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David Blakeslee

@peutetre.bsky.social
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Criterion Reflections/Eclipse Viewer podcasts, Grand Rapids Film Society, occasional observations about culture, politics, theology, philosophy, and whatever else is going on in my life.

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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Listening to outtakes selections from Rubber Soul re-release after reading so many excited glowing reviews of the "new" material, really not all that impressed. Just basic demo snippets that don't provide much that's interesting, other than stripping out vocals so we can focus on instruments.
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Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Last Year At Marienbad/This Month At The State Fair
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Here's the 1st of 3 episodes dedicated to a new Eclipse box set KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS. Here we discuss LOVE LETTER (1953) and THE MOON HAS RISEN (1955), the first two films she directed after establishing herself as one of the preeminent Japanese actors of her era. criterioncast.com/podcast/ecli...
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The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 70 - Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 1]
David and Trevor discuss LOVE LETTER and THE MOON HAS RISEN, the first of three episodes reviewing KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS, new from the Eclipse Series from the Criterion Collection.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I interviewed author Thomas Golianopoulos about his biography of director John Singleton. The book greatly enhanced my enjoyment of Criterion's recent Hood Trilogy release (Boyz n the Hood/Poetic Justice/Baby Boy) and provided a lot of additional insight. criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Episode 220 - An Interview with Thomas Golianopoulos, Author of The Life of Singleton: From Boyz n the Hood to Snowfall
An in-depth conversation about director John Singleton, the subject of Criterion’s new Hood Trilogy box set.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
4/30/57: Yasujiro Ozu masterpiece Tokyo Twilight w/Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû A harder edge for Ozu More: @peutetre.bsky.social: criterioncast.com/column/a-jou... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-ab... @reverseshot.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/archive/entr...
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Tokyo Twilight
Considering the size and shape of the screen
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New episode of The Eclipse Viewer podcast is now online! This is the first of a two-part conversation about the recently reissued LUBITSCH MUSICALS set, with me, @mookse.bsky.social and special guest William Remmers. criterioncast.com/podcast/ecli...
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The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 68 - Lubitsch Musicals [Part 1]
David and Trevor are joined by William Remmers to discuss THE LOVE PARADE and MONTE CARLO, the first two films in this reissued set of classic Pre-Code musical comedies.
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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 14/04/2026
Additional classes include a number of killer topics from Imogen Sara Smith, Ty Burr, Steven Bingen, @positivelytonsils.bsky.social, @matthiasellis.bsky.social, @biscuitkitten.bsky.social, etc etc cinejourneys.com/our-guides/
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Guides | CineJourneys
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Part 4 of our podcast series on the early films of Abbas Kiarostami just published! In this episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I discussed six "school films" to conclude our coverage of 17 titles in this collection. criterioncast.com/podcast/ecli...
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The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 67 - Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 4]
David and Trevor wrap up their coverage with a conversation about six “school films” shot between 1975 and 1989.
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Neely O'Horror @feminaridens.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
my 1949 zine is available NOW! ships in 2-5 days. please consider buying one if you haven't already! a labor of love & a needed way of making a little extra $ so any support is greatly appreciated!
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Part 3 of our Eclipse Viewer conversation about ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: EARLY SHORTS AND FEATURES is now online! In this episode, Trevor Berrett and I talk about five films made in the years surrounding the Iranian political revolution that deposed the Shah in 1979. criterioncast.com/podcast/ecli...
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The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 66 - Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 3]
David and Trevor discuss five films shot between 1978-1984 that offer Kiarostami’s insight and indirect critique of Iranian politics and culture.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
1/11/51: Sam Fuller's astonishing zero-budget The Steel Helmet Shot during the Korean war; amazing it got by the PCA censors More: @marshagordon.bsky.social: www.jstor.org/stable/26532... @peutetre.bsky.social: criterioncast.com/column/a-jou... @zachlaws.bsky.social: collider.com/steel-helmet...
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The Brutal First American Movie About the Korean War Remains the Absolute Best
The war classic currently holds the coveted 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Three friends, each very knowledgeable about the Criterion Collection, share their thoughts about their favorite releases by that label from the past year. criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Criterion Cast - Episode 218 - Criterion Collection Favorites of 2025
David Blakeslee, Aaron West, and Brad McDermott got together to keep our annual “favorites of the year” podcast tradition going for Year 16!
