Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
Canon Fodder Episode 49
Daniel and Corky follow the song of the little road to 1910’s Bengal to review Pather Panchali, the first film in Satyajit Ray’s storied Apu Trilogy. Elsewhere, Daniel discusses the big winners and awards season favorites from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
PATHER PANCHALI FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #35
World premiere: May 3, 1955 [New York Museum of Modern Art]
IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer
The train scene
Wake up, Apu!
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Vagabond (1985; Dir.: Agnes Varda)
IMDB synopsis: “A young woman’s body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.”
Our review of Vagabond comes out Nov. 11!
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Blue Moon (2025; Richard Linklater)
GRADE: B-
*Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento.
IMDB Synopsis: “Tells the story of Lorenz Hart’s struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of Oklahoma!”
It Was Just an Accident (2025; Jafar Panahi)
GRADE: B+
*Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento.
IMDB Synopsis: “A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.”
In this questionably special mini-episode, disgraced/graced film critic Daniel Barnes reviews two new releases opening today, Oct. 24.
Blue Moon is a mostly one-set look at a particularly fraught night in the late life of songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke). Meanwhile, the Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident looks at the incompatibility of revenge and moral certainty in modern-day Iran.
Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about singular sensations, Dorf-like trickery, and the scarcity of bears in the filmography of Jafar Panahi.
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Yi Yi (2000; Dir.: Edward Yang)
Canon Fodder Episode 48
Daniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like reservoir dogs?
YI YI FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #90 [tied]
World premiere: May 14, 2000 [Cannes Film Festival]
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer
“I’ve never loved anyone else.”
“How can it be so little?”
Yang Yang’s eulogy
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.”
Our review of Pather Panchali comes out on Oct. 28!
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972; Dir.: Werner Herzog)
Canon Fodder Episode 47
Daniel and Corky descend through the clouds to review Klaus Kinski as a conquest-driven conquistador in Werner Herzog’s masterpiece. The rare absurdist-realist intimate epic, Aguirre is an impossible-to-recreate fever dream of colonial gold-lust run amok.  But will your hosts sing the praises of Herzog’s God or curse its very name?
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #118 [tied]
World premiere: Dec. 29, 1972
IMDB synopsis: “In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Aguirre, the Wrath of God
“We descended through the clouds.”
“I am the wrath of God.”
Monkey man
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Yi Yi  (2000; Dir.: Edward Yang)
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
Our review of Yi Yi comes out on Oct. 14!
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My Darling Clementine (1946; Dir.: John Ford)
Canon Fodder Episode 46
Daniel and Corky rustle up a mess of vittles and head to the “rough-looking country” of Tombstone to review this masterful western, arguably the least factual yet most definitive take on the Wyatt Earp/OK Corral legend. But did your hosts feel that this Ford kicked like a Mustang or creaked like a Model T?
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]
World premiere: Dec. 3, 1946
IMDB synopsis: “After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for My Darling Clementine
“Earp. Wyatt Earp.”
“When you pull a gun, kill a man.”
Shakespeare in Tombstone
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972; Dir.: Werner Herzog)
IMDB synopsis: “In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.”
Our review of Aguirre, the Wrath of God comes out on Sep. 30!
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A Canterbury Tale (1944; Dir.: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
Canon Fodder Episode 45
Podcasting pilgrims Daniel and Corky voyage to the WWII-era England of The Archers by way of the 14th-century England of Chaucer to review A Canterbury Tale. This star-studless small-town mystery has all the magic and splendor and heart you expect from Powell & Pressburger (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp). But did your hosts feel that this particular Tale was essential or vestigial?
A CANTERBURY TALE FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]
World premiere: Aug. 21, 1944
IMDB synopsis: “Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
The caravan scene
Jammin’ at Canterbury
“Are you from the States?”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
My Darling Clementine (1946; Dir.: John Ford)
IMDB synopsis: “After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.”
Our review of My Darling Clementine comes out on Sep. 16!
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Eden (2025; Ron Howard)
GRADE: B
*Now playing.
IMDB Synopsis: “Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.”
Relay (2025; David Mackenzie)
GRADE: B-
*Now playing.
IMDB Synopsis: “A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
In this perpetually theme music-less mini-epsode, film critic Daniel Barnes reviews two new releases opening today, Aug. 22.
Relay is a slow-burn thriller starring Riz Ahmed as a shadowy middleman for reluctant whistleblowers, while Eden (2025) is based on the same true-life murder-mystery covered in the documentary The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden.
Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about Marco Scutaro, emerging currencies, Mayberry elegies and much more!
Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes, and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder podcasts.

Mirror (1975; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)
Canon Fodder Episode 44
Daniel and Corky are in a reflective mood this week as they review Andrei Tarkovsky’s semi-auto-bio-tour-de-force Mirror. Did this dreamlike film shatter your hosts beliefs about the artistic possibilities of cinema, or were their expectations under glass?
MIRROR (1975) FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #31 [tied]
World premiere: March 7, 1975
IMDB synopsis: “A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Mirror (1975)
Opening scene
The way of water
Fire and ash
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
A Canterbury Tale (1944; Dir.: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
IMDB synopsis: “Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.”
Our review of Mirror comes out on Sep. 2!
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The 400 Blows (1959; Dir.: Francois Truffaut)
Canon Fodder Episode 43
Daniel and Corky ride the French New Wave all the way back to boyhood with their review of The 400 Blows. Instantly recognizable to anyone who was ever a child, this debut film from Francois Truffaut helped launch a cinematic revolution. But did your hosts blow this landmark movie 400 kisses or 400 raspberries?
THE 400 BLOWS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #50 [tied]
World premiere: May 4, 1959 (Cannes Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for The 400 Blows
Questions for Antoine
The final sequence
Jean-Pierre Leaud’s audition
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Mirror (1974; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)
IMDB synopsis: “A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.”
Our review of Mirror comes out on Aug. 19!
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Only Angels Have Wings (1939; Dir.: Howard Hawks)
Canon Fodder Episode 42
Your hosts continue their cinematic world tour by jetting to the fictional South American port town of Barranca. Only Angels Have Wings is one of the most revered movies by Howard Hawks. But were your hosts rapt-or with attention or are they carrion a grudge?
Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss last May’s Cannes Film Festival.
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #122 (tied)
World premiere: May 10, 1939
IMDB synopsis: “At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Only Angels Have Wings
Cary, Rita & Jean
“Some of These Days”
Updated Canon Fodder Canon
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
The 400 Blows (1959; Dir.: Francois Truffaut)
IMDB synopsis: “A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.”
Our review of The 400 Blows comes out on Aug. 5!
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La Ciénaga (2001; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)
Canon Fodder Episode 41
Daniel and Corky drain the swamp with their review of New Argentine Cinema legend Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga. Your hosts are always down for a fetid pool party, and they already lost their heads to The Headless Woman. But how did these mannish boys react to the muddy waters of Martel’s debut feature?
Elsewhere, the hosts revisit Daniel’s “Slighted” nomination of The Wages of Fear from their review of Army of Shadows.
LA CIÉNAGA FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #136 (tied)
World premiere: Feb. 8, 2001 (Berlinale)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for La Ciénaga
“It’s a dog-rat.”
Bad vibes pool party
New Argentine Cinema & La Ciénaga
Updated Canon Fodder Canon
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Only Angels Have Wings (1939; Dir.: Howard Hawks)
IMDB synopsis: “At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.”
Our review of Only Angels Have Wings comes out on July 22!
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Army of Shadows (1969; Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville)
Canon Fodder Episode 40
Daniel and Corky celebrate the 40th episode of Canon Fodder with a sojourn to Nazi-occupied France for Army of Shadows. This stark, episodic look at the moral shadows of the French Resistance found a loyal following despite getting condemned upon release. But did your hosts find love in the Shadows, or are they throwing shade?
ARMY OF SHADOWS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #211 (tied)
World premiere: Sept. 12, 1969
IMDB synopsis: “An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Army of Shadows
Banish the Traitor
Wasting Mathilde
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
La Cienaga (2001; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.”
Our review of La Cienaga comes out on July 8!
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Videodrome (1983; Dir.: David Cronenberg)
Canon Fodder Episode 39
Daniel and Corky put on their finest Canadian tuxedos to review James Woods in the body horror classic Videodrome. But did your hosts “open up to” Cronenberg’s vision, or were their torso tape players incompatible with the film’s McLuhan-inspired medium-is-the-message?
Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on the recent Marvel superhero movie Thunderbolts*.
VIDEODROME FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 (tied)
World premiere: Feb. 4, 1983
IMDB synopsis: “A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Videodrome
Torso tape player
Heart like a hand grenade
“Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Army of Shadows (1969; Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville)
IMDB synopsis: “An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.”
