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The Crit Club is a brave bunch, no stranger to tackling any movie, whatever its reputation. To prove our courage, this week weâre watching the notorious 1987 box office bomb Ishtar, written and directed by Elaine May. Its plot is a goofy buddy comedy starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as aspiring songwriters who somehow find themselves a gig in Morocco. But the filmâs legacy is one of reported mismanagement, studio interference, and deep-seated grudges, which led to a reputation as being one of the worst movies ever made. Did we buy into that hype, or was there an oasis to find in the desert of Ishtar? Listen and find out.
And join us next week for a Wizard Pickâ˘, where weâll watch the 1936 British science fiction film Things to Come.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
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Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Itâs a real date night week here at Crit Club where weâre watching the often-banned, taboo-breaking In the Realm of the Senses from 1976. From Nagisa Ĺshima, this fictionalized account of a Japanese true crime incident that happened in the 1930s follows two lovers as they fall down the well of each otherâs hedonistic appetites.
That âdate nightâ thing mentioned earlier was sarcasm, and all sorts of trigger warnings should be applied to a viewing and discussion of this cinematic curiosity.
Next week should prove to be a bit more audience, though not box office, friendly. As Peter picks the Elaine May reputable disaster of a film that many believe destroyed her career. Weâre watching Ishtar. You should watch it as well and listen along!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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That train whistle blowing you hear is the Crit Club hustling their way to watch 3:10 to Yuma, Delmar Davesâ classic 1957 western based on an Elmore Leonard short story (which you can read here). This compact story puts a modest rancher in an unexpected position with an infamous gang leader, telling a timeless story of morality, humanity, connection, and dread. Did we find the ride comfortable or would we have rather been tied to the tracks? Listen and find out!
And join us next week for a Coire pick, where he has challenged us to watch the oft-banned 1976 erotic art film In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Ĺshima.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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The Crit Club spent this week trying to ward away dread with the 1981 Hong Kong martial arts, action, comedy/horror movie Dreadnaught. This physical masterpiece tells the story of two warring schools, a sheepish launderer, and, why not, a murderous, face-painted psychopath. Directed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping, Dreadnaught is a full on, nonstop, slapstick bonanza. Did we find it as watchable as the film certainly thinks it is? Listen to find out!
And join us next week, where Angela is picking the original 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma. All aboard!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Bonjour mes amis! This week, the Crit Club is heading back to France, riding the first swells of that New Wave with François Truffautâs 1959 The 400 Blows. Routinely lauded as one of the best films ever made, this small, active movie follows the adolescent discomfort of one young Antoine Doinel as he struggles to find a place in the trappings of school, his home, and society at large. Did we find it to be one of the best films? Did we long for a simpler time in the post-war Parisian school system? Were we shocked to find that gravitrons existed back then? Listen and find out!
And join us next week for a Wizard Pickâ˘, where weâll watch the 1981 Hong Kong action/horror film Dreadnaught!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Crit Club here with our first documentary in a long while, with Hearts and Minds, a devastating depiction of the Vietnam War. Told in a relatively modern way, Hearts and Minds is a wide-ranging film that explores the war through D.C. insider interviews and crushing footage from the invaded country.
Join us next week for a PP (peter pick), where we will watch François Truffaut's 1959 coming of age movie, The 400 Blows.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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The Crit Club is traveling through time into the distant future of 2021 with the help of the 2003 film Itâs All About Love by club-fave Thomas Vinterberg. This surreal, sci-fi-esque movie revolves around the disintegrating relationship between Claire Danes and Jaoquin Phoenix amid a world of people dying of broken hearts and gravitational distortions. All wrapped around Polish-ish accents and ice skating. Sound intriguing? Well give a listen and see if we were warmed up by this ice age tale.
