Category: Canon Fodder Episodes

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

By on • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS

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

By on

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS

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

Canon Fodder – Andrei Rublev

By on

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS

Canon Fodder – A Touch of Zen

By on

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS

A boy watches a rider in the distance in a shot from The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Canon Fodder – The Night of the Hunter

By on

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS

Celia Johnson stands in front of a door looking distraught in a black-and-white image from Brief Encounter (1945).

Canon Fodder – Brief Encounter

By on

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 […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS