The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 70 – Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 1]

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 70 – Kinuyo Tanaka Directs [Part 1]

[https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Kinuyo-Tanaka-Directs-Part-1.png]https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Kinuyo-Tanaka-Directs-Part-1.png This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each set and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this first of three episodes covering the recently issued Blu-ray edition of Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs, David and Trevor discuss two films: her directorial debut Love Letter (1953) and The Moon Has Risen (1955), based on a screenplay written by Yasujiro Ozu. > Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan’s greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, and Mikio Naruse—when she took a brave leap by embarking on a directing career in a studio system that actively discouraged female filmmakers. The six features she made over the course of a decade center on women characters who refuse to conform to restrictive roles as they seek independence. With compassion and insight, Tanaka critiques the social conditions and forces that shape her heroines’ struggles: sex work and social shaming, the expectation of passively entering arranged marriages, taboos surrounding illness and the female body, imperialism, and religious persecution and forbidden love. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes. [https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/eclipse-kinuyo-tanaka.jpg]https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/eclipse-kinuyo-tanaka.jpg   EPISODE LINKS KINUYO TANAKA * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/search?q=kinuyo+tanaka] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=kinuyo%20tanaka] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinuyo_Tanaka] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/actor/kinuyo-tanaka/] * BFI [https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-kinuyo-tanaka] * Films Fatale [https://www.filmsfatale.com/blog/2026/3/8/filmography-worship-ranking-every-kinuyo-tanaka-film] * Japan Society [https://www.japansociety.org.uk/review?review=586] * Women Film Pioneers Project [https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/kinuyo-tanaka/] BOX SET REVIEWS * Geek Vibes Nation [https://geekvibesnation.com/kinuyo-tanaka-directs-criterion-collection-blu-ray-review/] * Ion Cinema [https://www.ioncinema.com/reviews/forever-a-woman-six-films-by-kinuyo-tanaka-retrospective] * Palm Beach Arts Paper [https://palmbeachartspaper.com/the-view-from-home-a-revelatory-box-set-explores-an-unsung-japanese-auteur/] * PopMatters [https://www.popmatters.com/kinuyo-tanaka-women-postwar-society] * Screen Anarchy [https://screenanarchy.com/2026/04/kinuyo-tanaka-directs-blu-ray-review-a-beguiling-6-film-career.html] * Slant [https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/eclipse-series-48-kinuyo-tanaka-directs-blu-ray-review/] * Under the Radar [https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/eclipse_series_48_kinuyo_tanaka_directs] LOVE LETTER (1953) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/32821-love-letter] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-kinuyo-tanaka/season:1/videos/love-letter] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Letter_(1953_film)] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/love-letter-1953/] * Asian Movie Pulse [https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/04/film-review-love-letter-1953-by-kinuyo-tanaka/] * BFI Programme Notes [https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/kinuyo%20tanaka%3Cbr%3E%20a%20life%20in%20film/2022/08/01/love-letter/] * Cinema Talk [https://cinema-talk.com/2014/02/25/koibumi-love-letters-1953/] * Cinematographically Speaking [https://cinematograficamentefalando.blogs.sapo.pt/para-sempre-tanaka-2700331] * Establishing Shot (Indiana University) [https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2022/09/01/women-on-top-presents-love-letter-1953/] * Fifth about The Seventh [https://fifthabouttheseventh.com/2024/12/03/love-letter-koibumi/] * Japan on Film [https://japanonfilm.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/love-letter-koibumi/] * Moving Image Source [https://movingimagesource.us/articles/love-letter-20091023] * Sekenbashi [https://sekenbanashi.blog/2024/03/14/love-letter-%E6%81%8B%E6%96%87/] * Webs of Significance [https://webs-of-significance.blogspot.com/2022/08/two-films-from-very-different-worlds.html] * Windows on Worlds [https://windowsonworlds.com/2016/07/26/love-letter-%e6%81%8b%e6%96%87-kinuyo-tanaka-1953/] THE MOON HAS RISEN (1955) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/32756-the-moon-has-risen] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-kinuyo-tanaka/season:1/videos/the-moon-has-risen] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Has_Risen] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-moon-has-risen/] * Asian Movie Pulse [https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/08/film-review-the-moon-has-risen-1955-by-kinuyo-tanaka/] * Cinema Talk [https://cinema-talk.com/2015/12/28/tsuki-wa-noborinu-the-moon-has-risen-1955/] * Cinematographically Speaking [https://cinematograficamentefalando.blogs.sapo.pt/para-sempre-tanaka-2700331] * Japan on Film [https://japanonfilm.