The Criterion Project

Apr 08 2024 113 ep. 47 mins

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With the start of the Criterion Channel, Rachel Wagner and Conrado Falco thought it would be fun, once a month, to talk about a film offered there. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support

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AFI 100 Passions List

Apr 08 2024 56 mins

With Rachel wrapping up her project to review every movie in the AFI 100 Years... 100 Passions list, we decided to take a look at this fun but kind of baffling list and pick out some of our favorite movies. What criterion has been used to rank these love stories? It's hard to say! Movies discussed in this episode: Beauty and the Beast The Bridges of Madison County It Happe

Raging Bull

Mar 18 2024 36 mins

Conrado and Rachel talk about RAGING BULL, the dark and violent biography of boxer Jake LaMotta, played in a transformative performance by Robert De Niro. Directed by the great Martin Scorsese, it has been praised by many critics as one of the best movies ever made. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the

Oscar Recommendations and Predictions!

Mar 03 2024 54 mins

In this special Oscar episode, we not only give out predictions of which movies will win awards at next Sunday's ceremony, but we also recommend a similar movie to each of the Best Picture nominees! Movies discussed in this episode include: Bamboozled Certified Copy Enchanted Princess Cyd There Will Be Blood Phantom Thread The Aviator In the Mood for Love Female Trouble The A

Defending Your Life

Feb 20 2024 43 mins

Rachel and Conrado talk about DEFENDING YOUR LIFE: written, directed and starring the great Albert Brooks. In this fantasy rom-com, a neurotic man dies and finds himself in "Judgment City", where he will have to mount a legal defense for having lived a good and worthy life. Also starring Meryl Streep, Lee Grant, and a hilarious Rip Torn as the protagonist's defense at

The Yards with Collin Brinkmann

Jan 29 2024 52 mins

Conrado and Rachel are joined by Collin Brinkmann, author of Intimate Impressions: The Cinema of James Gray — the first monograph / critical biography on James Gray in English - to talk about Gray's second feature THE YARDS, a mournful crime saga starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and Charlize Theron. We talk about what makes Gray special, why he's so underrated as a

Inside Llewyn Davis with Abie Sidell

Jan 15 2024 60 mins

Rachel and Conrado are joined by filmmaker Abie Sidell to talk about INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, the Coen Brothers' anti-epic starring Oscar Isaac as a prickly folk musician trying to make it in early sixties Greenwich Village. Watch Abie Sidell's CRAM now on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram Watch Matt Farley's LOCAL LEGENDS: https://www.amazon.com/Local-Legends-

Meet John Doe

Jan 01 2024 46 mins

Happy New Year! We're back with a regular episode of the podcast, with a forgotten Christmas gem from Frank Capra. MEET JOHN DOE was meant to be the "Mr. Deeds of 1941", but instead is a much more fascinating movie in which Barbara Stanwyck inadvertently molds Gary Cooper into the most popular and inspiring man in America. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings a

Hidden Gems of 2023

Dec 11 2023 49 mins

Rachel and Conrado recommend some of their favorite movies of the year, in particular the ones that you might not have heard about yet! Discussed in this episode: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Country Gold Mars Express Master Gardener Prom Pact Totem Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-pr

New Movies: The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and many more!

Nov 28 2023 54 mins

Rachel and Conrado run through their thoughts on an assortment of new releases, most of them playing in a theater near you! Plus: did Conrado correctly predict what would be Rachel's favorite movies of 2023? Movies covered in this episode: The Holdovers The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro May December Napoleon Nyad Poor Things Priscilla Rustin Follow us on

New York Film Festival 2023 with Trevor Wallace

Oct 18 2023 76 mins

Conrado and Rachel are joined by their great friend Trevor Wallace to talk about the movies they saw at the New York Film Festival! Movies covered in this episode: The Beast The Delinquents Eureka Fallen Leaves Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Janet Planet La Chimera Maestro The Night Visitors Perfect Days The Settlers Strange Way of Life The Sweet East The Taste of Things