Criterion Reflections

Criterion Reflections

By David BlakesleeTV & Film
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Criterion Reflections episodes

  • Criterion Reflections – Episode 138 – Melvin Van Peebles’ Don’t Play Us Cheap

    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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Aaron Strand to discuss Don’t Play Us Cheap, directed by Melvin Van Peebles. The film was released in the box set Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films, and is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

    Episode Links:
    MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
    • The Criterion Collection
    • The Criterion Channel
    • Letterboxd
    • Wikipedia
    • Black Film Archive
    • BlackPast
    • Directors Guild of America (video interview)
    • Film School Rejects
    • The History Makers
    • Ohio Wesleyan University (MVP’s alma mater)
    • Pop Matters
    • Red Bull Music Academy (2008 lecture)
    • TCM 
    • Third Man Books
    • Variety – Ten Essential Works 
    • New York Times (obituary)
    • Behind the Slate (podcast series on Melvin Van Peebles)
    • Criterion Reflections Episode 50 – Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song
    • DON’T PLAY US CHEAP
      • The Criterion Collection
      • The Criterion Channel
      • Wikipedia
      • Letterboxd
      • Playbill (original Broadway theatrical program)
      • AV Club
      • Cinepassion
      • Department of Afro American Research Arts & Culture
      • Every 70s Movie
      • National Review
      • Pop Matters
      • Slant
      • Behind the Slate
      • PREVIOUSLY:
        HANZO THE RAZOR
        UP NEXT:
        CRIES AND WHISPERS
        MORE!
        • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
        • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
        • The Eclipse Viewer
        • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
        • CONTACT US:
          • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
          • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
          • Aaron Strand [ Website / Instagram (personal) / TikTok / Podcast / Instagram (podcast) ]
          • 1 hr 28 min
          • Criterion Reflections – Episode 137 – Hanzo the Razor

            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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and David Seeley to discuss three films featuring Hanzo the Razor, all starring Shintaro Katsu, best known for his portrayal of Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman. The films were released between 1972 and 1974, and are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

            Episode Links:
            SHINTARO KATSU
            • The Criterion Collection
            • The Criterion Channel
            • Letterboxd
            • Wikipedia
            • Cagey Films
            • Eastern Kicks
            • HANZO THE RAZOR
              • The Criterion Channel
                • Sword of Justice
                • The Snare
                • Who’s Got the Gold?
                • Wikipedia
                • Letterboxd
                  • Sword of Justice
                  • The Snare
                  • Who’s Got the Gold?
                  • Apocalypse Later
                  • Asian Movie Pulse
                  • Filmofile’s Hideout
                  • Grindhouse Database
                  • Hong Kong Cinema: View from the Brooklyn Bridge
                  • MyReviewer
                  • No Name Movie Blog
                  • Projected Figures
                  • The Spinning Image
                  • Toho Kingdom
                  • PREVIOUSLY:
                    SISTERS
                    UP NEXT:
                    DON’T PLAY US CHEAP
                    MORE!
                    • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                    • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                    • The Eclipse Viewer
                    • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                    • CONTACT US:
                      • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                      • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                      • David Seeley [ FilmSwap Podcast ]
                      • 1 hr 8 min
                      • Criterion Reflections – Episode 136 – Brian De Palma’s Sisters

                        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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by first-time guest Robert Baum and Richard Doyle to discuss Sisters, directed by Brian De Palma.

