About this podcast
🎬 Exploring the Criterion Collection, one spine at a time. In each episode, I sit down with film historians, critics, filmmakers, and scholars for in-depth conversations about a single film from the Criterion Collection. I'm Ron, and I guide these expert-driven discussions examining the artistry, cultural significance, and historical context of classic and contemporary cinema. From French New Wave masterpieces to American westerns, from experimental shorts to beloved classics, we unpack what…
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Why This Film?
About this podcast
🎬 Exploring the Criterion Collection, one spine at a time. In each episode, I sit down with film historians, critics, filmmakers, and scholars for in-depth conversations about a single film from the Criterion Collection. I'm Ron, and I guide these expert-driven discussions examining the artistry, cultural significance, and historical context of classic and contemporary cinema. From French New Wave masterpieces to American westerns, from experimental shorts to beloved classics, we unpack what…
Recent episodes
- Deep Cover (1992, Bill Duke) with Michael B. Gillespie - Criterion Collection Spine #108617 Aug · 1 h 15 min
- Matewan (1987, John Sayles) with Jack Ryan - Criterion Collection Spine #9996 Aug · 1 h 17 min
- The 39 Steps (1935, Alfred Hitchcock) with Sid Gottlieb - Criterion Collection Spine #5626 Jul · 1 h 20 min
- Birth (2004, Jonathan Glazer) with Carlos Aguilar - Criterion Collection Spine #129830 Jun · 1 h 14 min
- La cérémonie (1995, Claude Chabrol) with Girish Shambu - Criterion Collection Spine #11995 Jun · 1 h 13 min
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022, Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson) with Caleb Tyson - Criterion Collection Spine #12011 Jun · 52 min
- Kagemusha (1980, Akira Kurosawa) with Michael Repsch - Criterion Collection Spine #26725 Apr · 1 h 16 min
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson) with Chris Cook - Criterion Collection Spine #1577 Apr · 1 h 17 min
- The Thin Red Line (1998, Terrence Malick) with Jared Frederick - Criterion Collection Spine #53617 Mar · 1 h 19 min
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, Tim Burton) with Jesse Thorn - Criterion Collection Spine #12935 Mar · 1 h 23 min
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