CriterionCast

Criterion Cast: The Eclipse Viewer

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A monthly podcast discussing the various releases in the Eclipse Series, from the Criterion Collection.

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 46 – George Bernard Shaw on Film 30.08.2016

David 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] 14.07.2016

David, 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] 22.06.2016

David 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 05.06.2016

David and Trevor discuss four historical biopics from the founder of London Films.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 42 – Chantal Akerman in the Seventies 29.04.2016

David 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 11.04.2016

David 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] 08.03.2016

David, 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] 22.02.2016

David 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 01.02.2016

David 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 16.12.2015

David and Trevor discuss three early features from Yugoslavian cinema's notorious provocateur.

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 36 – Late Ray 02.12.2015

As 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 22.10.2015

David 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 21.09.2015

David 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 19.08.2015

David 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] 04.08.2015

David 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] 23.07.2015

David 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] 30.06.2015

David 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] 22.06.2015

David 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 19.05.2015

David 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. 27.04.2015

Do not watch AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON until after you listen to this podcast!

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 26 – Jean Grémillon During the Occupation 31.03.2015

David 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 24.02.2015

David 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 19.01.2015

David 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 23.12.2014

David 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 24.11.2014

David and Trevor savor a sampling of the work of this prolific and consummate French auteur.

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