Category: Canon Fodder Episodes

Ana de Armas in an orange shawl being carried by two men in a shot from Eden (2025).

Daniel Reviews “Relay” and “Eden” (2025)

Eden (2025; Ron Howard) GRADE: B *Now playing. IMDB Synopsis: “Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.” Relay (2025; David Mackenzie) GRADE: B- […]

A man and a woman in the countryside in a shot from Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror.

Canon Fodder – Mirror (1975)

Mirror (1975; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky) Canon Fodder Episode 44 Daniel and Corky are in a reflective mood this week as they review Andrei Tarkovsky’s semi-auto-bio-tour-de-force Mirror. Did this dreamlike film shatter your hosts beliefs about the artistic possibilities of cinema, or were their expectations under glass? MIRROR (1975) FACTS […]

Jean-Pierre Leaud by the sea in the final shot from The 400 Blows (1959).

Canon Fodder – The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows (1959; Dir.: Francois Truffaut) Canon Fodder Episode 43 Daniel and Corky ride the French New Wave all the way back to boyhood with their review of The 400 Blows. Instantly recognizable to anyone who was ever a child, this debut film from Francois Truffaut helped […]

Cary Grant & Jean Arthur in Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Canon Fodder – Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings (1939; Dir.: Howard Hawks) Canon Fodder Episode 42 Your hosts continue their cinematic world tour by jetting to the fictional South American port town of Barranca. Only Angels Have Wings is one of the most revered movies by Howard Hawks. But were your hosts rapt-or with […]

A man and a woman wearing sunglasses smoke and drink by the pool in a scene from Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga (2001)

Canon Fodder – La Ciénaga

La Ciénaga (2001; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel) Canon Fodder Episode 41 Daniel and Corky drain the swamp with their review of New Argentine Cinema legend Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga. Your hosts are always down for a fetid pool party, and they already lost their heads to The Headless Woman. […]

A slumped man tied to a chair in an empty room in a scene from Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969).

Canon Fodder – Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows (1969; Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville) Canon Fodder Episode 40 Daniel and Corky celebrate the 40th episode of Canon Fodder with a sojourn to Nazi-occupied France for Army of Shadows. This stark, episodic look at the moral shadows of the French Resistance found a loyal following despite […]