young Americans in New York and abroad. Set in the eighties, these films trace the arc...2022-09-2700 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 13 – Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 1, Part 3
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 1. This is the third of three episodes focused on this set, and will focus on Ahmed El Maanouni’s Trances and Kim Ki-Young’s The Housemaid.
Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the WCP is to preserve and present marginalized and infre...2022-04-2200 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 12 – Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 1, Part 2
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 1. This is the second of three episodes focused on this set, and will focus on Ritwik Ghatak’s A River Called Titas and Metin Erksan’s Dry Summer.
Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the WCP is to preserve and present m...2022-03-3100 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 11 – Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 1, Part 1
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 1. This is the first of three episodes focused on this set, and will focus on Djibril Diop Mabéty’s Touki bouki and Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann’s Redes.
Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the WCP is to prese...2022-03-2300 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 10 – Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander.
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander as his swan song, and it is the legendary director’s warmest and most autobiographical film, a four-time Academy Award–winning triumph that combines his tra...2021-12-2400 min
Criterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 213 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2021
In our annual episode focusing on The Criterion Collection’s releases from the past year – and there’s a lot to celebrate – we’ve assembled the entire podcasting crew from CriterionCast to share our favorite releases of 2021. David Blakeslee from Criterion Reflections hosts this discussion, which also includes Trevor Berrett (Inside the Box), Aaron West and Jill Blake (Criterion Now), Josh Hornbeck (Criterion Channel Surfing), along with longtime contributors to the site Arik Devens, Jordan Essoe and Scott Nye.
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CriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 213 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2021
In our annual episode focusing on The Criterion Collection’s releases from the past year – and there’s a lot to celebrate – we’ve assembled the entire podcasting crew from CriterionCast to share our favorite releases of 2021. David Blakeslee from Criterion Reflections hosts this discussion, which also includes Trevor Berrett (Inside the Box), Aaron West and Jill Blake (Criterion Now), Josh Hornbeck (Criterion Channel Surfing), along with longtime contributors to the site Arik Devens, Jordan Essoe and Scott Nye.
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...2021-12-2300 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 9 – Three Films by Luis Buñuel
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Three Films by Luis Buñuel, which contains The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty, and That Obscure Object of Desire.
More than four decades after he took a razor blade to an eyeball and shocked the world with Un chien andalou, arch-iconoclast Luis Buñuel capped his astonishing career with three fin...2021-12-1100 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 8 – Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy, which contains Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, and Kings of the Road.
In the 1970s, Wim Wenders was among the first true international breakthrough artists of the revolutionary New German Cinema movement, a filmmaker whose fascination with the physical landscapes and emotional contours of the open road proved to b...2021-09-1700 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 7 – The Samurai Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Samurai Trilogy, which contains Hiroshi Inagaki’s trilogy of films Musashi Miyamoto, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, and Duel at Ganryu Island.
The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, was one of Japan’s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that’s...2021-08-0400 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 6 – David Lean Directs Noël Coward
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss David Lean Directs Noël Coward, which contains the films In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, and Brief Encounter.
In the 1940s, the wit of playwright Noël Coward and the craft of filmmaker David Lean melded harmoniously in one of cinema’s greatest writer-director collaborations. With the wartime military drama sensation In Which We Serve, Coward and Lean...2021-05-1600 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 5 – The Koker Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Koker Trilogy, which contains Where Is the Friend’s House, And Life Goes On, and Through the Olive Trees.
Abbas Kiarostami first came to international attention for this wondrous, slyly self-referential series of films set in the rural northern-Iranian town of Koker. Poised delicately between fiction and documentary, comedy and tragedy, the lyrical fables in The Koker Trilogy exemplify both the...2021-02-2600 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 4 – The Marseille Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Marseille Trilogy, which contains Marius, Fanny, and César.
In the 1930s, Marcel Pagnol, a leading light of the Paris theater, set out for new horizons as a filmmaker in his native Provence. His early masterpieces Marius, Fanny, and César mix theatrical stagecraft with realistic location photography to create an epic love story from the fabric of everyday life. Gruf...2021-01-2300 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 212 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2020
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2020 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, Aaron West, and Jordan Essoe gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2020.
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Episode Notes
Aaron’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: Come and See by Jaxon Northon
Favorite Releases
Come and See
Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
The Cameraman
David’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: War of the Worlds...2020-12-2600 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 212 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2020
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2020 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, Aaron West, and Jordan Essoe gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2020.
