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https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CANON-FODDER_S01_DanielBestOf2024.mp3 Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2024 Disgraced pseudo-film critic Daniel Barnes takes a solo excursion to share his picks for the best and worst films of 2024. He also discusses some of the awards contenders that did not make either list, and previews next week’s review of  India Song . CLIPS &am...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_BestOfCF.mp3 Canon Fodder Best of 2024 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review their favorite films and moments from the first 29 episodes of the Canon Fodder podcast. Your hosts also offer bonus mini-reviews and rulings on disputed films such as Before Night Falls ,  City Lights ,  The Rules of the Game ...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_E29.mp3 Sambizanga (1972; Dir.: Sarah Maldoror) Canon Fodder Episode 29 Daniel and Corky finally bring their cinematic world tour caravan to Africa for this film from pioneering director Sarah Maldoror. Set during the early days of the Angolan War for Independence,  Sambizanga  is a gripping political statement in the style of The...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_E28.mp3 The Color of Pomegranates (1969; Dir.: Sergei Parajanov) Canon Fodder Episode 28 Daniel and Corky bring their cinematic world tour to 18th century Armenia for this singular work inspired by the life of poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. But did your hosts find  The Color of Pomegranates to be  Pom wonderful or Pom  not-so-hot?...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_E27.mp3 Come and See (1985; Dir.: Elem Klimov) Canon Fodder Episode 27 Daniel and Corky behold the pale horse by braving Elem Klimov’s emotionally shattering WWII waking nightmare  Come and See . But will your hosts come to see Come and See as a revelation, or will the fourth beast say, “What the hell, jerks?” COM...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_E26.mp3 Vampyr (1932; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 26 Although it was booed upon its 1932 premiere and played to hostile crowds during its initial release, time has been kind to Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr . Will Daniel and Corky be just as kind, or do they have a sickle to grind with this pseudo-silent horror cla...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E25.mp3 Sullivan’s Travels (1941; Dir.: Preston Sturges) Canon Fodder Episode 25 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review comedy legend Preston Sturges’ legendary comedy about a comedy legend who just wants to impress film critics.  Sullivan’s Travels  exists as a meta-resolution of its o...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E24.mp3 Mouchette (1967; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 24 Daniel and Corky continue their cinematic world tour with a sojourn to the French countryside, which is apparently not as idyllic as those Expedia ads would have you believe. It’s our third round with French master Robert Bresson, with nonprofessional acto...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E23.mp3 The Headless Woman (2008; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel) Canon Fodder Episode 23 Daniel and Corky continue their world tour with a stop in Argentina to sample the Salta-flavored cinema of Lucrecia Martel. But will your hosts lose their heads with praise for T he Headless Woman , or are they truly out of their heads? THE HEADLESS WO...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E22.mp3 In a Lonely Place (1950; Dir.: Nicholas Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 22 This week, Daniel and Corky are  In a Lonely Place , a fine enough place to visit but you wouldn’t want to have an existential crisis there. The jaded and cynical flipside to the lovingly ecstatic portrait of Hollywood mythmaking offered by Singin&#8...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E21.mp3 Singin’ in the Rain (1952; Dir.: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly) Canon Fodder Episode 21 Daniel “The Royal Rascal” Barnes and Corky “The Dancing Cavalier” McDonnell gotta review  the iconic Singin’ in the Rain . But will this rainbow program put your hosts in a buttercup mood, or will they...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E20.mp3 In the Mood for Love (2000; Dir.: Wong Kar-wai) Canon Fodder Episode 20 Your hosts are in the mood for a sumptuously beautiful yet melancholy and mysterious masterpiece. Hong Kong legend Wong Kar-wai’s  In the Mood for Love  would seem to fit the bill, but will your hosts love it enough to make the canon roar? IN THE...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CANON-FODDER_S01_E19.mp3 Wanda (1970; Dir.: Barbara Loden) Canon Fodder Episode 19 On this episode, your hosts Wanda ,  Wanda who, who-oo-ooh, who, who wrote the book of love. Probably not Barbara Loden, who struck the mother Loden of bleakly pathetic romances with her groundbreaking and brilliant 1970 film Wanda . But will Corky and Daniel succumb...