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https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E72.mp3 Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata) Canon Fodder Episode 72 This week, Daniel and Corky follow the light to Isao Takahata’s devastating Grave of the Fireflies. Set in Kobe during the final days of World War II, this intensely personal tragedy from the venerable Studio Ghibli follows two orphaned siblings through firebombing, hunger and brief moments of childhood joy. But did your hosts feel Grave of the Fireflies glowed brightly enough for the Canon, or did it fade quietly away? GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 [tied] World premiere: Apr. 16, 1988 (Japan) IMDB synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Grave of the Fireflies “I can see you.” The Americans Setsuko’s final scene NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962; Directed by Agnès Varda) IMDb synopsis: “Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.” Our review of Cleo from 5 to 7 comes out Tuesday, Oct. 27! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Grave of the Fireflies appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E71.mp3 Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) Canon Fodder Episode 71 This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged dance routines into a hypnotic study of repressed desire and seething envy. But did your hosts fall out of formation, or did Beau Travail march straight into the Canon Fodder Canon? BEAU TRAVAIL FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #7 World premiere: Sep. 4, 1999 (Venice International Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Beau Travail Opening Ending In Between NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata) IMDb synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.” Our review of Grave of the Fireflies comes out Tuesday, Oct. 13! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Beau Travail appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E70.mp3 Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) Canon Fodder Episode 70 This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into 102 magical minutes. But did your hosts think this was the beginning of a beautiful Canonization, or did Casablanca amount to less than a hill of beans? CASABLANCA FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #63 [tied] World premiere: Nov. 26, 1942 IMDB synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Original trailer for Casablanca “La Marseillaise” “I’m shocked…shocked!” “We’ll always have Paris.” NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) IMDb synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.” Our review of Beau Travail comes out Tuesday, Sep. 29! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Casablanca appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E69.mp3 Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) Canon Fodder Episode 69 This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has changed everything except the lives of women and minorities. But did your hosts flame on, or did Born in Flames fizzle out short of the Canon? BORN IN FLAMES FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied] World premiere: Feb. 20, 1983 (Berlin International Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Born in Flames Revolution Anniversary WTC Explosion NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) IMDb synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.” Our review of Casablanca comes out Tuesday, Sep. 15! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Born in Flames appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E68.mp3 Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) Canon Fodder Episode 68 This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to escape Senegal for the promise of Paris. But did your hosts get swept up in the journey, or did this influential first film leave them stranded short of the Canon? TOUKI BOUKI FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #66 World premiere: May 1973 (Cannes Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Touki Bouki Finale Scorsese on Touki Bouki NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.” Our review of Born in Flames comes out Tuesday, Sep. 1! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E67.mp3 The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Canon Fodder Episode 67 This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson, Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary with no time to waste. But did your hosts see the light in Pasolini’s vision, or did they fall just short of salvation? THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied] World premiere: Sept. 4, 1964 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for The Gospel According to St. Matthew Walking on water Entering Jerusalem Cleansing the temple NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.” Our review of Touki Bouki comes out Tuesday, Aug. 18! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CANON-FODDER_S01_E66.mp3 The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) Canon Fodder Episode 66 This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human cost of revolution. But did your hosts join the resistance, or did they surrender to the film’s relentless power? THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #45 [tied] World premiere: Aug. 31, 1966 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for The Battle of Algiers Exploding women The wrong man One Battle After Another cameo NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.” Our review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew comes out Tuesday, Aug. 4! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E65.mp3 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Directed by John Ford) Canon Fodder Episode 65 After printing the legend, maiming the facts, and murdering the truth execution-style, Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell ride into town to review John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. A stripped-down western about mythmaking, masculinity and the American lie, Ford’s film is widely considered a late-career classic. But did your hosts record the legend, or did they leave Liberty for dead? THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #108 [tied] Theatrical premiere: April 22, 1962 IMDB synopsis: “A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Original theatrical trailer for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Raising the steaks Tom’s got a secret Burning down the house NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.” Our review of The Battle of Algiers comes out Tuesday, July 21! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E64.mp3 Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr) Canon Fodder Episode 64 With the cold, dead eyes of stuffed whales, cinematic world travelers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell finally arrive in a remote, fog-shrouded Hungarian village to review Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies. Composed of just 39 shots in 145 minutes, Tarr’s mesmerizing millennium nightmare basks in cosmic disorder, civic unrest and an extremely disappointing circus. But did Tarr’s vision of the apocalypse Werck for your hosts, or did his off-key Harmonies leave them singing a different tune? WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied] World premiere: May 2000 (Cannes Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS 4K Restoration trailer for Werckmeister Harmonies Opening scene Let’s all go to the hospital Final scene NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Dir.: John Ford) IMDB synopsis: “A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.” Our review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance comes out Tuesday, July 7! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Werckmeister Harmonies appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E63.mp3 L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo) Canon Fodder Episode 63 Corky McDonnell and his slovenly first mate Daniel Barnes continue their cinematic world tour with the most magically dreamlike movie ever set in a fetid, filthy, French canal. It’s no stretch to say that the 29-year-old Vigo killed himself to make a film that the soulless bean-counters killed first, but Vigo will live forever through L’Atalante  while those jerks are dead and forgotten, so let’s call it even. Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss great curmudgeons, the Chaplin method, and cat tossing. L’ATALANTE FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #34 World premiere: April 25, 1934 IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS 4K Restoration Trailer for L’Atalante Underwater dance Faraway, so close “C’Atalante” cat montage NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr) IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.” Our review of Werckmeister Harmonies comes out Tuesday, June 23! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – L’Atalante appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Out of the Past (1947; Dir.: Jacques Tourneur) Canon Fodder Episode 62 Daniel and Corky take a long drive into the past to review Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas in Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past. The epitome of film noir, Out of the Past is everything your […] The post Canon Fodder – Out of the Past appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

The Green Ray (1986; Dir.: Eric Rohmer) Canon Fodder Episode 61 After spending several months deciding where to hold the annual Canon Fodder company retreat, Daniel and Corky slouch all the way from Cherbourg to Biarritz to review Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray. Also known as Le Rayon […] The post Canon Fodder – The Green Ray appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky) Canon Fodder Episode 60 For their latest cinematic adventure, Daniel and Corky take a hang-gliding tour of 15th century Russia to review Andrei Tarkovsky’s remarkable Andrei Rublev. A visually awe-inspiring anti-biopic of the legendary icon painter, Andrei Rublev is about faith and art trampled […] The post Canon Fodder – Andrei Rublev appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

A Touch of Zen (1971; Dir.: King Hu) Canon Fodder Episode 59 In this highly enlightened episode, Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to Taiwan to review King Hu’s widescreen wuxia epic. A story of corruption, subterfuge, and ghosts both real and imaginary, A Touch of Zen starts slow but […] The post Canon Fodder – A Touch of Zen appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 9 Interminably disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes is back with another episode of his wet and wild Single Take podcast. This week, Daniel reviews Riz Ahmed, all melancholy and no Dane in the title role of Aneil Karia’s reimagined Hamlet (2026). Daniel also offers […] The post Single Take – “Hamlet” (2026) appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.