This week on the show we discuss one of McKenzie's favorite films and her number 1 that is in the collection. Is this the definitive Mulholland Dr. podcast? Does Ian give it 5-stars? Or do we just have a good time and barely scratch the surface? You can only find out on Mulholland Dr. (2001). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:33) What we've been watching (00:33:24) Mulholland Dr. (01:14:52) Final thoughts (01:25:05) Next week ---- Links Ian...

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? If you answered yes, than you are in luck cause The Criterion Connection will take you there as we bring you the first of a surrealist queer double feature with Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich (1999). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:30) What we've been watching (00:21:10) Being John Malkovich (1999) (01:14:17) Final thoughts (01:20:36) Next week ---- Links How to Be Someone Else: Transgender Themes in the Work of Charlie...

This week we connect to Ang Lee's The Ice Storm with another film about childhood malaise set against the political upheaval of a nation as we dive into one of Spanish cinema's greatest auteurs, Carlos Saura, with what is regarded as his masterpiece: Cría cuervos (1976). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:42) What we've been watching (00:16:06) Criterion News: From the pages of Current (00:33:30) Cría cuervos (1976) (01:13:40) Final thoughts (01:19:07) Next week ---- Links Ian...

We return to our normally scheduled programming with our first feature by Taiwanese chameleonic auteur, Ang Lee. This week we kick off a double feature of familial strife set amidst national political turmoil (we may be reaching on this one as they are both first time watches for both of us) with Lee's THE ICE STORM (1997). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:24) What we've been watching (00:31:10) The Ice Storm (01:14:50) Final thoughts (01:21:17) Next week ---- Links Ian...

It's our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! On this episode we celebrate one year of THE CRITERION CONNECTION. We re-evaluate our top 10 Criterion films, discuss some favorite moments from the show (and less favorite moments), and hear from our listeners! ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:52) Top 10 Lists (00:38:36) Our Favorite Moments (00:50:50) Our Not-so-favorite Moments (01:00:46) Emails & Voicemails (01:07:02) Next Week ---- Links Ian...

This week we end our most recent massive double feature. We discuss a titanic film not only of the collection but of cinema et large, Bong Joon Ho's oscar winning thriller of those who live in high places and those who live in low palces, Parasite (2019). ---- Next week will be our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! And, we want to hear from our audience. So please email us your letters and voicemails about your favorite moments on the show, films we have covered, or anything at all to...

**SPOILER WARNING** In this episode we spend a portion of the What We've Been Watching section discussing the new film, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, in depth. We do spoil some major things from the film. Listen at your own risk or utilize the chapters below to skip ahead. ---- This week we start a massive double feature. We discuss a film we've had on the books for a while from a totemic director of Japanese cinema: Akira Kurosawa's High & Low (1963). The only thing that could compare is the...

The pairing for our double feature concerning daughters and their long lost mothers and to last week's episode on TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957), this week we discuss a favorite of McKenzie's: Mike Leigh's SECRETS & LIES (1996). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:29) What we've been watching (00:26:27) A Special Message from McKenzie (00:28:18) Secrets & Lies (01:14:21) Final thoughts (01:17:50) Next week ---- Links Ian...

The show kicks off yet another double feature, this time focused on long lost mothers, familial strife, and intimate melodrama. We start with a lesser known from Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu - Tokyo Twilight (1957). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:20) What we've been watching (00:29:12) Tokyo Twilight (01:01:27) Final thoughts (01:06:57) Next week ---- Links Ian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  McKenzie...

The show ends an (almost) perfectly timed romance themed double feature with Wong Kar-wai's erotic yet chaste romantic period piece, In the Mood for Love (2000). Josh also shares his Four Favorites films in the Collection. The Criterion Connection will be off the week of 3/4/2024. We will return with a new double feature 3/11/2024. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:54) Josh's Four Favorites (00:13:50) In the Mood for Love (01:02:40) Final Thoughts (01:07:40) [Not] Next...

The show begins an (almost) perfectly timed romance themed double feature with David Lean's quiet and restrained masterpiece of forbidden love: Brief Encounter (1945). We also highlight what is coming to the Criterion Channel in March '24 as well as new additions to the Criterion Collection. ---- Links Follow our friend Guti on Finite Cinema Dreams Ian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  McKenzie...

The show completes their latest double featuring connected by the life of activist and titan, MALCOLM X. We talk Academy Award-winning actor, Regina King's, directorial debut: One Night in Miami (2020). ---- Links Ian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  McKenzie on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Austin Danger...

The show kicks off a new double feature discussing the lives of towering figures in the U.S. Black community begining with the totemic work by master filmmaker Spike Lee, Malcolm X (1992). ---- Links Ian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  McKenzie on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Austin Danger...

