The Criterion Connection Podcast
1) 113 - WORKING GIRLS (1986)
This week we start a new double feature centered around the lives of sex workers with two films that look past the sensational and gaudy tendencies that these stories tend to have and attempt to have ...Show More
2) 112 - CASQUE D’OR (1952), plus Criterion Collection announcement for November 2025
This week we continue our stay in Belle Epoque France with a film that we are surprised is not more widely talked about - Jacques Becker's Casque d'or (1952). ----Chapters(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:40) ...Show More
3) 111 - THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (1953)
This week we journey back to the mid century in France with a film set even earlier at the turn of the century. We discuss Max Ophüls's stunning masterpiece, The Earrings of Madame de... (1953). ----C...Show More
4) 110 - THE LAST WALTZ (1978)
This week we discuss one of the few concert films in the criterion collection. We chat 1960s countercultural figures and the ending of an era of rock'n'roll as we discuss Martin Scorsese's The Last Wa...Show More
5) 109 - ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY (1970) with Scott Interrante
This week we welcome friend of the show, Scott, to chat all things Sondheim, 19-hour marathon recording sessions, and Documentary Now! parodies as we discuss D.A. Pennebaker's seminal 1970s musical th...Show More
6) 108 - THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973),plus Criterion Collection additions for October 2025
This week we journey from Mexico to Spain to discuss another film about political turmoil, this time though, seen through the big wide eyes of a child - Victor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)...Show More
7) 107 - ROMA (2018)
This week we journey to Mexico with 2018's Oscar-winning semi-autobiographical drama from acclaimed auteur Alfonso Cuarón - Roma (2018). ----Chapters(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:00) What we've been watching...Show More
8) 106 - MODERN TIMES (1936)
Last week we talked about one clown, Monsieur Hulot. This week we discuss another. McKenzie & Ian go back almost a hundred years into cinema's past to chat about The Tramp in his last appearance, Char...Show More
9) 105 - PLAYTIME (1967), plus Criterion Collection additions for September 2025
This week we start a new double feature featuring famous clowns. First up, we tackle Criterion Collection staple Jacques Tati and his famous clown character (Monsieur Hulot) with Playtime (1967). ----...Show More
10) 104 - KLUTE (1971)
This week we tackle another film about Private Investigators delving into the criminal underbelly of the disillusioned 70s with Alan J. Pakula's Oscar winning neo-noir, Klute (1971). ----Chapters(00:0...Show More