Podcasting pilgrims Daniel and Corky voyage to the WWII-era England of The Archers by way of the 14th-century England of Chaucer to review A Canterbury Tale. This star-studless small-town mystery has all the magic and splendor and heart you expect from Powell & Pressburger (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp). But did your hosts feel that this particular Tale was essential or vestigial?

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]

World premiere: Aug. 21, 1944

IMDB synopsis: “Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.”

The caravan scene

Jammin’ at Canterbury

“Are you from the States?”

My Darling Clementine (1946; Dir.: John Ford)

IMDB synopsis: “After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.”

Our review of My Darling Clementine comes out on Sep. 16!

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IMDB Synopsis: “Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.”

IMDB Synopsis: “A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

In this perpetually theme music-less mini-epsode, film critic Daniel Barnes reviews two new releases opening today, Aug. 22.

Relay is a slow-burn thriller starring Riz Ahmed as a shadowy middleman for reluctant whistleblowers, while Eden (2025) is based on the same true-life murder-mystery covered in the documentary The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden.

Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about Marco Scutaro, emerging currencies, Mayberry elegies and much more!

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Daniel and Corky are in a reflective mood this week as they review Andrei Tarkovsky’s semi-auto-bio-tour-de-force Mirror. Did this dreamlike film shatter your hosts beliefs about the artistic possibilities of cinema, or were their expectations under glass?

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #31 [tied]

World premiere: March 7, 1975

IMDB synopsis: “A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.”

Trailer for Mirror (1975)

Opening scene

The way of water

Fire and ash

A Canterbury Tale (1944; Dir.: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

IMDB synopsis: “Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.”

Our review of Mirror comes out on Sep. 2!

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Daniel and Corky ride the French New Wave all the way back to boyhood with their review of The 400 Blows. Instantly recognizable to anyone who was ever a child, this debut film from Francois Truffaut helped launch a cinematic revolution. But did your hosts blow this landmark movie 400 kisses or 400 raspberries?

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #50 [tied]

World premiere: May 4, 1959 (Cannes Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.”

Original theatrical trailer for The 400 Blows

Questions for Antoine

The final sequence

Jean-Pierre Leaud’s audition

Mirror (1974; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)

IMDB synopsis: “A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.”

Our review of Mirror comes out on Aug. 19!

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Your hosts continue their cinematic world tour by jetting to the fictional South American port town of Barranca. Only Angels Have Wings is one of the most revered movies by Howard Hawks. But were your hosts rapt-or with attention or are they carrion a grudge?

Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss last May’s Cannes Film Festival.

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #122 (tied)

World premiere: May 10, 1939

IMDB synopsis: “At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.”

Original theatrical trailer for Only Angels Have Wings

Cary, Rita & Jean

“Some of These Days”

Updated Canon Fodder Canon

The 400 Blows (1959; Dir.: Francois Truffaut)

IMDB synopsis: “A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.”

Our review of The 400 Blows comes out on Aug. 5!

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Daniel and Corky drain the swamp with their review of New Argentine Cinema legend Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga. Your hosts are always down for a fetid pool party, and they already lost their heads to The Headless Woman. But how did these mannish boys react to the muddy waters of Martel’s debut feature?

Elsewhere, the hosts revisit Daniel’s “Slighted” nomination of The Wages of Fear from their review of Army of Shadows.

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #136 (tied)

World premiere: Feb. 8, 2001 (Berlinale)

IMDB synopsis: “The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.”

Theatrical trailer for La Ciénaga

“It’s a dog-rat.”

Bad vibes pool party

New Argentine Cinema & La Ciénaga

Updated Canon Fodder Canon

Only Angels Have Wings (1939; Dir.: Howard Hawks)

IMDB synopsis: “At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.”

Our review of Only Angels Have Wings comes out on July 22!

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Daniel and Corky celebrate the 40th episode of Canon Fodder with a sojourn to Nazi-occupied France for Army of Shadows. This stark, episodic look at the moral shadows of the French Resistance found a loyal following despite getting condemned upon release. But did your hosts find love in the Shadows, or are they throwing shade?

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #211 (tied)

World premiere: Sept. 12, 1969

IMDB synopsis: “An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.”

Trailer for Army of Shadows

Banish the Traitor

Wasting Mathilde

La Cienaga (2001; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)

IMDB synopsis: “The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.”

Our review of La Cienaga comes out on July 8!

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Daniel and Corky put on their finest Canadian tuxedos to review James Woods in the body horror classic Videodrome. But did your hosts “open up to” Cronenberg’s vision, or were their torso tape players incompatible with the film’s McLuhan-inspired medium-is-the-message?

Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on the recent Marvel superhero movie Thunderbolts*.

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 (tied)

World premiere: Feb. 4, 1983

IMDB synopsis: “A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.”

Trailer for Videodrome

Torso tape player

Heart like a hand grenade

“Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!”

Army of Shadows (1969; Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville)

IMDB synopsis: “An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.”

Our review of Army of Shadows comes out on June 24!

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“When the puffballs soar, winter is no more.”

Daniel and Corky sail down memory lane to 1930s Italy for this beguiling semi-pseudo-autobiographical masterwork from Il Maestro. But did this highly influential film give your hosts stardust memories or leave them in a radio daze?

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 (tied)

World premiere: Dec. 18, 1973

IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town”

Trailer for Amarcord

The passing of the SS Rex

Dancing in the fog

Amarcord wins Best Foreign Film

Videodrome (1983; Dir.: David Cronenberg)

IMDB synopsis: “A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.”

Our review of Videodrome comes out on June 10!

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In this change-of-pace mini-episode, Sacramento film critic Daniel Barnes shares his thoughts on the latest Mission: Impossible film.

Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about auteurs, McQu-auteurs, horny submarine crews and the unfortunate Spectre-ization of the franchise film-scape.

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