Criterion Cast: Main Episodes

David Blakeslee, Aaron West, and Brad McDermott got together to keep our annual "favorites of the year" podcast tradition going for Year 16!

David Blakeslee hosts director/screenwriter Matthew Gentile in a conversation about six films from Argentina's golden age of cinema, currently featured on the Criterion Channel.

Our 15th annual survey of Criterion's new releases, featuring David Blakeslee, Josh Hornbeck, Brad McDermott, and Aaron West.

This year's panel (David, Jordan, Josh, Brad, and Aaron) resumes our annual tradition of sharing their favorite 2023 releases from the Criterion Collection.

David Blakeslee, Jordan Essoe, Josh Hornbeck and Aaron West talk about their top picks among the films published by the Criterion Collection over the past year.

The full CriterionCast crew assembles for our 12th annual year-end conversation about our favorite Criterion Collection offerings in 2021.

Scott is joined by David, Aaron, Trevor, and Jordan to discuss their Criterion Collection releases from 2020.

On episode 211 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker's 1993 documentary The War Room.

On episode 210 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film L'eclisse.

On episode 209 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film La notte.

On episode 208 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960 film L'avventura.

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero.

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Paisan.

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City.

Ryan is joined by David and Aaron to chat about the Wacky New Year's Drawing for 2020.

Ryan is joined by David, Scott, Trevor, and Jordan to discuss their Criterion Collection releases from 2019.

Trevor, Scott and David convene to sift through the motives and malice driving this compelling, Oscar-winning adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square.

Ryan is joined by Arik, David, Scott, and Josh to discuss the podcast’s ten-year anniversary, as well as a few Criterion-related topics.

The trilogy concludes with the surreal, the inexplicably, and the haunting.

Bergman's faith trilogy continues with the relentless Winter Light