The Eclipse Viewer – CriterionCast
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsDiscussing the Eclipse Series from the Criterion Collection
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The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 63 – Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years [Part 2]
June 02, 2018 21:00 - 107 MBDavid and Trevor conclude their discussion of the newest Eclipse Series release, covering the last three films in the set: Dollar, A Woman's Face and June Night.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 62 – Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years [Part 1]
April 30, 2018 12:00 - 104 MBDavid and Trevor are back to talk about the first three of six films just released in the new set from the Eclipse Series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 61 – Claude Autant-Lara: Four Romantic Escapes From Occupied France
March 07, 2018 13:00 - 106 MBDavid and Trevor pick up where they left off last summer as they discuss the most recent entry in the Eclipse Series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 60 – Late Ozu [Part 3]
July 30, 2017 03:50 - 124 MBIs this it? Is this really it? Is this the final episode of the Eclipse Viewer podcast?
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 59 – Late Ozu [Part 2]
July 16, 2017 13:00 - 115 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Matt Gasteier to discuss Ozu's transition to color in Equinox Flower, Good Morning and Floating Weeds.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 58 – Late Ozu [Part 1]
July 01, 2017 22:30 - 148 MBDavid, Trevor and guest Matt Gasteier discuss Early Spring and Tokyo Twilight in the first of a three-part series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 57 – Postwar Kurosawa [Part 2]
May 29, 2017 23:00 - 119 MBDavid and Trevor fearlessly (or perhaps idiotically) accept the challenge of discussing two films suffused with madness, obsession and paranoia as they conclude their coverage of the most popular volume in the Eclipse Series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 56 – Postwar Kurosawa [Part 1]
May 22, 2017 12:00 - 125 MBDavid and Trevor retrace Akira Kurosawa's steps as he explores the challenges Japan confronted in the late 1940s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 55 – Julien Duvivier in the Thirties [Part 2]
May 19, 2017 12:00 - 98 MBDavid and Trevor conclude their conversation about this exquisite collection of French cinema classics.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 54 – Julien Duvivier in the Thirties [Part 1]
April 13, 2017 02:15 - 86.6 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Aaron West to begin a three part series exploring early films from the great but under-appreciated French director.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 53 – Nikkatsu Noir [Part 2]
March 11, 2017 22:16 - 79.8 MBDavid, Trevor and Pablo are back, taking aim at a pair of shoot 'em ups starring Joe Shishido.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 52 – Nikkatsu Noir [Part 1]
February 01, 2017 13:00 - 96.1 MBDavid and Trevor join forces with Pablo Knote for a quick hit on Japanese gangster films of the 50s and 60s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 51 – The Documentaries of Louis Malle [Part 3]
December 26, 2016 13:00 - 44.2 MBDavid, Trevor and Keith finish up their adventures in Malle-walking.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 50 – The Documentaries of Louis Malle [Part 2]
December 17, 2016 00:11 - 34.9 MBDavid, Trevor and Keith immerse themselves in Malle's epic explorations of India.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 49 – The Documentaries of Louis Malle [Part 1]
November 28, 2016 13:00 - 45 MBDavid, Trevor and Keith get real as they discuss the biggest Eclipse Series set of them all. Part 1 (of 3) focuses on Malle's French documentaries.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 48 – Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women [Part 2]
November 04, 2016 12:00 - 32.1 MBDavid, Trevor and Scott discuss two films focused on Kenji Mizoguchi's critical examination of prostitution in postwar Japan.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 47 – Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women [Part 1]
October 05, 2016 12:00 - 29.1 MBDavid and Scott talk about Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion, two contemporary films from prewar Japan.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 46 – George Bernard Shaw on Film
August 30, 2016 12:00 - 40.8 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Lady P from the FlixWise podcast to discuss three witty, literate comedies from the creators of Pygmalion.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 45 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 2]
July 14, 2016 12:00 - 44.8 MBDavid, Trevor and guest Pablo Knote conclude their Kurahara coverage with a discussion of Black Sun and Thirst for Love.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 44 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 1]
June 22, 2016 12:00 - 40 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by film blogger and researcher Pablo Knote to discuss three exhilarating Japanese films from the early 1960s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 43 – Alexander Korda’s Private Lives
June 05, 2016 12:00 - 45.7 MBDavid and Trevor discuss four historical biopics from the founder of London Films.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 42 – Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
April 29, 2016 19:00 - 54.9 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Lady P from the FlixWise podcast to discuss five early films by the innovative and influential Belgian auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 41 – Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy
April 11, 2016 12:00 - 52 MBDavid and Trevor discuss three films focused on the Spanish fusion of dance, music and passionate, disciplined melodrama.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 40 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 2]
March 08, 2016 18:00 - 41.1 MBDavid, Trevor and Aaron conclude their two part series on the films of Nagisa Oshima.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 39 – Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties [Part 1]
