Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) Canon Fodder Episode 52 Daniel and Corky crank up the city lights for the jaw-dropping dystopia of Fritz Lang’s fully restored Metropolis (1927). Directly or indirectly influencing a century of pop culture from Blade Runner to Diamond Dogs, Lang’s film continues to amaze and inspire. But did […]
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By Daniel Barnes My submitted ballot for the 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards: BEST PICTURE Caught by the Tides One Battle After Another It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value No Other Choice BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Jafar Panahi, […]
Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) Canon Fodder Episode 51 Daniel and Corky keep it Neo-Real with their review of Italian Neo-Realist icon Roberto Rossellini’s highly influential Paisan. Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood along the Allied path to victory. […]
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Vagabond (1985; Dir.: Agnes Varda) Canon Fodder Episode 50 Daniel and Corky explore the dark side of the sunny South of France with Agnes Varda’s 1985 movie Vagabond. Sandrine Bonnaire plays the equally frustrating and fascinating title character, a young woman trudging across the French countryside without passion or […]
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Die My Love (2025; Dir.: Lynne Ramsay) GRADE: C+ *Now playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and other select markets. IMDB Synopsis: “Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting […]
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Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 49 Daniel and Corky follow the song of the little road to 1910’s Bengal to review Pather Panchali, the first film in Satyajit Ray’s storied Apu Trilogy. Elsewhere, Daniel discusses the big winners and awards season favorites from this year’s […]
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