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La cérémonie (1995, Claude Chabrol) with Girish Shambu - Criterion Spine #1199
Jun 5, 2026
1h 13m 22s
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022, Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson) with Caleb Tyson - Criterion Collection Spine #1201
Jun 1, 2026
51m 58s
Kagemusha (1980, Akira Kurosawa) with Michael Repsch - Criterion Collection Spine #267
Apr 25, 2026
1h 15m 57s
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson) with Chris Cook - Criterion Collection Spine #157
Apr 7, 2026
1h 16m 48s
The Thin Red Line (1998, Terrence Malick) with Jared Frederick - Criterion Collection Spine #536
Mar 17, 2026
1h 19m 02s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/5/26 |  La cérémonie (1995, Claude Chabrol) with Girish Shambu - Criterion Spine #1199 | "It's an incredibly rich film." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by film critic and scholar Girish Shambu to explore La cérémonie, Claude Chabrol's 1995 masterpiece and Criterion Collection Spine #1199. La cérémonie follows Sophie, a withdrawn live-in maid hired by the welcoming Lelièvre family at their country estate. The family is pleasant. The job is fine. And then Sophie meets Jeanne, the local postmistress. Jeanne is sharp, reckless, and already on bad terms with Sophie's ne... | 1h 13m 22s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 |  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022, Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson) with Caleb Tyson - Criterion Collection Spine #1201 | "It's a perfectly imperfect film." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by film editor Caleb Tyson to explore Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), the Academy Award-winning stop-motion feature and Criterion Collection entry that reimagines one of the world's oldest stories through an entirely new lens. Set in Mussolini's fascist Italy, del Toro's Pinocchio follows a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto who, lost in sorrow after losing his son Carlo, carves a puppet from a pine tree g... | 51m 58s | ||||||
| 4/25/26 |  Kagemusha (1980, Akira Kurosawa) with Michael Repsch - Criterion Collection Spine #267 | "Is our identity predetermined or something we can create?" In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by Michael Repsch, President of Dark Star Pictures, to explore Kagemusha - Akira Kurosawa's sweeping historical epic and Criterion Collection Spine #267. Released in 1980, Kagemusha follows a thief who is spared execution because of his uncanny resemblance to the powerful warlord Takeda Shingen. When Shingen dies, the thief is forced to assume his identity, a... | 1h 15m 57s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 |  The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson) with Chris Cook - Criterion Collection Spine #157 | "To me, it's a perfect film." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by assistant director Chris Cook to explore The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Wes Anderson's meticulously crafted family drama and Criterion Collection Spine #157. Released in 2001, The Royal Tenenbaums follows the once-brilliant Tenenbaum siblings - Chas, Margot, and Richie - whose early promise has long since faded. When their estranged father Royal suddenly re-enters their lives under false pret... | 1h 16m 48s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 |  The Thin Red Line (1998, Terrence Malick) with Jared Frederick - Criterion Collection Spine #536 | "I think of it as Saving Private Ryan for thinkers." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by historian, author, and educator Jared Frederick to explore The Thin Red Line (1998), Terrence Malick's philosophical World War II epic and Criterion Collection Spine #536. Released in 1998 after a 20-year hiatus from filmmaking, The Thin Red Line marked Malick's long-awaited return to cinema. Adapted from the 1962 novel by James Jones, the film follows soldiers of C Company as they arrive on ... | 1h 19m 02s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 |  Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, Tim Burton) with Jesse Thorn - Criterion Collection Spine #1293 | “The regular world still has something special for someone who is weird.” In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by comedian, broadcaster, and Maximum Fun founder Jesse Thorn to explore Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the feature film debut of Tim Burton and one of the most unique comedies of the 1980s. Released in 1985, Pee-wee's Big Adventure follows Pee-wee Herman, played by Paul Reubens, as he embarks on a cross-country journey to recover his stolen bicycle. What begins as a ... | 1h 22m 31s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox) with James Chestnut - Criterion Collection Spine #654 | "Otto is Forrest Gump." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by assistant director James Chestnut to dive into Repo Man (1984), Alex Cox's punk-rock, sci-fi, anti-Reagan cult classic that refuses to sit still or make sense in a conventional way. Released in 1984, Repo Man follows Otto, a disaffected LA punk who stumbles into a world of car repossession. He soon finds himself caught up in conspiracies, aliens, the government, and the "lattice of coincidence." The film moves with delib... | 1h 14m 14s | ||||||
| 1/25/26 |  Winchester '73 (1950, Anthony Mann) with Brady Crytzer - Criterion Collection Spine #1248 | "The gun really doesn't mean anything until people start obsessing over it." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by historian and author Brady Crytzer to explore Winchester '73 (1950), Anthony Mann's landmark Western starring James Stewart. Released as Criterion Collection Spine #1248, Winchester '73 helped redefine the Western genre by shifting focus from frontier justice to obsession, revenge, and moral ambiguity in postwar America. Directed by Anthony Mann, Winchester '73 centers... | 1h 07m 55s | ||||||
| 1/3/26 |  After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese) with Sheila O'Malley - Criterion Collection Spine #1185 | "It's such an important film in his [Scorsese's] filmography. I'm so happy people are discovering it and Criterion decided to focus on it." In this episode of Why This Film?, Ron is joined by critic and writer Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com to discuss After Hours, Martin Scorsese's dark comedy and anxiety-driven odyssey through late-night SoHo. Sheila also wrote the essay for Criterion's release of the film. Together, they walk through the film scene by scene, tracing how the evening spira... | 1h 21m 46s | ||||||
| 12/26/25 |  The Breakfast Club (1985, John Hughes) with Ciara Moloney - Criterion Collection Spine #905 | In episode 3 of Why This Film?, Ron is joined by Ciara Moloney to discuss The Breakfast Club, John Hughes's defining 1980s teen film. Together, they walk through the film scene by scene, talking about why these characters still resonate 40 years later. They discuss the film's use of archetypes and how it reveals we are often more alike than we may seem on the surface. Along the way, they unpack the film's emotions, its humor, its blind spots, and why it continues to connect with audiences who... | 1h 07m 43s | ||||||
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| 11/24/25 |  Touchez pas au grisbi (1954, Jacques Becker) with Ginette Vincendeau - Criterion Collection Spine #271 | "If retirement means you're in a lovely flat in Paris and your fridge is full of foie gras and champagne - I'm okay with that." In episode 2 of Why This Film?, Ron discusses Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) with Ginette Vincendeau, one of the most influential scholars of French cinema working today. Together, they explore how Grisbi reshapes the gangster genre through efficient storytelling and the routine life away from violent action. They move through the film's pacing, its fo... | 1h 12m 35s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  La Jetée (1962, Chris Marker) with Dr. Dennis Weiss - Criterion Collection Spine #387 | “The past is dead!” In the premiere episode of Why This Film?, I sit down with Dr. Dennis Weiss to explore Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962), a groundbreaking French science fiction short film that redefined what cinema could be. Released as Criterion Collection Spine #387, this 28-minute masterpiece is composed almost entirely of still photographs, creating a meditation on memory, time, and human longing. Directed by Chris Marker and starring Jean Negroni, La Jetée tells the story of a man sent... | 46m 37s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.