Chosen by Collective member Jeanne, Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 film noir in technicolor starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Vincent Price. Jeanne relates Gene Tierney's biography of triumphs and tragedies to her character Ellen Berent. Matt helps us to understand the various facets of an obsessive personality and how it effects those around them. David performs some mental gymnastics to construct a Freudian explanation of the film's events. Jealousy, lust, fear, sexism, and hate, if you were ever hoping to hear us spill some tea, this episode is a full cup of chisme from each one of us!

The Criterion Collective

Join poets and film lovers, Jeanne Marie Spicuzza (Night Rain), Matt Sedillo (Mowing Leaves of Grass), and David A. Romero (My Name Is Romero) as they meet each week, to form The Criterion Collective, discussing some of their favorite classic/foreign/art films. These are the films they connect with most deeply, the films that move and inspire them. They hope to inspire a new generation of cinephiles and cinéastes!

The Criterion Collective is a special production by the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona, CA. https://www.dacenter.org/

Intro and outro music, "Exploring the Inferno," by Myuu. https://www.thedarkpiano.com/