The Criterion Project

Rachel Wagner

With the start of the Criterion Channel, Rachel Wagner and Conrado Falco thought it would be fun, once a month, to talk about a film offered there.

113 Episodes

AFI 100 Passions List
4/8/2024
56:54
With Rachel wrapping up her project to review every movie in the AFI 100 Years... 100 Passions list, we decided to take a look at this fun but kind of baffling list and pick out some of our favorite movies. What criterion has been used to rank these love stories? It's hard to say! Movies discussed in this episode: Beauty and the Beast The Bridges of Madison County It Happened One Night Make Way for Tomorrow A Place in the Sun What's Up, Doc? The AFI 100 years... 100 Passions list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Passions Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
Raging Bull
3/18/2024
36:13
Conrado and Rachel talk about RAGING BULL, the dark and violent biography of boxer Jake LaMotta, played in a transformative performance by Robert De Niro. Directed by the great Martin Scorsese, it has been praised by many critics as one of the best movies ever made. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on ⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
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Oscar Recommendations and Predictions!
3/3/2024
54:45
In this special Oscar episode, we not only give out predictions of which movies will win awards at next Sunday's ceremony, but we also recommend a similar movie to each of the Best Picture nominees! Movies discussed in this episode include: Bamboozled Certified Copy Enchanted Princess Cyd There Will Be Blood Phantom Thread The Aviator In the Mood for Love Female Trouble The Act of Killing Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on ⁠⁠⁠youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
Defending Your Life
2/20/2024
43:56
Rachel and Conrado talk about DEFENDING YOUR LIFE: written, directed and starring the great Albert Brooks. In this fantasy rom-com, a neurotic man dies and finds himself in "Judgment City", where he will have to mount a legal defense for having lived a good and worthy life. Also starring Meryl Streep, Lee Grant, and a hilarious Rip Torn as the protagonist's defense attorney. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on ⁠⁠youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
The Yards with Collin Brinkmann
1/29/2024
52:17
Conrado and Rachel are joined by Collin Brinkmann, author of Intimate Impressions: The Cinema of James Gray — the first monograph / critical biography on James Gray in English - to talk about Gray's second feature THE YARDS, a mournful crime saga starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and Charlize Theron. We talk about what makes Gray special, why he's so underrated as a filmmaker, and the problem-filled history of this movie's release. Read Collin's Intimate Impressions: The Cinema of James Gray here: https://the1517tocinema.blogspot.com/2022/10/intimate-impressions-cinema-of-james_28.html Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on ⁠youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
Inside Llewyn Davis with Abie Sidell
1/15/2024
1:00:40
Rachel and Conrado are joined by filmmaker Abie Sidell to talk about INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, the Coen Brothers' anti-epic starring Oscar Isaac as a prickly folk musician trying to make it in early sixties Greenwich Village. Watch Abie Sidell's CRAM now on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram Watch Matt Farley's LOCAL LEGENDS: https://www.amazon.com/Local-Legends-Matt-Farley/dp/B07LGG43TW Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support
Meet John Doe
1/1/2024
46:08
Happy New Year! We're back with a regular episode of the podcast, with a forgotten Christmas gem from Frank Capra. MEET JOHN DOE was meant to be the "Mr. Deeds of 1941", but instead is a much more fascinating movie in which Barbara Stanwyck inadvertently molds Gary Cooper into the most popular and inspiring man in America. Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support
Hidden Gems of 2023
12/11/2023
49:33
Rachel and Conrado recommend some of their favorite movies of the year, in particular the ones that you might not have heard about yet! Discussed in this episode: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Country Gold Mars Express Master Gardener Prom Pact Totem Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠⁠
New Movies: The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and many more!
11/28/2023
54:20
Rachel and Conrado run through their thoughts on an assortment of new releases, most of them playing in a theater near you! Plus: did Conrado correctly predict what would be Rachel's favorite movies of 2023? Movies covered in this episode: The Holdovers The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro May December Napoleon Nyad Poor Things Priscilla Rustin Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904⁠ Follow us on anchor ⁠https://anchor.fm/criterionproject⁠ Follow our twitter at ⁠https://twitter.com/criterionpod⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠ Rachel's Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies⁠ Follow Rachel's blog at ⁠rachelsreviews.net⁠ Follow Rachel on twitter ⁠twitter.com/rachel_reviews⁠ Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: ⁠https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2⁠ Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828⁠ Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: ⁠https://www.michael-lloret.com/⁠
New York Film Festival 2023 with Trevor Wallace
10/18/2023
1:16:41
Conrado and Rachel are joined by their great friend Trevor Wallace to talk about the movies they saw at the New York Film Festival! Movies covered in this episode: The Beast The Delinquents Eureka Fallen Leaves Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Janet Planet La Chimera Maestro The Night Visitors Perfect Days The Settlers Strange Way of Life The Sweet East The Taste of Things The Zone of Interest Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904 Follow us on anchor https://anchor.fm/criterionproject Follow our twitter at https://twitter.com/criterionpod Watch CRAM, produced by Trevor Wallace on TUBI Check out Trevor's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tdwallace/ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw Follow Conrado on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/ Rachel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies Follow Rachel's blog at rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel on twitter twitter.com/rachel_reviews Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2 Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828 Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/

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The Criterion Project

Rachel Wagner

113 Episodes

AFI 100 Passions List

Raging Bull

Oscar Recommendations and Predictions!

Defending Your Life

The Yards with Collin Brinkmann

Inside Llewyn Davis with Abie Sidell

Meet John Doe

Hidden Gems of 2023

New Movies: The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and many more!

New York Film Festival 2023 with Trevor Wallace