Category: Canon Fodder Episodes

Canon Fodder – Mouchette

Mouchette (1967; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 24 Daniel and Corky continue their cinematic world tour with a sojourn to the French countryside, which is apparently not as idyllic as those Expedia ads would have you believe. It’s our third round with French master Robert Bresson, with […]

María Onetto riding in a car in The Headless Woman (2008)

Canon Fodder – The Headless Woman

The Headless Woman (2008; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel) Canon Fodder Episode 23 Daniel and Corky continue their world tour with a stop in Argentina to sample the Salta-flavored cinema of Lucrecia Martel. But will your hosts lose their heads with praise for The Headless Woman, or are they truly […]

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 […]