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By Dare Daniel Family of PodcastsTV & Film
Single Take, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel episodes
- Canon Fodder – Beau Travailhttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E71.mp3Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis)Canon Fodder Episode 71This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged dance routines into a hypnotic study of repressed desire and seething envy. But did your hosts fall out of formation, or did Beau Travail march straight into the Canon Fodder Canon?BEAU TRAVAIL FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #7
World premiere: Sep. 4, 1999 (Venice International Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSTrailer for Beau Travail
Opening
Ending
In Between
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEGrave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata)
IMDb synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.”
Our review of Grave of the Fireflies comes out Tuesday, Oct. 13!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Beau Travail appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
38 min - Canon Fodder – Casablancahttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E70.mp3Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz)Canon Fodder Episode 70This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into 102 magical minutes. But did your hosts think this was the beginning of a beautiful Canonization, or did Casablanca amount to less than a hill of beans?CASABLANCA FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #63 [tied]
World premiere: Nov. 26, 1942
IMDB synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSOriginal trailer for Casablanca
“La Marseillaise”
“I’m shocked…shocked!”
“We’ll always have Paris.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEBeau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis)
IMDb synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.”
Our review of Beau Travail comes out Tuesday, Sep. 29!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Casablanca appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
49 min - Canon Fodder – Born in Flameshttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E69.mp3Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden)Canon Fodder Episode 69This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has changed everything except the lives of women and minorities. But did your hosts flame on, or did Born in Flames fizzle out short of the Canon?BORN IN FLAMES FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]
World premiere: Feb. 20, 1983 (Berlin International Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSTrailer for Born in Flames
Revolution Anniversary
WTC Explosion
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIECasablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz)
IMDb synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.”
Our review of Casablanca comes out Tuesday, Sep. 15!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Born in Flames appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
39 min - Canon Fodder – Touki Boukihttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E68.mp3Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty)Canon Fodder Episode 68This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to escape Senegal for the promise of Paris. But did your hosts get swept up in the journey, or did this influential first film leave them stranded short of the Canon?TOUKI BOUKI FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #66
World premiere: May 1973 (Cannes Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSTrailer for Touki Bouki
Finale
Scorsese on Touki Bouki
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEBorn in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden)
IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.”
Our review of Born in Flames comes out Tuesday, Sep. 1!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
46 min - Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthewhttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E67.mp3The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)Canon Fodder Episode 67This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson, Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary with no time to waste. But did your hosts see the light in Pasolini’s vision, or did they fall just short of salvation?THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]
World premiere: Sept. 4, 1964 (Venice Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSTrailer for The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Walking on water
Entering Jerusalem
Cleansing the temple
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIETouki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty)
IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.”
Our review of Touki Bouki comes out Tuesday, Aug. 18!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
44 min - Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiershttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CANON-FODDER_S01_E66.mp3The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)Canon Fodder Episode 66
This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human cost of revolution. But did your hosts join the resistance, or did they surrender to the film’s relentless power?
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS FACTS & FIGURESSight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #45 [tied]
World premiere: Aug. 31, 1966 (Venice Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSTrailer for The Battle of Algiers
Exploding women
The wrong man
One Battle After Another cameo
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEThe Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.”
Our review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew comes out Tuesday, Aug. 4!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
34 min - Canon Fodder – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valancehttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E65.mp3The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Directed by John Ford)Canon Fodder Episode 65After printing the legend, maiming the facts, and murdering the truth execution-style, Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell ride into town to review John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. A stripped-down western about mythmaking, masculinity and the American lie, Ford’s film is widely considered a late-career classic. But did your hosts record the legend, or did they leave Liberty for dead?THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #108 [tied]
Theatrical premiere: April 22, 1962
IMDB synopsis: “A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSOriginal theatrical trailer for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Raising the steaks
Tom’s got a secret
Burning down the house
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEThe Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)
IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.”
Our review of The Battle of Algiers comes out Tuesday, July 21!
Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
48 min - Canon Fodder – Werckmeister Harmonieshttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E64.mp3Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr)Canon Fodder Episode 64With the cold, dead eyes of stuffed whales, cinematic world travelers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell finally arrive in a remote, fog-shrouded Hungarian village to review Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies. Composed of just 39 shots in 145 minutes, Tarr’s mesmerizing millennium nightmare basks in cosmic disorder, civic unrest and an extremely disappointing circus. But did Tarr’s vision of the apocalypse Werck for your hosts, or did his off-key Harmonies leave them singing a different tune?WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]
World premiere: May 2000 (Cannes Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS4K Restoration trailer for Werckmeister Harmonies
Opening scene
Let’s all go to the hospital
Final scene
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Dir.: John Ford)
IMDB synopsis: “A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.”
Our review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance comes out Tuesday, July 7!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Werckmeister Harmonies appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
45 min - Canon Fodder – L’Atalantehttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E63.mp3L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo)Canon Fodder Episode 63
Corky McDonnell and his slovenly first mate Daniel Barnes continue their cinematic world tour with the most magically dreamlike movie ever set in a fetid, filthy, French canal. It’s no stretch to say that the 29-year-old Vigo killed himself to make a film that the soulless bean-counters killed first, but Vigo will live forever through L’Atalante while those jerks are dead and forgotten, so let’s call it even. Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss great curmudgeons, the Chaplin method, and cat tossing.
L’ATALANTE FACTS & FIGURESSight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #34
World premiere: April 25, 1934
IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS4K Restoration Trailer for L’Atalante
Underwater dance
Faraway, so close
“C’Atalante” cat montage
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEWerckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr)
IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.”
Our review of Werckmeister Harmonies comes out Tuesday, June 23!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – L’Atalante appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
36 min - Canon Fodder – Out of the Pasthttps://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CANON-FODDER_S01_E62.mp3Out of the Past (1947; Dir.: Jacques Tourneur)Canon Fodder Episode 62
Daniel and Corky take a long drive into the past to review Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas in Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past. The epitome of film noir, Out of the Past is everything your mind conjures when you think about the genre – the shadowy black-and-white photography, the doomed male and femme fatale archetypes, the bleakness and fatalism. But did your hosts Canon-ize the criminally underrated Tourneur, or did they find it Slight against all odds?
OUT OF THE PAST FACTS & FIGURESSight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]
World premiere: Nov. 25, 1947
IMDB synopsis: “A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGSOriginal theatrical trailer for Out of the Past
How to be a chump
Slap unhappy
Look who’s here
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEL’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo)
IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.”
Our review of L’Atalante comes out Tuesday, June 9!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post Canon Fodder – Out of the Past appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.
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