The Criterion Completion

I really enjoy doing this podcast. Not so much that I need to work on it every day, but it is a personal joy to come back to this every few weeks and put down some more thoughts on our modern wax cylinders about why the Criterion Collection means so much to me and to...

For those of you that follow this site regularly (who are you?), you will notice that this episode has been a long time coming. If you’re finding this right after listening to Hour 7, then you have noticed a thing! Either way, I’m hopeful that you will find this hour quite interesting whether you waited...

Collecting Criterion is about so much more than the movie. Of course, it all begins and ends with the film itself, but that delicious middle of supplements really makes or breaks the quality of each individual package. Many of us obsess over the quality and quantity of additions to each title like they were a...

Collectors can be a weird bunch. Just ask any of us. Add love of films off the beaten path and you’ve got a concoction that can be hard to understand even by the most supportive in our lives. It doesn’t help that so much media treats collectors of all stripes as dangerous loners just out...

Getting to Hour 5 feels like a milestone of some sort. I feel like I’ve been working on it forever, and work commitments and sofa time got a bit more in the way this time around. Despite that, I am pleased to bring it to you only few days later than I had hoped. Our...

Hour 4 is on the wire and ready for your consumption. Technically a little late this time around, but I beg your pardon as I never promised you a rose garden. As this hour starts we check in a with a collector who seems to have priorities different than most of us. I discuss...

And after Hour 2, here comes Hour 3! This turned out to be a pretty special episode. Join me as I do a bit of Internet Over-Sharing and give you some personal insight into what collecting and Criterion have meant to me over a 21st century that started out in a fair amount of...

We’re on a roll, folks. The Criterion Completion Hour 2 is on the air. Join me for another hour of more Completioning. Come listen as I take you down the rabbit hole of spine numbering in the lawless days of the Criterion laser disc. Then stick around for a great primer on all things to...

Thank your for joining me for the inaugural Criterion Completion Hour! Click and listen as I explain what this is all about and what you can and cannot expect to hear on this monthly missive. I’ll explain what it means to be a Criterion Completionist and how you can define the terms yourself to be...