Category: Movie Podcasts

The Carousel of Cars in Jacques Tati's PlayTime (1967).

Canon Fodder – PlayTime (1967)

PlayTime (1967; Dir.: Jacques Tati) Canon Fodder Episode 9 After a string of thematically heavy films, the Random Number Generator Gods decided Daniel and Corky were due for a little playtime. French auteur Jacques Tati’s landmark comedy epic PlayTime, that is! But will your hosts swing PlayTime into the Canon […]

François Leterrier in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped (1956)

Canon Fodder – A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped (1956; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 8 Daniel and Corky continue their world tour through the masterpieces of cinema by reviewing French auteur Robert Bresson’s gripping prison drama. Will your hosts man up and Canon-ize the film, or will its appeal escape them? A MAN […]

Brigitte Mara and El Hedi ben Salem hold hands outside in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 movie Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Canon Fodder – Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 7 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974; Dir.: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Mismatched duo Daniel and Corky buck all society’s rules by putting schnitzel on their strudel  to review German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.  But will your […]

Yelena Kuzmina in By the Bluest of Seas (1936)

Canon Fodder – By the Bluest of Seas

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 6 By the Bluest of Seas (1936; Dir.: Boris Barnet) Shipwrecked cinephiles Daniel and Corky are whisked away to a collectivist paradise by Boris Barnet’s ebullient musical comedy. But will your hosts deem this enchantingly effervescent slice of vile Communist propaganda […]

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Canon Fodder – Battleship Potemkin

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 5 Battleship Potemkin (1925; Dir.: Sergei Eisenstein) Daniel and Corky talk montages, meat, maggots, mutinies and more in their review of the iconic Soviet silent masterpiece Battleship Potemkin. BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN  FACTS & FIGURES Theatrical debut: Dec. 21, 1925 Sight & Sound […]

Canon Fodder – Bicycle Thieves

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 4 Bicycle Thieves (1948; Dir.: Vittorio De Sica) Daniel and Corky walk the streets of Sacramento in a futile search for a film more achingly beautiful than the Italian Neo-Realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves. BICYCLE THIEVES  FACTS & FIGURES Theatrical debut: Nov. 24, […]