Homayoun Ershadi takes a picture of a couple from his automobile in Taste of Cherry (1997)

Canon Fodder – Taste of Cherry

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Taste of Cherry (1997; Dir.: Abbas Kiarostami) Canon Fodder Episode 16 On this week’s episode, Daniel and Corky drive through the streets of Sacramento looking for someone to help them unlock the secrets of Abbas Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or winner. But will your hosts cherish their Taste of Cherry or decide […]

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Roger Livesey as Clive Candy in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Canon Fodder – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943; Dir.: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) Canon Fodder Episode 15 On this week’s episode, old battle axes Daniel and Corky trade war stories with The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. But does this decades-spanning intimate epic from The Archers […]

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Falconetti as Joan of Arc praying in Carl Dreyer's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).

Canon Fodder – The Passion of Joan of Arc

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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 14 Daniel and Corky revisit Danish dandy Carl Dreyer with this review of his 1928 silent masterpiece. But do your hosts have a passion for Joan of Arc, or are they passin’ on Joan […]

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Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing.

Canon Fodder – Do the Right Thing

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Do the Right Thing (1989; Dir.: Spike Lee) Canon Fodder Episode 13 On a temperate day on separate streets in various sections of Sacramento, Corky and Daniel’s agreement about the brilliance of Do the Right Thing smolders and builds until it explodes into canon fire. DO THE RIGHT THING FACTS […]

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Los Olvidados (1950) - Directed by Luis Buñuel

Canon Fodder – Los Olvidados

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Los Olvidados (1950; Dir.: Luis Buñuel) Canon Fodder Episode 12 Your hardly young but certainly damned hosts Daniel and Corky review Luis Buñuel’s surrealistic neo-Realist classic. LOS OLVIDADOS FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound  2022 Critics List Ranking: #157 (tied) Mexican theatrical debut: Nov. 9, 1950 IMDB synopsis: […]

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A hand reaches into a handbag in a shot from Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959).

Canon Fodder – Pickpocket (1959)

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Pickpocket (1959; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 11 We wish we knew how to quit you, Robert Bresson! Daniel and Corky get their Bresson on with a review of the French master’s 1959 masterpiece Pickpocket. Will the film steal your host’s hearts, or will it leave them feeling […]

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