Our review of Army of Shadows comes out on June 24!
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Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini)
Canon Fodder Episode 38
“When the puffballs soar, winter is no more.”
Daniel and Corky sail down memory lane to 1930s Italy for this beguiling semi-pseudo-autobiographical masterwork from Il Maestro. But did this highly influential film give your hosts stardust memories or leave them in a radio daze?
AMARCORD FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 18, 1973
IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Amarcord
The passing of the SS Rex
Dancing in the fog
Amarcord wins Best Foreign Film
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Videodrome (1983; Dir.: David Cronenberg)
IMDB synopsis: “A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.”
Our review of Videodrome comes out on June 10!
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025; Christopher McQuarrie)
GRADE: B
*Now playing everywhere.
In this change-of-pace mini-episode, Sacramento film critic Daniel Barnes shares his thoughts on the latest Mission: Impossible film.
Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about auteurs, McQu-auteurs, horny submarine crews and the unfortunate Spectre-ization of the franchise films cape.
Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes, and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel podcast.

Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
Canon Fodder Episode 37
Your hosts retreat to the red room in their most immaculately ivory-white finery to review this blistering chamber drama. But did this stylistically bold wringer from Swedish master Ingmar Bergman inspire cries of joy or whispers of contempt?
Elsewhere, Daniel gets grumpy about the disastrous Disney “live-action” update of Snow White.
CRIES & WHISPERS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 21, 1972
IMDB synopsis:“When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Cries & Whispers
The first seven minutes
“I want you to see how you’ve changed.”
“I don’t want you to be kind to me.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini)
IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.”
Our review of Amarcord comes out on May 27!
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Vertigo (1958; Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock)
Canon Fodder Episode 36
Daniel and Corky take a dizzying road trip through the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of Alfred Hitchcock’s mysterious and alluring Vertigo. Although neglected in its day, Vertigo famously knocked Citizen Kane off the top spot of the Sight & Sound poll in 2012. But did your hosts feel that this story of doppelgängers was a doppel-banger?
Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.
VERTIGO FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #2
World premiere: May 1958
IMDB synopsis: “A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Vertigo
Scottie’s nightmare
Dusk at Argosy Bookshop
Flower shop male gaze
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
IMDB synopsis: “When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
Our review of Cries & Whispers comes out on May 6!
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Charulata (1964; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
Canon Fodder Episode 35
After the French fever dream of India Song, Daniel and Corys take their first real trip to the home country of Bengali maestro Satyajit Ray. But were your hosts stimulated enough by this deceptively simple story of an under-stimulated Calcutta woman breaking out of her shell in a pre-independence 1879 to add Charulata to their Canon?
Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on Robert Pattinson as a widely cloned sci-fi test dummy in Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17.
CHARULATA FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #169 (tied)
World premiere: Apr. 16, 1964
IMDB synopsis: “The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Charulata
“Fule Fule” – The Swing Scene
A vision of “My Village”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Vertigo (1958; Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock)
IMDB synopsis: “A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.”
Our review of Vertigo comes out on April 22!
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Happy Together (1997; Dir.: Wong Kar-Wai)
Canon Fodder Episode 34
Daniel and Corky rekindle their passion for Wong Kar-Wai by reviewing its 1997 predecessor Happy Together. But were your hosts in the mood for loving this moody love story, or will they relegate it to the ashes of time?
HAPPY TOGETHER FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 (tied)
World premiere: May 17, 1997, at the Cannes Film Festival
IMDB synopsis: “A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Happy Together
“Got a cigarette?”
“Say something.”
“I think about you day and night, it’s only right.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Charulata (1964; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.”
Our review of Charulata comes out on April 8!
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The Watermelon Woman (1996; Dir.: Cheryl Dunye)
Canon Fodder Episode 33
Daniel and Corky share their thoughts on Cheryl Dunye’s groundbreaking The Watermelon Woman, widely cited as the first feature film directed by an out black lesbian. But did your hosts love this lo-fi rom-com or was it the pits?
THE WATERMELON WOMAN FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #146 (tied)
World premiere: February 1996 at the Berlin International Film Festival
IMDB synopsis: “A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played ‘mammy’ archetypes.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for The Watermelon Woman
Introducing Fae Richards
Video store meet-cute
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Happy Together (1997; Dir.: Wong Kar-Wai)
IMDB synopsis: “A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.”
Our review of Happy Together comes out on March 25!
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