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 […]

Daniel’s 2023 SFBAFCC Awards Ballot

By Daniel Barnes My submitted ballot for the 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards: BEST PICTURE The Zone of Interest Monster Killers of the Flower Moon All of Us Strangers The Boy and the Heron BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Jonathan […]

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, […]