Join us next week for a Coire pick, and our first doc in a while! Weâll watch the 1974 Vietnam War documentary Hearts and Minds.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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This week, the Crit Club is giving in to their inner Goth by watching Ken Russelâs 1986 Romantic-era, maximum freakout, psycho-sexual drama Gothic. This movie follows a super wholesome and fun-looking evening based ever so loosely on true events, where Lord Byron hosts Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley and a few others, encouraging them to dive into the sickly depths of their soulsâ darkest fears. Just a chill night in. What did the Crit Club think? Well. youâll have to listen, dear reader!
And get ready for next week, when Angela will take us to explore another film by Thomas Vinterberg, with 2003âs Itâs All About Love.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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The Crit Club is riding this wave of late stage capitalism right back to 1989 so we can learn how to better ourselves with the help of Bruce Robinsonâs black comedy How to Get Ahead in Advertising. This satirical bit of consumer culture backlash examines the lengths to which the pressure of a pitch can get to one specific ad man, and we watch him unravel in a pretty unique way. But what did we think? Youâll have to listen to find out.
Weâre going to take a week off to celebrate Coireâs birthday (thanks for being born!), but after that, weâll be back together for a Wizard Pick⢠(cue ripping guitar riff). Weâll hang around in the UKâs 1980s and watch Ken Russellâs 1986 movie Gothic. Join us for that!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Deep in the heart of a brittle northern winter, four friends (the Crit Club) decide to attend a Danish 60th birthday party as we watch 1998âs The Celebration. The first of the famous (infamous?) Dogma95 movies, The Celebration has us descend on a wealthy manor for a patriarchâs special day and leaves us stranded in stark reality to watch the familyâs dirty laundry fill the whole space with an unforgettable stench. Come and listen to what we thought of this fascinating movie and its place in larger film history.
And next week, join us for a Peter PIck (no sound effect found). Heâs picking the 1989 British black comedy How to Get Ahead in Advertising from Bruce Robinson.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Good day to everyone. The Crit Club has the heat turned up so we can kick off our shoes and watch 1954âs Golden Age drama The Barefoot Contessa. This movie examines the spectacular rise and sudden fall of a Spanish dancer as she is absorbed into increasing levels of high society. Did we dance to the this filmâs tune or pull our booties right back on? Youâll have to listen to see.
Next week, join us for a Coire pick as we watch the 1998 Dogma 95 movie, The Celebration.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Hello listeners and Happy New Year! For 2024, the Crit Club made the joint resolution to ride off on a magic carpet and never look back. To help us in that endeavor, we watched 1940âs epic fantasy adventure The Thief of Bagdad. Plucked from 1,001 Arabian Night, and subsequently used as the inspiration for Disneyâs Aladdin, this special effects-heavy spectacle follows a usurped king on a quest to find a lost love. Listen along and see if this was an oasis in the desert of January, or a Technicolor case of sun poisoning.
Next week, it's an Angela pick! Join us to watch the movie (not the cooking show) The Barefoot Contessa from 1954.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ , which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Howdy partners, this week the Crit Club was roped into watching the incredibly named, 1954 Joan Crawford western Johnny Guitar. Itâs a psychosexual drama of bitter rivalries, NIMBY politics, and someone named the Dancinâ Kid. Come give a listen and find out whether we rode off into the sunset with this one or left it tied to the railroad tracks.
For next week, itâs a WIZARD PICKâ˘, and weâll be watching the 1940 historical fantasy film The Thief of Bagdad. Watch along with us!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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If you think Crit Club is above challenging themselves with a three-hour, near-incomprehensible dreamscape, then our watching of David Lynchâs 2006 epic Inland Empire should prove you wrong. From a Polish barbeque attended by circus performers to a nightmare sitcom starring anthropomoric rabbits, we sat through it and then tried to piece it together. Come listen to how good of a job we did!
And come listen next week where weâll switch things up dramatically, with Joan Crawfordâs 1954 tour de force western, the incredibly named Johnny Guitar.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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Tis the season! The WEDDING season, that is. This week your Crit Club pals are hitchin' a ride to watch Tricia get hitched in 1971âs surrealist satire short film Triciaâs wedding lovingly staged by a coterie of irreverent drag performers. Come listen and see whether we renewed our vows to this classic piece of queer performance art, or if we stood it up at the altar.