                        Episode Links:
                        BRIAN DE PALMA
                        • The Criterion Collection
                        • The Criterion Channel
                        • Letterboxd
                        • Wikipedia
                        • Cineaste
                        • Cinephilia & Beyond
                        • Film Comment
                        • FilmDaze
                        • JustWatch
                        • MovieWeb
                        • ScreenRant
                        • Senses of Cinema
                        • They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?
                        • SISTERS
                          • The Criterion Collection
                          • The Criterion Channel
                          • Wikipedia
                          • Letterboxd
                          • Boston Phoenix (1973)
                          • Pittsburgh Press (1973)
                          • Roger Ebert (1973)
                          • Roger Ebert (2018)
                          • Village Voice (1973)
                          • Cinepassion
                          • Dennis Schwarz
                          • Life Between Frames
                          • Midnight Only
                          • Reverse Shot
                          • Rock! Shock! Pop!
                          • Slant
                          • Tilt Magazine
                          • PREVIOUSLY:
                            EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY
                            UP NEXT:
                            HANZO THE RAZOR TRILOGY
                            MORE!
                            • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                            • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                            • The Eclipse Viewer
                            • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                            • CONTACT US:
                              • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                              • Robert Baum [ Letterboxd ]
                              • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                              • 1 hr 32 min
                              • Criterion Reflections – Episode 135 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
                                https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/1682/24/Criterion-Reflections-Episode-135-Eight-Hours-Dont-Make-a-Day.mp3

                                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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Josh Hornbeck, William Remmers, and David Seeley to discuss Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

                                Episode Links:
                                RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
                                • The Criterion Collection
                                • The Criterion Channel
                                • Letterboxd
                                • Wikipedia
                                • JustWatch
                                • Fassbinder Foundation
                                • Slate
                                • TSPDT
                                • Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
                                  • The Criterion Collection
                                  • The Criterion Channel
                                  • Wikipedia
                                  • Letterboxd
                                  • Fassbinder Foundation
                                  • CriterionCast (2018 Theatrical Review)
                                  • ArtForum
                                  • Cagey Films
                                  • Cinetarium
                                  • DiscDish
                                  • Film Comment
                                  • Film International
                                  • Ion Cinema
                                  • New York Times
                                  • The Mookse and the Gripes
                                  • PopMatters
                                  • Slant
                                  • Village Voice
                                  • World Cinema Review
                                  • World Socialist Website
                                  • PREVIOUSLY:
                                    LAST TANGO IN PARIS
                                    UP NEXT:
                                    SISTERS
                                    MORE!
                                    • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                    • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                    • The Eclipse Viewer
                                    • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                    • CONTACT US:
                                      • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                      • Josh Hornbeck [ Website / Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                      • William Remmers [ Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                      • David Seeley [ Facebook / Podcast / YouTube ]
                                      • 1 hr 45 min
                                      • Criterion Reflections – Episode 134 – Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris

                                        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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Stephanie Conti, Richard Doyle, and Josh Hornbeck to discuss Last Tango in Paris, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

                                        Episode Links:
                                        Bernardo Bertolucci
                                        • The Criterion Collection
                                        • The Criterion Channel
                                        • Wikipedia
                                        • Letterboxd
                                        • Far Out
                                        • Senses of Cinema
                                        • They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?
                                        • Guardian (obituary)
                                        •  Last Tango in Paris
                                            • The Criterion Collection
                                            • Wikipedia
                                            • Letterboxd
                                            • New Yorker (Pauline Kael, 1972)
                                            • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                            • New York Times (1973)
                                            • Pittsburgh Press (1973)
                                            • Village Voice (Molly Haskell, 1972)
                                            • Village Voice (Andrew Sarris, 1973)
                                            • 1001 Movies
                                            • A Potpourri of Vestiges
                                            • Cinepassion
                                            • Cinesthesia
                                            • Cole Smithey
                                            • Dennis Schwarz
                                            • Derek Winnert
                                            • Every 70s Movie
                                            • Film Fanatic
                                            • Movie Magazine International
                                            • Scoopy
                                            • Slant
                                            • Wide Screenings
                                            • PREVIOUSLY:
                                              THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS
                                              UP NEXT:
                                              EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY
                                              MORE!
                                              • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                              • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                              • The Eclipse Viewer
                                              • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                              • CONTACT US:
                                                • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                • Stephanie Conti [ Website / YouTube / Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                                • Josh Hornbeck [ Website / Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                                • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                • 2 hr 40 min
                                                • Criterion Reflections – Episode 133 – Bob Rafelson’s The King of Marvin Gardens

                                                  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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle to discuss The King of Marvin Gardens, directed by Bob Rafelson.

