Criterion Reflections – Episode 56 – Reginald Mills’ Tales of Beatrix Potter

David is joined by new guest Peter Webb to talk about this family-friendly matinee feature, currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Peter Webb to discuss The Tales of Beatrix Potter, directed by Reginald Mills.

Wikipedia
IMDb

Beatrix Potter

Wikipedia
The Beatrix Potter Society
The World of Beatrix Potter
Tate Museum (image gallery)
Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters
Public Domain Review
PeterRabbit.com
Beatrix Potter, the Lake District and the National Trust
Visit Cumbria
Mental Floss – 15 Things You Might Not Know About Beatrix Potter

Tales of Beatrix Potter

The Criterion Channel
Wikipedia
Roger Ebert (1971)
New York Times (1971)
Common Sense Media
Empire
Every 70s Movie
Moria
The Telegraph (stage production)

Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
The Eclipse Viewer
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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