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- May 9, 2026
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.
- Jan 28, 2026
Episode 219: An Interview with Aaron West, Author of The A24 New Wave
Aaron West's upcoming book covers the rise of A24 from its first releases in 2012 up to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
- Dec 31, 2025
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!
- May 18, 2025
Episode 217 – Argentine Noir with guest Matthew Gentile
David Blakeslee hosts director/screenwriter Matthew Gentile in a conversation about six films from Argentina's golden age of cinema, currently featured on the Criterion Channel.
- Dec 31, 2024
Episode 216 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2024
Our 15th annual survey of Criterion's new releases, featuring David Blakeslee, Josh Hornbeck, Brad McDermott, and Aaron West.
- Jan 1, 2024
Episode 215 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2023
This year's panel (David, Jordan, Josh, Brad, and Aaron) resumes our annual tradition of sharing their favorite 2023 releases from the Criterion Collection.
- Jan 1, 2023
Episode 214 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2022
David Blakeslee, Jordan Essoe, Josh Hornbeck and Aaron West talk about their top picks among the films published by the Criterion Collection over the past year.
- Dec 23, 2021
Episode 213 – Criterion Collection Favorites of 2021
The full CriterionCast crew assembles for our 12th annual year-end conversation about our favorite Criterion Collection offerings in 2021.
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