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| The Complete Varda 16 – The World of Jacques Demy | 10 Sep 2024 | 00:52:08 | |
Varda completed her trilogy of tributes to her husband with the most straightforward of the three: a documentary covering Demy’s career and his impact on cinema. As expected, however, Varda at her most straightforward is still a little off-kilter, so … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 15 – The Young Girls Turn 25 | 02 Aug 2024 | 01:15:07 | |
On this episode, we cover an unusual entry in the Complete catalog: not just a bonus feature, but a bonus feature created for someone else’s movie. Varda revisits her husband’s 1967 film The Young Girls of Rochefort on the 25th … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 6 – Nausicaa | 26 Jul 2023 | 01:23:44 | |
On the sixth episode of the Complete Varda, Matt and Travis discuss the most obscure film in Varda’s filmography, the 1970 made-for-television film Nausicaa. Censored at the time and surviving only in a work print sent to Belgium (with all … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 5 – Lions Love… and Lies | 26 May 2023 | 01:51:41 | |
On the fifth episode of the Complete Varda, Matt and Travis discuss another of Varda’s unique explorations, 1969’s Lions Love (…and Lies was added at some point after the initial release). Filmed during Varda’s first stint in Los Angeles, the … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 4 – Les Creatures | 28 Apr 2023 | 01:34:21 | |
On the fourth episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis welcome their first guest of the season, the eternally wise and effortlessly cool David Blakeslee of Criterion Reflections, to discuss one of Agnès Varda’s most unusual and idiosyncratic films, … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 3 – Le Bonheur | 27 Mar 2023 | 02:09:11 | |
On the third episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis discuss one of Varda’s most insidious works of cinematic irony, Le Bonheur. Created in the wake of her international success with Cleo, Varda’s third feature is a joyful evocation … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 2 – Cléo from 5 to 7 | 25 Feb 2023 | 01:44:34 | |
On the second episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis quickly encounter Varda’s most famous and praised film, the New Wave masterpiece Cléo from 5 to 7. Made seven years after her debut, Cléo from 5 to 7 is … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 1 – La Pointe Courte | 24 Jan 2023 | 02:09:31 | |
On the first episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis begin their discussion of the films of Agnès Varda with her debut feature, La Pointe Courte. Barely screened upon completion but seen by a handful of hugely influential filmmakers … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 6 – Wrap Up with Andrew Osmond | 23 Jul 2021 | ||
For the final episode of the season, Matt and Travis are joined by Andrew Osmond, a writer and journalist who specializes in film and animation and the author of Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist, the only book in English that focuses … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 5 – Paprika | 03 Jun 2021 | ||
Satoshi Kon’s final film is the culmination of his career up to this point: an amalgamation of his most ambitious technical experimentation and the meta and philosophical themes deeply infused into all of his films, here made literal in a … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 4 – Paranoia Agent | 16 Apr 2021 | ||
For the fourth episode, Matt and Travis cover the epic and extraordinary Paranoia Agent, Kon’s 13-episode television series. The first and only thing Kon did for TV began as a combination of many of his smaller ideas and story concepts … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 3 – Tokyo Godfathers | 05 Jan 2021 | ||
For the third episode, Travis and Matt discuss the magical comedy adventure Tokyo Godfathers, Kon’s third feature. We discuss the vividly rendered central characters, the small details and recurring motifs that Kon layers into his work, and the departure from … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 14 – Jacquot de Nantes | 02 Jun 2024 | 01:52:16 | |
Created in the final months of husband Jacques Demy’s life, Varda’s fourteenth feature is one of her most emotionally resonant and visually sumptuous works. On this episode, Matt and Travis discuss the film’s multi-faceted structure as a fictional recreation of … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 2 – Millennium Actress | 02 Dec 2020 | ||
In this episode, Matt and Travis cover Satoshi Kon’s second feature, Millennium Actress. In many ways a reworking of the themes and techniques Kon explored in his debut, the film is nevertheless an entirely different viewing experience: an uplifting and … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kon 1 – Perfect Blue | 24 Oct 2020 | ||
On the first episode of our fourth season, Matt and Travis begin to work through the catalog of Satoshi Kon, our first Japanese filmmaker and the first to work in the medium of animation. We talk about Kon’s life and … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 19 – Wrap Up | 29 Aug 2020 | ||
On the final episode of the season, we reflect on the films we’ve watched over the past two years and the legacy of Kieślowski. We also cover films produced after his death that were associated with him through scripts and … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 18 – Three Colors: Red | 29 May 2020 | ||
For the last of our episodes on Kieślowski’s final work, the Three Colors trilogy, we are joined again by Ericca Long, co-host of The Magic Lantern Podcast to discuss Red, the director’s final work before retiring and soon after passing … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 17 – Three Colors: White | 16 Apr 2020 | ||
