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Daniel and Corky behold the pale horse by braving Elem Klimov’s emotionally shattering WWII waking nightmare Come and See. But will your hosts come to see Come and See as a revelation, or will the fourth beast say, “What the hell, jerks?”
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #104 (tied)
World premiere: July 9, 1985
IMDB synopsis: “After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.”
Trailer for Come and See
The photo
Plane scenes compilation
The complete Canon Fodder Canon
The Color of Pomegranates (1969; Dir.: Sergei Parajanov)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia.”
Our review of The Color of Pomegranates comes out on December 3!
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Although it was booed upon its 1932 premiere and played to hostile crowds during its initial release, time has been kind to Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr. Will Daniel and Corky be just as kind, or do they have a sickle to grind with this pseudo-silent horror classic?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #146 (tied)
Berlin premiere: May 6, 1932
IMDB synopsis: “A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.”
Trailer for Vampyr
The coffin scene
A dangerous meeting
The complete Canon Fodder Canon
Come and See (1985; Dir.: Elem Klimov)
IMDB synopsis: “After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.”
Our review of Come and See comes out on November 19!
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Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review comedy legend Preston Sturges’ legendary comedy about a comedy legend who just wants to impress film critics. Sullivan’s Travels exists as a meta-resolution of its own central conundrum, a nearly perfect synergy of madcap comedy, non-didactic social commentary and even a little sex in the form of Veronica Lake. But did Daniel and Corky go along for the Travels, or are they tripping?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 29, 1941
IMDB synopsis: “Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.”
Trailer for Sullivan’s Travels
“How about a nice musical?”
“Who’s Lubitsch?”
Vampyr (1932; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer)
IMDB synopsis: “A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.”
Our review of Vampyr comes out on November 6!
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Daniel and Corky continue their cinematic world tour with a sojourn to the French countryside, which is apparently not as idyllic as those Expedia ads would have you believe. It’s our third round with French master Robert Bresson, with nonprofessional actor Nadine Nortier giving an unforgettable performance in the title role. But will Mouchette inspire Canon fire, or was it all a touch too Mouch?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 (tied)
Theatrical premiere: Oct. 26, 1967
IMDB synopsis: “A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.”
Trailer for Mouchette
Bumper cars
On-set with Bresson
The final scene
Sullivan’s Travels (1941; Dir.: Preston Sturges)
IMDB synopsis: “Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.”
Our review of Sullivan’s Travels comes out on October 22!
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Daniel and Corky continue their world tour with a stop in Argentina to sample the Salta-flavored cinema of Lucrecia Martel. But will your hosts lose their heads with praise for The Headless Woman, or are they truly out of their heads?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #196 (tied)
Cannes Film Festival premiere: May 21, 2008
IMDB synopsis: “After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman’s life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.”
Theatrical trailer for The Headless Woman
The incident on the road
YouTube video essay on The Headless Woman
Mouchette (1967; Dir.: Robert Bresson)
IMDB synopsis: “A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.”
Our review of Mouchette comes out on October 8!
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This week, Daniel and Corky are In a Lonely Place, a fine enough place to visit but you wouldn’t want to have an existential crisis there. The jaded and cynical flipside to the lovingly ecstatic portrait of Hollywood mythmaking offered by Singin’ in the Rain, Nicholas Ray’s is a bleak yet sensual film noir that refuses to indulge in any cliched genre trappings. But will your hosts join the coalition of the Lonely in Canon-izing the film, or have they got egg on their Place?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #211 (tied)
U.S. premiere: Aug. 1950
IMDB synopsis: “A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.”
Theatrical trailer for In a Lonely Place
“Squeeze harder.”
Road rage
The Headless Woman (2008; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)
IMDB synopsis: “After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman’s life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.”
Our review of The Headless Woman comes out on September 24!
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Daniel “The Royal Rascal” Barnes and Corky “The Dancing Cavalier” McDonnell gotta review the iconic Singin’ in the Rain. But will this rainbow program put your hosts in a buttercup mood, or will they succumb to the dolors of winter?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #10
World premiere: March 27, 1952
IMDB synopsis: “A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.”
Re-release trailer for Singin’ in the Rain
“Singin'” in full
“Good Mornin'”
“Moses Supposes”
In a Lonely Place (1950; Dir.: Nicholas Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.”
Our review of In a Lonely Place comes out on September 10!
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Your hosts are in the mood for a sumptuously beautiful yet melancholy and mysterious masterpiece. Hong Kong legend Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love would seem to fit the bill, but will your hosts love it enough to make the canon roar?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #5
Cannes Film Festival premiere: May 20, 2000
IMDB synopsis: “Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.”
Theatrical trailer for In the Mood for Love
Passing on the steps
In good hands
Reflections
Singin’ in the Rain (1952; Dir.: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
IMDB synopsis: “A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.”
Our review of Singin’ in the Rain comes out on August 27!
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On this episode, your hosts Wanda, Wanda who, who-oo-ooh, who, who wrote the book of love. Probably not Barbara Loden, who struck the mother Loden of bleakly pathetic romances with her groundbreaking and brilliant 1970 film Wanda. But will Corky and Daniel succumb to their Wanda-lust, or is their something wrong with their Wanda-vision?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #48 (tied)
Venice Film Festival premiere: Sept. 1, 1970
IMDB synopsis: “Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.”
Theatrical trailer for Wanda (1970)
Wanda wanders
Holy Land U.S.A. sequence
Barbara Loden promotes the film on The Dick Cavett Show
In the Mood for Love (2000; Dir.: Wong Kar-Wai)
IMDB synopsis: “Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.”
Our review of In the Mood for Love comes out on August 13!
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Homesick Belgo-philes Daniel and Corky anxiously await News from Home. But does Akerman’s film have the mussels to keep your hosts from waffling?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #52
French theatrical premiere: June 8, 1977
IMDB synopsis: “Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman’s life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.”
Austin Film Society trailer for News from Home
“Your loving mother.”
New York at night
“Which is right?”
Wanda (1970; Dir.: Barbara Loden)
IMDB synopsis: “Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.”
Our review of Wanda comes out on July 30!
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