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/the-moon-has-risen-tsuki-wa-noborinu-1955/] * Notre Cinema [https://en.notrecinema.com/communaute/critique/the-moon-has-risen_256417.html] * Outtake [https://www.outtakemag.co.uk/reviews/2022/08/21/the-moon-has-risen-kinuyo-tanaka-eiff/] * Screen Queens [https://screenqueens.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/dbw-kinuyo-tanakas-the-moon-has-risen-an-underappreciated-landmark-for-women-in-japanese-cinema/] * Windows on Worlds [https://windowsonworlds.com/2017/08/18/the-moon-has-risen-%e6%9c%88%e3%81%af%e4%b8%8a%e3%82%8a%e3%81%ac-kinuyo-tanaka-1955/] CONTACT US * David Blakeslee ( TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@dee.ell.bee] / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOmY2tW9IY7VfNbZs495Aw] / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/477655832667582] / CriterionCast [https://criterioncast.com/author/david] / Blog [http://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/] ) * Trevor Berrett ( Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mookse] / Website [http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/] / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast [https://mookse.substack.com/] ) [https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/8306/17356614.gif]

Episode 220 – An Interview with Thomas Golianopoulos, Author of The Life of Singleton: From Boyz n the Hood to Snowfall

In this episode of Criterion Cast, David Blakeslee interviews Thomas Golianopoulos about his new book The Life of Singleton: From Boyz n the Hood to Snowfall. The book provides an in-depth biography of director/writer/producer John Singleton, subject of John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy [https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/8684-john-singleton-s-hood-trilogy], a three-film box set recently issued by the Criterion Collection. [https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Singleton-Book-Cover.png]https://www.amazon.com/Life-Singleton-Boyz-Hood-Snowfall/dp/1368095941 ABOUT THE BOOK: The Life of Singleton [https://www.amazon.com/Life-Singleton-Boyz-Hood-Snowfall/dp/1368095941] is the definitive account of film icon John Singleton’s life and times. John Singleton became a living legend at just 24 years old when he earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Boyz N the Hood, the sleeper hit of the summer of 1991 and one of the decade’s most important films. Though he wasn’t victorious on Oscar night, it didn’t detract from his achievements. Singleton was the first Black person nominated for Best Director and remains the youngest person nominated for the award. But he wasn’t finished. Over the next three decades, he’d amass a Hall of Fame career featuring more classic films (Rosewood, Baby Boy), four number one hits (Poetic Justice, Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Four Brothers) and one of the top-rated series on cable television (Snowfall, which ran for six seasons). In The Life of Singleton: From Boyz N the Hood to Snowfall [https://www.amazon.com/Life-Singleton-Boyz-Hood-Snowfall/dp/1368095941], Thomas Golianopoulos reports on the life and death of John Daniel Singleton, from his time as a driven film student at USC to his last days on the Costa Rica set of Snowfall. Singleton was an American original, a Hollywood maverick, and a South Central icon — no one repped LA harder than him. He created indelible moments on the screen and inspired and mentored a generation of filmmakers. Featuring nearly 400 original interviews and sharp analysis, The Life of Singleton [https://www.amazon.com/Life-Singleton-Boyz-Hood-Snowfall/dp/1368095941] takes readers behind the scenes of the filmmaker’s work and unwraps the complex man behind it. JOHN SINGLETON’S HOOD TRILOGY [https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/john-singletons-hood-trilogy.jpg]https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/8684-john-singleton-s-hood-trilogy The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/8684-john-singleton-s-hood-trilogy] CONTACT US: * David Blakeslee [ TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@dee.ell.bee] / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOmY2tW9IY7VfNbZs495Aw] / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/477655832667582] / CriterionCast [https://criterioncast.com/author/david] / Blog [https://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/] ] * Thomas Golianopoulos [ Website [https://golianopoulos.com/about] / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/golianopoulos/] ] [https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/8306/17337600.gif]

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 69 – Lubitsch Musicals [Part 2]

