A hand reaches into a handbag in a shot from Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959).

Pickpocket (1959) – Canon Fodder Episode 11

Pickpocket (1959; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 11 We wish we knew how to quit you, Robert Bresson! Daniel and Corky get their Bresson on with a review of the French master’s 1959 masterpiece Pickpocket. Will the film steal your host’s hearts, or will it leave them feeling […]

Ordet (1955)

Ordet – Canon Fodder Episode 10

Ordet (1955; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 10 We’ve got Danes on our brains this week on the Canon Fodder podcast! Daniel and Corky review Danish master Carl Dreyer’s acclaimed Ordet, a story of spiritual schisms both internal and external. But can anyone repair the schism between […]

The Carousel of Cars in Jacques Tati's PlayTime (1967).

PlayTime (1967) – Canon Fodder Episode 9

PlayTime (1967; Dir.: Jacques Tati) Canon Fodder Episode 9 After a string of thematically heavy films, the Random Number Generator Gods decided Daniel and Corky were due for a little playtime. French auteur Jacques Tati’s landmark comedy epic PlayTime, that is! But will your hosts swing PlayTime into the Canon […]

François Leterrier in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped (1956)

A Man Escaped – Canon Fodder Episode 8

A Man Escaped (1956; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 8 Daniel and Corky continue their world tour through the masterpieces of cinema by reviewing French auteur Robert Bresson’s gripping prison drama. Will your hosts man up and Canon-ize the film, or will its appeal escape them? A MAN […]

Brigitte Mara and El Hedi ben Salem hold hands outside in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 movie Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul – Canon Fodder Episode 7

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 7 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974; Dir.: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Mismatched duo Daniel and Corky buck all society’s rules by putting schnitzel on their strudel  to review German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.  But will your […]

Yelena Kuzmina in By the Bluest of Seas (1936)

By the Bluest of Seas – Cannon Fodder Episode 6

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 6 By the Bluest of Seas (1936; Dir.: Boris Barnet) Shipwrecked cinephiles Daniel and Corky are whisked away to a collectivist paradise by Boris Barnet’s ebullient musical comedy. But will your hosts deem this enchantingly effervescent slice of vile Communist propaganda […]