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A current rundown of the world of Criterion with a round table of guests. We talk about new and upcoming releases, what's happening on the Criterion Channel, and other related topics related to the Criterion Collection.

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Nov 6, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
Criterion Now - Episode 162
Description: Tiffany Vazquez joins Aaron and Jill after a brief hiatus, which we explain. There's some catch-up where we talk about Aaron's book, Tiffany's Mira Nair class. We then get into our selections from the flash sale, which serves as a look...
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Apr 22, 2025 · 54 min
Criterion Now - Episode 160
Description: Christian Gutierrez joins Aaron for the first time. He has a podcast called Reel Latinos, and is an expert in Latino cinema. He has tastes for world cinema and classic Hollywood. We talked about the July 2025 Criterion announcements, and...
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Apr 9, 2025 · 49 min
Criterion Now - Episode 159
Description: Ali Khamseh joins Aaron from Tehran, Iran. It was the first time podcasting with someone anywhere close to that region, and it was a delight! Ali talked about his projects, the state of cinema in Iran, many of the Iranian masters like...
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Mar 25, 2025 · 56 min
Criterion Now - Episode 158 - Killers of the Flower Moon, June 2028 Announcements
Description: David Blakeslee joins Aaron. Jill is absent for the near future, and while she can't be replaced, David is a terrific co-host. We start by talking about Killers of the Flower Moon and some viral news that Criterion had allegedly...
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Feb 20, 2025 · 50 min
Criterion Now - Episode 157
Description: Jill and Aaron talk about Flow, which appears to be the first Janus Contemporary that will get a Criterion spine release. We then talk about the May 2025 Announcements, and the new trend of increasing the number of new titles with...
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Jan 28, 2025 · 58 min
Criterion Now - Episode 156
Description: Jill and Aaron are back after a little bit of an unintentional break. We talk about Aaron's upcoming new book. We pay tribute to the loss of one of our favorite filmmakers, David Lynch. Finally we talk about the April 2025 Announcements,...
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Aug 16, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
Criterion Now - Episode 152
Description: Ryan Verrill joins the podcast to announce that we are joining Someone's Favorite Productions network. We also get into the November 2024 announcements on the heels of having already reacted (somewhat critically) to the CC40 boxset. We...
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Jul 31, 2024 · 1 hr 39 min
Criterion Now - Episode 150 - Imogen Sara Smith, October 2024 Announcements, Modern French Film
Description: Imogen Sara Smith joins for our special episode 150, which we recorded without interruptions. We talk about a number of subjects including the thrill and rarity of seeing a repertory nitrate screening. She talks about her craft process,...
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Jul 25, 2024 · 1 hr 27 min
Criterion Now - Episode 149 - Someone Bought Criterion
Description: Jill and Aaron return the Criterion Now podcast with a long overdue episode. We get into the ownership situation with Criterion Collection and Indian Paintbrush, and what we expect from it. We also look at the recent and upcoming...
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Jan 31, 2023 · 1 hr 38 min
Criterion Now – Episode 148 – Criterion 2022 Top 3, Sight & Sound, February and March 2023 Announcements
We are pleased to have Dave Eves back on the show. We talk best of 2022, February and March announcements, and the Sight & Sound list.
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Nov 2, 2022 · 1 hr 44 min
Criterion Now – Episode 147 – August 2022 Through January 2023 Criterion Releases
Now that we're back, we had some catching up to do. This week Drew Morton joined to go back through all of the months that we missed during hiatus -- August 2022 through January 2023.
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Oct 12, 2022 · 1 hr 23 min
Criterion Now – Episode 146 – A Conversation with Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou
Filmmaker Sean Baker and his co-director for Take Out and frequent collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou join to discuss Take Out, Criterion, and other topics.
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Oct 1, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Criterion Now – Episode 145 – We’re Back!
Jill and Aaron are now officially back from hiatus and ready to resume the show. This is us getting warmed up.
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May 9, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min
Criterion Now – Episode 144 – July 2022 Announcements, David Lynch, Truffaut
Jill and Aaron get into June announcements, a lot of David Lynch news, and speculate about François Truffaut.
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Apr 24, 2022 · 1 hr 45 min
Criterion Now – Episode 143 – June 2022 Announcements, Indicator Bogart, Kinuyo Tunaka
Marcus Pinn joins as we discuss June announcements and a lot more.
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Mar 11, 2022 · 1 hr 41 min
Criterion Now – Episode 142 – May 2022 Announcements, Miller’s Crossing, Pink Flamingos
Drew Morton joins again, and we have a lot to talk about. Come for the Criterions, stay for his Jimmy Stewart impressions.
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Feb 24, 2022 · 1 hr 44 min
Criterion Now – Episode 141 – Martial Arts
Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali, authors of These Fists Break Bricks join to talk about all things martial arts.
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Feb 10, 2022 · 1 hr 19 min
Criterion Now – Episode 140 – April 2022 Announcements, A Hard Day’s Night, Shaft
Celeste de la Cabra joins to discuss the April announcements and more possibly coming to Criterion.
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Jan 12, 2022 · 1 hr 24 min
Criterion Now – Episode 139 – Reflections on 2021
Jill and Aaron spend New Year's Eve reflecting on the year of 2021
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Jan 3, 2022 · 1 hr 28 min
Criterion Now – Episode 138 – March 2022 Announcements, Janus Acquisitions, Rumors
Brad McDermott joins to talk the March 2022 Announcements and a lot of other Criterion news.

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