Single Take, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel

Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) Canon Fodder Episode 52 Daniel and Corky crank up the city lights for the jaw-dropping dystopia of Fritz Lang’s fully restored Metropolis (1927). Directly or indirectly influencing a century of pop culture from Blade Runner to Diamond Dogs, Lang’s film continues to amaze and inspire. But did […]

The post Canon Fodder – Metropolis (1927) appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) Canon Fodder Episode 51 Daniel and Corky keep it Neo-Real with their review of Italian Neo-Realist icon Roberto Rossellini’s highly influential Paisan. Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood along the Allied path to victory. […]

The post Canon Fodder – Paisan (1946) appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Vagabond (1985; Dir.: Agnes Varda) Canon Fodder Episode 50 Daniel and Corky explore the dark side of the sunny South of France with Agnes Varda’s 1985 movie Vagabond. Sandrine Bonnaire plays the equally frustrating and fascinating title character, a young woman trudging across the French countryside without passion or […]

The post Canon Fodder – Vagabond (1985) appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Die My Love (2025; Dir.: Lynne Ramsay) GRADE: C+ *Now playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and other select markets. IMDB Synopsis: “Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting […]

The post Daniel Reviews “Die My Love” and “Predator: Badlands” appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 49 Daniel and Corky follow the song of the little road to 1910’s Bengal to review Pather Panchali, the first film in Satyajit Ray’s storied Apu Trilogy. Elsewhere, Daniel discusses the big winners and awards season favorites from this year’s […]

The post Canon Fodder – Pather Panchali appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Blue Moon (2025; Dir.: Richard Linklater) GRADE: B- *Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento. IMDB Synopsis: “Tells the story of Lorenz Hart’s struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of Oklahoma!” It Was Just an Accident (2025; Dir.: […]

The post Daniel Reviews “Blue Moon” & “It Was Just an Accident” appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Yi Yi (2000; Dir.: Edward Yang) Canon Fodder Episode 48 Daniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like […]

The post Canon Fodder – Yi Yi (2000) appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972; Dir.: Werner Herzog) Canon Fodder Episode 47 Daniel and Corky descend through the clouds to review Klaus Kinski as a conquest-driven conquistador in Werner Herzog’s masterpiece. The rare absurdist-realist intimate epic, Aguirre is an impossible-to-recreate fever dream of colonial gold-lust run amok.  But will […]

The post Canon Fodder – Aguirre, the Wrath of God appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

My Darling Clementine (1946; Dir.: John Ford) Canon Fodder Episode 46 Daniel and Corky rustle up a mess of vittles and head to the “rough-looking country” of Tombstone to review this masterful western, arguably the least factual yet most definitive take on the Wyatt Earp/OK Corral legend. But […]

The post Canon Fodder – My Darling Clementine appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

A Canterbury Tale (1944; Dir.: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) Canon Fodder Episode 45 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 […]

The post Canon Fodder – A Canterbury Tale appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.