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
12/20/79: Hal Ashby's Being There [N: Jerzy Kosinski] w/Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas More: @cinephiliabeyond.org: cinephiliabeyond.org/hal-ashbys-b... @markharris.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... @peutetre.bsky.social: criterioncast.com/reviews/blu-...
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Here's what she's talking about! Part 2 of our coverage of the new Abbas Kiarostami set, just released in the Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series. criterioncast.com/podcast/ecli...
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The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 65 - Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 2]
David and Trevor continue their conversation, focusing on two medium-length narratives about adolescence and poverty: Experience and A Wedding Suit.
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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Eclipse Viewer podcast is live again! @peutetre.bsky.social and I recorded the first of our episode covering the newest Eclipse series from @criterion.bsky.social: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features. open.substack.com/pub/eclipsev...
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Episode 64 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 1]
This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, Blu-ray box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This was a great conversation, give it a listen!
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Here's a 20 minute video I made discussing each of the Criterion Collection spine numbers that end in 00 (in honor of NETWORK (1976), recently announced as Spine 1300). youtu.be/B69VUaj3Z24?...
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David Talks About All the Spine #x00s in the Criterion Collection
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Stepping briefly out of my Criterion-centric podcasting habits, I had a few things to say about this poignant, heart-wrenching animated Japanese film set in the final days of WWII.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
So glad to be revisiting the work of Abbas Kiarostami with my podcasting partner of many years!
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
First look at the new Abbas Kiarostami box set coming from Criterion as they revive the Eclipse Series. youtu.be/Ho94kFb-D6Q?...
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First Look at Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami - Early Shorts and Features
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Just released today, here's my 8 minute review of CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, a 4K/Blu-ray edition that returns the film to the Criterion Collection 34 years after they first released it on Laserdisc! youtu.be/kbZ-HyGAAgM
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David Reviews CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971) - New Release from the Criterion Collection
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Link to a new episode of my podcast: criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Criterion Reflections - Episode 156 - Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From a Marriage
In this lengthy episode, David hosts four individual conversations about this emotionally searing and evocative TV miniseries of 1973 that was edited for theatrical release the following year.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I reviewed this excellent late work from Ozu back in 2010! criterioncast.com/column/a-jou...
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A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Twilight
For the past six months I’ve enjoyed sharing my impressions of various films featured in Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs with our readers, each week choosing one title from the sets that have been…
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
14 minute video review of JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING, new on 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection. youtu.be/fyhUpXWP4XE?...
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David Reviews JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING (1986), directed by Claude Berri.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
New episode of my podcast, in which I revisit Allan King's COME ON CHILDREN, a Canadian "actuality drama" involving 10 teenagers living without adult supervision on a farm in 1972. A fun conversation, give it a listen! criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Criterion Reflections - Episode 155 - Allan King’s Come On Children
David is joined by William Remmers to discuss an obscure Canadian documentary about 10 groovy teenagers who are granted 10 weeks of autonomy for the purpose of generating compelling cinematic moments…
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Always happy to see a movie review I wrote on 2011 get some fresh circulation!
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The MLB app is really going out of its way to keep the Dodgers in first place.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A look at the packaging of the new Criterion Collection edition of UGETSU, a classic ghost story directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Also my first post on the Skylight Social app!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 28/03/2025
An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Left to Their Own Devices,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
15 minutes of me talking about NIGHT MOVES, starring Gene Hackman. The Criterion Collection just put it out in 4K UHD. youtu.be/sz1-s_fxoBI?...
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David Reviews NIGHT MOVES (1975), Criterion Collection Spine #1255
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Aaron West @awest505.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
New Criterion Now episode with @peutetre.bsky.social. We get into the Killers of the Flower Moon news that went viral and also the June 2025 announcements. cinejourneys.com/criterion-no...
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
My 20 minute review of Charles Chaplin's A WOMAN OF PARIS, just released by the Criterion Collection. I also talk a bit about Criterion's other Chaplin releases and where this title fits in his filmography. youtu.be/_x8j3MFpk3Y?...
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David Reviews A WOMAN OF PARIS (1923) directed by Charles Chaplin
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I published a new episode of my podcast yesterday, which seems kind of silly and futile in light of all that's going on in today's world, but it's about rampaging monsters inflicting indiscriminate chaos and destruction, so I suppose it's sufficiently on-topic. criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Criterion Reflections - Episode 154 - Jun Fukuda’s Godzilla vs. Megalon
David is joined by Richard Doyle and David Seeley to provide intellectual gravitas as we contemplate the threat that atomic testing presents to the future of human civilization. Also: Jet Jaguar to…
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Joshua Polanski @joshuapolanski.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Two photos: 1) me introducting Flow at the Boston Baltic Film Festival with Matīss Upītis, who is the VFX artist and animator that did the WATER in Flow. This was Saturday. 2) Upītis with his Oscar! This was Sunday.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
@grfilmsociety.bsky.social published a special edition of our newsletter, a dedicated tribute to David Lynch and the impact that he and his work have had on so many. Here's a link: grfilmsociety.substack.com/p/special-ed...
