Lars Rudolph as János Valuska in closeup while a crowd gathers in the background in a scene from Bela Tarr's black-and-white film, Werckmeister Harmonies.

Canon Fodder – Werckmeister Harmonies

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Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr) Canon Fodder Episode 64 With the cold, dead eyes of stuffed whales, cinematic world travelers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell finally arrive in a remote, fog-shrouded Hungarian village to review Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies. Composed of just 39 shots in 145 minutes, […]

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A close-up of a bride with tears in her eyes from the 1934 black-and-white film L'Atalante.

Canon Fodder – L’Atalante

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L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo) Canon Fodder Episode 63 Corky McDonnell and his slovenly first mate Daniel Barnes continue their cinematic world tour with the most magically dreamlike movie ever set in a fetid, filthy, French canal. It’s no stretch to say that the 29-year-old Vigo killed himself […]

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Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer look in the same direction in a shot from Out of the Past (1947)

Canon Fodder – Out of the Past

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Out of the Past (1947; Dir.: Jacques Tourneur) Canon Fodder Episode 62 Daniel and Corky take a long drive into the past to review Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas in Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past. The epitome of film noir, Out of the Past is everything your […]

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A crying woman in a red jacket is comforted by a woman dressed all in green in a scene from The Green Ray (1986).

Canon Fodder – The Green Ray

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The Green Ray (1986; Dir.: Eric Rohmer) Canon Fodder Episode 61 After spending several months deciding where to hold the annual Canon Fodder company retreat, Daniel and Corky slouch all the way from Cherbourg to Biarritz to review Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray. Also known as Le Rayon […]

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Anatoliy Solonitsyn in a black head covering in the woods in the title role of Andrei Rublev (1966)

Canon Fodder – Andrei Rublev

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Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky) Canon Fodder Episode 60 For their latest cinematic adventure, Daniel and Corky take a hang-gliding tour of 15th century Russia to review Andrei Tarkovsky’s remarkable Andrei Rublev. A visually awe-inspiring anti-biopic of the legendary icon painter, Andrei Rublev is about faith and art trampled […]

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Canon Fodder – A Touch of Zen

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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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