Criterion Reflections

Criterion Reflections

By David BlakesleeTV & Film
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Criterion Reflections episodes

  • Criterion Reflections – Episode 128 – Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left

    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 Jason Beamish and Richard Doyle to discuss The Last House on the Left, directed by Wes Craven. The film previously streamed on the Criterion Channel but was not available on that service at the time of this recording.

    Episode Links:
    Wes Craven
    • Wikipedia
    • Letterboxd
    • WesCraven.com (official)
    • The Front (director interview)
    • SyFy (feature films ranked)
    • Hollywood Reporter (obituary)
    • The Last House on the Left
      • Wikipedia
      • Letterboxd
      • WesCraven.com
      • Roger Ebert (1972)
      • 1000 Misspent Hours
      • Cinepassion
      • Collider
      • Criterion Confessions
      • The Guardian (50th anniversary review)
      • Horror Obsessive
      • PREVIOUSLY:
        BLACULA
        UP NEXT:
        ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION
        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 ]
          • Jason Beamish [ Website / Twitter ]
          • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
          • 1 hr 24 min
          • Criterion Reflections – Episode 127 – William Crain’s Blacula

            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 Aaron West to discuss Blacula, directed by William Crain and currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

            Episode Links:
            William Crain
            • Wikipedia
            • IMDb
            • Letterboxd
            • Blacula
              • The Criterion Channel
              • Wikipedia
              • Letterboxd
              • Village Voice (1972)
              • AFI
              • CageyFilms
              • Cinepassion
              • Classic Film & TV Cafe
              • Confirmed, Alan-01
              • Cracked Rear Viewer
              • The Dissolve
              • Every 70s Movie
              • 7he m0vie blog
              • Mutant Reviewers
              • The Spinning Image
              • PREVIOUSLY:
                LATE JULY 1972 (CIAO! MANHATTAN / GREASER’S PALACE / BONE)
                UP NEXT:
                THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
                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 ]
                  • Aaron West  [  Twitter | Website | Letterboxd  ]
                  • 1 hr 4 min
                  • Criterion Reflections – Episode 126 – Late July 1972

                    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 Ciao! Manhattan, Greaser’s Palace and Bone, three films released in July 1972, all currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

                    Episode Links:
                    Ciao! Manhattan
                    • The Criterion Channel
                    • Wikipedia
                    • Letterboxd
                    • Village Voice (1973)
                    • Acidemic
                    • Every 70s Movie
                    • The Spinning Image
                    • Through the Shattered Lens
                    • warholstars.org
                    • Vanity Fare
                    • Vulture
                    • Greaser’s Palace
                      • The Criterion Channel
                      • Wikipedia
                      • Letterboxd
                      • Village Voice (1972)
                      • 366 Weird Movies
                      • BadMovies.org
                      • Cinema Sojourns
                      • Dennis Schwarz
                      • Every 70s Movie
                      • The A.V. Club
                      • The Spinning Image
                      • TCM
                      • Bone
                        • The Criterion Channel
                        • Wikipedia
                        • Letterboxd
                        • Larry Cohen Filmmaker
                        • B & S About Movies
                        • Cinepassion
                        • Dennis Schwarz
                        • Every 70s Movie
                        • Jerry Saravia
                        • Obsessive Movie Nerd
                        • Yellow Barrel
                        • PREVIOUSLY:
                          THE CANTERBURY TALES
                          UP NEXT:
                          BLACULA
                          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 ]
                            • David Seeley [ Facebook ]
                            • 1 hr 35 min
                            • Criterion Reflections – Episode 125 – Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Canterbury Tales

                              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 third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Dan Humphrey and Brad McDermott to discuss The Canterbury Tales, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

                              Episode Links:
                              Pier Paolo Pasolini
                              • The Criterion Collection
                              • The Criterion Channel
                              • Criterion Reflections – Episode 60 – The Decameron
                              • BFI
                              • Film Comment (1965 interview)
                              • New World Encyclopedia
                              • Poetry Foundation
                              • TSPDT
                              • The Canterbury Tales (film)
                                • The Criterion Collection
                                • Wikipedia
                                • New York Times (1980)
                                • Basement Rejects
                                • Cinepassion
                                • Criterion Confessions
                                • Eye for Film
                                • Midnight Only
                                • Mondo Digital
                                • Next Projection
                                • Not Coming to a Theater Near You
                                • Ogg’s Movie Thoughts
                                • Q Network
                                • Slant
                                • The Canterbury Tales (text)
                                  • Wikipedia
                                  • Canterbury Tales Project
                                  • LibriVox (public domain e-books)
                                  • Project Gutenberg
                                  • World History Encyclopedia
                                  • Medieval Art Referenced in the Episode (h/t Brad McDermott)

                                    PREVIOUSLY:
                                    THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
                                    UP NEXT:
                                    CIAO! MANHATTAN / GREASER’S PALACE / BONE
                                    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 ]
                                      • Dan Humphrey [ Website / Book: Archaic Modernism – Queer Poetics in the Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini ]
                                      • Brad McDermott [ Website / Letterboxd / Instagram ]
                                      • 1 hr 43 min
                                      • Criterion Reflections – Episode 124 – Ronald Neame’s The Poseidon Adventure

                                        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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Robert Taylor to discuss The Poseidon Adventure, directed by Ronald Neame. At the time of this recording, the film was streaming on the Criterion Channel in a limited engagement scheduled to end on August 31, 2022.

