After taking a break last week due to the sudden death of Maestro David Lynch, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming chatting Nicole Kidman (currently being celebrated on the Criterion Channel) and her amazing performance in Gus Van Sant's phenomenal satire To Die For (1995).

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(00:02:34) What we've been watching

(00:21:20) Remembering David Lynch

(00:31:49) Additions to the Criterion Collection & Channel

(00:45:24) To Die For

(01:24:26) Next week

The Criterion Connection is back and we're finishing out our most recent double feature, focusing on the films of Céline Sciamma with her immediate follow up to ⁠Portrait of a Lady on Fire⁠, the touching mini-masterpiece ⁠Petite maman⁠.

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(00:03:00) What we've been watching

(00:29:24) Petite maman

(01:06:50) Next week

We've come to the end of another year and we're going out on a bang as we chat about a film we both love very dearly, Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

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THE CRITERION CONNECTION WILL RETURN IN 2025.

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(00:02:52) Our favorite films we watched in 2024.

(00:27:14) Portrait of a Lady on Fire

(01:11:00) Final thoughts

(01:08:10) Next week

The master of suspense makes his Criterion Connection debut. This week we discuss an early-ish Hitchcock film that delves into the subconscious - Spellbound (1945).

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(00:04:21) What we've been watching

(00:29:53) Spellbound

(01:03:34) Final thoughts

(01:08:10) Next week

Journey with us from the Bayou to the Big Apple as we discuss Barbra Streisand's sweeping melodrama that tackles some big themes with lots of questionable nuance. Plus, we also chat Criterion Collection Announcements for Feb 2025.

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(00:02:30) What we've been watching

(00:27:46) Criterion Collection Announcements for February 2025

(00:42:20) The Prince of Tides

(01:17:04) Final thoughts

(01:27:30) Next week

We're back from a spontaneous break with our connection to VICTIMS OF SIN. We're finishing out Noirvember with a truly classic film noir that features, quiet possibly, one of the magnetic screen performances of all time - Rita Hayworth in GILDA (1946). We also chat Criterion Channel additions for December 2024.

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Chapters

(00:02:08) What we've been watching

(00:15:18) What's coming to The Criterion Channel in December 2024

(00:25:14) Gilda

(01:00:44) Final thoughts

(01:04:47) Listener messages

(01:06:13) Next week

We're back and accidentally falling ass backward into a lil Noirvember double feature. And, while our main event this week isn't exactly a noir - it is part noir, part melodrama, part dance picture, part crime story. We're discussing the undefinable and absolutely stunning Victims of Sin (1951) directed by Emilio Fernández and starring the phenomenal Ninón Sevilla.

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Chapters

(00:02:48) What we've been watching

(00:16:40) Victims of Sin

(00:46:05) Final thoughts

(00:49:40) Next week

We continue our Spooky Season double feature and this time it's a little bit back to basics with a stripped down ghost story on a shoe-string budget with Herk Harvey's only narrative feature film, Carnival of Souls (1962). We also chat Criterion Collection and channel additions for January 2025 and November 2024 respectively.

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(00:02:50) What we've been watching

(00:15:40) Criterion Collection Announcements for January 2025

(00:25:34) Criterion Channel Additions for November 2024

(00:35:30) Carnival of Souls

(01:06:00) Final thoughts

(01:12:40) Next week

Happy Spooky Season to all who celebrate! This week we're getting scared white as a sheet as we talk about TRAUMA (or was it actually ghosts?) with Jack Clayton's incredibly atmospheric adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw ~ The Innocents (1961).

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(00:01:57) What we've been watching

(00:22:41) The Innocents

(01:00:35) Final thoughts

(01:06:41) Listener Messages

(01:08:18) Next week

This week we pick back up talking about the pioneering female filmmaker and hot butch, Dorothy Arzner with her second to last film, Dance, Girl, Dance (1940).

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(00:02:03) What we've been watching

(00:26:40) Dance, Girl, Dance

(00:58:36) Final thoughts

(01:04:40) Listener Messages

(01:07:03) Next week