Category: Movie Podcasts

Alia Shawkut and Callum Turner stand on either side of a car parked on a deserted road in a scene from the movie Atropia (2026).

Single Take – “Atropia” & “Mercy”

Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 1 Atropia (2026; Dir.: Hailey Gates) DANIEL SAYS: DUMP IT *Now playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and other select markets. IMDB Synopsis: “Follows an aspiring actress working on a U.S. military base that simulates an Iraqi war zone.” Mercy (2026; […]

Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo dance near the beach in a scene from Pierrot le Fou (1965).

Canon Fodder – Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou (1965; Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard) Canon Fodder Episode 53 Daniel and Corky go on the lam with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina to review Jean-Luc Godard’s apocalyptic road movie Pierrot le Fou. But were your hosts Vague-ly entranced by Godard’s Nouvelle vision, or did they act the Fou? PIERROT […]

Zhao Tao touches a robot in Caught by the Tides

Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2025

Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2025 Quasi-disgraced pseudo-critic Daniel Barnes takes a solo excursion through the year in cinema to share his best and worst films of 2025. Daniel also discusses some of the awards contenders, blockbusters and bombs that did not make either of his lists. […]

The cast of Distant Voices, Still Lives

Canon Fodder Best of 2025

Canon Fodder Best of 2025 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review their favorite films and moments from the last year of the Canon Fodder podcast. Your hosts also offer bonus mini-reviews and rulings on disputed films such as Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, Bound, Salvatore […]

A nightmarish vision of workers being forced into the mouth of Moloch in a scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927)

Canon Fodder – Metropolis (1927)

Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) Canon Fodder Episode 52 Daniel and Corky crank up the city lights for the jaw-dropping dystopia of Fritz Lang’s fully restored Metropolis (1927). Directly or indirectly influencing a century of pop culture from Blade Runner to Diamond Dogs, Lang’s film continues to amaze and inspire. But did […]

An American WWII soldier speaks with an Italian girl in a black-and-white image from Paisan (1946).

Canon Fodder – Paisan (1946)

Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) Canon Fodder Episode 51 Daniel and Corky keep it Neo-Real with their review of Italian Neo-Realist icon Roberto Rossellini’s highly influential Paisan. Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood along the Allied path to victory. […]