                                        Ronald Neame
                                        • The Criterion Collection
                                        • The Criterion Channel
                                        • Letterboxd
                                        • Wikipedia
                                        • BFI
                                        • TCM
                                        • The Guardian (obituary)
                                        • The Poseidon Adventure
                                          • The Criterion Channel
                                          • Letterboxd
                                          • Wikipedia (film)
                                          • Wikipedia (novel, mentioned in episode)
                                          • Irwin Allen News Network
                                          • New York Times (1972)
                                          • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                          • Village Voice (1972)
                                          • The Cavalier Daily (1973)
                                          • Amoeba
                                          • Cinema Essentials
                                          • Cult MTL
                                          • Disaster Movie World
                                          • Every 70s Movie
                                          • Film Fanatic
                                          • Film Freedonia
                                          • Gone With the Twins
                                          • Out of the Past
                                          • Poffy’s Movie Mania
                                          • Reeling Back
                                          • Through the Shattered Lens
                                          • TCM
                                          • The Poopsidedown Adventure (Mad Magazine, 1973)

                                            PREVIOUSLY:
                                            SAVAGES
                                            UP NEXT:
                                            THE CANTERBURY TALES
                                            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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                              • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                              • Robert Taylor [ Website ]
                                              • 1 hr 8 min
                                              • Criterion Reflections – Episode 123 – James Ivory’s Savages

                                                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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Daisuke Beppu, Richard Doyle, and Robert Taylor to discuss Savages, directed by James Ivory. The film was previously issued on DVD by the Criterion Collection in 2004 as part of the Merchant Ivory Collection.

                                                James Ivory / Merchant Ivory
                                                • Merchant Ivory (official)
                                                • Letterboxd
                                                • Wikipedia
                                                • The Criterion Collection
                                                • The Criterion Channel
                                                • TCM
                                                • The Guardian (2021 interview)
                                                • New York Times (2021 interview)
                                                • Criterion Reflections, Episode 35: Bombay Talkie
                                                • Savages
                                                  • Merchant Ivory (official)
                                                  • Letterboxd
                                                  • Wikipedia
                                                  • New York Times (1972)
                                                  • Village Voice (1972)
                                                  • CineFantastique (1973)
                                                  • 366 Weird Movies
                                                  • DVD Savant
                                                  • Every 70s Movie
                                                  • Moria
                                                  • Reeling Back
                                                  • The Spinning Image
                                                  • TCM
                                                  • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                    DRACULA A.D. 1972
                                                    UP NEXT:
                                                    THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
                                                    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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                                      • Daisuke Beppu [ YouTube / Instagram ]
                                                      • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                      • Robert Taylor [ Website ]
                                                      • 1 hr 27 min
                                                      • Criterion Reflections – Episode 122 – Alan Gibson’s Dracula A.D. 1972

                                                        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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle to discuss Dracula A.D. 1972, directed by Alan Gibson. The film previously streamed on the Criterion Channel, but was not available on that service at the time of this recording.

                                                        Hammer Horror
                                                        • Hammer Films (official)
                                                        • Letterboxd
                                                        • Wikipedia
                                                        • BFI 
                                                        • Bloody Disgusting
                                                        • Film School Rejects
                                                        • Gizmodo
                                                        • ScreenRant
                                                        • Dracula A.D. 1972
                                                          • Letterboxd
                                                          • Wikipedia
                                                          • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                                          • AFI
                                                          • After Movie Diner
                                                          • Alfred Eaker
                                                          • Cereal at Midnight
                                                          • Classic Horror
                                                          • Daily Dead
                                                          • DVD Talk
                                                          • Every 70s Movie
                                                          • Film Blitz
                                                          • Films from Beyond the Time Barrier
                                                          • Final Girl
                                                          • Good Efficient Butchery
                                                          • Horror Cult Films
                                                          • Watching Classic Movies
                                                          • We Are Cult
                                                          • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                            THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
                                                            UP NEXT:
                                                            SAVAGES
                                                            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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                                              • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                              • 1 hr 10 min
                                                              • Criterion Reflections – Episode 121 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

                                                                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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Josh Hornbeck, Derek J. Power, William Remmers and first-time guest Brian Howell to discuss The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

