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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.

Liv Ullman, Kari Sylwan and Ingrid Thulin wearing white dresses in a red room in Ingmar Bergman's Cries & Whispers (1972)

Canon Fodder – Cries & Whispers

Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman) Canon Fodder Episode 37 Your hosts retreat to the red room in their most immaculately ivory-white finery to review this blistering chamber drama. But did this stylistically bold wringer from Swedish master Ingmar Bergman inspire cries of joy or whispers of […]

Kim Novak in profile in a scene from Vertigo

Canon Fodder – Vertigo

Vertigo (1958; Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock) Canon Fodder Episode 36 Daniel and Corky take a dizzying road trip through the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of Alfred Hitchcock’s mysterious and alluring Vertigo. Although neglected in its day, Vertigo famously knocked Citizen Kane off the top spot of the Sight & Sound poll […]

Madhabi Mukherjee holding spyglasses in the role of the title character of Charulata (1964)

Canon Fodder – Charulata

Charulata (1964; Dir.: Satyajit Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 35 After the French fever dream of India Song, Daniel and Corys take their first real trip to the home country of Bengali maestro Satyajit Ray. But were your hosts stimulated enough by this deceptively simple story of an under-stimulated […]

Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung share an intimate dance in a kitchen in the 1997 film Happy Together

Canon Fodder – Happy Together

Happy Together (1997; Dir.: Wong Kar-Wai) Canon Fodder Episode 34 Daniel and Corky rekindle their passion for Wong Kar-Wai by reviewing his 1997 film Happy Together. But were your hosts in the mood for loving this moody love story, or will they relegate it to the ashes of […]

Canon Fodder – The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman (1996; Dir.: Cheryl Dunye) Canon Fodder Episode 33 Daniel and Corky share their thoughts on Cheryl Dunye’s groundbreaking The Watermelon Woman, widely cited as the first feature film directed by an out black lesbian. But did your hosts love this lo-fi rom-com or was it the […]

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)

Canon Fodder – Memories of Underdevelopment

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968; Dir.: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) Canon Fodder Episode 32 Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell take their traveling medicine show to Castro-era to review this essential piece of Cuban cinema. But will your hosts hold fond memories of this gritty yet dreamy film, or are their […]