Lost in Criterion
Summary: The Adam Glass and John Patrick Owatari-Dorgan, attempt the sisyphean task of watching every movie in the ever-growing Criterion Collection and talk about them. Want to support us? We'll love you for it: www.Patreon.com/LostInCriterion
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Podcasts:
Donovan Hill joins us for more deconstruction of Samurai Jidaigeki.
Jane Campion adapts Janet Frame's depressing yet triumphant life story.
It's fun to have friends!
When a very progressive message is still not progressive enough. CW: Rape. Systematic rape.
It's our second to last Suzuki film in the collection! Unless they add more before we're done in 15 years.
I'd call this peak Bresson, but I think Bresson will surprise me.
“Recommending a Dostoevsky book is like telling someone to get a second job.”
A movie written by a clearly insane rightwing demagogue. Great.
Our final Asquith finds us with another theater adaptation, this one much less faithful than The Importance of Being Earnest, but all the better for it.
Don’t confuse simplicity for simple-mindedness.
Walter Mitty: Murderer
We can read a political message into anything, but that doesn't mean it's not really there.
There will come a time when I just remember the good parts of Phantom of Liberty as being part of the better Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The greatest sports documentary is also an indictment of racism and classism in America.
Orson Welles presents a film essay that doubles as a lesson in healthy skepticism.