The Green Ray (1986; Dir.: Eric Rohmer)

Canon Fodder Episode 61

After spending several months deciding where to hold the annual Canon Fodder company retreat, Daniel and Corky slouch all the way from Cherbourg to Biarritz to review Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray. Also known as Le Rayon Vert, the film follows the emotionally messy Delphine on her unsuccessful attempts to take a languorous French vacation. But did your hosts feel that Rohmer’s film Vert‘s so good or were they unable to get their Rayon on?

THE GREEN RAY FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 [tied]

World premiere: Aug. 29, 1986

IMDB synopsis: “It’s July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and “empty”, but this won’t last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her…”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Theatrical trailer for The Green Ray

Delphine in the countryside

Hiding from the World

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Out of the Past (1947; Dir.: Jacques Tourneur)

IMDB synopsis: “A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.”

Our review of Out of the Past comes out Tuesday, May 26!

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Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)

Canon Fodder Episode 60

For their latest cinematic adventure, Daniel and Corky take a hang-gliding tour of 15th century Russia to review Andrei Tarkovsky’s remarkable Andrei Rublev. A visually awe-inspiring anti-biopic of the legendary icon painter, Andrei Rublev is about faith and art trampled by the entrenched powers of ignorance and avarice. But did your hosts succumb to the passion of this magnificent movie, or do they need to have their bells rung?

ANDREI RUBLEV FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #67 [tied]

World premiere: Dec. 16, 1966 (Moscow)

IMDB synopsis: “The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Restoration trailer for Andrei Rublev

The hang glider

The pagans

The bell maker

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

The Green Ray (1986; Dir.: Eric Rohmer)

IMDB synopsis: “It’s July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and “empty”, but this won’t last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her…”

Our review of The Green Ray comes out Tuesday, May 12!

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A Touch of Zen (1971; Dir.: King Hu)

Canon Fodder Episode 59

In this highly enlightened episode, Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to Taiwan to review King Hu’s widescreen wuxia epic. A story of corruption, subterfuge, and ghosts both real and imaginary, A Touch of Zen starts slow but keeps building for three hours towards a transcendently psychedelic ending. But did your hosts resist Hu’s Touch, or is the Zen truly mightier than the sword?

A TOUCH OF ZEN FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 [tied]

World premiere: July 10, 1970 (Taiwan)

IMDB synopsis: “A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for A Touch of Zen

The Shaolin monks

Bamboo forest fight

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)

IMDB synopsis: “The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.”

Our review of Andrei Rublev comes out Tuesday, April 28!

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Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 9

Interminably disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes is back with another episode of his wet and wild Single Take podcast. This week, Daniel reviews Riz Ahmed, all melancholy and no Dane in the title role of Aneil Karia’s reimagined Hamlet (2026). Daniel also offers his Single Take on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and other films now available on VOD and streaming services.

Hamlet (2026; Dir.: Aneil Karia)

DANIEL SAYS: DUMP IT

*Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento.

IMDB Synopsis: “Hamlet comes home for his father’s funeral and finds his uncle Claudius marrying his widowed mother Gertrude. His father’s ghost reveals Claudius murdered him, leading Hamlet toward revenge and introspection.”

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026; Dir.: Nia DaCosta)

DANIEL SAYS: BUMP IT

*Now streaming on Netflix.

IMDB Synopsis: “As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal’s gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.”

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Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 8

Irregularly disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes is back with another episode of his boffo blockbuster Single Take podcast. Although he was never really a plumber, Daniel shook up the 2008 presidential race when he confronted Barack Obama about… Oh shoot, I’m confusing him with Joe the Plumber again. That Daniel Barnes guy just reviews movies.

This week, Daniel reviews Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as the perfect couple gone wrong in The Drama. Daniel also offers his Single Take on Paula Beer in Christan Petzold’s latest drama, Miroirs No. 3.

The Drama (2026; Dir.: Kristoffer Borgli)

DANIEL SAYS: BUMP IT

*Now playing everywhere.

IMDB Synopsis: “A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.”

Miroirs No. 3 (2026; Dir.: Christian Petzold)

DANIEL SAYS: BUMP IT

*Now playing everywhere.

IMDB Synopsis: “After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident. Living with Betty’s family brings comfort, but Laura starts questioning their intentions as time passes.”

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The Night of the Hunter (1955; Dir.: Charles Laughton)

Canon Fodder Episode 58

Daniel and Corky are leaning… leaning… leaning on the everlasting charms of Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton’s stone-cold masterpiece The Night of the Hunter. Unquestionably the greatest film directed by someone who only made one movie, The Night of the Hunter influenced filmmakers from David Lynch to Spike Lee to Guillermo del Toro. But did your hosts go gentle into that great Night, or do they possess the hearts of a lonely Hunter?

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #25 [tied]

World premiere: July 26, 1955 (Des Moines, IA)

IMDB synopsis: “A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he’d stolen in a robbery.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Original theatrical trailer for The Night of the Hunter

The story of right-hand left-hand

Harry and God

The Devil wins sometimes

Daniel’s 2010 review of The Night of the Hunter

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

A Touch of Zen (1971; Dir.: King Hu)

IMDB synopsis: “A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.”

Our review of A Touch of Zen comes out Tuesday, April 14!

Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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