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Daniel Barnes

Co-host of the Dare Daniel and Canon Fodder podcasts and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.

Humphrey Bogart sitting on a bed in the film In a Lonely Place (1950).

Canon Fodder – In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place (1950; Dir.: Nicholas Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 22 This week, Daniel and Corky are In a Lonely Place, a fine enough place to visit but you wouldn’t want to have an existential crisis there. The jaded and cynical flipside to the lovingly ecstatic portrait of […]

Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly dancing together in Singin' in the Rain.

Canon Fodder – Singin’ in the Rain

Singin’ in the Rain (1952; Dir.: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly) Canon Fodder Episode 21 Daniel “The Royal Rascal” Barnes and Corky “The Dancing Cavalier” McDonnell gotta review  the iconic Singin’ in the Rain. But will this rainbow program put your hosts in a buttercup mood, or will […]

Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love (2000)

Canon Fodder – In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love (2000; Dir.: Wong Kar-wai) Canon Fodder Episode 20 Your hosts are in the mood for a sumptuously beautiful yet melancholy and mysterious masterpiece. Hong Kong legend Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love would seem to fit the bill, but will your hosts love it […]

Barbara Loden as the title character in Wanda (1970)

Canon Fodder – Wanda (1970)

Wanda (1970; Dir.: Barbara Loden) Canon Fodder Episode 19 On this episode, your hosts Wanda, Wanda who, who-oo-ooh, who, who wrote the book of love. Probably not Barbara Loden, who struck the mother Loden of bleakly pathetic romances with her groundbreaking and brilliant 1970 film Wanda. But will Corky […]

An image of a New York City storefront from Chantal Akerman's 1976 film News from Home.

Canon Fodder – News from Home

News from Home (1976; Dir.: Chantal Akerman) Canon Fodder Episode 18 Homesick Belgo-philes Daniel and Corky anxiously await News from Home. But does Akerman’s film have the mussels to keep your hosts from waffling? NEWS FROM HOME FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #52 […]

Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine in The Wild Bunch

Canon Fodder – The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch (1969; Dir.: Sam Peckinpah) Canon Fodder Episode 17 Aging cinephile Daniel and Corky face off against Sam Peckinpah’s violently apocalyptic western classic. But did the film drive your hosts wild, or did it get their panties in a bunch? THE WILD BUNCH FACTS & FIGURES […]