                                                  Episode Links:
                                                  Bob Rafelson
                                                  • BobRafelson.com (Official Site)
                                                  • The Criterion Collection
                                                  • Wikipedia
                                                  • Letterboxd
                                                  • American Cinematheque
                                                  • Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
                                                  • The Guardian
                                                  • Hollywood Reporter 
                                                  • New York Times
                                                  • TCM
                                                  • Variety
                                                  • The King of Marvin Gardens
                                                    • The Criterion Collection
                                                    • Wikipedia
                                                    • Letterboxd
                                                    • New York Times (1972)
                                                    • Pittsburgh Press (1973)
                                                    • Village Voice (1972)
                                                    • The Guardian (1999)
                                                    • Basement Rejects
                                                    • BFI
                                                    • Cinematic Revelations
                                                    • Cold War Film & Culture
                                                    • Dennis Schwarz
                                                    • Derek Winnert
                                                    • Film Comment
                                                    • Filmycks
                                                    • Grand Classics
                                                    • Spirituality and Practice
                                                    • The Stop Button
                                                    • Talkhouse
                                                    • TCM
                                                    • Criterion Reflections Reviews of AMERICA LOST AND FOUND: THE BBS STORY
                                                      • HEAD
                                                      • EASY RIDER
                                                      • FIVE EASY PIECES
                                                      • DRIVE, HE SAID
                                                      • A SAFE PLACE
                                                      • THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
                                                      • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                        LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
                                                        UP NEXT:
                                                        LAST TANGO IN PARIS
                                                        MORE!
                                                        • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                                        • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                                        • The Eclipse Viewer
                                                        • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                                        • CONTACT US:
                                                          • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                          • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                          • 1 hr 2 min
                                                          • Criterion Reflections – Episode 132 – Éric Rohmer’s Love in the Afternoon

                                                            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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Matthew Gasteier to discuss Love in the Afternoon, directed by Éric Rohmer.

                                                            Episode Links:
                                                            Éric Rohmer
                                                            • The Criterion Collection
                                                            • The Criterion Channel
                                                            • Wikipedia
                                                            • Letterboxd
                                                            • Senses of Cinema
                                                            • Love in the Afternoon
                                                              • The Criterion Collection
                                                              • The Criterion Channel
                                                              • Wikipedia
                                                              • Letterboxd
                                                              • Boston Phoenix (1972)
                                                              • New York Times (1972)
                                                              • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                                              • Village Voice (1972)
                                                              • Cinepassion
                                                              • Spirituality & Practice
                                                              • Steemit
                                                              • Yellow Barrel
                                                              • Six Moral Tales (links to David’s earlier reviews)
                                                                • THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU
                                                                • SUZANNE’S CAREER
                                                                • LA COLLECTIONNEUSE
                                                                • MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S (1)
                                                                • MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S (2)
                                                                • CLAIRE’S KNEE
                                                                • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                  THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
                                                                  UP NEXT:
                                                                  THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS
                                                                  MORE!
                                                                  • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                                                  • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                                                  • The Eclipse Viewer
                                                                  • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                                                  • CONTACT US:
                                                                    • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                                    • Matthew Gasteier [ The Complete Podcast ]
                                                                    • 1 hr 6 min
                                                                    • Criterion Reflections – Episode 131 – Luis Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

                                                                      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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Derek J. Power, Travis Trudell, Brad McDermott and Dave Eves to discuss The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, directed by Luis Buñuel.

