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The Criterion Correction
Welcome to the Criterion Correction! In this podcast, we'll be delving into the Criterion Collection of films to try and figure out what each says about the craft of cinema and what, exactly, it takes to become part of the collection. Join us for rousing conversation and many, many references to gee...
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Ep. 197 – Bacurau
The real villainy in this world belongs to the corrupt politicians and systemic discrimination leveled at local and marginalized populations at the me...
Ep. 196 – Man Bites Dog
Three documentary filmmakers trail a serial killer in a mockumentary attempting to point out the violence that film can celebrate. However, does this...
Ep. 195 – Until the End of the World
Come around the world with us as we adventure into the future of 1999. You’ll feel like you’re at the heart of the action as you traverse the wondrous...
Ep. 194 – Still Walking
Not all family problems can be sorted out in the span of a single day. But there are often bonds that connect us to those who came before. Join us for...
Ep. 193 – The Sacrifice
Escape to the wild free country of…World War III. Or is it? Regardless, you’re in for a heartwarming tale as we take a look at Andrei Tarkovsky’s fina...
Ep. 192 – The Handmaid’s Tale
There are dystopias and there are dystopias. Welcome to Gilead, where all your repressive nightmares are true and marketing executives are the new rul...
Ep. 191 – One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
Sometimes there are different paths open to us all. Apple and Suzanne know this better than most, keeping a friendship alive despite a difference of l...
Ep. 190 – A Boy and His Dog
Welcome to Fury Road. Or rather, just a desert in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where bands of nomads scrounge for food and sex. Or you can contrast th...
Ep. 189 – Sanjuro
The samurai with no name returns in another caper. Watch as Toshiro Mifune outwits and outfights his opponents in Akira Kurosawa’s Sanjuro.
Ep. 188 – Yojimbo
The original man with no name isn’t Clint Eastwood. That honor goes to Toshiro Mifune, in one of his most iconic samurai roles. So, how can one bodygu...
Ep. 187 – Daughters of the Dust
This week we take a look at the first widely distributed film directed by a Black woman. As part of their efforts to highlight Black filmmakers, the C...
Ep. 186 – The Daytrippers
What’s more fun than a road trip with family? Well, a road trip with family to determine if your partner is having an affair. Wacky hijinks ensue in T...
Ep. 185 – The Marriage of Maria Braun
Someday we’ll be through the thick of this and get to our lives. After we have a home. And a family. And after a murder or two. Maria’s living a life...
Ep. 184 – Ariel
We’re returning to the oeuvre of Aki Kaurismaki this week and the middle segment of his Proletariat Trilogy (having unintentionally skipped the first...
Ep. 183 – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
In this episode, the dead really do speak. Well, the sort of dead. Okay, the temporarily bodily misplaced, if we’re being accurate. Join us for some s...
Ep. 182 – 8 1/2
The Dead Speak! Calamity strikes as four episodes of the Criterion Collection were unceremoniously lost due to poor file management. Authorities are o...
Ep. 180 – Naked
After a long lockdown hiatus, we’re back with an episode recorded back in the rosy days of early February. Except, it isn’t exactly a rosy film. No, w...
Ep. 179 – Metropolitan
Did you ever wish that you could roam among the high society elites? Go to cocktail parties every night? Have deep (and not-so-deep) philosophical con...
Ep. 178 – Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
The adventures of a legendary executioner father and his toddler protege continue in the second adventure of Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River...
Repost: Ep. 33 – Seven Samurai
Greetings listeners, and please forgive us the disruption as we hold between two parts of Lone Wolf and Cub. While we handle some off-cast logistics,...
Ep. 177 – Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Are you a fan of the Mandalorian? Loving Mando and Baby Yoda? Well, not every samurai movie features a stroller of death and a lovable father/son dyna...
Ep. 175 – Kicking and Screaming
This week we watch Dazed and Confused: The College Years, better known as Kicking and Screaming. Behold as young men of privilege struggle to find a p...
Off Collection 24 – Virginia Film Festival
Ed discusses his experience and his viewings at the 2019 Virginia Film Festival.
Ep. 174 – The Last Metro
This week we’ve got acting, we’ve got drama critics, and yes, we’ve got Nazis with Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro. We also have subpar audio for p...
Ep. 173 – Police Story 2
This week we’re headed into sequel territory and revisiting Hong Kong’s best supercop in Jackie Chan’s Police Story 2.
Ep. 172 – Police Story
With our spooktacular October fright-fest in the past, this week we look to another genre of films entirely. Get ready for high intensity hijinks with...
Ep. 171 – Night of the Living Dead
Before they were walkers, they were…well…they were kind of unnamed. But they definitely gave rise to the modern interpretations of Zombies. Let’s take...
Ep. 170 – Jigoku
Dr. Zed sincerely hopes there isn’t an otherworldly punishment for getting the podcast up a day late, since Jigoku’s depiction of the bowels of Hell c...
(Repost) Ep. 128 – Repulsion
It’s the spooky season and we’re taking a look back at one of the spookier movies we’ve watched in the past. Join us for a little Repulsion.
Ep. 169 – Macbeth
This week we’re taking inspiration from the Bard and exploring the tragic tale of one Macbeth. However, this isn’t your average stage production; get...
Ep. 168 – Antichrist
We’ve seen Willem Dafoe playing the role of Jesus before, but how will he fare in Lars von Trier’s depiction of the hell on earth that we all face? Jo...
Ep. 167 – Blow Out
Did you think John Travolta was compelling in Grease? Magnificent in Pulp Fiction? Well, he’s stepping off the dance floor and into the recording stud...
Ep. 166 – Saraband
Wait, you thought we were done with the adventures of Johan and Marianne? Didn’t you watch the final episode of Scenes from a Marriage? That was clear...
Ep. 165 – Scenes from a Marriage, Ch. 5 & 6
This week, we bring the sage of Johan and Marianne to a close. Will they reconcile? Is marriage truly the strongest bond on earth? Can Ingmar Bergman...
Ep. 164 – Scenes from a Marriage, Ch. 3 & 4
Another week, another reminder that all that is warm and rosy is destined to wither and fade. Sorry, we rejoin Ingmar Bergman this week for the contin...
Ep. 163 – Scenes from a Marriage, Ch. 1 & 2
Marriage. It can be pretty trying. But leave it to Ingmar Bergman to take a deeper look at this wonderful social institution and leave us with a “real...
OC23 – Always Be My Maybe
Best believe, I watched Keanu Reeves in a Netflix Movie that was way better than Speed.
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OC 22 – Midsommar
Dr. Zed is moving to Ireland, which is…kind of near Sweden, so he thought the podcast would take a look at the ethnographic documentary, Midsommar. Af...
Ep. 162 – Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth I travels in time to a punk dystopian 1970s England. Do you really need to know anything else? It’s bonkers, but is it good? Find out...