Lost in Criterion

The Silence of the Lambs won an Oscar. It's consistantly listed as one of the best movies made, with the best villian around. Pat hated it. He makes some really good points.

Pat and Adam ruminate on the nature of comedy and relax as they finally get to talk about an American movie they've both already seen: Rob Reiner's This is Spinal Tap (1984).

Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal is an amazing and complex classic, as heavy as it is heady, and any constrained discussion of it cannot do it justice, especially when the guys talking about it are tired and hot and sick. But we do so try.

Is it just me or does watching this movie make anyone else feel a little unclean?

Pat and Adam dive into their second John Woo film, this time viewing Hard Boiled (1992), the last film the director made before moving to America.

This week Pat and Adam talk about John Woo's 1989 film The Killer which is really a microcosm of John Woo film tropes: gun-fu, Christian symbolism, and doves! Plus Chow Yun-Fat! It's the perfect John Woo experience with none of the nasty Nicolas Cage aftertaste.

Pat and Adam take a trip on the Titanic and find it rather entertaining and surprisingly thought-provoking, Also, Pat made a huge mistake.

This week the boys get Lost in Jean Cocteau's 1946 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and are left a bit underwhelmed.

This week Pat and Adam talk about Francois Truffaut's intence and beautiful 1959 drama The 400 Blows.

Pat and Adam dive into the semi-autobiographical romp that is Federico Fellini's 1973 coming-of-age tale Armacord.

The Adam Glass and John Patrick Owatari-Dorgan are on a mission to watch every movie in the Cirterion Collection, this week they're talking about The Lady Vanishes, Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 comedic mystery.

The Adam Glass and John Patrick Owatari-Dorgan of WithTwoBrains.com discuss Akira Kurosawa's 1954 epic Seven Samurai, a movie that doesn't feel nearly as long as it is.

Lost in Criterion watches The Grand Illusion (1937)

The Adam Glass and John Patrick Owatari-Dorgan of Withtwobrains.com discuss Die Hard with guest, Andy Heney, in their new podcast, Lost in Criterion.