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Episode Notes
Aaron’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: Come and See by Jaxon Northon
Favorite Releases
Come and See
Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
The Cameraman
David’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: War of the Worlds...2020-12-2600 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 3 – Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman, which contains Journey to the Beginning of Time, Invention for Destruction, and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen.
A one-of-a-kind silver-screen illusionist, Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman devoted his career to transporting viewers to realms beyond their wildest imagining. The deft, breathtaking combinations of live action and animation techniques that he pioneered in the postwar years earn...2020-11-2800 min
CineJourneys (master feed)Criterion Now – Episode 113 – January 2021 Announcements, Janus Theatrical Releases, Flash SaleDavid Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett join to talk about Criterion January 2021 announcements, Janus films that are going to hit theaters, and the October flash sale.
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Criterion NowCriterion Now – Episode 113 – January 2021 Announcements, Janus Theatrical Releases, Flash SaleDavid Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett join to talk about Criterion January 2021 announcements, Janus films that are going to hit theaters, and the October flash sale.2020-10-251h 10Inside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 2 – The Apu Trilogy
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Apu Trilogy, which contains Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and Apur Sansar.
Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray’s breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration. The Apu Trilogy brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rura...2020-09-0800 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 1 – 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that will explore the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this inaugural episode, they discuss 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg, which contains Underworld, The Last Command, and The Docks of New York.
Vienna-born, New York-raised Josef von Sternberg directed some of the most influential, stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his star-making collaborations with Marlene Dietrich, von Sternberg began his career during the final years of the si...2020-06-0200 minInside the BoxInside the Box – Episode 0 – Trailer!
Inside the Box is a new podcast dedicated to conversation about box sets produced by The Criterion Collection. Co-hosts Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee, partners on The Eclipse Viewer podcast from 2013 to 2018, pick up where they left off after they completed their coverage of Criterion’s Eclipse Series.
Each episode will focus attention on a particular Criterion box set, discussing not only the films themselves, but also the supplements, packaging and other background information that aims to enhance our understanding and appreciation for each of these unique editions.
Here’s a short introduction from T...2020-05-3100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 203 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2019
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2019 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Ryan Gallagher, David Blakeslee, Scott Nye, Trevor Berrett, and Jordan Essoe gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2019.
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Episode Notes
Ryan’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: The Koker Trilogy by Eric Skillman
Favorite Releases
Do the Right Thing
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Until the End of the World
David’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: A Film Trilogy...2019-12-3100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 203 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2019
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2019 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Ryan Gallagher, David Blakeslee, Scott Nye, Trevor Berrett, and Jordan Essoe gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2019.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes
Episode Notes
Ryan’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: The Koker Trilogy by Eric Skillman
Favorite Releases
Do the Right Thing
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Until the End of the World
David’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: A Film Trilogy...2019-12-3100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 202 – William Wyler’s The Heiress
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett, Scott Nye, and David Blakeslee discuss William Wyler’s The Heiress.
Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love...2019-08-2900 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 202 – William Wyler’s The Heiress
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett, Scott Nye, and David Blakeslee discuss William Wyler’s The Heiress.
Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love...2019-08-2900 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 200 – Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence.
Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom)—travel by train with Anna’s young son, Johan (Jörgen Lindström), to a foreign country that appears to be on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, each sister is left to her own vices while they vie for Johan’s affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their relationship. Regarded as one of the...2019-04-2100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 200 – Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence.
Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom)—travel by train with Anna’s young son, Johan (Jörgen Lindström), to a foreign country that appears to be on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, each sister is left to her own vices while they vie for Johan’s affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their relationship. Regarded as one of the...2019-04-2100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 199 – Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light.
“God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The be...2019-04-2100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 199 – Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light.
“God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The be...2019-04-2100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 197 – Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly.
While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family’s fragile ties are tested when daughter Karin (an astonishing Harriet Andersson) discovers her father (Gunnar Björnstrand) has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary ends. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, Karin’s father, her husband (Max von Sydow), and her younger brother (Lars Passgård) are unable to prevent her descent into the abyss of mental illness. Winner of the Aca...2019-02-2100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 197 – Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly.
