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The Criterion Project
by Rachel Wagner
With the start of the Criterion Channel, Rachel Wagner and Conrado Falco thought it would be fun, once a month, to talk about a film offered there. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support
Episodes
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AFI 100 Passions List
With Rachel wrapping up her project to review every movie in the AFI 100 Years... 100 Passions list, we decided to take a look at this fun but kind of baffling list and pick out some of our favorite movies. What criterion has been used to rank these love stories? It's hard to say! Movies…
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Raging Bull
Conrado and Rachel talk about RAGING BULL, the dark and violent biography of boxer Jake LaMotta, played in a transformative performance by Robert De Niro. Directed by the great Martin Scorsese, it has been praised by many critics as one of the best movies ever made. Follow us on itunes and leave...
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Oscar Recommendations and Predictions!
In this special Oscar episode, we not only give out predictions of which movies will win awards at next Sunday's ceremony, but we also recommend a similar movie to each of the Best Picture nominees! Movies discussed in this episode include: Bamboozled Certified Copy Enchanted Princess Cyd There...
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Defending Your Life
Rachel and Conrado talk about DEFENDING YOUR LIFE: written, directed and starring the great Albert Brooks. In this fantasy rom-com, a neurotic man dies and finds himself in "Judgment City", where he will have to mount a legal defense for having lived a good and worthy life. Also starring Meryl...
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The Yards with Collin Brinkmann
Conrado and Rachel are joined by Collin Brinkmann, author of Intimate Impressions: The Cinema of James Gray — the first monograph / critical biography on James Gray in English - to talk about Gray's second feature THE YARDS, a mournful crime saga starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and…
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Inside Llewyn Davis with Abie Sidell
Rachel and Conrado are joined by filmmaker Abie Sidell to talk about INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, the Coen Brothers' anti-epic starring Oscar Isaac as a prickly folk musician trying to make it in early sixties Greenwich Village. Watch Abie Sidell's CRAM now on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram...
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Meet John Doe
Happy New Year! We're back with a regular episode of the podcast, with a forgotten Christmas gem from Frank Capra. MEET JOHN DOE was meant to be the "Mr. Deeds of 1941", but instead is a much more fascinating movie in which Barbara Stanwyck inadvertently molds Gary Cooper into the most popular…
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Hidden Gems of 2023
Rachel and Conrado recommend some of their favorite movies of the year, in particular the ones that you might not have heard about yet! Discussed in this episode: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Country Gold Mars Express Master Gardener Prom Pact Totem Follow us on itunes and leave you…
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New Movies: The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and many more!
Rachel and Conrado run through their thoughts on an assortment of new releases, most of them playing in a theater near you! Plus: did Conrado correctly predict what would be Rachel's favorite movies of 2023? Movies covered in this episode: The Holdovers The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon…
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New York Film Festival 2023 with Trevor Wallace
Conrado and Rachel are joined by their great friend Trevor Wallace to talk about the movies they saw at the New York Film Festival! Movies covered in this episode: The Beast The Delinquents Eureka Fallen Leaves Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Janet Planet La Chimera Maestro The Night Visitors...
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Return of the Podcast: What We've Been Watching
Rachel and Conrado end their much needed hiatus with a conversation about some classics they've been able to catch on the big screen, including the pinnacle of summer blockbusters (Jurassic Park), two Spike Lee joints (Malcolm X and 25th Hour), and a handful of Disney movies (Beauty and the…
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S5 E4: Godland
Rachel and Conrado talk about Criterion exclusive premiere GODLAND, a historical drama by Icelandic filmmaker Hyldur Palmason. Inspired by the real discovery of a buried chest full of 19th century photographs of the Icelandic landscape and its people, the movie imagines the life of the Danish...
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S5 E3: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Conrado and Rachel talk about GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell and the legendary Marilyn Monroe. They also have brief conversations about Yasujiro Ozu's TOKYO STORY, Wes Anderson's ASTEROID CITY, as well as new raunchy comedies NO HARD FEELINGS and JOY...
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S5 E2: Modern Romance
Rachel and Conrado take on 'Modern Romance' the second movie directed by comedian Albert Brooks, who stars as himself as a neurotic and possessive film editor trapped in a toxic relationship of his own making. What will happen when Rachel, the queen of rom-coms is confronted with Brooks's…
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S5 E1: The Spirit of the Beehive
We start the fifth season of The Criterion Project by talking about The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), one of the most acclaimed movies in the history of Spanish cinema. Set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the movie follows a small girl named Ana who becomes fascinated with the…
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S4 E24: Things to Come with Iggy Cortez and Ian Fleishman
Iggy Cortez and Ian Fleishman are the editors of 'Performative Opacity in the Work of Isabelle Huppert', an essay collection about the iconic French actress and her enigmatic performance style. They join Rachel and Conrado to talk about THINGS TO COME, an unassumingly profound movie, written and...
