The Criterionist: A Look At The Criterion Collection

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A look into the Criterion Collection, one spine number at a time. Each episode Darin looks at a movie from the Criterion Collection and shares what he thought.

Darin Skaggs


    • Mar 24, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES


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    Ep. 53: SANJURO (1962)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2016 21:50


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO.

    Ep. 52: YOJIMBO (1961)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2016 29:13


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO.

    Ep. 51: BRAZIL (1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016 31:35


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Terry Gilliam's 1985 film BRAZIL.

    Ep. 50: AND THE SHIP SAILS ON (1984)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 30:17


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Federico Fellini's 1984 film AND THE SHIP SAILS ON.

    Ep. 49: NIGHTS OF CABIRAI (1957)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2016 27:25


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Federico Fellini's 1957 film NIGHTS OF CABIRIA.

    Ep. 48: BLACK ORPHEUS (1959)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015 18:15


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Marcel Camus's BLACK ORPHEUS.

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    Ep. 47: INSOMNIA (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015 15:09


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Erik Skjoldbjærg's INSOMNIA.

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    Ep. 46 THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 15:26


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack's THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. He talks about its look at humanity and how it is much too short.

    Ep. 45: TASTE OF CHERRY (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2015 21:26


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Abbas Kiarostami's TASTE OF CHERRY. He talks about how beautiful and honest it is, even though it is about death.

    Ep. 44: THE RED SHOES (1948)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 13:12


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Michael Powell's and Emric Presberger's THE RED SHOES. He talks about how it takes a look at the movie making process and is very beautiful to look at.

    Ep. 43: LORD OF THE FLIES (1963)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2015 12:11


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Peter Brooks' LORD OF THE FLIES. He talks about how it challenges the human race and an organized society.

    Ep. 42: FISHING WITH JOHN (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2015 14:44


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about the weird and excellent six episode TV series FISHING WITH JOHN.

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    Ep. 41: HENRY V (1944)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2015 11:25


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Laurence Olivier's HENRY V and how it takes a new look at play to film adaptation.

    Ep. 40: ARMAGEDDON (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2015 24:13


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Michael Bay's ARMAGEDDON. He talks about how it is not very good, but has well made parts. He also talks about the last 10 movies with a sort of award show.

    Ep. 39: TOKYO DRIFTER (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2015 17:39


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Seijun Suzuki's TOKYO DRIFTER. He talks about how the crazy style and intentionally confusing story makes it a great movie and a great time.

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    Ep. 38: BRANDED TO KILL (1967)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 3:27


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Seijun Suzuki's BRANDED TO KILL. He talks about how cool it is because it is so weird.

    Ep. 37: TIME BANDITS (1981)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2015 18:31


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS. He talks about how he cannot connect with it but realizes it is very well made.

    Ep. 36: THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 21:10


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Henri-Gorges Clouzot's THE WAGES OF FEAR. He talks about the desperation of jobs and how intense this film is.

    Ep. 35: DIABOLIQUE (1955)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2015 14:19


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Henri-Gorges Clouzot's DIABOLIQUE. He talks about how creepy it is and how the film has one of cinema's first twists.

    Ep. 34: ANDREI RUBLEV (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 23:06


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Andrei Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV. He talks about how it is all about the influence of life can influence art and how the film should be a little shorter and it would be one of the best films ever made.

    Ep. 33: NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2015 13:43


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Robert J. Flahetry's NANOOK OF THE NORTH. He talks about how it is pretty simple and why the filmmaker staged most of the situations.

    Ep. 32: OLIVER TWIST (1948)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2015 14:25


    HE'S BACK! In this episode The Criterionist talks about David Lean's OLIVER TWIST. He talks about how the two David Lean directed Charles Dicken's adaptations are not his cup of tea and how much he loves movies where kids get knocked around.

    Ep. 31: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2014 30:17


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about David Lean's GREAT EXPECTATIONS. He talks about all the coincidences in the film even though the story lends itself to it.

    Ep. 30: M (1931)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014 47:41


    In this episode The Criterionist is joined by his wife to talk Fritz Lang's M. They talk about the great performance by Peter Lorre and the pros and cons of the judicial system.

    Ep 29: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2014 22:24


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Peter Weir's PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK. He talks about the eerie tone and the odd themes.

    Ep. 28: BLOOD FOR DRACULA (1974)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2014 14:45


    In this episode The Criterionist talks about Paul Morrisey's BLOOD FOR DRACULA. He talks about how weird it is and down right creepy.

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