Join us next week for a Coire pick, where weâll watch David Lynchâs last (and long) movie, 2006âs Inland Empire.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents the all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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October might be done with us, but weâre not done with October. This week, the Crit Club is clinging on to the last vestiges of spookiness with Abel Ferraraâs 1995 vampire horror film The Addiction. This heavy film, which uses everyoneâs favorite Twilight characters as a metaphor for drug addiction, insists that it has a lot to say about free will, human cruelty, and redemption. Were we drawn into its worldview, or did we kick this film cold turkey. Listen to find out.
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by â this helpful spreadsheetâ which documents the all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
Next week we'll be watching the 1971 short film Tricia's Wedding.
And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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During this spooky month, the Crit Club decided to take yet another trip to an isolated location, specifically a desolate island in the north of Sweden for a chill bit of insomnia with Ingmar Bergmanâs 1968 horror thriller Hour of the Wolf. This surrealist nightmare about art, existence, codependency, and self-perception follows a quiet, expecting couple making a home away from others, until the husbandâs claustrophobic fears call down his internal demons to wreck the lives of them both. Come have a listen and see if the Crit Club thought it was worth staying awake until the Hour of the Wolf.
Catch the last dregs of our October watchings with next weekâs Wizard Pick⢠where weâll check out Abel Ferraraâs 1995 vampire horror film The Addiction. Watch along with us!
You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by this helpful spreadsheet which documents the all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched.
And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host â Peter Allen Clarkâ .
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They said it couldnât be done. They swore up and down there was no way four nerds could record 50 podcast episodes about the Criterion Channel streaming service. Well, after three years and one pandemic, Crit Club is here with a 51st Episode Extravaganza to prove them all wrong.
Come listen to Angela, Coire, Peter, and Wizard Chris talk through the highs, the lows, and the lasting impressions of our first 50 episodes. You can follow along with this helpful spreadsheet that documents the all the scores we gave to all the movies we watched: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j9G2235MBN7wI3n7_LuVI4UMA111gHStoN3szetlO-s/edit#gid=0
Weâre not resting too comfortably on our laurels. Weâll be back next week to talk about Ingmar Bergmanâs 1968 thriller Hour of the Wolf. Watch along with us!
And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
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Predictably, the Crit Club couldnât stay away from France for long. This week, we joined a sloppy movie production for 1996âs Irma Vep from Olivier Assayas. This sly, meta commentary on the state of French films at the time stars Maggie Cheung playing a version of herself as she plays the titular Irma Vep in a haggard directorâs lackadaisical attempt to reboot the silent classic Les Vampires. Itâs a bit playful, a bit navel-gazy, and a lotta French. Did Irma Vep steal our hearts in the same fashion as those international jewel thieves from Les Vampires, or did it make us want to wrap the whole shoot? Listen to find out!
And since this was our 50th episode(!), next week weâre looking back at all the movies weâve watched so far in a big 51st episode celebration show! Come join us for some good ol' nostalgia over the last three years, and a spreadsheet or two.
If you want to get ready for the next movie we watch, Peterâs on his spooky season kick and has picked Ingmar Bergmanâs 1968 horror thriller Hour of the Wolf.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
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Oh this? Why yes, the Crit Club is wearing a new immaculately tasteful and exquisitely handcrafted new movie, specifically 2022âs The Blue Caftan from writer/director Maryam Touzani. A quiet family drama of a husband and wife managing a tailor shop in Morocco, The Blue Caftan has volumes to say (albeit in hushed tones) about love, family, identity, and devotion. Did your Crit Club faves learn from the lessons imparted, or did we just take the caftan and leave? Youâll have to listen to find out.
Join us next week for a Coire pick where weâll watch 1996âs Irma Vep.
And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
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