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CANON-FODDER_S01_E18.mp3 News from Home (1976; Dir.: Chantal Akerman) Canon Fodder Episode 18 Homesick Belgo-philes Daniel and Corky anxiously await News from Home . But does Akerman’s film have the mussels to keep your hosts from waffling? NEWS FROM HOME FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #52 French theatrical...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E17.mp3 The Wild Bunch (1969; Dir.: Sam Peckinpah) Canon Fodder Episode 17 Aging cinephile Daniel and Corky face off against Sam Peckinpah’s violently apocalyptic western classic. But did the film drive your hosts wild, or did it get their panties in a bunch? THE WILD BUNCH FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound  2022 Critics...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E16.mp3 Taste of Cherry (1997; Dir.: Abbas Kiarostami) Canon Fodder Episode 16 On this week’s episode, Daniel and Corky drive through the streets of Sacramento looking for someone to help them unlock the secrets of Abbas Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or winner. But will your hosts cherish their Taste of Cherry or decide th...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CANON-FODDER_S01_E15.mp3 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943; Dir.: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) Canon Fodder Episode 15 On this week’s episode, old battle axes Daniel and Corky trade war stories with The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp . But does this decades-spanning intimate epic from The Archers hit its target or miss the...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CANON-FODDER_S01_E14.mp3 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 14 Daniel and Corky revisit Danish dandy Carl Dreyer with this review of his 1928 silent masterpiece. But do your hosts have a passion for Joan of Arc, or are they passin’ on Joan of Arc? THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC FACTS & FIGURES Si...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CANON-FODDER_S01_E13.mp3 Do the Right Thing (1989; Dir.: Spike Lee) Canon Fodder Episode 13 On a temperate day on separate streets in various sections of Sacramento, Corky and Daniel’s agreement about the brilliance of  Do the Right Thing  smolders and builds until it explodes into canon fire. DO THE RIGHT THING FACTS & FIGURES Sight &amp...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CANON-FODDER_S01_E12.mp3 Los Olvidados (1950; Dir.: Luis Buñuel) Canon Fodder Episode 12 Your hardly young but certainly damned hosts Daniel and Corky review Luis Buñuel’s surrealistic neo-Realist classic. LOS OLVIDADOS FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound  2022 Critics List Ranking: #157 (tied) Mexican theatrical debut: Nov. 9, 1950 IMDB sy...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CANON-FODDER_S01_E11.mp3 Pickpocket (1959; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 11 We wish we knew how to quit you, Robert Bresson! Daniel and Corky get their Bresson on with a review of the French master’s 1959 masterpiece  Pickpocket . Will the film steal your host’s hearts, or will it leave them feeling ripped off? PICKPOCKET F...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CANON-FODDER_S01_E10.mp3 Ordet (1955; Dir.: Carl Theodor Dreyer) Canon Fodder Episode 10 We’ve got Danes on our brains this week on the Canon Fodder podcast! Daniel and Corky review Danish master Carl Dreyer’s acclaimed  Ordet , a story of spiritual schisms both internal and external. But can anyone repair the schism between Daniel and...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CANON-FODDER_S01_E09.mp3 PlayTime (1967; Dir.: Jacques Tati) Canon Fodder Episode 9 After a string of thematically heavy films, the Random Number Generator Gods decided Daniel and Corky were due for a little playtime. French auteur Jacques Tati’s landmark comedy epic  PlayTime , that is! But will your hosts swing PlayTime  into the Canon Fodd...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CANON-FODDER_S01_E08.mp3 A Man Escaped (1956; Dir.: Robert Bresson) Canon Fodder Episode 8 Daniel and Corky continue their world tour through the masterpieces of cinema by reviewing French  auteur Robert Bresson’s gripping prison drama. Will your hosts man up and Canon-ize the film, or will its appeal escape them? A MAN ESCAPED FACTS & FI...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CANON-FODDER_S01_E07.mp3 Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 7 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974; Dir.: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Mismatched duo Daniel and Corky buck all society’s rules by putting schnitzel on their strudel  to review German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul .  But will your hosts...