While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family’s fragile ties are tested when daughter Karin (an astonishing Harriet Andersson) discovers her father (Gunnar Björnstrand) has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary ends. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, Karin’s father, her husband (Max von Sydow), and her younger brother (Lars Passgård) are unable to prevent her descent into the abyss of mental illness. Winner of the Aca...2019-02-2100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 194 — Ingmar Bergman’s Persona
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Persona.
By the midsixties, Ingmar Bergman had already conjured many of the cinema’s most unforgettable images. But with the radical Persona, he attained new levels of visual poetry. In the first of a series of legendary performances for Bergman, Liv Ullmann plays a stage actor who has inexplicably gone mute; an equally mesmerizing Bibi Andersson is the garrulous young nurse caring for her in a remote island cottage. While isolated together there, the women undergo a mysterio...2018-12-0700 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 194 — Ingmar Bergman’s Persona
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Persona.
By the midsixties, Ingmar Bergman had already conjured many of the cinema’s most unforgettable images. But with the radical Persona, he attained new levels of visual poetry. In the first of a series of legendary performances for Bergman, Liv Ullmann plays a stage actor who has inexplicably gone mute; an equally mesmerizing Bibi Andersson is the garrulous young nurse caring for her in a remote island cottage. While isolated together there, the women undergo a mysterio...2018-12-0700 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 193 – Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
In this episode, Trevor Berrett, David Blakeslee and Scott Nye discuss Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbo...2018-06-0600 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 193 – Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
In this episode, Trevor Berrett, David Blakeslee and Scott Nye discuss Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbo...2018-06-0600 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 191 – John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln
In this episode, David Blakeslee, Scott Nye and Trevor Berrett discuss John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln, recently reissued by the Criterion Collection in a newly upgraded 4K restoration on Blu-ray and DVD.
Few American historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star collaborations embody classic Hollywood cinema as beautifully as the one between John Ford and Henry Fonda. This film, their first together, was Ford’s equally poetic and significant follow-up to the groundbreaking western Stagecoach, and in it Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career, as the young pr...2018-02-1900 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 191 – John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln
In this episode, David Blakeslee, Scott Nye and Trevor Berrett discuss John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln, recently reissued by the Criterion Collection in a newly upgraded 4K restoration on Blu-ray and DVD.
Few American historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star collaborations embody classic Hollywood cinema as beautifully as the one between John Ford and Henry Fonda. This film, their first together, was Ford’s equally poetic and significant follow-up to the groundbreaking western Stagecoach, and in it Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career, as the young pr...2018-02-1900 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 189 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2017
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2017 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Aaron West, Arik Devens, David Blakeslee, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye and Trevor Berrett gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2017.
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Episode Notes
Jordan’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: The Before Trilogy by Michael Gillette
Favorite Releases
Cameraperson
Stalker
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Arik’s List
Favorite Cover: Black Girl by Eric Skillman
Favorite Releases:
100 Years of Olympi...2017-12-2100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 189 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2017
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2017 releases – and there’s a lot to celebrate – Aaron West, Arik Devens, David Blakeslee, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye and Trevor Berrett gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2017.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes
Episode Notes
Jordan’s List
Favorite Cover/Packaging: The Before Trilogy by Michael Gillette
Favorite Releases
Cameraperson
Stalker
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Arik’s List
Favorite Cover: Black Girl by Eric Skillman
Favorite Releases:
100 Years of Olympi...2017-12-2100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 188 – Monte Hellman’s The Shooting & Ride in the Whirlwind
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett to discuss Monte Hellman’s The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind.
In the midsixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman conceived of two westerns at the same time. Dreamlike and gritty by turns, these films would prove their maker’s adeptness at brilliantly deconstructing genre. Shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman, they feature overlapping casts and crews, including Jack Nicholson in two of his meatiest early roles. The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through...2017-12-1100 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 188 – Monte Hellman’s The Shooting & Ride in the Whirlwind
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett to discuss Monte Hellman’s The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind.
In the midsixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman conceived of two westerns at the same time. Dreamlike and gritty by turns, these films would prove their maker’s adeptness at brilliantly deconstructing genre. Shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman, they feature overlapping casts and crews, including Jack Nicholson in two of his meatiest early roles. The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through...2017-12-1100 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 187 – Jack Clayton’s The Innocents
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett, David Blakeslee, and Scott Nye discuss Jack Clayton’s The Innocents.