For the second of our episodes on Kieślowski’s final work, the Three Colors trilogy, we are joined again by Ericca Long, co-host of The Magic Lantern Podcast to discuss White, the second film in the series. A surprising departure in … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 16 – Three Colors: Blue | 19 Mar 2020 | ||
For the first of our episodes on Kieślowski’s final work, the Three Colors trilogy, we are joined by Ericca Long, co-host of The Magic Lantern Podcast to discuss Blue, the first film in the series. The second film Kieślowski made … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 15 – The Double Life of Veronique | 03 Feb 2020 | ||
For the first post-Dekalog episode, Travis and Matt welcome Dave Eves and Becky D’Anna, a couple of cinephiles and Bergman experts, to discuss The Double Life of Veronique. This film was Kieślowski’s first partially French-financed movie, and the first after … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 14 – Dekalog Wrap-Up with Michał Oleszczyk | 22 Dec 2019 | ||
For our final episode on the Dekalog, Travis and Matt welcome Michał Oleszczyk, a film critic and scholar based in Poland who has contributed to outlets such as Fandor and rogerebert.com. He recently curated a Kieślowski film festival at the … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 13 – Dekalog 9 & 10 | 16 Nov 2019 | ||
To close out our 6-part miniseries covering the individual episodes of the Dekalog, Matt and Travis welcome Daisuke Beppu, who hosts a wonderful YouTube channel covering the Criterion Collection and other film and home media topics. We discuss episodes 9 … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 12 – Dekalog 7 & 8 | 19 Oct 2019 | ||
For part 5 of our 6-part miniseries on Kieślowski’s monumental Dekalog television series, Matt and Travis welcome friend of the show and chief admin of the Criterion Considered group on Facebook Tim Leggoe. We discuss the next two episodes in … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 13 – Kung Fu Master | 16 Apr 2024 | 01:20:03 | |
On the thirteenth episode, Matt and Travis tackle the second half of Varda’s diptych with Jane Birkin. After taking a look at our own unease with the subject matter of this controversial fictional film based on a short story Birkin … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 11 – Dekalog 6 & A Short Film About Love | 11 Sep 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis are joined by David Blakeslee of the invaluable Criterion Reflections podcast to discuss the second Dekalog episode that was expanded into a feature, episode six, which would be titled A Short Film About Love in its feature … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 10 – Dekalog 5 & A Short Film About Killing | 08 Aug 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome Cole Roulain, cohost of The Magic Lantern podcast and cohoncho of The 25th Frame, to discuss the fifth episode of Dekalog and the first to be adapted into a feature-length film. The episode is a significant … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 9 – Dekalog 3 and 4 | 09 Jul 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis move on to parts 3 and 4 of Kieślowski’s epic television series Dekalog and bring on Keith Enright of the now defunct Criterion Completion website and pod-on-permanent-hiatus. This is part 2 of our 6-part series on the … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 8 – Dekalog 1 and 2 | 14 Jun 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis are excited to kick off our first multi-part series on one work: Kieślowski’s legendary Dekalog television miniseries. For the first episode, we welcome Josh Hornbeck, host of the forthcoming Criterion Channel Surfing podcast, to discuss the first … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 7 – No End | 23 May 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome Caitlin, the host of Her Head in Films, to discuss Kieślowski’s final film before creating the internationally acclaimed Dekalog series for Television, 1985’s No End. Released in the wake of a two-year period of martial law … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 6 – Blind Chance | 05 May 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis are joined by Martin Kessler of Flixwise and Flixwise Canada to discuss Kieślowski’s shelved 1981 theatrical feature Blind Chance. Like Short Working Day, Blind Chance was never shown publicly before being withheld from circulation, a victim of … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 5 – Short Working Day | 06 Apr 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome Matt Schlee from Cineccentric to discuss the fifth feature in Kieślowski’s filmography, Short Working Day. In 1981, Kieślowski made two films that would be immediately shelved and go unreleased for years: the theatrical feature Blind Chance … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 4 – Camera Buff | 22 Mar 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome Will Remmers to the show to discuss Kieślowski’s second theatrical feature and four feature overall, 1979’s Camera Buff. After The Calm was shelved, Kieślowski carried on with his documentary work, producing I Don’t Know (which he … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 3 – The Calm | 10 Mar 2019 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome the all-powerful voice and cinematic insight of Mr. Mark Hurne, co-host of Close-Up and regular on Criterion Now, to discuss Kieslowski’s second full-length made-for-TV feature and third overall feature, The Calm. The Calm was made almost … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 2: The Scar | 10 Feb 2019 | ||
