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Two friends explore the Criterion Collection by connecting the iconic films to each other through the greater tapestry of cinema.
Ian & McKenzie hosts The Criterion Connection, a tv show with 121 episodes published.
On this episode of the Criterion Connection, we discuss John Sayles' generation spanning neo-western/mystery-drama dissecting themes as vast as the desert itself, Lone Star (1996). We also chat the 50th Anniversary of Al
On this episode we discuss one of the biggest additions in recent memory - Joel & Ethan Coen's 2007 Best Picture winning thriller No Country for Old Men . But, be warned: we don't love this movie. We also chat about the
On this episode, Ian & McKenzie continue their double feature of films made up of two Hong Kong action classics. This week we discuss our first John Woo film by breaking down the melodrama, homoerotic undertones, and gra
On this episode, Ian & McKenzie are going to Hong Kong for an action double feature from two great Chinese auteurs. To kick things off, we are chatting about Johnnie To's THROW DOWN (2004). We talk about the film's relia
We finally complete our first double feature of 2026 by following up Saving Face with Joan Micklin Silver's lovely NYC rom-com, Crossing Delancey (1988). We get into the cultural specificity of the film, its laughs, its
We're back to our regular schedule and we're starting 2026 off with a favorite of both of ours! We both jumped with joy when Alice Wu's Saving Face (2004) was added to the collection because so few romantic comedies come
At long last, Ian and McKenzie return to finish out their Kubrick Double feature with his final film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). On our long delayed episode, we discuss how little we both actually like this film and further
Ian and McKenzie begin a double feature focused on the cinema of Stanley Kubrick. First up? Barry Lyndon (1975). They discuss their opinions on the filmmaker himself and how they go somewhat against the grain when it com
Ian and McKenzie, for the second time in a row, welcome back their friend Christian Gutiérrez to bring Noirvember to a close! This time we are talking about the 2021 version of Nightmare Alley . We chat the differences
Ian and McKenzie welcome back their friend Christian Gutiérrez to usher in a special double feature for Noirvember. This month we are all about Nightmare Alley as IP. On this episode, we discuss the original film adaptat
On this special one off episode, with no connection, we bring you our one piece of spooky programming this Halloween season: cult classic and Criterion favorite House (1977). We talk about the films themes, backgrounds,
This week we finish a double feature by watching the "remake" of the film we covered last week - William Friedkin's best-picture follow up and cult classic, Sorcerer (1977). Also on the show: Ian tells McKenzie about wat
This week on the show we start a new double feature about Men trying to get explosives through a jungle. We kick it off with the seminal 1953 French thriller, The Wages of Fear (1953). Whatever will we pair it with next?
We're home!! This week we conclude our double feature surrounding the lives of sex workers in cinema. We discuss Sean Baker's Palm d'Or winning screwball dramedy that also went on to win five Oscars including Best Actres
This week we start a new double feature centered around the lives of sex workers with two films that look past the sensational and gaudy tendencies that these stories tend to have and attempt to have a more empathetic an
This week we continue our stay in Belle Epoque France with a film that we are surprised is not more widely talked about - Jacques Becker's Casque d'or (1952). ---- Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:40) What we've been w
This week we journey back to the mid century in France with a film set even earlier at the turn of the century. We discuss Max Ophüls's stunning masterpiece, The Earrings of Madame de... (1953). ---- Chapters (00:00:00)
This week we discuss one of the few concert films in the criterion collection. We chat 1960s countercultural figures and the ending of an era of rock'n'roll as we discuss Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978). ---- Cha
This week we welcome friend of the show, Scott, to chat all things Sondheim, 19-hour marathon recording sessions, and Documentary Now! parodies as we discuss D.A. Pennebaker's seminal 1970s musical theater documentary Or
This week we journey from Mexico to Spain to discuss another film about political turmoil, this time though, seen through the big wide eyes of a child - Victor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive (1973). ---- Chapters (00:
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