Videodrome (1983; Dir.: David Cronenberg) Canon Fodder Episode 39 Daniel and Corky put on their finest Canadian tuxedos to review James Woods in the body horror classic Videodrome. But did your hosts “open up to” Cronenberg’s vision, or were their torso tape players incompatible with the film’s McLuhan-inspired medium-is-the-message? […]
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Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini) Canon Fodder Episode 38 “When the puffballs soar, winter is no more.” Daniel and Corky sail down memory lane to 1930s Italy for this beguiling semi-pseudo-autobiographical masterwork from Il Maestro. But did this highly influential film give your hosts stardust memories or leave […]
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025; Christopher McQuarrie) GRADE: B *Now playing everywhere. In this change-of-pace mini-episode, Sacramento film critic Daniel Barnes shares his thoughts on the latest Mission: Impossible film. Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about auteurs, McQu-auteurs, horny submarine crews and the unfortunate Spectre-ization of the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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