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Criterion Now – Episode 147 – August 2022 Through January 2023 Criterion Releases

Now that we’re back, we had some catching up to do. This week Drew Morton joined to go back through all of the months that we missed during hiatus. We were surprised how many months that was. We did sort of a speed record for the 2022 releases, getting into a little more detail on a few. We then looked at the recent January 2023 announcements in a little more detail. We had some interesting discussions about Sarah Polley, Atom Egoyan, and also the tendency for directors to change films for the home media release. Apologies for Aaron’s audio. Accidentally used the internal Mac mic but we think you’ll get used to it.

Episode Links

Canopy Film Club – Chapter 1 – Cinematography
Criterion Now – Episode 110 – A Conversation with Atom Egoyan
‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: Sarah Polley Says Terry Gilliam Created Unsafe Conditions on ‘Baron Munchausen’ SetFoundation – Giant
Sarah Polley Addresses Munchausen Criterion
Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime – Drew Morton’s Visual Essay on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Aaron West

I am a somewhat educated Criterion dork, with a History and Film Studies bachelor's degree and plenty of self-education over the years. My tastes are all over the map. Probably my favorite is 1930s French Poetic Realism, but I like everything from noir, to animation, to horror, westerns, and modern film. Usually I prefer film that challenges and requires something of the viewer.