Single Take, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E64.mp3 Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr) Canon Fodder Episode 64 With the cold, dead eyes of stuffed whales, cinematic world travelers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell finally arrive in a remote, fog-shrouded Hungarian village to review Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies . Composed of just 39 shots in 145 minutes, Ta...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E63.mp3 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 fil...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CANON-FODDER_S01_E62.mp3 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 gen...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CANON-FODDER_S01_E61.mp3 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 emotion...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CANON-FODDER_S01_E60.mp3 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 abou...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CANON-FODDER_S01_E59.mp3 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 buildin...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SINGLETAKE_S01_E09_Hamlet-The-Bone-Temple.mp3 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...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SINGLETAKE_S01_E08_TheDramaMiroirsNo3.mp3 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&#821...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CANON-FODDER_S01_E58.mp3 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...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SINGLETAKE_S01_E07_ProjectHailMaryReadyOrNot2Alternate-1.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 7 Regularly disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes returns with another episode of his world record-setting Single Take podcast. One of the first true MySpace celebrities, Daniel is best known for starring in the reality show A Shot at Love , although a...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CANON-FODDER_S01_E57.mp3 Brief Encounter (1945; Dir.: David Lean) Canon Fodder Episode 57 On this very stiff-upper-lip episode, Daniel and Corky make a date to review David Lean’s masterful romance Brief Encounter . A seemingly simple yet remarkably complex story of an illicit affair elevated by Lean’s cinematic mastery,  Brief Encounte...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SINGLETAKE_S01_E06_HoppersInTheBlinkOfAnEye.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 6 Sporadically disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes returns with another episode of his smash hit Single Take podcast. Best known for recycling animal byproducts into protein meal, fats and biofuel ingredients, Daniel is famed for reducing waste and… Hang on...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CANON-FODDER_S01_E56.mp3 Orlando (1992; Dir.: Sally Potter) Canon Fodder Episode 56 Daniel and Corky cut their central Florida vacation short to review Sally Potter’s  Orlando (1992). An adaptation of a Virginia Woolf novel long thought unfilmable,  Orlando  provided the supernatural Tilda Swinton with her breakout role. But did your hosts fi...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SINGLETAKE_S01_E05_Scream7Dreams.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 5 Perennially disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes returns with another episode of his white-hot Single Take podcast. A born entertainer known for his incredibly affable personality, Daniel boasts numerous stage and screen credits. But he’s perhaps best known for creat...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SINGLETAKE_S01_E04_KokuhoYoungMothers.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 4 Gracefully disgraced film critic Daniel Barnes returns with another episode of his outrageously popular Single Take podcast. Also known as wolfram, Daniel is a steel-grey metal with an unusually high melting point.  Often used as an industrial catalyst, Daniel…...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CANON-FODDER_S01_E55.mp3 A Woman Under the Influence (1974; Dir.: John Cassavetes) Canon Fodder Episode 55 Podcast influencers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell recorded this episode while under the influence of Gena Rowlands’ powerhouse performance in this naturalistic yet weirdly wacky domestic drama. Your hosts can talk the talk, but can t...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SINGLETAKE_S01_E03_WutheringHeightsPresidentsCake.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 3 Wuthering Heights (2026; Dir.: Emerald Fennell) DANIEL SAYS: BUMP IT *Now playing everywhere. IMDB Synopsis: “A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CANON-FODDER_S01_E54.mp3 Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987; Dir.: Abbas Kiarostami) Canon Fodder Episode 54 The first film in Kiarostami’s so-called “Koker trilogy,” Where Is the Friend’s House?  is a universally recognizable yet culturally and regionally specific slice-of-life with surprising moments of comedy and su...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SINGLETAKE_S01_E02_SendHelpTheRip.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 2 Send Help (2026; Dir.: Sam Raimi) DANIEL SAYS: BUMP IT *Now playing everywhere. IMDB Synopsis: “An employee and her insufferable boss become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Here, they must overcome past grievances and work togeth...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SINGLE-TAKE_S01_E01_AtropiaMercy.mp3 Single Take with Daniel Barnes Episode 1 Atropia (2026; Dir.: Hailey Gates) DANIEL SAYS: DUMP IT *Now playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and other select markets. IMDB Synopsis: “Follows an aspiring actress working on a U.S. military base that simulates an Iraqi war zone.” Mercy (2026; Timur Bekma...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CANON-FODDER_S01_E53.mp3 Pierrot le Fou (1965; Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard) Canon Fodder Episode 53 Daniel and Corky go on the lam with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina to review Jean-Luc Godard’s apocalyptic road movie  Pierrot le Fou . But were your hosts  Vague -ly entranced by Godard’s Nouvelle vision, or did they act the  Fou ? PIERROT...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CANON-FODDER_S01_DanielBestOf2025.mp3 Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2025 Quasi-disgraced pseudo-critic Daniel Barnes takes a solo excursion through the year in cinema to share his best and worst films of 2025. Daniel also discusses some of the awards contenders, blockbusters and bombs that did not make either of his lists. He also previe...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_BEST-OF-2025.mp3 Canon Fodder Best of 2025 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review their favorite films and moments from the last year of the Canon Fodder podcast. Your hosts also offer bonus mini-reviews and rulings on disputed films such as  Distant Voices, Still Lives ,  The Long Day Closes ,  Bound , ...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_E52.mp3 Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) Canon Fodder Episode 52 Daniel and Corky crank up the city lights for the jaw-dropping dystopia of Fritz Lang’s fully restored  Metropolis  (1927). Directly or indirectly influencing a century of pop culture from  Blade Runner to  Diamond Dogs , Lang’s film continues to amaze...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_E51.mp3 Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) Canon Fodder Episode 51 Daniel and Corky keep it Neo-Real with their review of Italian Neo-Realist icon Roberto Rossellini’s highly influential Paisan . Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood along the Allied...