                                                                      Episode Links:
                                                                      Luis Buñuel
                                                                      • The Criterion Collection
                                                                      • The Criterion Channel
                                                                      • Wikipedia
                                                                      • Letterboxd
                                                                      • The Art Story
                                                                      • Far Out
                                                                      • Film Comment
                                                                      • Roger Ebert
                                                                      • Senses of Cinema
                                                                      • TCM
                                                                      • Wrong Reel (podcast episode with guest Dave Eves)
                                                                      • New York Times (obituary)
                                                                      • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
                                                                        • The Criterion Collection
                                                                        • Wikipedia
                                                                        • Letterboxd
                                                                        • New York Times (1972)
                                                                        • New York Times (2022)
                                                                        • Pittsburgh Press (1973)
                                                                        • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                                                        • Village Voice (1972)
                                                                        • Criterion Confessions
                                                                        • The Criterion Contraption
                                                                        • Dennis Schwarz
                                                                        • Every 70s Movie
                                                                        • The Guardian
                                                                        • Images Film Journal
                                                                        • Moria
                                                                        • Parallax View
                                                                        • The Pink Smoke
                                                                        • The Reprobate
                                                                        • SFGate
                                                                        • Slant
                                                                        • Spirituality & Practice
                                                                        • The Stop Button
                                                                        • Inside the Box – Episode 9 – Three Films by Luis Buñuel
                                                                        • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                          SOUNDER
                                                                          UP NEXT:
                                                                          LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
                                                                          MORE!
                                                                          • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                                                          • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                                                          • The Eclipse Viewer
                                                                          • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                                                          • CONTACT US:
                                                                            • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                                            • Dave Eves [ Twitter ]
                                                                            • Brad McDermott [ Website / Letterboxd / Instagram ]
                                                                            • Derek J. Power [ Website ]
                                                                            • Travis Trudell [ The Complete Podcast ]
                                                                            • 2 hr 5 min
                                                                            • Criterion Reflections – Episode 130 – Martin Ritt’s Sounder

                                                                              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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by David Seeley to discuss Sounder, directed by Martin Ritt.

                                                                              Episode Links:
                                                                              Martin Ritt
                                                                              • The Criterion Collection
                                                                              • The Criterion Channel
                                                                              • Wikipedia
                                                                              • Letterboxd
                                                                              • FlickChart
                                                                              • Roger Ebert
                                                                              • TCM
                                                                              • New York Times (obituary)
                                                                              • Sounder
                                                                                • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                • Letterboxd
                                                                                • Wikipedia
                                                                                • New York Times (1972)
                                                                                • Pittsburgh Press (1973)
                                                                                • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                                                                • Village Voice (1972) / Rebuttal Letter (1972)
                                                                                • Alt Film Guide
                                                                                • Common Sense Media
                                                                                • Dennis Schwarz
                                                                                • Every 70s Movie
                                                                                • Ice Cream 4 Freaks
                                                                                • Movie Steve
                                                                                • Nighthawk News
                                                                                • TCM
                                                                                • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                                  ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION
                                                                                  UP NEXT:
                                                                                  THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
                                                                                  MORE!
                                                                                  • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                                                                  • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                                                                  • The Eclipse Viewer
                                                                                  • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                                                                  • CONTACT US:
                                                                                    • David Blakeslee [ TikTok / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                                                    • David Seeley [ Facebook ]
                                                                                    • 1 hr 43 min
                                                                                    • Criterion Reflections – Episode 129 – Shintaro Katsu’s Zatoichi in Desperation

                                                                                      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 of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Robert Taylor and Richard Doyle to discuss Zatoichi in Desperation, directed by Shintaro Katsu.

                                                                                      Episode Links:
                                                                                      Shintaro Katsu
                                                                                      • The Criterion Collection
                                                                                      • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                      • Wikipedia
                                                                                      • Letterboxd
                                                                                      • Cagey Films
                                                                                      • Eigapedia
                                                                                      • The Independent (obituary)
                                                                                      • Zatoichi in Desperation
                                                                                        • The Criterion Collection
                                                                                        • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                        • Letterboxd
                                                                                        • 100 Films
                                                                                        • Blood Brothers
                                                                                        • Grindhouse Cinema Database
                                                                                        • The Spinning Image
                                                                                        • Toho Kingdom
                                                                                        • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                                          THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
                                                                                          UP NEXT:
                                                                                          SOUNDER
                                                                                          MORE!
                                                                                          • Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
                                                                                          • Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
                                                                                          • The Eclipse Viewer
                                                                                          • A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
                                                                                          • CONTACT US:
                                                                                            • David Blakeslee [ Twitter / Website / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
                                                                                            • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                                                            • Robert Taylor [ Website ]
                                                                                            • 54 min

                                                                                            About Criterion Reflections

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                                                                                            A journey in time through the films of the Criterion Collection.