Why This Film?
🎬 Exploring the Criterion Collection, one spine at a time. A conversation-driven podcast that takes a deep dive into the artistry, cultural influence, and historical significance of films in the Criterion Collection. Each episode focuses on one film, unpacking its craft and legacy through engaging conversations with experts, historians, filmmakers, and passionate cinephiles.
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"If retirement means you're in a lovely flat in Paris and your fridge is full of foie gras and champagne - I'm okay with that."
In episode 2 of Why This Film?, Ron discusses Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) with Ginette Vincendeau, one of the most influential scholars of French cinema working today.
Together, they explore how Grisbi reshapes the gangster genre through efficient storytelling and t...
“The past is dead!”
In the premiere episode of Why This Film?, Ron and Dr. Dennis Weiss dive into Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962), a groundbreaking French short from the Criterion Collection that redefined what cinema could be. Composed almost entirely of still photographs, it’s a haunting meditation on memory, time, and human longing.
Dennis — a retired philosophy professor and curator of the long-running Philosophy, Drinks & Fil...
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