Criterion Creeps

In our 172nd episode we're talking spine #199 in the Criterion Collection: Steven Soderbergh's SCHIZOPOLIS from 1996. First RJ talks about AQUAMAN, and THE LEFTOVERS, then Jarrett Talks about THE TERROR, THE LIGHTHOUSE, and DEATHSHIP. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Facebo...

In our 171st episode we're talking spine #198 in the Criterion Collection: Rainier Werner Fassbinder's ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL from 1974. First RJ talks about HIGH LIFE, and Jarrett talks about THUNDER ROAD, SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE, BEAUTY DAY, CHUCK NORRIS vs COMMUNISM, CHERNOBYL, and NOCTURAL ANIMALS. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blo...

In our 170th episode we're talking spine #196 and 197 in the Criterion Collection: Alain Resnais' HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959) and NIGHT AND FOG (1956). First RJ talks about some tv shows, OPERA, and the new HELLBOY, and Jarrett runs through RIley Stearns' two movies THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE and FAULTS, as well as NOVEMBER, and EL CAMINO. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club....

Last Ghoul School of the year, and... well, you know the drill. And special thanks again to our new Ghoul School theme song for the Ghoul School by our very own Frank Solano. Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/criterioncreeps/ Follow us on that Twitter! twitter.com/criterioncreeps Follow us on Instagram! instagram.com/criterioncreeps We've got a Patreon too, if you are so inclined: patreon.com/...

In our 169th episode we're talking spine #194 and 195 in the Criterion Collection: Ermanno Olmi's IL POSTO (1961) & I FIDANZANTI (THE FIANCES) (1963). First we catch up with your emails, then RJ talks about horror tv shows CHANNEL ZERO and CREEPSHOW. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases L...

Creeptober, kids. Another big ol' chonker of an episode. Back to regular scheduled Criterion Creep next week, and your emails, but this week we talk about 60 horrifying films we've since the start of the month. And hey, check out that hot new theme song for the Ghoul School by our very own Frank Solano. Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/criterioncreeps/ Follow us on that Twitter! twitter.com/c...

In our 168th episode we're talking spine #193 in the Criterion Collection: Henri-Georges Clouzot's QUAI DES ORFEVRES from 1947. First RJ and Jarrett read our listener emails, then go into a discussion about that JOKER movie. No regular Creep next week, it will instead be the first of two Ghoul Schools for the month. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out he...

In our 167th episode we're talking spine #192 in the Criterion Collection: Volker Schlondorff's COUP DE GRACE from 1976. First RJ talks about TAXI DRIVER and KING OF COMEDY, and Jarrett talks about his pre-gaming for Creeptober and GHOUL SCHOOL by rewatching a whole bunch of horror stuff. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work he...

In our 166th episode we're talking spine #191 in the Criterion Collection: Derek Jarman's JUBILEE from 1978. Surviving a situation that is somewhere between the past two weeks of Skype shit, failing computers and AC adapters (and almost having to record TWICE), RJ talks about RAMBO 2, 3, and IV, and Jarrett defends LAST BLOOD. And wait until you hear about all the shit RJ fucking ate in a single o...

In our 165th episode we're talking spine #190 in the Criterion Collection: Akira Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD from 1957. First Jarrett and RJ get to read your emails TWICE!, then RJ talks about PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, then RJ and Jarrett get to talk about the latter and very bad FRIDAY THE 13th franchise, and Jarrett rewatched THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps'...

In our 164th episode we're talking spine #189 in the Criterion Collection: Federico Fellini's THE WHITE SHEIK from 1952. Audio nightmares ahoy! Skype and Bughuul were up to their old tricks, so listen carefully as first RJ talks about FIRST BLOOD, then RJ and Jarrett can talk shit about IT: CHAPTER 2, and Jarrett tries to talk about the documentary LA 92. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps...

In our 163rd episode we're talking spine #185 in the Criterion Collection: THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL collection (part 2): Francois Truffaut's BED AND BOARD (1970) and LOVE ON THE RUN (1979). First RJ talks about Dave Chapelle and STREETWALKIN', and Jarrett talks about SUBURBIA (1983) and BACK TO SCHOOL (1986). Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out h...

In our 162nd episode we're talking spine #185 in the Criterion Collection: THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL collection (part 1): Francois Truffaut's ANTOINE & COLETTE (1962) and STOLEN KISSES (1968). First RJ and Jarrett talk about William Friedkin's CRUISING, then Jarrett talks a bit about VICE SQUAD and LEAVE NO TRACE. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check o...

