Surprisingly Criterion

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Surprisingly Criterion - the podcast where we select and talk about the films that we're surprised are a part of the Criterion Collection, and the films we can't believe are not!

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Surprisingly Criterion episodes:

May 05, 2023 24. The Handmaiden (2016)
We make the case for the first Park Chan-Wook film to be in the Criterion Collection!

Articles mentioned:

Sarah Waters interview in the Guardian

Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker

Laura Miller in Slate

Park Chan-Wook speaking about Extended version and other elements of adapting the script

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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1h 20min
January 13, 2023 23. French Cancan (1955)
Jean Renoir's colourful and, at times, funny film about the building of the Moulin Rouge is the next edition of the Randomizer.

Criterion's listing and boxset:

Spine #243: French Cancan

Spine #241: Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free

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October 28, 2022 22. The New World (2005)
Terrence Malick's re-telling of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, the extended cut. It's a doozy.

Bonus Material: Indian Country Today review Imperialist Nostalgia essay Roger Ebert's review World Socialist Today review

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August 26, 2022 21. Dogtooth (2009)
The latest in our I Can't Believe It's Not Criterion, we discuss one of the Greek Weird Wave's most significant films and its director (and co-writer) Yorgos Lanthimos.

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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1h 9min
July 22, 2022 20. Enter The Dragon (1973)
The martial arts masterpiece is part of a Bruce Lee box set on the Criterion Collection - does it kick ass? Or does it sink in a pool of acid?

Bonus Content: Original Hong Kong poster referenced

North American poster

Music:

"The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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55min
May 13, 2022 19. I Married A Witch (1942)
Our latest edition of the Randomizer: will it be magic, or will it go up in flames?

BONUS CONTENT Original Poster

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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46min
April 15, 2022 18. Jurassic Park (1993)
How is there no Steven Spielberg film in the Criterion Collection?

BONUS CONTENT Lessons From The Screenplay: Using Theme To Craft Character

Michael Crichton's Global Warming Legacy

Dinosaur Reimagining: All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

From a 99pi episode: Welcome To Jurassic Art

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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1h 13min
March 11, 2022 17. The Big Chill (1983)
The movie that made Boomers cool again — or maybe just Motown. We dig into the values and the problems with Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 ensemble film about … well about many things!

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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59min
February 11, 2022 16. Night On Earth (1991)
We give Jim Jarmusch's vignettes a closer look as we travel across 5 time zones on one night in 1991, and experience 5 separate taxi rides.

BONUS CONTENT

Essays: Los Angeles New York Paris Rome Helsinki

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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1h 12min
January 14, 2022 15. Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
The next edition of our Randomizer segment, the great wheel has fallen on Spine #463: IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE by acclaimed Italian director Roberto Rossellini

We had a lot of fun with this one! And what's more fun than... Italian Neorealism Multe Salami AND Vittorio De Sica as a wartime rascal. ...oh and it's another prison-themed movie *we promise we are not doing this on purpose*

Bonus content: Essay: Rediscovering Roberto Rossellini

Music: "The Endless Scroll" by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.

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