Will Remmers joins Josh to continue their conversation about the Criterion Channel. For this episode, they discuss “The Lovers” – stories of love and loss – and give a few recommendations for films that fit the theme. Plus, Matt Gasteier of The Complete podcast shares some tips and tricks for navigating the Criterion Channel’s digital supplements – and makes the case for spending time with the Channel’s interviews, commentaries, and supplemental documentaries.

Will Remmers joins Josh to continue their conversation about the Criterion Channel. For this episode, they discuss “The Lovers” – stories of love and loss – and give a few recommendations for films that fit the theme. Plus, Matt Gasteier of The Complete podcast shares some tips and tricks for navigating the Criterion Channel’s digital supplements – and makes the case for spending time with the Channel’s interviews, commentaries, and supplemental documentaries.


Note: Will did choose films that expire February 29, 2020, so we are including links to these films’ Just Watch listing in order to direct our listeners to alternate avenues for viewing these titles.


Episode Links

The Criterion Channel
Michael Hutchins’s Letterboxd List of Streaming-Only Films
Matt Gasteier’s How Do I Criterion? Lists
The Criterion Channel Club Facebook Group
The Lovers on the Bridge, Directed by Leos Carax | Where to Watch Once it’s Expired
Café au Lait, Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Sparrows Can’t Sing, Directed by Joan Littlewood | Where to Watch Once it’s Expired
The Passionate Friends, Directed by David Lean
The Art of Subtitling

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