L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo)

Canon Fodder Episode 63

Corky McDonnell and his slovenly first mate Daniel Barnes continue their cinematic world tour with the most magically dreamlike movie ever set in a fetid, filthy, French canal. It’s no stretch to say that the 29-year-old Vigo killed himself to make a film that the soulless bean-counters killed first, but Vigo will live forever through L’Atalante  while those jerks are dead and forgotten, so let’s call it even. Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss great curmudgeons, the Chaplin method, and cat tossing.

L’ATALANTE FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #34

World premiere: April 25, 1934

IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

4K Restoration Trailer for L’Atalante

Underwater dance

Faraway, so close

“C’Atalante” cat montage

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr)

IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.”

Our review of Werckmeister Harmonies comes out Tuesday, June 23!

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

Canon Fodder Episode 62

Daniel and Corky take a long drive into the past to review Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas in Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past. The epitome of film noir, Out of the Past is everything your mind conjures when you think about the genre – the shadowy black-and-white photography, the doomed male and femme fatale archetypes, the bleakness and fatalism. But did your hosts Canon-ize the criminally underrated Tourneur, or did they find it Slight against all odds?

OUT OF THE PAST FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]

World premiere: Nov. 25, 1947

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.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Original theatrical trailer for Out of the Past

How to be a chump

Slap unhappy

Look who’s here

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo)

IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.”

Our review of L’Atalante comes out Tuesday, June 9!

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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!

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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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.”

Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder podcasts. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, Spotify, Pandora, Pocket Casts and more.

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