The show concludes our latest double feature exploring the intricacies of the United States legal system and it's myriad of flaws. Ending with not just any film, but [also] one of the greatest of all time: Anatomy of a Murder (1959). We also chat about the new additions to the collection in April. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:22) What we've been watching (00:21:24) What's coming to the collection in April '24 (00:33:54) Anatomy of a Murder (01:11:31) Final thoughts &...

The show begins a new double feature exploring the intricacies of the United States legal system and it's myriad of flaws. Beginning with not just any film, but one of the greatest of all time: 12 Angry Men (1957). We also chat about the new additions to the channel in February. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:20) What we've been watching (00:12:55) What's coming to the channel in Feb '24 (00:20:22) 12 Angry Men (01:00:46) Final thoughts & ratings (01:08:37) Next...

McKenzie (she/her) & Ian (they/them) conclude their Jane Campion double feature with a personal favorite of theirs in recent years, The Power of the Dog (2021). We also make some new years resolutions when it comes to our movie watching and chat about what we rang in the new year with, movie wise. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:57) 2024 film-watching resolutions (00:20:01) What we've been watching (00:32:18) The Power of the Dog (01:13:35) Final thoughts &...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie (she/her) begin a new double feature for a new year. We start off a highly anticipated (by us) and extremely exciting pairing with Jane Campion's seminal art house drama, filled with exquisite detail and atmosphere, The Piano (1993). We also chat about our gift hauls from the holiday as well as what we watched while celebrating with family. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:40) What we got for the holiday (00:07:40) What we've been...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie (she/her) conclude their latest double bill with themes of opulence, political strife, and time slipping away with a grand Italian epic that oddly stars an American tough guy, The Leopard (1963). They also highlight what is coming to the collection in March 2024 as well as talk about some special recent watches. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:08) What we've been watching (00:18:39) March 2024 Criterion additions (00:26:19) The Leopard (00:59:10)...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie start a new double feature concerning loss, class, and time slipping away with our first foray into the country of India with master autuer Satyajit Ray's The Music Room (1958). They also highlight what is coming to the channel in January 2024. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:19) What we've been watching (00:29:55) What's coming to the channel (00:36:01) The Music Room (01:04:00) Final thoughts & ratings (01:11:12) Next week ---- Links Ian...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie continue their double feature with themes concerning psychosexual relationships, corrupt power structures, and internal torment with Ingmar Bergman's HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968). They also discuss the current program, MGM Musicals, on The Criterion Channel. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:30) What We've Been Watching (00:25:40) Hour of the Wolf (01:02:16) Final Thoughts & Ratings (01:08:22) Next Week ---- Links Ian...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie finally break out of US-made films with one of the greatest(?) films ever made: Woman in the Dunes (1964). They also discuss Ernst Lubitsch's Design for Living as well as some of their favorite follows on Letterboxd. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:17) What We've Been Watching (00:13:58) Woman in the Dunes (00:51:00) Final Thoughts & Ratings (00:55:56) Emails (01:04:19) Next Week ---- Links Letterboxd Accounts Referenced on the show: Lowe...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie conclude their NOIRvember double feature with the incomparable In a Lonely Place (1950). They chat Bogie, Grahame, Ray, and more while discussing this classic noir thriller. They also chat more noir films, May December (2023), and a little Marty. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:25) What We've Been Watching (00:08:55) May December review (00:36:05) In a Lonely Place (01:09:13) Final Thoughts & Ratings (01:17:20) Next Week ---- Links Ian...

McKenzie (she/her) & Ian (they/them) begin a new double feature with canonical classic THE THIRD MAN (1949). They also discuss the amazing new additions to The Criterion Collection as well as what is coming to The Criterion Channel in December '23. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:30) What We've Been Watching (00:18:12) Criterion Updates (00:32:20) THE THIRD MAN (00:59:11) Final Thoughts & Ratings (01:04:42) Next Week ---- Links Finite Cinema Dreams by our friend...

McKenzie (she/her) & Ian (they/them) return from break to discuss what they've seen in the past two weeks and complete our latest double feature with Gina Prince-Bythewood's early-oughts romance LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:10) What We've Been Watching (00:26:02) LOVE & BASKETBALL (01:15:40) Final Thoughts & Ratings (01:20:00) Our Next Movie & Our First Theme ---- Links Ian...

Ian (they/them) & McKenzie (she/her) get into the filmmaking & chemistry of it all with this spicy American indie - MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991). We also take a look at what is coming to the Criterion Collection in January. ---- THE CRITERION CONNECTION will be on break for two weeks. We will return on 11/13/2023. ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:02) What We've Been Watching (00:21:08) Criterion Updates (00:30:00) MISSISSIPPI MASALA (01:04:42) Final Thoughts &...