[https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EV-69-Lubitsch-Musicals-Part-2.png]https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EV-69-Lubitsch-Musicals-Part-2.png This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each set and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this second of two episodes covering the recently reissued Blu-ray edition of Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals, David and Trevor are joined by guest William Remmers to discuss two films: The Smiling Lieutenant, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, and Miriam Hopkins, and One Hour with You, featuring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. > Renowned as a silent-film pioneer and the man who refined Hollywood comedy with such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be, Ernst Lubitsch also had another claim to fame: he helped invent the modern movie musical. With the advent of sound, and with audiences clamoring for “talkies,” Lubitsch combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of cinema to develop this entirely new genre. These elegant, bawdy films, made before strict enforcement of the moralizing Production Code, feature some of the greatest stars of early Hollywood (Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins), as well as that elusive style of comedy that would thereafter be known as “the Lubitsch touch.” Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes. [https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lubitsch-Musicals.jpg]https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/517-eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals EPISODE LINKS ERNST LUBITSCH * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?director=lubitsch-ernst] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=ernst%20lubitsch] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Lubitsch] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/director/ernst-lubitsch/] * The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch [http://www.lubitsch.com/index.html] * The Current [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/9116-the-lubitsch-touch] * They Shoot Pictures Don’t They [http://www.theyshootpictures.com/lubitschernst.htm] * Turner Classic Movies [https://www.tcm.com/articles/featured-directors/236936/ernst-lubitsch] BOX SET REVIEWS * Cinema Retro [https://cinemaretro.com/index.php/archives/13396-REVIEW-LUBITSCH-MUSICALS-ECLIPSE-SERIES-8-1929,1930,1931,1932;-Directed-by-Ernst-Lubitsch-The-Criterion-Collection.html] * Criterion Confessions [http://www.criterionconfessions.com/2008/02/lubitsch-musicals-love-parademonte.html] (2008) * Films in Review [https://filmsinreviewarchives.com/2008/05/17/the-battle-of-the-sexes-with-music/] (2008) * From the Front Row [https://www.fromthefrontrow.net/home/eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals] * Geek Vibes Nation [https://geekvibesnation.com/eclipse-series-8-criterion-collection-blu-ray-review/] * Trailers from Hell [https://trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-musicals-eclipse-series-8/] THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1930) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/900-the-smiling-lieutenant] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiling_Lieutenant] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-smiling-lieutenant/] * A Journey Through the Eclipse Series [https://criterioncast.com/2011/01/24/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-ernst-lubitschs-the-love-parade/] * New York Times (1931) [https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/23/archives/the-screen-a-gay-parisian-miss-landis-new-picture-on-the-ocean.html] * Cinepassion [https://www.cinepassion.org/Reviews/s/SmilingLieutenant.html] * Comet Over Hollywood [https://cometoverhollywood.com/2018/03/19/musical-monday-the-smiling-lieutenant-1931/] * Criterion Confessions [http://www.criterionconfessions.com/2008/02/lubitsch-musicals-smiling-lieutenant.html] * Dennis Schwarz [https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/smilinglieutenant/] * Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings [https://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/2015/03/tonights-movie-smiling-lieutenant-1931.html] * pre-code.com [https://pre-code.com/smiling-lieutenant-1931-review-maurice-chevalier-miriam-hopkins/] * TCM [https://www.tcm.com/articles/60850/the-smiling-lieutenant] ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/901-one-hour-with-you] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hour_with_You] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/one-hour-with-you/] * A Journey Through the Eclipse Series [https://criterioncast.com/news/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-ernst-lubitschs-monte-carlo/] * New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/03/24/archives/m-chevalier-again.html] (1932) * Cinepassion [https://www.cinepassion.org/Reviews/o/OneHourWithYou.html] * Criterion Confessions [http://www.criterionconfessions.com/2008/02/lubitsch-musicals-one-hour-with-you.html] * Culled Culture [https://www.culledculture.com/one-hour-with-you-movie/] * Dennis Schwarz [https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/onehourwithyou/] * Edward Copeland’s Tangents [https://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-missing-picture-nominees-one-hour.html] * Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings [https://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/2013/09/tonights-movie-one-hour-with-you-1932.html] * pre-code.com [https://pre-code.com/one-hour-1932-review-maurice-chevalier-jeanette-macdonald/] * TCM [https://www.tcm.com/articles/276930/one-hour-with-you] CONTACT US * David Blakeslee ( TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@dee.ell.bee] / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOmY2tW9IY7VfNbZs495Aw] / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/477655832667582] / CriterionCast [https://criterioncast.com/author/david] / Blog [http://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/] ) * Trevor Berrett ( Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mookse] / Website [http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/] / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast [https://mookse.substack.com/] ) [https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/8306/17330843.gif]

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 68 – Lubitsch Musicals [Part 1]

[https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EV-68-Lubitsch-Musicals-Part-1.png]https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EV-68-Lubitsch-Musicals-Part-1.png This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each set and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this first of two episodes covering the recently reissued Blu-ray edition of Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals, David and Trevor are joined by guest William Remmers to discuss two films: The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, and Monte Carlo, also featuring Jeanette MacDonald, with Jack Buchanan. About the films: > Renowned as a silent-film pioneer and the man who refined Hollywood comedy with such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be, Ernst Lubitsch also had another claim to fame: he helped invent the modern movie musical. With the advent of sound, and with audiences clamoring for “talkies,” Lubitsch combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of cinema to develop this entirely new genre. These elegant, bawdy films, made before strict enforcement of the moralizing Production Code, feature some of the greatest stars of early Hollywood (Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins), as well as that elusive style of comedy that would thereafter be known as “the Lubitsch touch.” Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes. [https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lubitsch-Musicals.jpg]https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/517-eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals EPISODE LINKS ERNST LUBITSCH * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?director=lubitsch-ernst] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=ernst%20lubitsch] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Lubitsch] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/director/ernst-lubitsch/] * The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch [http://www.lubitsch.com/index.html] * The Current [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/9116-the-lubitsch-touch] * They Shoot Pictures Don’t They [http://www.theyshootpictures.com/lubitschernst.htm] * Turner Classic Movies [https://www.tcm.com/articles/featured-directors/236936/ernst-lubitsch] BOX SET REVIEWS * Cinema Retro [https://cinemaretro.com/index.php/archives/13396-REVIEW-LUBITSCH-MUSICALS-ECLIPSE-SERIES-8-1929,1930,1931,1932;-Directed-by-Ernst-Lubitsch-The-Criterion-Collection.html] * Criterion Confessions [http://www.criterionconfessions.com/2008/02/lubitsch-musicals-love-parademonte.html] (2008) * Films in Review [https://filmsinreviewarchives.com/2008/05/17/the-battle-of-the-sexes-with-music/] (2008) * From the Front Row [https://www.fromthefrontrow.net/home/eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals] * Geek Vibes Nation [https://geekvibesnation.com/eclipse-series-8-criterion-collection-blu-ray-review/] * Trailers from Hell [https://trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-musicals-eclipse-series-8/] THE LOVE PARADE (1929) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/898-the-love-parade] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Parade] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-love-parade/] * A Journey Through the Eclipse Series [https://criterioncast.com/2011/01/24/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-ernst-lubitschs-the-love-parade/] * Cinepassion [https://www.cinepassion.org/Reviews/l/LoveParade.html] * Virtual History [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/film/9952/the-love-parade] * Flickdom Dictum [https://flickdomdictum.