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Canon Fodder Best of 2024

Canon Fodder Best of 2024 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review their favorite films and moments from the first 29 episodes of the Canon Fodder podcast. Your hosts also offer bonus mini-reviews and rulings on disputed films such as Before Night Falls, City Lights, The Rules […]

A man in a white shirt leans over a shirtless prisoner in Sarah Maldoror's 1972 film Sambizanga.

Canon Fodder – Sambizanga

Sambizanga (1972; Dir.: Sarah Maldoror) Canon Fodder Episode 29 Daniel and Corky finally bring their cinematic world tour caravan to Africa for this film from pioneering director Sarah Maldoror. Set during the early days of the Angolan War for Independence, Sambizanga is a gripping political statement in the style of […]

Daniel’s 2024 SFBAFCC Awards Ballot

By Daniel Barnes My complete ballot for the 2024 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards: BEST PICTURE Hard Truths Anora Flow Touch Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga BEST DIRECTOR Sean Baker, Anora Mike Leigh, Hard Truths Matteo Garrone, Io Capitano George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max […]

A woman covering her eyes in Sergei Parajanov's 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates.

Canon Fodder – The Color of Pomegranates

The Color of Pomegranates (1969; Dir.: Sergei Parajanov) Canon Fodder Episode 28 Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to 18th century Armenia for this singular work inspired by the life of poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. But did your hosts find The Color of Pomegranates to be Pom wonderful […]

Come and See (1985), directed by Elem Klimov

Canon Fodder – Come and See

Come and See (1985; Dir.: Elem Klimov) Canon Fodder Episode 27 Daniel and Corky behold the pale horse by braving Elem Klimov’s emotionally shattering WWII waking nightmare Come and See. But will your hosts come to see Come and See as a revelation, or will the fourth beast say, […]

A haunting black and white image of a shadowy figure holding a sickle and ringing a bell from Vampyr (1932).

Canon Fodder – Vampyr (1932)

Vampyr (1932; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 26 Although it was booed upon its 1932 premiere and played to hostile crowds during its initial release, time has been kind to Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr. Will Daniel and Corky be just as kind, or do they have a […]