Travis and Matt welcome Jon Laubinger, host of fellow 25th Frame show Film, Baby, Film, to discuss The Scar, Kieślowski’s second feature-length film. The Scar was Kieślowski’s first feature film for theaters, as Personnel had been made for television. Although … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Varda 12 – Jane B. par Agnès V. | 25 Feb 2024 | 01:54:26 | |
On the twelfth episode, Matt and Travis welcome longtime Friend of the Show Ericca Long back to discuss Varda’s idiosyncratic portrait of actress, model and icon Jane Birkin. Along with many tangential topics including modern arcades, getting older, and the … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kieślowski 1: Personnel | 31 Jan 2019 | ||
Season three of The Complete begins with the first full-length film made by Krzysztof Kieślowski, the made-for-TV 72-minute feature Personnel. We begin by discussing the director’s reputation and give a brief overview of his early life, time at the Łodz … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Supplemental Elaine May | 28 Nov 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis close out the season with May’s final film, an hour-long profile of Mike Nichols’s career. We start by discussing the special and Nichols’s career before closing out the season with a discussion of May’s films and her … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Elaine May 4: Ishtar | 17 Nov 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis tackle one of the most notorious “debacles” in Hollywood history, Elaine May’s Ishtar. We discuss the sad history of a modest film buried under a legendary backstory, along with the surprisingly entertaining product actually at the center … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Elaine May 3: Mikey and Nicky | 04 Nov 2018 | ||
Travis and Matt discuss Elaine May’s first Criterion Collection entry, set to be released on blu-ray in January. We discuss the film’s shaggy filmmaking, the central performances from Falk and Cassavetes, and its place in both May’s filmography and the … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Elaine May 2: The Heartbreak Kid | 25 Oct 2018 | ||
Travis and Matt take on Elaine May’s second film, the anti-romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid. We talk about the film’s emphasis on character and how the movie upends conventions that had barely been invented yet. We also compare it to … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Elaine May 1: A New Leaf | 14 Oct 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis kick off the new season of The Complete with A New Leaf, Elaine May’s debut film. We talk about the tragic underrepresentation of women in the director’s chair during Hollywood’s “golden” era, along with May’s unique path … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick: The Supplemental Kubrick | 20 Aug 2018 | ||
To wrap up the first season, Matt and Travis cover books and documentaries about Kubrick, while also touching on his unproduced films and their big takeaways from watching Kubrick’s work in chronological order. The Supplemental Kubrick | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 13: Eyes Wide Shut | 23 Jul 2018 | ||
For Kubrick’s final film, Matt and Travis are joined by Trevor Berrett of The Mookse and the Gripes and The Eclipse Viewer. We discuss the film’s remarkable relevance in America today, along with its dual themes of marriage and power. … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 12: Full Metal Jacket | 14 Jun 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis are joined by Doug McCambridge of Good Times, Great Movies to discuss Kubrick’s final war film, 1987’s Full Metal Jacket. We explore Kubrick’s larger purpose beyond the Vietnam War and the complicated moral landscape of the film. … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 11: The Shining | 21 May 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome Aaron West, host of Criterion Now, to discuss Kubrick’s most popular movie, The Shining. We discuss the film’s use of cinematic technique to explore fear and the film’s many mysteries, both real and imagined. The Shining | |||
| The Complete Varda 11 – Vagabond | 28 Jan 2024 | 01:56:57 | |
On the eleventh episode, Matt and Travis welcome Alex Kittle to discuss Vagabond, one of Varda’s most successful and praised films. Alex is a projectionist at the Brattle Theater, one of the greatest and most important repertory theaters in America, … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 10: Barry Lyndon | 20 Apr 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome cinema samurai and man-about-Twitter Dave Eves to discuss Barry Lyndon. We discuss the film’s uncanny reproduction of 18th Century Europe and the film’s thematic depth, along with the many mysteries of Barry and Ryan O’Neil’s performance. … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 9: A Clockwork Orange | 11 Mar 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome author and professor Kenneth James to discuss Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. We discuss the film’s many thematic and aesthetic elements as well as the film’s notoriety both on release and in its legacy as one of … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 8: 2001: A Space Odyssey | 31 Jan 2018 | ||
Matt and Travis welcome David Blakeslee of Criterion Reflections to discuss his favorite film of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey. We go through each of the film’s four sections and discuss the film’s significance in both world history and … Continue reading → | |||
| The Complete Kubrick 7: Dr. Strangelove | 17 Dec 2017 | ||
Matt and Travis are joined by Jon Laubinger of Film Baby Film to discuss Dr. Strangelove. We focus on the film’s relevance in today’s political climate and Kubrick’s decision to make a satire rather than a straight thriller. Dr. Strangelove | |||
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