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Our Favorite Horror Movies! With CRAM filmmakers Abie Sidell and Trevor Wallace
Watch CRAM, the new horror movie directed and produced by friends of the show Abie Sidell and Trevor Wallace: https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram In this very special episode of the podcast, Conrado and Rachel are joined by their good friends and excellent filmmakers Abie and Trevor to…
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S4 E22: Grand Illusion with Eric McDonough
Conrado and Rachel are joined by Eric McDonough (of The Movie Shelf podcast) to talk about Jean Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION, a War World I prison escape movie that was, for a long time, considered one of the best movies ever made. Its status seems to have receded considerably in the last couple...
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S4 E21: After Life
If you had to pick just one memory to encapsulate your whole life, what would you choose? Rachel and Conrado finally get to talking about Hirokazu Koreeda the celebrated Japanese filmmaker who has been mentioned on this podcast countless times but hasn't been the subject of an episode up until…
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S4 E20: Black Girl with Murtada Elfadl
We are joined by culture writer and critic Murtada Elfadl to talk about BLACK GIRL, the breakthrough film for director Ousmane Sembene, who is widely regarded as the "father of African cinema." Being the first Sub-Saharan African film to make a splash on the world stage, the movie was also a...
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S4 E19: Pillow Talk
We celebrate Valentine's Day with Rachel's pick PILLOW TALK, a romantic comedy classic starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day as a two people caught in the no longer relevant dilemma of having to share a telephone land-line even though they're complete strangers! This technicolor, cinemascope...
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S4 E18: To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Conrado and Rachel are both surprised and bowled over by TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942), a screwball comedy satire from master director Ernst Lubitsch, whose famous touch extends to pulling off setting one of the most intricate and funny farces of classic Hollywood in Nazi-occupied Poland - in a movie...
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S4 17: Persepolis
Rachel and Conrado return to the world of animation to talk about PERSEPOLIS, Marjan Satrapi's adaptation of her own autobiographical graphic novel about growing up during the Iranian Revolution. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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2022 in Review!
In this episode, we welcome in the new year by looking back at some of the best movies we watched in 2022. We each pick six movies, both old and new, that we love, and most importantly, think should would make great additions to the Criterion Collection. Some of the movies talked about in this...
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S4 E15: Shaolin Soccer
Conrado has been high on Soccer fever with the World Cup going on this month, so we take a look at SHAOLIN SOCCER, the kung fu sports comedy from Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow. And since we're on the topic, we talk about Roger Ebert's infamous review of the movie, which was an important item…
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S4 E14: Brazil with Louis Gaudio
Louis Gaudio, our good friend and host of the wonderful Robots vs. Dinosaurs podcast joins us to talk about Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL, a retro-futurist satire about an office worker trapped in an oppressive world of bureaucratic nonsense. Inspired by Franz Kafka, George Orwell, and with a good dose…
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S4 E13: Deep Cover
Conrado and Rachel travel back to 1992 to talk about a great neo-noir crime drama directed by actor-director Bill Duke, whose work has been recently rediscovered and embraced by a new generation of film-lovers. Laurence Fishburne stars as an undercover cop with Jeff Goldblum as a local drug...
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S4 E12: Dracula(s)
We continue or tradition of using Halloween as an excuse to talk about the classic Universal Horror movies. This time we go back to the movie that started it all! We are talking about DRACULA, starring Bela Lugosi in his star-making role, as well as the Spanish version of the same movie, which…
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Live from the New York Film Festival!
This week Rachel and Conrado are coming to you "live" from the New York Film Festival! They talk about the movies they've watched at this prestigious event, including: Armageddon Time, She Said, The Inspection, Showing Up, Corsage, and more! Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S4 E10: Gertrud with Dylan Cuellar
Conrado and Rachel are joined by Dylan Cuellar, co-host of the Great Movies podcast, to talk about GERTRUD, the final film by legendary Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer. We talk about impenetrable performances, impeccable camera movements, transcendental ways of looking at love, and great…
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The 10 Best Movies According to Criterion Project!
We're doing something a little different this episode! The prestigious Sight and Sound poll of the Best Movies of All Time is conducted every ten years, with the results to be revealed later this year. We didn't get a ballot to vote on the poll itself, but that's never stopped us in the past! We...
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S4 E8: The 400 Blows
Rachel and Conrado take on one of the big classics, The 400 Blows is one of the movies responsible for kick-starting the French New Wave, featuring Jean-Pierre Leaud as troubled kid Antoine Doinel, and based largely on director François Truffaut's own childhood experiences, the movie has…
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S4 E7: Throw Down
Conrado and Rachel strap their Judo belts tight and travel to Hong Kong to talk about the first movie by prolific director Johnnie To to be included in the Criterion Collection. Known for violent gangster movies and frothy romantic comedies, Throw Down stands out in his filmography as a martial...
