The Criterion Chat

In this episode, Nate and Matt start a fan club for Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore”, released in 1998.

In this episode, Nate and Matt learn Whackbat with Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox. Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds up to and divide that by nine.

In this episode, Nate and Matt discuss John Ford’s revolutionary Western adventure “Stagecoach”, released in 1939.

In this episode, Nate and Matt mark 10 years of podcasting with a return to director Carl Theodore Dreyer, discussing his 1925 silent film "Master of the House".

In this episode, Nate and Matt conclude their examination of
Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy with "L'Eclisse", released in 1962.

In this episode, Nate and Matt discuss Michelangelo Antonioni's 1961 drama "La Notte". This is part two of their discussion on Antonioni's landmark trilogy.

In this episode, Nate and Matt embrace the ennui and discuss Michelangelo Antonioni's "L'Avventura", released in 1960.

In this episode, Nate and Matt discuss Jean-Pierre Melville's wartime meditation "Army of Shadows", released in 1969.

In this episode, Nate and Matt hitch a ride with Frank Capra's romantic comedy classic "It Happened One Night", released in 1934.

In this annual episode, Nate, Matt, and special guest Bryan discuss their classic and contemporary picks for inclusion in the Criterion Collection.