                                                                Rainer Werner Fassbinder
                                                                • The Criterion Collection
                                                                • The Criterion Channel
                                                                • Letterboxd
                                                                • Wikipedia
                                                                • JustWatch
                                                                • Fassbinder Foundation
                                                                • Slate
                                                                • TSPDT
                                                                • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
                                                                  • The Criterion Collection
                                                                  • The Criterion Channel
                                                                  • Letterboxd
                                                                  • Wikipedia
                                                                  • JustWatch
                                                                  • New York Times (1973)
                                                                  • Village Voice (1973)
                                                                  • A Sharper Focus
                                                                  • Battleship Pretension
                                                                  • Criterion Confessions
                                                                  • Dennis Schwarz
                                                                  • Every 70s Movie
                                                                  • Film Freedonia
                                                                  • PopMatters
                                                                  • TCM
                                                                  • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                    BEWARE! THE BLOB
                                                                    UP NEXT:
                                                                    DRACULA 1972 A.D.
                                                                    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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                                                      • Josh Hornbeck [ Website  / Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                                                      • Brian Howell [  Facebook / Twitter / Latest Writing / Story Collection (coming soon) / Amazon / Zagava (publisher) ]
                                                                      • Derek J. Power [ Website ]
                                                                      • William Remmers [ Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd ]
                                                                      • 1 hr 52 min
                                                                      • Criterion Reflections – Episode 120 – Larry Hagman’s Beware! The Blob

                                                                        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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Jim Tudor to discuss Beware! The Blob, directed by Larry Hagman, which was available on the Criterion Channel streaming service for a limited run in 2020, but not at the time of this recording.

                                                                        Larry Hagman
                                                                        • Letterboxd
                                                                        • Wikipedia
                                                                        • JustWatch
                                                                        • LarryHagman.com (official)
                                                                        • Jack H. Harris
                                                                          • The Criterion Collection
                                                                          • Letterboxd
                                                                          • Wikipedia
                                                                          • Hollywood Walk of Fame
                                                                          • Beware! The Blob
                                                                            • Letterboxd
                                                                            • Wikipedia
                                                                            • JustWatch
                                                                            • AFI
                                                                            • Black Horror Movies
                                                                            • Blu-ray.com
                                                                            • Classic Horror
                                                                            • Classic SciFi
                                                                            • Monster Movie Music
                                                                            • ZekeFilm
                                                                            • PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                              SHAFT’S BIG SCORE!
                                                                              UP NEXT:
                                                                              THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
                                                                              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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                                                                • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                                                • Jim Tudor [ Website / Facebook / Twitter ]
                                                                                • 1 hr 2 min
                                                                                • Criterion Reflections – Episode 119 – Gordon Parks’ Shaft’s Big Score!

                                                                                  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. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Jason Beamish to discuss Shaft’s Big Score!, directed by Gordon Parks. We also discuss a bonus title from 1972, Top of the Heap, directed by and starring Christopher St. John. Both films were available on the Criterion Channel streaming service at the time of this recording.

                                                                                  Gordon Parks
                                                                                  • The Criterion Collection
                                                                                  • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                  • Letterboxd
                                                                                  • Wikipedia
                                                                                  • JustWatch
                                                                                  • The Gordon Parks Foundation
                                                                                  • ArtNet
                                                                                  • International Center of Photography
                                                                                  • Life Magazine
                                                                                  • National Gallery of Art
                                                                                  • New York Times (obituary)
                                                                                  • Shaft’s Big Score
                                                                                    • The Criterion Collection
                                                                                    • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                    • Letterboxd
                                                                                    • Wikipedia
                                                                                    • JustWatch
                                                                                    • New York Times (1972)
                                                                                    • Roger Ebert (1972)
                                                                                    • Attack of the 50 Foot DVD
                                                                                    • Blu-ray.com
                                                                                    • Derek Winnert
                                                                                    • DVD Talk
                                                                                    • Expelled Grey Matter
                                                                                    • Marc Fusion
                                                                                    • Mondo Bizarro
                                                                                    • Rotten Reelz
                                                                                    • The Spinning Image
                                                                                    • TCM
                                                                                    • Vern’s Reviews
                                                                                    • Top of the Heap
                                                                                      • The Criterion Channel
                                                                                      • Letterboxd
                                                                                      • Wikipedia
                                                                                      • JustWatch
                                                                                      • New York Times (1972)
                                                                                      • Cool Ass Cinema
                                                                                      • Marc Fusion
                                                                                      • Mondo Digital
                                                                                      • Outlaw Vern
                                                                                      • Shock Cinema
                                                                                      • Ice-T’s Guide to Blaxploitation:

                                                                                        PREVIOUSLY:
                                                                                        THE WAY OF THE DRAGON
                                                                                        UP NEXT:
                                                                                        BEWARE! THE BLOB a.k.a. SON OF BLOB
                                                                                        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 [ Website / TikTok / Facebook / Letterboxd / Instagram/ Twitter ]
                                                                                          • Jason Beamish [ Film Ruminations / Twitter ]
                                                                                          • Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]
                                                                                          • 1 hr 8 min

                                                                                          About Criterion Reflections

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