Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode features panel conversations and 1:1 interviews offering insights on movies that premiered in a particular season of a year in the past, which were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by William Remmers, Bryan Fernandez, Josh Hornbeck, and Douglas McCambridge to discuss three titles from the Autumn of 1969: Ken Loach’s Kes, Ishiro Honda’s All Monsters Attack, and Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Color of Pomegranates.

Episode Time Markers

Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:04:22

Kes: 0:04:23 – 1:00:51

All Monsters Attack: 1:00:52 – 1:35:42

Burn: 1:35:43 – 2:25:21

Kes (11/15/69)

Guests: Bryan Fernandez and William Remmers

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Cinema’s Fringes

Combustible Celluloid

Common Sense Media

Criterion Confessions

Derek Winnert

Gone With the Twins

Ozu’s World

Roger Ebert

Strictly Film School

Studies in Cinema

Thrill Me Softly

Urban Cinefile

All Monsters Attack (12/20/69)

Guest: Josh Hornbeck

FilmStruck

Wikizilla

A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series (book by David Kalat)

Toho Champion Festival

And You Thought It Was… Safe?

Boba Fett 1138

Derek Winnert

Horror Cult Films

Japan Hero

Mother! oh god mother Blog! Blog!

Passport Cinema

The Spinning Image

Burn! (12/21/69)

Guest: Doug McCambridge

Criterion

New York Times

A Potpourri of Vestiges

A Regrettable Moment of Sincerity

Brooklyn Rail

Combustible Celluloid

IndieWire

TCM

Through the Shattered Lens

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Doug McCambridge [ Twitter / Website ]

Criterion Reflections logo designed by Brandon Blakeslee

Opening theme music: “Going to the Supermarket” by the Maroons (1980)