Criterion Now

Criterion Now - Episode 162

Description: Tiffany Vazquez joins Aaron and Jill after a brief hiatus, which we explain. There's some catch-up where we talk about Aaron's book, Tiffany's Mira Nair cla

Criterion Now - Episode 160

Description: Christian Gutierrez joins Aaron for the first time. He has a podcast called Reel Latinos, and is an expert in Latino cinema. He has tastes for world cinema

Criterion Now - Episode 159

Description: Ali Khamseh joins Aaron from Tehran, Iran. It was the first time podcasting with someone anywhere close to that region, and it was a delight! Ali talked abo

Criterion Now - Episode 158 - Killers of the Flower Moon, June 2028 Announcements

Description: David Blakeslee joins Aaron. Jill is absent for the near future, and while she can't be replaced, David is a terrific co-host. We start by talking about Kil

Criterion Now - Episode 157

Description: Jill and Aaron talk about Flow, which appears to be the first Janus Contemporary that will get a Criterion spine release. We then talk about the May 2025 An

Criterion Now - Episode 156

Description: Jill and Aaron are back after a little bit of an unintentional break. We talk about Aaron's upcoming new book. We pay tribute to the loss of one of our favor

Criterion Now - Episode 152

Description: Ryan Verrill joins the podcast to announce that we are joining Someone's Favorite Productions network. We also get into the November 2024 announcements on t

Criterion Now - Episode 150 - Imogen Sara Smith, October 2024 Announcements, Modern French Film

Description: Imogen Sara Smith joins for our special episode 150, which we recorded without interruptions. We talk about a number of subjects including the thrill and ra

Criterion Now - Episode 149 - Someone Bought Criterion

Description: Jill and Aaron return the Criterion Now podcast with a long overdue episode. We get into the ownership situation with Criterion Collection and Indian Paintb

Criterion Now – Episode 148 – Criterion 2022 Top 3, Sight & Sound, February and March 2023 Announcements

We are pleased to have Dave Eves back on the show. We talk best of 2022, February and March announcements, and the Sight & Sound list.

Criterion Now – Episode 147 – August 2022 Through January 2023 Criterion Releases

Now that we're back, we had some catching up to do. This week Drew Morton joined to go back through all of the months that we missed during hiatus -- August 2022 through

Criterion Now – Episode 146 – A Conversation with Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou

Filmmaker Sean Baker and his co-director for Take Out and frequent collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou join to discuss Take Out, Criterion, and other topics.

Criterion Now – Episode 145 – We’re Back!

Jill and Aaron are now officially back from hiatus and ready to resume the show. This is us getting warmed up.

Criterion Now – Episode 144 – July 2022 Announcements, David Lynch, Truffaut

Jill and Aaron get into June announcements, a lot of David Lynch news, and speculate about François Truffaut.

Criterion Now – Episode 143 – June 2022 Announcements, Indicator Bogart, Kinuyo Tunaka

Marcus Pinn joins as we discuss June announcements and a lot more.

Criterion Now – Episode 142 – May 2022 Announcements, Miller’s Crossing, Pink Flamingos

Drew Morton joins again, and we have a lot to talk about. Come for the Criterions, stay for his Jimmy Stewart impressions.

Criterion Now – Episode 141 – Martial Arts

Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali, authors of These Fists Break Bricks join to talk about all things martial arts.

Criterion Now – Episode 140 – April 2022 Announcements, A Hard Day’s Night, Shaft

Celeste de la Cabra joins to discuss the April announcements and more possibly coming to Criterion.

Criterion Now – Episode 139 – Reflections on 2021

Jill and Aaron spend New Year's Eve reflecting on the year of 2021

Criterion Now – Episode 138 – March 2022 Announcements, Janus Acquisitions, Rumors

Brad McDermott joins to talk the March 2022 Announcements and a lot of other Criterion news.