The Criterion Correction

Our Spooktacular Octoberween extravaganza continues with a horror movie that screams of surrealism. Come along with Gorgeous, Sweet, Prof, Fantasy, Mac, Melody, and Kung Fu on the journey of a…summer school trip to Auntie’s house. Seven enter, and…well, you probably know how this goes, right? Join us for: House.

Parenthood can be hard at the best of times. But when parenthood means spawning a series of deformed rage babies that roam out into the world murdering your enemies, it’s completely awesome. Join us this week for yet another adventure into Cronenberg-land with The Brood.

Do you feel a little off balance? Does your head hurt? Sure, maybe it’s allergies. Or it could be a psychic homicidal freedom fighter with a deathwish for most “normals” who also has the uncanny ability to make your head explore with a little bit of concentration. This week we take a look at Scanners.

Camp meets crazy in a tale that deconstructs the allure of Hollywood. Join us for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the movie that demonstrates that bizarre isn’t always bad…

…unless one half of the podcast’s creative team is having a bad day and takes it out on the film.

On our third visit with Akira Kurasawa we get to experience it all! Romance, passion, death, and drunkenness. Join us for the classic, Seven Samurai.

Two women walk into a beachside cabin. Only one walks out. Or wait, do two walk out? Were there two to begin with? Has one assimilated the other Borg style? And wait, where did that disembodied narrator come from? And why didn’t the husband recognize his wife!?

Clearly, our film for this week prompts a lot of questions. Join us for Persona.

This is a PSA from the Criterion Correction: Don’t do drugs.

Wait…hasn’t that been a moral of the podcast before? In any case, we’re headed back to the wonderful world of Terry Gilliam this week, and I’m sorely disappointed that there are no angelic delusions or heroic electricians.

Instead we get Hunter S. Thompson…okay, so he has a different name in the movie, but everyone knows it’s Hunter S. Thompson.

Join us for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Earlier this summer, our childhoods were ruined. Only they weren’t. Join us as we delve into the movie reboot that was just one step too far (apparently?) for fans of the original. As an editorial note, we were both saddened to hear that the likelihood of a sequel is approximately in the same realm as another season of Firefly. So just ignore our talk of excitement in the episode.

Fare thee well busters of ghosts!

We’re going back to the beginning with our 30th episode of the Correction! No, we’re not rebooting the podcast already (despite today’s coolest trends), but we’re looking at another film from the aesthetically nostalgic Wes Anderson. What happens when love is sparked within the hearts of the young?

Well, a boy gets stabbed with lefty scissors, a dog is struck by an arrow (thankfully since this isn’t Heaven’s Gate we know the dog is fine), and a questionable adult performs a wedding for minors. Join us for the bizarre spectacle of Moonrise Kingdom.

And the coolest treehouse ever conceptualized!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you a message from the future. Episode 28 – The Gold Rush has been lost in a tragic studio disaster. Instead, we bring you Episode 29 a week early.

Previously on Star Trek Voyager: Commander Chakotay slipped through a temporal chasm and found himself in the latter half of the 20th-century. In order to abide by the Temporal Prime Directive and cause no alterations, he has resigned himself to being a locksmith and thief by the name of Raoul who becomes business partners with a couple who would kill to have the money to open a restaurant. Join us to find out, will Chakotay somehow make it back home, or will he meet an untimely demise by way of frying pan?