In our 161st episode we're talking spine #184 in the Criterion Collection: BY BRAKHAGE: AN ANTHOLOGY, a collection of Stan Brakhage's shorts from 1954 to 2001. First RJ talks about COMMANDO, DANCER IN THE DARK, then RJ and Jarrett talk about going to see MIDSOMMAR with all the spoilers you'd come to expect after catching it this late, and Jarrett talks briefly about THE EDGE and THE GREAT HOAX. Po...

In our 160th episode we're talking spine #183 in the Criterion Collection: Robert Bresson's LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE from 1945. First RJ got married, so only watched LEGENDS OF THE FALL and DETECTIVE PIKACHU, as you do. Jarrett hung with old friends DAY OF THE JACKAL, THE KLANSMAN, EMPEROR OF THE NORTH, and some 'metal music' documentaries. And those final five minutes or so? Can't miss stuff...

In our 159th episode we're talking spine #182 in the Criterion Collection: Sam Peckinpah's STRAW DOGS from 1971. First RJ watched REVENGE and ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD this week, so we can finally talk about, and Jarrett watched a whole bunch of other Peckinpah movies (WILD BUNCH, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, MAJOR DUNDEE). Oh, and FUNGICIDE. Podcast's intro song...

In our 158th episode we're talking spine #179, 180, and 181 in the Criterion Collection: Vilgot Sjoman's I AM CURIOUS: YELLOW and BLUE from 1967/68. First RJ watched POINT BLANK and a FANTASTIC BEASTS movie. Jarrett watched a whole bunch of stuff, and talks a bit about ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, but not too much because chud RJ hasn't seen it yet (but you all have probably, but that very spoil...

In our 157th episode we're talking spine #178 in the Criterion Collection: Lasse Hallstrom's MY LIFE AS A DOG from 1975. First RJ watched SHARP OBJECTS, and Jarrett continued on with his journey watching and revisiting New Hollywood. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Faceboo...

In our 156th episode we're talking spine #177 in the Criterion Collection: Volker Schlondoff and Margarethe von Trotta's LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM from 1975. First RJ talks Frank Herbert's DUNE! David Lynch's DUNE! and JODOROWSKY'S DUNE. Jarrett talks about his further adventures into "New Hollywood" movies. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blo...

In our 155th episode we're talking spine #176 in the Criterion Collection: THE KILLERS from 1946, directed by Robert Siodmak, Andrei Tarkovsky's 1955 student film, and Don Siegel's film from 1964. First RJ talks about his further adventures with Mr. Jodorowsky, and Jarrett talks about CROSS OF IRON, ULTRAMARINES, KAIJU BUNRAKU, POINT BLANK, and MICKEY ONE. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creep...

In our 154th episode we're talking spine #175 in the Criterion Collection: Terry Gilliam's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS from 1998. We're joined by Justin Peterson via our Patreon Co-Host option, and first RJ talks about RANGO, Justin talks about SISTER ACT 2, ANIMA, live action DUMBO, BAD BOY BUBBY, NINJA SCROLL, THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (1:30:00-1:39:30 for the...

In our 153rd episode we're talking spine #174 in the Criterion Collection: Jean-Luc Godard's BAND OF OUTSIDERS from 1964. We're joined by Frank Solano via our Patreon Co-Host option (he must like us as this is the third time this year!), and first RJ and Frank talk about HOLY MOUNTAIN, HAPPY TOGETHER, BROKEN EMBRACES, and MILLENNIUM MAMBO, then Jarrett talks about war movies like SAHARA, PATTON, K...

In our 152nd episode we're talking spine #173 in the Criterion Collection: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP from 1943. First RJ talks about SIX FEET UNDER and Prospect, then Jarrett talks about more dreary cinema like STROSZEK, INCENDIES, WERKMEISTER HARMONIES, and FURY! Very life affirming. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You...

In our 151st episode we're talking spine #172 in the Criterion Collection: Julien Duvivier's PEPE LE MOKO from 1937. First RJ talks about FATHER FIGURE, NATHAN FOR YOU, CHERNOBYL, and then Jarrett runs through almost a dozen rewatches of what he considers his 'canon'. After almost two hours or preamble we even talk about this MOKO business. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry C...

In our 150th episode we're talking spine #19 in the Criterion Laserdisc Collection: Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER from 1982. First RJ and Jarrett talk about GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, followed by a run through of a bunch of Ridley Scott movies. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like...