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S4 E6: Metropolitan
Rachel and Conrado take on a classic of the 90s American indie scene: join us as we head into the upper classes of the Upper Side East in Whit Stillman's coming-of-age comedy-of-manners, Metropolitan. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S4 E4: Slacker
We revisit Richard Linklater, one of our personal favorites, and go back to the very beginning: when he broke through with his low budget, talky, and sprawling vision of outsider life in Austin. SLACKER - with its conversations about weird dreams, conspiracy theories, and the monetary value of...
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S4 E3: Late Spring with Dave Fiore and Elise Moore
We are talking about Yasujiro Ozu, one of the most celebrated and revered of Japanese filmmakers, and about his key collaborator actress Setsuka Hara. Both director not star are totally unique, not to mention wonderful. In this conversation we are joined by Dave Fiore and Elise Moore, the hosts…
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S4 E2: Wait Until Dark with Zach Kircher
We are joined by Youtuber Zach Kircher to talk about Audrey Hepburn playing blind and Alan Arkin playing psycho in a tense thriller famous for one of the most iconic jump scares of all time! You can watch Zach's video about Wait Until Dark's iconic jump scare here:...
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S4 E1: Godzilla! with Alexander Robinson and Yanni Patsurakis
Welcome to the super-sized season four premiere of The Criterion Project! We decided to go big or go home and talk about the one and only GODZILLA! What's more we are joined by not one, but two Godzilla experts: Alexander Robinson from The Real Mr. Robinson and the great Yanni Patsurakis are…
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Birthday Special: Top 5 of 1992
Conrado and Rachel close off the third year of Criterion Project and celebrate Conrado's impending 30th birthday by talking about their favorite movies that came out the year he was born! Some of the movies talked about in this episode include Malcolm X, The Player, Muppet Christmas Carol, Twin...
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S3 E26: Colma the Musical
Rachel and Conrado take a look at Colma: the Musical, a totally creative micro budget musical made for only 15 thousand dollars that went on to become a bit of a cult classic and has now been included in Criterion's collection of Asian American cinema. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings…
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S3 E25: Merrily We Go to Hell with Katie Carter
Conrado and Rachel are joined by film critic and classic film fan Katie Carter to talk about Merrily We Go to Hell, starring Silvia Sidney, Fredric March and directed by Dorothy Arzner - one of the very few female directors of the classic Hollywood era. Comedy, romance, drama... this pre-code...
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S3 E24: Asako I & II
Rachel and Conrado take on the 2018 romance by Oscar-winning director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, before his Drive My Car took the art film world by storm, he was adapting a novel about a young woman torn between two lovers who look exactly the same. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S3 E23: The Age of Innocence with Jen Johans
Rachel and Conrado are joined by Jen Johans to take a look at the cinematic adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer-winning book. Leave it to Martin Scorsese to show New York high society of the 1870s to be as cold and brutal as the mob. Starring a trio of gorgeous people - Daniel Day-Lewis,...
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S3 E22: Winter Light
Rachel and Conrado finally tackle the master Ingmar Bergman and they do so with one of his darkest movies no less! What do you do when you pray but God doesn't answer? Let's find out! Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S3 E21: Imitation of Life (1959) with Jose Solís
Rachel and Conrado are joined by Jose Solís, film and theatre critic extraordinaire, to talk about a doozy of a melodrama. It's the hugely popular 1959 version of the hugely popular novel Imitation of Life. Directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Lana Turner, Susan Kohnner, and Juanite Moore, the...
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S3 E20: All About Eve with Stanford Clark
Rachel and Conrado are joined by the great Stanford Clark to talk about a total Hollywood classic: All About Eve! Join us backstage to dig into this fabulous satire about the cut-throat world of professional theatre, featuring a stellar cast led by Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, George...
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S3 E19: Rear Window
Conrado and Rachel tackle one the master of suspense's best movies. There's plenty of Hitchcock talk in here, but we also talk plenty about Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and we revisit our friend Jimmy Stewart. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S3 E18: Scrooge! with Kevin Falk (Merry Christmas!)
Merry Christmas! Today Rachel is joined by Kevin Falk to wish you all Happy Holidays and to talk about the musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol from 1970 called Scrooge! Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews:...
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S3 E17: Bright Star
Rachel and Conrado swoon over Jane Campion's romantic biopic Bright Star, and they also have a conversation about the director's latest movie: The Power of the Dog! Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904…
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S3 E16: Center Stage (1991)
Conrado and Rachel talk about actress Maggie Cheung and director Stanley Kwan's unconventional biography of legendary Chinese actress Ruan Lingyu Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904 Follow us on anchor...
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With the start of the Criterion Channel, Rachel Wagner and Conrado Falco thought it would be fun, once a month, to talk about a film offered there. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support
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