Criterion Cast: The Eclipse Viewer

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 74 – Five Radical Documentaries by Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi

David and Trevor provide a high-level overview discussion of all five films included in the 49th volume of the Eclipse Series.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 73 – Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy

David and Trevor revisit the recently upgraded set, following up on their conversation about these films back in 2016.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 72 – Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 3]

David and Trevor conclude their discussion of the new Eclipse Series set in conversations about GIRLS OF THE NIGHT and LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 71 – Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 2]

David and Trevor continue their review of the new Eclipse Series set by discussing FOREVER A WOMAN and THE WANDERING PRINCESS.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 70 – Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 1]

David and Trevor discuss LOVE LETTER and THE MOON HAS RISEN, the first of three episodes reviewing KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS, new from the Eclipse Series from the Criterion C

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 69 – Lubitsch Musicals [Part 2]

David, Trevor and guest William Remmers wrap up their coverage of the set to talk about THE SMILING LIEUTENANT and ONE HOUR WITH YOU.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 68 – Lubitsch Musicals [Part 1]

David and Trevor are joined by William Remmers to discuss THE LOVE PARADE and MONTE CARLO, the first two films in this reissued set of classic Pre-Code musical comedies.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 67 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 4]

David and Trevor wrap up their coverage with a conversation about six "school films" shot between 1975 and 1989.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 66 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 3]

David and Trevor discuss five films shot between 1978-1984 that offer Kiarostami's insight and indirect critique of Iranian politics and culture.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 65 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 2]

David and Trevor continue their conversation, focusing on two medium-length narratives about adolescence and poverty: Experience and A Wedding Suit.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 64 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 1]

The Eclipse Series is back! And so is our podcast dedicated to each of the excellent box sets released under this sideline of the Criterion Collection. Trevor and David b

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 63 – Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years [Part 2]

David and Trevor conclude their discussion of the newest Eclipse Series release, covering the last three films in the set: Dollar, A Woman's Face and June Night.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 62 – Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years [Part 1]

David and Trevor are back to talk about the first three of six films just released in the new set from the Eclipse Series.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 61 – Claude Autant-Lara: Four Romantic Escapes From Occupied France

David and Trevor pick up where they left off last summer as they discuss the most recent entry in the Eclipse Series.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 60 – Late Ozu [Part 3]

Is this it? Is this really it? Is this the final episode of the Eclipse Viewer podcast?

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 59 – Late Ozu [Part 2]

David and Trevor are joined by Matt Gasteier to discuss Ozu's transition to color in Equinox Flower, Good Morning and Floating Weeds.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 58 – Late Ozu [Part 1]

David, Trevor and guest Matt Gasteier discuss Early Spring and Tokyo Twilight in the first of a three-part series.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 57 – Postwar Kurosawa [Part 2]

David and Trevor fearlessly (or perhaps idiotically) accept the challenge of discussing two films suffused with madness, obsession and paranoia as they conclude their cov

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 56 – Postwar Kurosawa [Part 1]

David and Trevor retrace Akira Kurosawa's steps as he explores the challenges Japan confronted in the late 1940s.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 55 – Julien Duvivier in the Thirties [Part 2]

David and Trevor conclude their conversation about this exquisite collection of French cinema classics.