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Episode 219: An Interview with Aaron West, Author of The A24 New Wave

2026/01/28

Aaron West's upcoming book covers the rise of A24 from its first releases in 2012 up to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

Episode 218 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2025

2025/12/31

David Blakeslee, Aaron West, and Brad McDermott got together to keep our annual "favorites of the year" podcast tradition going for Year 16!

Episode 217 – Argentine Noir with guest Matthew Gentile

2025/05/18

David Blakeslee hosts director/screenwriter Matthew Gentile in a conversation about six films from Argentina's golden age of cinema, currently featured on the Criterion Channel.

Episode 216 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2024

2024/12/31

Our 15th annual survey of Criterion's new releases, featuring David Blakeslee, Josh Hornbeck, Brad McDermott, and Aaron West.

Episode 215 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2023

2024/01/01

This year's panel (David, Jordan, Josh, Brad, and Aaron) resumes our annual tradition of sharing their favorite 2023 releases from the Criterion Collection.

Episode 214 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2022

2023/01/01

David Blakeslee, Jordan Essoe, Josh Hornbeck and Aaron West talk about their top picks among the films published by the Criterion Collection over the past year.

Episode 213 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2021

2021/12/23

The full CriterionCast crew assembles for our 12th annual year-end conversation about our favorite Criterion Collection offerings in 2021.

Episode 212 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2020

2020/12/26

Scott is joined by David, Aaron, Trevor, and Jordan to discuss their Criterion Collection releases from 2020.

Episode 211 – Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s The War Room

2020/10/20

On episode 211 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker's 1993 documentary The War Room.

Episode 210 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’eclisse

2020/09/16

On episode 210 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film L'eclisse.

Episode 209 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s La notte

2020/08/14

On episode 209 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film La notte.

Episode 208 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’avventura

2020/07/10

On episode 208 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960 film L'avventura.

Episode 207 – Roberto Rossellini’s Germany Year Zero

2020/06/10

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero.

Episode 206 – Roberto Rossellini’s Paisan

2020/05/16

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Paisan.

Episode 205 – Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City

2020/05/08

This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City.

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32 reviews

★★★★★

jfleschn 2017/07/08

Excellence!

Want to learn more about a film in the Criterion collection? Look no further!

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shawnfaust 2016/01/02

Always excellent!

Great discussion of Criterion films. Very likable hosts with well thought out analysis and reviews.

★★★★★

MarkHurne 2015/09/15

Great review of Criterion releases!

I'm so glad that Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett resurrected this branch of the Criterion Cast podcasts! Great analysis of the films, ...

★★★★★

Bisaacson 2013/03/12

Great stuff

Great podcast, working through the old episodes. Incredibly grateful that they separated the segments into different feeds / downloads, makes the show...

★★★★☆

walktheearth 2013/10/15

The Chris Farley Show of movie podcasts

That title is a bit mean, and I don't intend for it to be. The hosts of this show are very passionate about the films in the Criterion Collection, an...

★★★★★

fozzybearsdead 2012/10/01

Great Film Podcast

Fans of cinema will certainly enjoy this podcast.

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