This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematog...2017-10-2500 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 187 – Jack Clayton’s The Innocents
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett, David Blakeslee, and Scott Nye discuss Jack Clayton’s The Innocents.
This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematog...2017-10-2500 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 186 – Yasujiro Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon
In this episode, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett and Matt Gasteier provide a conclusion to their conversations about “Late Ozu”, carried over from the final three episodes of The Eclipse Viewer podcast. They’re also joined by Scott Nye.
About the film:
The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (frequent Ozu leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events lea...2017-09-0500 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 186 – Yasujiro Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon
In this episode, David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett and Matt Gasteier provide a conclusion to their conversations about “Late Ozu”, carried over from the final three episodes of The Eclipse Viewer podcast. They’re also joined by Scott Nye.
About the film:
The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (frequent Ozu leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events lea...2017-09-0500 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 183 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up.
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s first English-language feature. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every f...2017-06-2300 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 183 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up
This time on the podcast, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up.
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s first English-language feature. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every f...2017-06-2300 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 182 – George Stevens’ Woman of the Year
This time on the podcast, David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett discuss George Stevens’s Woman of the Year.
George Stevens’s Woman of the Year, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katharine Hepburn had made in The Philadelphia Story, marked the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together. This tale of two newspaper reporters who wed and then discover that their careers aren’t so compatible forges a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage can be. The freewheeling but pinpo...2017-05-0900 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 182 – George Stevens’ Woman of the Year
This time on the podcast, David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett discuss George Stevens’s Woman of the Year.
George Stevens’s Woman of the Year, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katharine Hepburn had made in The Philadelphia Story, marked the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together. This tale of two newspaper reporters who wed and then discover that their careers aren’t so compatible forges a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage can be. The freewheeling but pinpo...2017-05-0900 minCineJourneys (master feed)Criterion Close-Up – Episode 60 – Julien Duvivier in the 1930s
Mark, Aaron, David and Trevor return for part two of our exploration of the under-appreciated French director, Julien Duvivier. The first episode, Eclipse Viewer 54, looked at the first two films in his Eclipse set. This episode looks at the peak of his career, particularly La Belle Equipe, Pépé le Moko, and La Fin du Jour, along with an overview of his career and the availability (or lack) of his work in the states.
Episode Links & Notes
Eclipse Viewer 54: Julien Duvivier in the 1930s Part 1
Criterion Close-Up 50: French Series Part 1
Criterion Close-Up 57: French Series par...2017-05-0800 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 181 – Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee discuss Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.
This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all- female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing. Less a myste...2017-02-2600 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 181 – Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock
This time on the podcast, Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee discuss Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.
This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all- female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing. Less a myste...2017-02-2600 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 180 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2016
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2016 releases — and there’s a lot to celebrate — Arik Devens, David Blakeslee, Keith Enright, Scott Nye, and Trevor Berrett gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2016.
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Episode Notes
Arik’s List
– Favorite Cover: A Brighter Summer Day
– Favorite Packaging: Trilogia de Guillermo del Toro
– Favorite Releases:
3) Fantastic Planet
2) Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
1) Night and Fog
David’s List
– Favo...2017-01-1800 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 180 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2016
To celebrate The Criterion Collection’s 2016 releases — and there’s a lot to celebrate — Arik Devens, David Blakeslee, Keith Enright, Scott Nye, and Trevor Berrett gather to talk about the past year in Criterion, including their favorite three Criterion releases of 2016.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes
Episode Notes
Arik’s List
– Favorite Cover: A Brighter Summer Day
– Favorite Packaging: Trilogia de Guillermo del Toro
– Favorite Releases:
3) Fantastic Planet
2) Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
1) Night and Fog
David’s List
– Favo...2017-01-1800 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 175 – Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night.
About the film:
After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the country, the women collude to force the men’s hands in matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions...2016-08-2900 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 175 – Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night.
About the film:
After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the country, the women collude to force the men’s hands in matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions...2016-08-2900 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 174 – Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika.
About the film:
Inspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this sensual and ultimately ravaging tale of young love. A girl (Andersson) and boy (Lars Ekborg) from working-class families in Stockholm run away from home to spend a secluded, romantic summer at the beach, far from parents and responsibilities. Inevitably, it is not...2016-07-2500 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 174 – Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika.
