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Ian & McKenzie

The Criterion Connection

A weekly TV and Film podcast featuring Mckenzie Wilkes
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The Criterion Connection

Ian & McKenzie

The Criterion Connection

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The Criterion Connection

Ian & McKenzie

The Criterion Connection

A weekly TV and Film podcast featuring Mckenzie Wilkes
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"You know what the difference is between you and me?"US NEITHER! It's our biggest episode ever (literally) - a defining McKenzie movie and just one of our all time favorites. We are finally discussing one of our longest awaited additions to t
YIPEEEEEE KI YAY! We're about to get on off our horsies, but for now stay saddled up in as we wrap up our "Western starring Barbara Stanwyck" double feature with Anthony Mann's The Furies (1950). We also chat about what's coming to the Collecti
YeeeHaw! We're saddling up this week with our friend Philip Marinello (The Substance Pod) to head back into Hollywood's past once again with a pulp western starring the effervescent Babs! On this episode we're discussing our first Samuel Fuller
Welcoming back Kev (ADP) to the show we dive into a hallmark film of the collection, one of Kev's favorites and one of the most aesthetically significant films we have discussed thus far. If you have seen this film then you know what our connec
We return to our regular schedule with a brand new double feature: this time centered on Japanese codes of honor and why, just maybe, they are no good. This week we discuss the #1 highest rated film on Letterboxd (as of June '24) and a totemic
"She just reached in and out a string of lights around my heart."WE LOVE THIS MOVIE! Welcome back to the Criterion QUEER Connection where we discuss queer films in the Criterion Collection. If only we could forever. ----Chapters(00:00:00) I
This week we begin anew, once again, but with some similar themes. We are tackling a brand new queer double feature - this time starting with Dee Rees' beautiful debut feature based on her acclaimed short: Pariah (2011). ----Chapters(00:00:0
This week on the show we discuss one of McKenzie's favorite films and her number 1 that is in the collection. Is this the definitive Mulholland Dr. podcast? Does Ian give it 5-stars? Or do we just have a good time and barely scratch the surface
Have you ever wanted to be someone else? If you answered yes, than you are in luck cause The Criterion Connection will take you there as we bring you the first of a surrealist queer double feature with Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze's Being John
This week we connect to Ang Lee's The Ice Storm with another film about childhood malaise set against the political upheaval of a nation as we dive into one of Spanish cinema's greatest auteurs, Carlos Saura, with what is regarded as his master
We return to our normally scheduled programming with our first feature by Taiwanese chameleonic auteur, Ang Lee. This week we kick off a double feature of familial strife set amidst national political turmoil (we may be reaching on this one as
It's our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! On this episode we celebrate one year of THE CRITERION CONNECTION. We re-evaluate our top 10 Criterion films, discuss some favorite moments from the show (and less favorite moments), and hear from our list
This week we end our most recent massive double feature. We discuss a titanic film not only of the collection but of cinema et large, Bong Joon Ho's oscar winning thriller of those who live in high places and those who live in low palces, Paras
**SPOILER WARNING** In this episode we spend a portion of the What We've Been Watching section discussing the new film, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, in depth. We do spoil some major things from the film. Listen at your own risk or utilize the chapters b
The pairing for our double feature concerning daughters and their long lost mothers and to last week's episode on TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957), this week we discuss a favorite of McKenzie's: Mike Leigh's SECRETS & LIES (1996). ----Chapters(00:00:00
The show kicks off yet another double feature, this time focused on long lost mothers, familial strife, and intimate melodrama. We start with a lesser known from Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu - Tokyo Twilight (1957). ----Chapters(00:00:00) In
The show ends an (almost) perfectly timed romance themed double feature with Wong Kar-wai's erotic yet chaste romantic period piece, In the Mood for Love (2000). Josh also shares his Four Favorites films in the Collection. The Criterion Connec
The show begins an (almost) perfectly timed romance themed double feature with David Lean's quiet and restrained masterpiece of forbidden love: Brief Encounter (1945). We also highlight what is coming to the Criterion Channel in March '24 as we
The show completes their latest double featuring connected by the life of activist and titan, MALCOLM X. We talk Academy Award-winning actor, Regina King's, directorial debut: One Night in Miami (2020).----LinksIan on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
The show kicks off a new double feature discussing the lives of towering figures in the U.S. Black community begining with the totemic work by master filmmaker Spike Lee, Malcolm X (1992).----LinksIan on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lette
The show concludes our latest double feature exploring the intricacies of the United States legal system and it's myriad of flaws. Ending with not just any film, but [also] one of the greatest of all time: Anatomy of a Murder (1959). We also ch
The show begins a new double feature exploring the intricacies of the United States legal system and it's myriad of flaws. Beginning with not just any film, but one of the greatest of all time: 12 Angry Men (1957). We also chat about the new ad
McKenzie (she/her) & Ian (they/them) conclude their Jane Campion double feature with a personal favorite of theirs in recent years, The Power of the Dog (2021). We also make some new years resolutions when it comes to our movie watching and cha
Ian (they/them) & McKenzie (she/her) begin a new double feature for a new year. We start off a highly anticipated (by us) and extremely exciting pairing with Jane Campion's seminal art house drama, filled with exquisite detail and atmosphere, T
Ian (they/them) & McKenzie (she/her) conclude their latest double bill with themes of opulence, political strife, and time slipping away with a grand Italian epic that oddly stars an American tough guy, The Leopard (1963). They also highlight w
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