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SPECIAL EDITION: REMEMBERING DAVID LYNCH
BEAM FROM THE BOOTH | GRAND RAPIDS FILM SOCIETY
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I strung together enough words about the new KING LEAR release from Criterion to fill almost 17 minutes of air time (with a little help from Richard Brody). But it all amounts to nothing. No thing. youtu.be/aCzhH2C71tw?...
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David Reviews KING LEAR (1987) directed by Jean-Luc Godard - Criterion Collection Spine #1249
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In advance of reviewing Criterion's upcoming release of Jean-Luc Godard's KING LEAR, I made this video talking about films he made in the 1980s that I'm in process of watching, to better understand what he was up to during that decade. youtu.be/ARLUkHh_VEs?...
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Opening thoughts on Jean-Luc Godard's KING LEAR (1987), new Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
New episode of my podcast discusses Mike Leigh's 1973 made-for-BBC film Hard Labour, and also his most recent release Hard Truths, still showing theatrically in some markets. criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
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Criterion Reflections - Episode 153 - Mike Leigh’s Hard Labour
David is joined by first-time guest Ethan Magnan to discuss Leigh’s first made-for-TV film, and we also talk about Hard Truth’s, his most recent release from 2024.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Downtown Grand Rapids tonight at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
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L.P. @laurenpourin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Information on the fundraiser that will benefit the Black History Month assembly celebration of local Campus Elementary School! grcmc.org/theatre/even...
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Moonlight (Grand Rapids Film Society)
Moonlight presented by the Grand Rapids Film Society.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This past Saturday I hosted an hour-long video call about 2 films from Pier Paolo Pasolini: 1962 short LA RICOTTA and 1963 feature LOVE MEETINGS. It's part of a series hosted on the CineJourneys website created by @awest505.bsky.social and @biscuitkitten.bsky.social youtu.be/zOxIxgtRthg?...
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120 Days of Pasolini - Call 3
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I had a few things to say about the new Criterion release of WINCHESTER '73. 12 minute video includes an old trailer. youtu.be/9DE0kTNLJv4?...
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David Reviews Winchester '73 (1950) - Director: Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart - Criterion 4K
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A 6 minute video survey of Westerns that the Criterion Collection has released on DVD and Blu-ray over the past 17 years. youtu.be/S8OE5s3znC0?...
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Westerns in the Criterion Collection
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Mrbradmcd @mrbradmcd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Proud to contribute to the #Pasolini discussion over at @cinejourneys.bsky.social with my friend @peutetre.bsky.social with my review of his #sexeducation #documentary “Love Meetings” boxd.it/8Az5Nb
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A ★★★★★ review of Love Meetings (1964)
This documentary is full of investigative reporting at a breakneck pace from journalist, author, poet and filmmaker Pier Paola Pasolini as he travels north and south, east and west through his native ...
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Cleo from 5 to 7, La rabbia (The Anger), Winchester '73, Hard Truths
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I planned to be quiet on social media today but I decided to give Facebook a peek. Right there at the top of my timeline was Trump's inauguration photo, him glaring at the camera. I immediately reported the photo as "Violence, hate, or exploitation", subtype "Organized Crime". That made it go away.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I'm disappointed that the Lions lost tonight, even though I didn't watch the game. (No access to TV networks at this time.) NFL broadcasts (esp. the ads) put a lot of strain on my cultural diet that seeks to limit my intake of stupidity, so I'm relieved to be done with football for a while.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Anyone interested in what I have to say about Jean Eustache's 1973 film THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE? Well here's your chance, in both video and written formats. criterioncast.com/reviews/blu-...
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David Reviews Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore [Criterion 4K/Blu-ray Review]
David shares a few short videos and an essay about this long-anticipated release of a highly acclaimed masterpiece from the late French nouvelle vague.
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David Blakeslee @peutetre.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Happy (and relieved) to see that Nouvelle Vague will be presented in French even though the director is American. I wouldn't tolerate watching the Cahiers du cinéma gang speak in English.
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