About the film:
Inspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this sensual and ultimately ravaging tale of young love. A girl (Andersson) and boy (Lars Ekborg) from working-class families in Stockholm run away from home to spend a secluded, romantic summer at the beach, far from parents and responsibilities. Inevitably, it is not...2016-07-2500 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 173 – Ingmar Bergman’s Summer Interlude
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Summer Interlude.
About the film:
Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his legendary career—isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past—Ingmar Bergman’s tenth film was a gentle drift toward true mastery. In one of the director’s great early female roles, Maj-Britt Nilsson beguiles as an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student (Birger Malmsten). Her memories of the sunny, r...2016-06-2500 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 173 – Ingmar Bergman’s Summer Interlude
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee, Trevor Berrett, and Arik Devens to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s Summer Interlude.
About the film:
Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his legendary career—isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past—Ingmar Bergman’s tenth film was a gentle drift toward true mastery. In one of the director’s great early female roles, Maj-Britt Nilsson beguiles as an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student (Birger Malmsten). Her memories of the sunny, r...2016-06-2500 min
Criterion Cast: The NewsstandThe Newsstand – Episode 54 – The May 2016 Criterion Collection Line-up
This time on the Newsstand, Ryan is joined by Aaron West, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett to discuss the latest in home video rumors, news, packaging, and more.
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Shownotes
Follow-up
Cover art change: Brief Encounter
Dialogue between Coppola and Costa-Gavras about the future restoration of the “Napoleon” by Abel Gance – The French Cinematheque
Berlinale Classics
Early Summer
News
The May 2016 Criterion Collection line-up So…
Wacky New Years Drawing Hints At The Criterion Collection...2016-02-1800 minCriterion Cast: The NewsstandThe Newsstand – Episode 54 – The May 2016 Criterion Collection Line-up
This time on the Newsstand, Ryan is joined by Aaron West, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett to discuss the latest in home video rumors, news, packaging, and more.
Subscribe to The Newsstand in iTunes or via RSS
Contact us with any feedback.
Shownotes
Follow-up
Cover art change: Brief Encounter
Dialogue between Coppola and Costa-Gavras about the future restoration of the “Napoleon” by Abel Gance – The French Cinematheque
Berlinale Classics
Early Summer
News
The May 2016 Criterion Collection line-up So…
Wacky New Years Drawing Hints At The Criterion Collection...2016-02-1800 min
Cinema Gadfly13. Chungking ExpressMy guest for this month is David Blakeslee, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1994 Hong Kong drama film Chungking Express. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.
Show notes:
Wong Kar-Wai is an acclaimed director from Hong Kong
The location of this film was inspired by the real life craziness of Chungking Mansions
David’s blog, Criterion Reflections, is one of my absolute favorites
CriterionCast, his other gig, is the best Criterion site I know of. So much great stuff there
They did the first episode of thei...2016-02-1500 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 169 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2016
This time on the podcast, Ryan is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Mark Hurne and Trevor Berrett to present their Blu-ray upgrade wish lists for 2016.
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Episode Links
Past Wish List Episodes
Episode 63.9 – Disc 3 – Top Criterion Blu-ray Upgrades for 2011
Episode 110 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2012
Episode 136 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2013
Episode 146 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2014
Episode 154 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2015
David’s list
Wise Blood
Onibaba
4 By Agnes Varda
Mark’s list
Les En...2015-12-3000 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 169 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2016
This time on the podcast, Ryan is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Mark Hurne and Trevor Berrett to present their Blu-ray upgrade wish lists for 2016.
Subscribe in iTunes or RSS.
Episode Links
Past Wish List Episodes
Episode 63.9 – Disc 3 – Top Criterion Blu-ray Upgrades for 2011
Episode 110 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2012
Episode 136 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2013
Episode 146 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2014
Episode 154 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2015
David’s list
Wise Blood
Onibaba
4 By Agnes Varda
Mark’s list
Les En...2015-12-3000 minCriterion Cast: Main EpisodesEpisode 166 – William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett to discuss William Cameron Menzies’ H.G. Wells’ Things to Come.
About the film:
A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, Things to Come is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, Things to Come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship, and, finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adapt...2015-11-2600 minCriterionCast Episodes – CriterionCastEpisode 166 – William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come
This time on the podcast, Scott is joined by David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett to discuss William Cameron Menzies’ H.G. Wells’ Things to Come.
About the film:
A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, Things to Come is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, Things to Come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship, and, finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adapt...2015-11-2600 min