The Criterion Connection

Dec 16 2024 84 ep. 76 mins

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Two friends explore the Criterion Collection by connecting the iconic films to each other through the greater tapestry of cinema.

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083 - PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019)

Dec 16 2024 81 mins

We've come to the end of another year and we're going out on a bang as we chat about a film we both love very dearly, Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. ---- THE CRITERION CONNECTION WILL RETURN IN 2025. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:52) Our favorite films we watched in 2024. (00:27:14) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (01:11:00) Final thoughts (01:08:10) Next week -

082 - SPELLBOUND (1945)

Dec 09 2024 72 mins

The master of suspense makes his Criterion Connection debut. This week we discuss an early-ish Hitchcock film that delves into the subconscious - Spellbound (1945). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:21) What we've been watching (00:29:53) Spellbound (01:03:34) Final thoughts (01:08:10) Next week ---- Links Ian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ McKenzie

081 - THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991), plus Criterion Collection Announcements (Feb 2025)

Dec 02 2024 90 mins

Journey with us from the Bayou to the Big Apple as we discuss Barbra Streisand's sweeping melodrama that tackles some big themes with lots of questionable nuance. Plus, we also chat Criterion Collection Announcements for Feb 2025. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:30) What we've been watching (00:27:46) Criterion Collection Announcements for February 2025 (00:42:20) The Prince

080 - GILDA (1946), plus Criterion Channel Additions for December 2024

Nov 18 2024 70 mins

We're back from a spontaneous break with our connection to VICTIMS OF SIN. We're finishing out Noirvember with a truly classic film noir that features, quiet possibly, one of the magnetic screen performances of all time - Rita Hayworth in GILDA (1946). We also chat Criterion Channel additions for December 2024. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:08) What we've been watching (00

079 - VICTIMS OF SIN (1951)

Nov 04 2024 53 mins

We're back and accidentally falling ass backward into a lil Noirvember double feature. And, while our main event this week isn't exactly a noir - it is part noir, part melodrama, part dance picture, part crime story. We're discussing the undefinable and absolutely stunning Victims of Sin (1951) directed by Emilio Fernández and starring the phenomenal Ninón Sevilla. ---- Chapters

078 - CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), plus Criterion Collection announcements for January 2025

Oct 21 2024 75 mins

We continue our Spooky Season double feature and this time it's a little bit back to basics with a stripped down ghost story on a shoe-string budget with Herk Harvey's only narrative feature film, Carnival of Souls (1962). We also chat Criterion Collection and channel additions for January 2025 and November 2024 respectively. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:50) What we've be

077 - THE INNOCENTS (1961)

Oct 14 2024 70 mins

Happy Spooky Season to all who celebrate! This week we're getting scared white as a sheet as we talk about TRAUMA (or was it actually ghosts?) with Jack Clayton's incredibly atmospheric adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw ~ The Innocents (1961). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:57) What we've been watching (00:22:41) The Innocents (01:00:35) Final thoughts (01:0

076 - DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)

Oct 07 2024 71 mins

This week we pick back up talking about the pioneering female filmmaker and hot butch, Dorothy Arzner with her second to last film, Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:03) What we've been watching (00:26:40) Dance, Girl, Dance (00:58:36) Final thoughts (01:04:40) Listener Messages (01:07:03) Next week ---- Links Ian on ⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠ Mc

075 - MERRILY WE GO TO HELL (1932), plus Janus Contemporaries December 2024 Announcements

Sep 30 2024 60 mins

Journey back with us, to the era before the infamous Hollywood Hayes Code where debauchery was the norm. Men drank and married couples would have sex with other people! This week we talk pioneering female filmmaker and hot butch, Dorothy Arzner's Merrily We Go to Hell (1932). We also chat briefly about what is coming to Janus Contemporaries in December 2024. ---- Chapters (00:00:0

074 - RIFIFI (1955), plus Criterion Collection Additions for December 2024

Sep 23 2024 66 mins

Highly lauded by historians, the cult that is Letterboxd, and critics alike. But did we like Jules Dassin's Rififi, the seminal 50s heist classic of French cinema? There's only one way to find out. Grab your foam canister, umbrella, and chisel! Join us as we dig through the floor of the upstairs apartment and into this film as well as discuss whats coming to the Criterion C