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Recent Episodes

CCU20: Criterion March Releases & The Best Blu-Rays of 2015

Posted December 20, 2015 • 02:12:18

Aaron, Mark and Martin Kessler discuss the March 2016 Criterion Collection releases, and then go further by talking about our favorite Blu-Ray releases...

CCU19: A Conversation with Alex Cox

Posted December 12, 2015 • 01:42:52

Mark and Aaron talk to Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Author (and many other titles) Alex Cox. We focus on his films in the Criterion Collection, including...

SC6: In Cold Blood (1967)

Posted December 8, 2015 • 00:54:43

Aaron West and David Blakeslee talk about Richard Brooks' 1967 adaptation of the popular Truman Capote "Non-fiction Novel," In Cold Blood. We talk about...

CCU18: Expanded News and an Announcement

Posted December 6, 2015 • 00:48:44

Mark and Aaron have to abbreviate the episode, but we expand the news and get into what is happening not just with Criterion, but also with other films...

SC5: Here Is Your Life

Posted December 1, 2015 • 00:26:50

Aaron West discusses This Is Your Life, Jan Troell's debut film on The Criterion Collection, which he co-write, directed, photographed, and edited....