24. The Handmaiden (2016)
Surprisingly Criterion
We make the case for the first Park Chan-Wook film to be in the Criterion Collection! Articles mentioned: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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23. French Cancan (1955)
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Jean Renoir’s colourful and, at times, funny film about the building of the Moulin Rouge is the next edition of the Randomizer. Criterion’s listing and boxset: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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22. The New World (2005)
Surprisingly Criterion
Terrence Malick’s re-telling of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, the extended cut. It’s a doozy. Bonus Material: Support: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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21. Dogtooth (2009)
Surprisingly Criterion
The latest in our I Can’t Believe It’s Not Criterion, we discuss one of the Greek Weird Wave’s most significant films and its director (and co-writer) Yorgos Lanthimos. Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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20. Enter The Dragon (1973)
Surprisingly Criterion
The martial arts masterpiece is part of a Bruce Lee box set on the Criterion Collection - does it kick ass? Or does it sink in a pool of acid? Bonus Content: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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19. I Married A Witch (1942)
Surprisingly Criterion
Our latest edition of the Randomizer: will it be magic, or will it go up in flames? BONUS CONTENT Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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18. Jurassic Park (1993)
Surprisingly Criterion
How is there no Steven Spielberg film in the Criterion Collection? BONUS CONTENT From a 99pi episode: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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17. The Big Chill (1983)
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The movie that made Boomers cool again — or maybe just Motown. We dig into the values and the problems with Lawrence Kasdan’s 1983 ensemble film about … well about many things! Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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16. Night On Earth (1991)
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We give Jim Jarmusch’s vignettes a closer look as we travel across 5 time zones on one night in 1991, and experience 5 separate taxi rides. BONUS CONTENT Essays: Music: courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit
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15. Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
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The next edition of our Randomizer segment, the great wheel has fallen on Spine #463:
info_outlineJohn Carpenter! How has he been forgotten by the collection? We talk about his 1982 sci-fi horror classic, The Thing, featuring great performances from Kurt Russel, Wilford Brimley and Keith David, and a wonderful score from Ennio Morricone.
Bonus material:
- New reissue of the OST from 2020
- Story of the origins of the partnership of Morricone and Carpenter
Background reading:
- On the writer of the short story “Who Goes There?” and why a literary award was renamed after the winner, Jeannette Ng, criticized him
- Cory Doctorow’s essay about why the award’s name was rightly changed and it being a good decision
Music:
“The Endless Scroll” by Absolutely Free
courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc.
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