February 22, 2016 13:00 - 48.7 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Aaron West to begin a two-part dissection of Nagisa Oshima's earliest independent films.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 38 – Raffaelo Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas
February 01, 2016 13:00 - 39.4 MBDavid and Trevor push back against the winter's chill with a discussion of these torrid tales of virtue, vice and emotional torment.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 37 – Dušan Makavejev Free Radical
December 16, 2015 17:00 - 41.9 MBDavid and Trevor discuss three early features from Yugoslavian cinema's notorious provocateur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 36 – Late Ray
December 02, 2015 13:00 - 97.3 MBAs we celebrate the new release of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, David and Trevor discuss three of the final films directed by the great Indian auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 35 – Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys
October 22, 2015 12:00 - 37.3 MBDavid and Trevor discover that "the world's worst rock-and-roll band" isn't really all that bad.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 34 – Agnès Varda in California
September 21, 2015 12:00 - 48.4 MBDavid and Trevor offer their personal impressions of Agnès Varda's cinematic expressions of life in the Golden State during two distinctly different cultural epochs: the late 1960s and early 1980s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 33 – Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures
August 19, 2015 12:00 - 81.8 MBDavid and Trevor indulge in the guilty pleasures to be enjoyed in this set of massively popular English women's films from the WWII era.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 32 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 2]
August 04, 2015 12:00 - 92.1 MBDavid and Trevor conclude their conversation about the set, discussing Return of the Prodigal Son, Capricious Summer and The Joke.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 31 – Pearls of the Czech New Wave [Part 1]
July 23, 2015 12:00 - 102 MBDavid and Trevor discuss Pearls of the Deep, Daisies and A Report on the Party and Guests in the first of a two-part series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 30 – Early Fassbinder [Part 2]
June 30, 2015 17:00 - 100 MBDavid and Trevor discuss the final three films in this box set: Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier and Beware of a Holy Whore.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 29 – Early Fassbinder [Part 1]
June 22, 2015 12:00 - 83.6 MBDavid and Trevor cover Love is Colder than Death and Katzelmacher, the first two films written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 28 – Silent Ozu: Three Crime Dramas
May 19, 2015 12:00 - 101 MBDavid and Trevor dig into the newest Eclipse set, featuring a trio of repentant criminals seeking to mend their wicked ways.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 27- Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.
April 27, 2015 18:00 - 53.4 MBDo not watch AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON until after you listen to this podcast!
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 26 – Jean Grémillon During the Occupation
March 31, 2015 12:00 - 48.6 MBDavid and Trevor conclude their series of World War II era films with a conversation about a French director whose films have fallen into undeserved obscurity.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 25 – The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
February 24, 2015 13:00 - 45.9 MBDavid and Trevor discuss four wartime movies that launched the career of one of cinema's most accomplished directors.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 24 – Kinoshita and World War II
January 19, 2015 13:00 - 49.9 MBDavid and Trevor discuss the newest addition to the Eclipse Series, five films that launched the career of a great, but under-appreciated, Japanese filmmaker.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 23 – Raymond Bernard
December 23, 2014 13:00 - 117 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by guest Mark Hurne to discuss two monumental French epics from the early 1930s.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 22 – Presenting Sacha Guitry
November 24, 2014 13:00 - 51.6 MBDavid and Trevor savor a sampling of the work of this prolific and consummate French auteur.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 21 – When Horror Came to Shochiku
November 13, 2014 13:00 - 49.5 MBDavid and Trevor examine the strange detour taken in the late 1960s by one of Japan's most venerable and prestigious movie studios.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 20 – A Conversation with Michael Koresky
October 23, 2014 12:00 - 29.8 MBDavid and Trevor spend an enjoyable hour talking with the lead essay writer for the Eclipse Series.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 19 – Rossellini’s History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment
October 14, 2014 12:00 - 40.4 MBDavid and Trevor delve into the dry, dusty and didactic worlds that Roberto Rossellini created in the final phase of his illustrious career.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 18 – Travels With Hiroshi Shimizu
August 29, 2014 19:00 - 50.6 MBDavid and Trevor discuss four films of the 1930s by a highly prolific and all-but-forgotten master of Japanese cinema.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 17 – Basil Dearden’s London Underground
July 21, 2014 13:00 - 58.5 MBDavid and Trevor dig deep into this box set of four films from late 50's/early 60's England.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 16 – Sabu!
June 13, 2014 13:00 - 45.5 MBDavid and Trevor are joined by Ryan Gallagher to discuss three adventure films of the 1930s starring one of the most charismatic child actors of his era.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 15 – Masaki Kobayashi Against the System
May 10, 2014 00:00 - 57.2 MBDavid and Trevor discuss four early films by one of Japan's most rigorous and ethically uncompromising directors.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 14 – Early Bergman [Part 2]
April 08, 2014 13:00 - 48.8 MBDavid and Trevor wrap up their discussion of Eclipse Series 1: Early Bergman, focusing on THIRST and TO JOY, the last two films in that set.