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Recent Episodes

Criterion Close-Up 58: Punch-Drunk Love and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson

Posted February 7, 2017 •

Mark and Aaron get back to this century with a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love. Naturally we talk about Adam Sandler’s dramatic...

Criterion Close-Up 55: Cronos

Posted November 12, 2016 •

Mark and Aaron tackle Guillermo Del Toro’s debut film, recently re-released as part of the Trilogía boxset. Cronos is technically in the vampire...

Criterion Close-Up 54: Hausu Party

Posted October 30, 2016 •

We let our hair down for Halloween and celebrate the oddity that is Ôbayashi’s House (1977). Dave and Jessica join Mark and Aaron. We agree that...

Criterion Close-Up 53: The Vanishing

Posted October 18, 2016 •

Mark and Aaron cover the Dutch and French horror/suspense classic, The Vanishing. Having experienced this film numerous times before, we are able to...

CCU52: Carnival of Souls

Posted October 10, 2016 •

Mark, Aaron and Eric Ford begin a month of horror with the micro-budget cult classic, Carnival of Souls. We talk about what makes this such an enduring...