Criterion Now

Feb 20 2025 55 ep. 79 mins 18

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A current rundown of the world of Criterion with a round table of guests. We talk about new and upcoming releases, what's happening on the Criterion Channel, and other related topics related to the Criterion Collection.

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Criterion Now - Episode 157

Feb 20 2025 50 mins

Description:Jill and Aaron talk about Flow, which appears to be the first Janus Contemporary that will get a Criterion spine release. We then talk about the May 2025 Announcements, and the new trend of increasing the number of new titles with upgrades. We speculate whether this has to do with the Steven Rales and Indian Paintbrush acquisition. Links: Video of this Episode ‘Flow�

Criterion Now - Episode 156

Jan 27 2025 58 mins

Description:Jill and Aaron are back after a little bit of an unintentional break. We talk about Aaron's upcoming new book. We pay tribute to the loss of one of our favorite filmmakers, David Lynch. Finally we talk about the April 2025 Announcements, which include seven titles, with two from Sean Baker. We have a brief digression about Gerard Depardieu's airplane behavior.Links: Vid

Criterion Now - Episode 152

Aug 16 2024 64 mins

Description:Ryan Verrill joins the podcast to announce that we are joining Someone's Favorite Productions network. We also get into the November 2024 announcements on the heels of having already reacted (somewhat critically) to the CC40 boxset. We are pleased with this month, and we show a different side of Mifune to show our gratitude.Links:Criterion Now - Episode 152 - VideoSomeo

Criterion Now - Episode 150 - Imogen Sara Smith, October 2024 Announcements, Modern French Film

Jul 31 2024 99 mins

Description:Imogen Sara Smith joins for our special episode 150, which we recorded without interruptions. We talk about a number of subjects including the thrill and rarity of seeing a repertory nitrate screening. She talks about her craft process, and how she approaches writing about film. We talk about modern French film and specifically how Celine Sciamma has pushed the boundari

Criterion Now - Episode 149 - Someone Bought Criterion

Jul 25 2024 87 mins

Description:Jill and Aaron return the Criterion Now podcast with a long overdue episode. We get into the ownership situation with Criterion Collection and Indian Paintbrush, and what we expect from it. We also look at the recent and upcoming releases, and what we are looking forward to seeing as new or for the first time.Links:Criterion September 2024 Reaction with Josh HornbeckCin

Criterion Now – Episode 148 – Criterion 2022 Top 3, Sight & Sound, February and March 2023 Announcements

Jan 31 2023 98 mins

We are pleased to have Dave Eves back on the show. We talk best of 2022, February and March announcements, and the Sight & Sound list.

Criterion Now – Episode 147 – August 2022 Through January 2023 Criterion Releases

Nov 02 2022 104 mins

Now that we're back, we had some catching up to do. This week Drew Morton joined to go back through all of the months that we missed during hiatus -- August 2022 through January 2023.

Criterion Now – Episode 146 – A Conversation with Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou

Oct 12 2022 83 mins

Filmmaker Sean Baker and his co-director for Take Out and frequent collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou join to discuss Take Out, Criterion, and other topics.

Criterion Now – Episode 145 – We’re Back!

Oct 01 2022 77 mins

Jill and Aaron are now officially back from hiatus and ready to resume the show. This is us getting warmed up.

Criterion Now – Episode 144 – July 2022 Announcements, David Lynch, Truffaut

May 09 2022 70 mins

Jill and Aaron get into June announcements, a lot of David Lynch news, and speculate about François Truffaut.