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Episode 6 - Swing Time (Spine #6, CC1106L)
Published 08/26/2020
1936, Dir. George Stevens
Featured Guest: Chelle Janczewski

We're back after a summer vacation with the first musical in the series, Swing Time, with legendary duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But despite all the praise for...

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Episode 5 - The Third Man (Spine #5, CC1105L)
Published 04/17/2020
1949, Dir. Carol Reed
Featured Guest: Theron Seckington

"An excellent film, competently made." Theron and I both agreed that The Third Man is still a wonderful piece of filmmaking, but an in...

Episode 4 - The Lady Vanishes (Spine #4, CC1108L)
Published 03/27/2020
1938, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Featured Guest: Catherine Dvorak

With this episode we encounter the first movie that both viewers agree doesn't really to seem to fit in The Criterion Collection, despite rave reviews and box o...

Episode 3 - The 39 Steps (Spine #3, CC1103L)
Published 03/12/2020
1935, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Featured Guest: Catherine Dvorak

Watch the full movie here.

With the third title in the Collection we have our first international movie, British master Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 chase thriller The...

Episode 2 - King Kong (Spine #2, CC102L)
Published 03/02/2020
1933, Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Featured Guest: Tim Smyth - Stop-Motion Animator

In the second episode, we witness the 1933 special effects classic King Kong. Premiering on March 2nd, 1933, King Kong practically...