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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