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-parade-1929-ernst-lubitsch.html] * Senses of Cinema [http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/cteq/love_parade/] * The Top Ten Movie Project [https://top10movieproject.blogspot.com/2009/09/love-parade-ernst-lubitsch-12.html] MONTE CARLO (1930) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/899-monte-carlo] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_(1930_film)] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/monte-carlo-1930/] * A Journey Through the Eclipse Series [https://criterioncast.com/news/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-ernst-lubitschs-monte-carlo/] * New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806E0DB1338E433A2575BC2A96E9C946194D6CF] (1930) * Cinepassion [https://www.cinepassion.org/Reviews/m/MonteCarlo.html] * The Top 10 Movie Project [https://top10movieproject.blogspot.com/2009/09/monte-carlo-ernst-lubitsch.html] * pre-code.com [https://pre-code.com/monte-carlo-1930-review-jack-buchanan-jeanette-macdonald/] CONTACT US * David Blakeslee ( TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@dee.ell.bee] / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOmY2tW9IY7VfNbZs495Aw] / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/477655832667582] / CriterionCast [https://criterioncast.com/author/david] / Blog [http://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/] ) * Trevor Berrett ( Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mookse] / Website [http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/] / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast [https://mookse.substack.com/] ) [https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/8306/17328144.gif]

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 67 – Abbas Kiarostami: Early Shorts and Features [Part 4]

[https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EV-banner-67.png]https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EV-banner-67.png This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each set and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this last of four episodes, David and Trevor discuss six “School Films” (Two Solutions for One Problem, So Can I, Tribute to Teachers, Toothache, Orderly or Disorderly, and Homework) from Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami – Early Shorts and Features [https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/8309-eclipse-series-47-abbas-kiarostami-early-shorts-and-features]. Eleven other films included in this set are covered in earlier episodes. About the films: > Long before he became one of the most renowned artists in world cinema, the great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami began his cinematic career at Tehran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (a.k.a. Kanoon), where he honed his distinctive style and themes. During his first decades as a filmmaker, Kiarostami moved freely among documentary, narrative, and even animation, and between joyous short films made for children and subtle works exploring the struggles of adolescents. Often using the classroom as a laboratory, he probed social and political tensions in Iranian society during the turbulent years before and after the 1979 revolution. Spanning his very first short, Bread and Alley (which the director called the “mother of all my films”); other underseen early revelations, like Experience and The Traveler; and nonfiction masterpieces such as Homework, the graceful, warm, and playful works collected here find moments of transcendent poetry within everyday life, and use deceptively simple premises to express universal truths about the human condition. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes. Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features [https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/product_images/2100-9335ca781182344aeb0f267737e6d08d/BoikNKcJOPDi9ZytPcUkkEDF9ttfHF_large.jpg] EPISODE LINKS PART 1: BEGINNINGS AND JOURNEYS (FEATURING COLORS, BREAD AND ALLEY, BREAKTIME, AND THE TRAVELER) [https://criterioncast.com/podcast/eclipse-viewer/episode-64-kiarostami-part-1] PART 2: ADOLESCENCE AND POVERTY (FEATURING EXPERIENCE AND A WEDDING SUIT) [https://criterioncast.com/podcast/eclipse-viewer/episode-65-kiarostami-part-2] PART 3: [https://criterioncast.com/podcast/eclipse-viewer/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-66-abbas-kiarostami-part-3] POLITICAL ALLEGORIES (FEATURING SOLUTION NO. 1, FIRST CASE, SECOND CASE, THE CHORUS, FELLOW CITIZEN, AND FIRST GRADERS) [https://criterioncast.com/podcast/eclipse-viewer/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-66-abbas-kiarostami-part-3] ABBAS KIAROSTAMI * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?director=kiarostami-abbas] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=abbas%20kiarostami] * Abbas Kiarostami’s Childhood Films [https://www.criterionchannel.com/abbas-kiarostami-s-childhood-films/season:1/videos/godfrey-cheshire-on-abbas-kiarostami-s-childhood-films] (Criterion Channel documentary short, suggested viewing mentioned on inside cover of the set) * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Kiarostami] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/director/abbas-kiarostami/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/] * The American Scholar [https://theamericanscholar.org/remembering-abbas-kiarostami/] * British Journal of Photography [https://www.1854.photography/2016/07/remembering-abbas-kiarostami/] * Harper’s [https://harpers.org/archive/2019/06/the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami/] * Henna Platform [https://hennaplatform.com/en/the-rebellious-gaze-of-abbas-kiarostami/] * The Point [https://thepointmag.com/criticism/abbas-kiarostamis-transcendental-style/] * Senses of Cinema [https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/kiarostami/] * ShotDeck [https://blog.shotdeck.com/new-shots/abbas-kiarostami-in-his-own-words/] * Sight & Sound [https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/news/abbas-kiarostami-1940-2016] * Mania Akbari Tells Her Story [https://fasikul.altyazi.net/in-english/mania-akbari-tells-her-own-story/] * Criterion – In Memoriam [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4139-the-shortest-way-to-the-truth-kiarostami-remembered] BOX SET REVIEWS * Blu-ray.com [https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Eclipse-Series-47-Abbas-Kiarostami-Early-Shorts-and-Features-Blu-ray/394015/#Overview] * Home Theater Forum [https://www.hometheaterforum.com/abbas-kiarostami-early-shorts-and-features-criterion-eclipse-no-47-blu-ray-review/] * Let’s Talk Criterion (video) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNQh2T9Eu4] * Under the Radar [https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/eclipse_series_47_abbas_kiarostamiearly_shorts_and_features] TWO SOLUTIONS FOR ONE PROBLEM (1975) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/28645-two-solutions-for-one-problem] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/two-solutions-for-one-problem] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Solutions_for_One_Problem] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/two-solutions-to-one-problem/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/two-solutions-for-one-problem] * Cagey Films [https://www.cageyfilms.com/2015/03/an-evening-with-jonathan-rosenbaum/] * Cinephilic Musings [https://www.cinephilicmusings.com/2022/07/two-solutions-for-one-problem-abbas.html] * The Cultural Me [https://thecultural.me/two-solutions-for-one-problem-abbas-kiarostamis-modern-day-parable-review-466481] * Webs of Significance [https://webs-of-significance.blogspot.com/2021/04/abbas-kiarostami-educates-with-first.html] SO CAN I (1975) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/29519-so-can-i] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/so-can-i] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Can_I] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/so-can-i/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/so-can-i] TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS (1977) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/29521-tribute-to-teachers] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/tribute-to-teachers] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/tribute-to-the-teachers/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/tribute-to-teachers] * Webs of Significance [https://webs-of-significance.blogspot.com/2021/04/abbas-kiarostami-educates-with-first.html] TOOTHACHE (1980) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/29524-toothache] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/toothache] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothache_(film)] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/toothache/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/toothache] ORDERLY OR DISORDERLY (1981) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/29525-orderly-or-disorderly] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/orderly-or-disorderly] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orderly_or_Disorderly] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/orderly-or-disorderly/] * Cagey Films [https://www.cageyfilms.com/2015/03/an-evening-with-jonathan-rosenbaum/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/orderly-or-disorderly] HOMEWORK (1989) * The Criterion Collection [https://www.criterion.com/films/29518-homework] * The Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/homework] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homework_(1989_film)] * Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/homework-1989/] * Kiarostami Foundation [https://www.kiarostami.org/film/homework] * Errata [http://www.erratamag.com/archives/2007/08/abbas_kiarostam.html] (podcast) * Senses of Cinema [https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2020/cteq/homework-abbas-kiarostami-1989/] CONTACT US * David Blakeslee ( TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@dee.ell.bee] / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOmY2tW9IY7VfNbZs495Aw] / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/477655832667582] / CriterionCast [https://criterioncast.com/author/david] / Blog [http://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/] ) * Trevor Berrett ( Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mookse] / Website [http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/] / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast [https://mookse.substack.com/] ) [https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/8306/17272105.gif]