A Touch of Zen (1971; Dir.: King Hu) Canon Fodder Episode 59 In this highly enlightened episode, Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to Taiwan to review King Hu’s widescreen wuxia epic. A story of corruption, subterfuge, and ghosts both real and imaginary, A Touch of Zen starts slow but […]
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Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 9 Interminably disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes is back with another episode of his wet and wild Single Take podcast. This week, Daniel reviews Riz Ahmed, all melancholy and no Dane in the title role of Aneil Karia’s reimagined Hamlet (2026). Daniel also offers […]
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Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 8 Irregularly disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes is back with another episode of his boffo blockbuster Single Take podcast. Although he was never really a plumber, Daniel shook up the 2008 presidential race when he confronted Barack Obama about… Oh shoot, I’m […]
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The Night of the Hunter (1955; Dir.: Charles Laughton) Canon Fodder Episode 58 Daniel and Corky are leaning… leaning… leaning on the everlasting charms of Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton’s stone-cold masterpiece The Night of the Hunter. Unquestionably the greatest film directed by someone who only made one […]
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Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 7 Regularly disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes returns with another episode of his world record-setting Single Take podcast. One of the first true MySpace celebrities, Daniel is best known for starring in the reality show A Shot at Love, although a controversial […]
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Brief Encounter (1945; Dir.: David Lean) Canon Fodder Episode 57 On this very stiff-upper-lip episode, Daniel and Corky make a date to review David Lean’s masterful romance Brief Encounter. A seemingly simple yet remarkably complex story of an illicit affair elevated by Lean’s cinematic mastery, Brief Encounter set a standard […]
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