# criterion — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover criterion. Page: Feed: --- ## [Inspection : Looking for the tiniest speck :: Induction : Looking for the tiniest duck](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825418904609456128) _2026-08-19 · Bad Analogies_ Inspection : Looking for the tiniest speck :: Induction : Looking for the tiniest duck ## [Truth to Power](https://trailersfromhell.com/truth-to-power/) _2026-08-19 · Randy Fuller · Trailers From Hell_ Pairing‌‌‌ ‌‌‌wine‌‌‌ ‌‌‌with‌‌‌ ‌‌‌movies!‌‌‌ ‌‌‌See‌‌‌ ‌‌‌the‌‌‌ ‌‌‌trailers‌‌‌ ‌‌‌and‌‌‌ ‌‌‌hear‌‌‌ ‌‌‌the‌‌‌ ‌‌‌fascinating‌‌‌ ‌‌‌commentary‌‌‌ ‌‌‌for‌‌‌ ‌‌‌these‌‌‌ movies‌,‌‌ ‌‌‌and‌‌‌ ‌‌‌many‌‌‌ ‌‌‌more‌,‌‌ ‌‌‌at‌‌‌ ‌‌‌Trailers‌‌‌ ‌‌‌From‌‌‌ ‌‌‌Hell.‌‌‌ ‌This week, we dip into the rich pool of satire for three films that tell it like it was. We’ll have wine pairings for each. The Great… ## [To Be Or Not To Be](https://trailersfromhell.com/to-be-or-not-to-be/) _2026-08-19 · TFH Team · Trailers From Hell_ Jack Benny’s greatest movie role, and no wonder–it was written especially for him by Ernst Lubitsch! Carole Lombard’s swan song earned her some of her finest reviews posthumously, but the film itself, daringly dark for the time, was generally regarded as an insensitive and even troubling satire of wartime issues. The title refers not only... The post To Be Or Not To Be appeared first on Trailers… ## [Mars Attacks!   — 4K UHD](https://trailersfromhell.com/mars-attacks-4k-uhd/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ One of Tim Burton’s most creative pictures abandons his morbid-lite focus to find big fun in comic Sci-fi spectacle, a ‘Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad’ adaptation of a set of bubble gum cards. It may not have been the movie-going flavor of the year in 1996, yet we’ll choose its affectionate satire over funereal gloom any... The post Mars Attacks! \ — 4K UHD\ appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [Body Snatchers   — 4K UHD](https://trailersfromhell.com/body-snatchers-4k-uhd/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ The film adaptations of Jack Finney’s book The Body Snatchers score rather well — almost all of them are very good. For his foray into studio politics, filmmaker Abel Ferrara chose this highly commercial Sci-fi horror tale, and came up with an interesting variation on the main theme, with a low-key cast and effective, organic-looking... The post Body Snatchers \ — 4K UHD\ appeared… ## [Random Harvest](https://trailersfromhell.com/random-harvest/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ James Hilton’s mystery romance takes audiences by surprise: IT’S GOOD. It might begin as a stack of cliché elements, but the development is engaging and the trick plot delivers an emotional kick, even on a third viewing. Greer Garson and Ronald Colman make a wholly entrancing screen couple, fighting a problem that will get anybody’s... The post Random Harvest appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [National anthem : Chrysanthemum :: National park : Chrysparkum](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825294829930086400) _2026-08-18 · Bad Analogies_ National anthem : Chrysanthemum :: National park : Chrysparkum ## [Casper Kelly Returns](https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/casper-kelly-returns/) _2026-08-18 · Alex Kirschenbaum · Trailers From Hell_ The post Casper Kelly Returns appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [The Great Dictator](https://trailersfromhell.com/the-great-dictator/) _2026-08-17 · Charlie Largent · Trailers From Hell_ Who knew The Little Tramp was the original Antifa? In Charlie Chaplin’s first “official” sound film, the comedian has a lot to say, most of it about the fascist peril then overwhelming Europe. Though the film is occasionally preachy, it’s propaganda of the most righteous form and hilarious to boot. Chaplin plays both the tramp... The post The Great Dictator appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [Walking across formica : Formidable :: Walking across North Africa : North Afridable](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825128293949915136) _2026-08-16 · Bad Analogies_ Walking across formica : Formidable :: Walking across North Africa : North Afridable ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ITdjogzE8LCL) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Hormone : Makes you horny :: Funmone : Makes you funny](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825036998422183936) _2026-08-15 · Bad Analogies_ Hormone : Makes you horny :: Funmone : Makes you funny ## [World Noir Volume 5](https://trailersfromhell.com/world-noir-volume-5/) _2026-08-15 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ So you think life is tough where you are? … these three Italian crime tales teach a lesson beyond noir, that hope and hunger drive men to crime. Or does criminality just becomes part of life on its own? Alberto Lattuada, Flavio Calzavara and Pietro Germi offer thrillers al’italiana … expect unsavory surroundings and immoral... The post World Noir \Volume\ 5 appeared first on Trailers… ## [Captain Horatio Hornblower](https://trailersfromhell.com/captain-horatio-hornblower/) _2026-08-15 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ Raoul Walsh’s four-masted seagoing epic is an ambitious Technicolor production, a Hollywood film made in Europe. Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo bring C.S. Forester’s heroic characters to life, with able support from favorites like James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baker and Christopher Lee. The un-credited Ken Adam constructed full-sized sailing craft in the South of France.... The post Captain… ## [Spine 703: The Freshman](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-703-the-freshman/) _2026-08-14 · Lost in Criterion_ We get Harold Lloyd's classic silent college movie The Freshman and a handful of shorts on this week's episode. Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer direct the feature, among the most popular silent comedies in history for good reason, even if its relationship to higher education is very of its time. Do you know enough about football to understand comedy football? Harold Lloyd didn't think so, but still… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sei86c6rb7s5pxui/The_Freshman9clu4.mp3) ## [Asia : Alice in Chains :: Sia : Lice in Chains](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824936793223938048) _2026-08-14 · Bad Analogies_ Asia : Alice in Chains :: Sia : Lice in Chains ## [One Two Three](https://trailersfromhell.com/one-two-three-2/) _2026-08-14 · Charlie Largent · Trailers From Hell_ James Cagney plays a Coca Cola executive in this wild Cold War comedy satirizing sex, politics and soft drinks. The movie began filming in Berlin but Wilder was forced to move to Munich when the Wall began construction. Famous for being so fast-paced it leaves an audience either elated or confused, the movie split critics... The post One Two Three appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [(untitled)](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824847052938854400) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ ALT ALT ALT ALT ## [aistobascistod: Cowpox : Smallpox :: Don’t Have a Cow Man : Don’t Have a Small Man](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792411068841984) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Cowpox : Smallpox :: Don’t Have a Cow Man : Don’t Have a Small Man ## [Bumping into James Lovelock in a crowd : Low-velocity impact :: Bumping into James Cook in a crowd :…](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792393117220865) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Bumping into James Lovelock in a crowd : Low-velocity impact :: Bumping into James Cook in a crowd : Cow-oity impact ## [Horse/cow hybrid : Equinox :: Cow/horse hybrid : Bovinclydesdale](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792370378948608) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Horse/cow hybrid : Equinox :: Cow/horse hybrid : Bovinclydesdale ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kt4x4UlyZU8I) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Bullocks : Cows with Bollocks :: Hubbies : Cows with Hobbies](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792349541629952) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Bullocks : Cows with Bollocks :: Hubbies : Cows with Hobbies ## [Cow : Coworker :: Sheep : Sheeporker](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824760808837906432) _2026-08-12 · Bad Analogies_ Cow : Coworker :: Sheep : Sheeporker ## [Server farm : Cow farm :: Please remember to tip your server : Please remember to tip your cow](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824720054649323520) _2026-08-12 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Server farm : Cow farm :: Please remember to tip your server : Please remember to tip your cow ## [Collection of choristers : Chorus :: Collection of sisters : Sus](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824656365801881600) _2026-08-11 · Bad Analogies_ Collection of choristers : Chorus :: Collection of sisters : Sus ## [X-Men : Mutated by X-Genes :: Diomen : Mutated by Diogenes](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824623289474465792) _2026-08-11 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : X-Men : Mutated by X-Genes :: Diomen : Mutated by Diogenes ## [Larks’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Clarkson :: Riteri’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Criterion](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824547758581088257) _2026-08-10 · Bad Analogies_ Larks’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Clarkson :: Riteri’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Criterion ## [The quick brown fox : Jumps over the lazy dog :: The slow pink zebra : Jumfx over th quocy dog](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824484827852161024) _2026-08-09 · Bad Analogies_ The quick brown fox : Jumps over the lazy dog :: The slow pink zebra : Jumfx over th quocy dog ## [Nap : under a napkin :: Sleep : under a sleepkin](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824406770243010560) _2026-08-08 · Bad Analogies_ Nap : under a napkin :: Sleep : under a sleepkin ## [Spine 702: The Great Beauty](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-702-the-great-beauty/) _2026-08-07 · Lost in Criterion_ Paolo Sorrentino's 2013 film The Great Beauty is in line with many an Italian film we've seen, a story of a middle aged man having an existential crisis. Like many a Fellini film, this crisis is also a crisis of art, a crises of self as expressed in art. Oh and parties. So many parties. A positively Slurms MacKenzie level of parties. [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t7r3b5kx445z2h8x/The_Great_Beauty8n6rb.mp3) ## [Measuring sentience : Encephelogram :: Measuring sentimentality : Mentalityphelogram](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824298589665771520) _2026-08-07 · Bad Analogies_ Measuring sentience : Encephelogram :: Measuring sentimentality : Mentalityphelogram ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lNyiT1cCcHXh) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Triad : Trial marriage :: Dyad : Dyal marriage](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824225364552318976) _2026-08-06 · Bad Analogies_ Triad : Trial marriage :: Dyad : Dyal marriage ## [aistobascistod: Business : Operates from a Bus :: Villainess : Operates from a Villa](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824162880355237888) _2026-08-06 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Business : Operates from a Bus :: Villainess : Operates from a Villa ## [Waikiki Beach : Kiki :: Waibouba Beach : Bouba](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824124943371550720) _2026-08-05 · Bad Analogies_ Waikiki Beach : Kiki :: Waibouba Beach : Bouba ## [Ray : Bradbury :: Loop : Bloodburp](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824051947249254400) _2026-08-04 · Bad Analogies_ Ray : Bradbury :: Loop : Bloodburp ## [My reward for all these bad analogies : Dopamine :: Your reward for all these bad analogies :…](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824027745782824960) _2026-08-04 · Bad Analogies_ My reward for all these bad analogies : Dopamine :: Your reward for all these bad analogies : Dopayours ## [Spine 701: Persona](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-701-persona/) _2026-07-31 · Lost in Criterion_ Given the rate of Bergman releases in the Criterion Collection it surprised us to realize that we haven't seen a film from the man in nearly two years. And what a surprising Bergman to come back to. Persona (1966) seems to be Bergman recognizing his place in the world cinema while also having or recovering from another breakdown. It starts with like 10 minutes of experimental film, and the thesis… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xsmn7cqtj2iyy5vk/Persona.mp3) ## [Pressure](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/07/pressure/) _2026-07-26 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ Hollywood values intelligence and emotional authenticity more than goodness or courage in those it asks us to admire ## [Spine 700: Fantastic Mr. Fox](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-700-fantastic-mr-fox/) _2026-07-24 · Lost in Criterion_ Spine 700, can you believe it? We've been doing this for a long time. Criterion rewards our dedication with an overly full release of Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Mark Gustafson is animation director of this animated movie, but this is less a Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas situation than a Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, the former of which is a… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/87h5h5jim9a9y558/Fantastic_Mr_Fox9e3s6.mp3) ## [Spine 699: A Brief History of Time](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-699-a-brief-history-of-time/) _2026-07-17 · Lost in Criterion_ Every documentary the Criterion Collection shows us leads to a discussion on what documentaries are, what they can do, and what their relationship to truth can and should be. Inevitably as well the supplements to a Criterion Collection release of a documentary provide context that can reshape how we view the original piece's relationship to truth. Errol Morris's A Brief History of Time (1991) is… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6cydfhwckvigemhq/A_Brief_History_of_Timeb6je1.mp3) ## [Spine 698: King of the Hill](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-698-king-of-the-hilli/) _2026-07-10 · Lost in Criterion_ Stephen Soderberg's third movie is the marquee release this week, King of the Hill (1993), an adaptation of A.E. Hotchner's memoir of being poor in Depression-era St. Louis. Also slid in here is Soderberg's fourth movie, The Underneath (1995), a remake of the Robert Siodmak's 1949 noir Criss Cross. Accompanying each is an introduction from Soderberg about how much he loathes the films, which makes… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vc8xf5ben522nv9g/King_of_the_Hill61ml1.mp3) ## [Spine 697: Tess](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-697-tess/) _2026-07-03 · Lost in Criterion_ Oh boy, another Roman Polanski film. Tess (1979) is Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1890's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The film is well acted and well shot and we'd love to just talk about that but all the bonus material is about how Polanski was a brave genius making his first movie after an unfortunate incident in which he did something that was really quite normal at the time and… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ck7d839uuekhp64z/Tess.mp3) ## [Never mind](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/never-mind/) _2026-06-30 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ Why do you suppose so many people nowadays seem to have lost the art of changing their minds — about anything? I think I know. From The New Criterion of June, 2026 ## [Disclosure Day](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/disclosure-day/) _2026-06-28 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ What a coincidence! The good people in Steven Spielberg’s latest rhapsody on a UFO theme are the same as the news media’s good people (or aliens) and the bad people ditto. ## [Spine 696: Foreign Correspondent](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-696-foreign-correspondent/) _2026-06-26 · Lost in Criterion_ Alfred Hitchcock's pre-war spy thrillers are interesting because on the one hand they're romps and on the other hand they're designed to subtly push the British public against Germany in a time when the film cannot openly call the bad guys German. This tonal dialectic really worked for us in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, Spine 643) and The Lady Vanishes (1938, Spine 3), but falls a little… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/d4ftzmajkn7tav8t/Foreign_Correspondentap3jy.mp3) ## [Spine 695: Blue is the Warmest Color](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-695-blue-is-the-warmest-color/) _2026-06-19 · Lost in Criterion_ Abdellatif Kechiche's adaptation of Jul Maroh's Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) offers us a lot to talk about, but Criterion's release offers no additional content to frame our conversation, which is extra weird considering the hundreds of thousands of words written on this film upon its release. We're just two cishet guys talking about a lesbian relationship, but maybe that's ok because it… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iftptrzmmy25ey4z/Blue_is_the_Warmest_Colorasren.mp3) ## [Obsession](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/obsession/) _2026-06-18 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ The movies are now where we go to be told what to be afraid of — namely, reality. From American Greatness ## [Spine 694: The Long Day Closes](https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-694-the-long-day-closes/) _2026-06-13 · Lost in Criterion_ According to director Terence Davies, he wasn't interested in presenting what happens chronologically next in a film, but emotionally what's next. As such The Long Day Closes (1992) is a stream-of-consciousness coming-of-age exploration of memory, budding sexuality, music, film, and musical films. Oh and there's a like a two minute shot of light on a carpet and it may be the most perfect thing… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c8wtiw6pmbs59gv9/The_Long_Day_Closes90hoy.mp3) ## [The Devil Wears Prada 2](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/the-devil-wears-prada-2/) _2026-06-01 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ “Beauty, artistry, and the very best in human innovation” — where are they to be found if not in a fashion magazine? — From American Greatness ## [Ideological follies](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/05/ideological-follies/) _2026-05-21 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ The habit of ideological thinking is now so engrained in the media and the political culture it has formed that every opinion can now be treated as an ideology and so be held with ideological certainty — From The New Criterion of May, 2026 ## [Project Hail-Mary](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/05/project-hail-mary/) _2026-05-14 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ As usual, I’m afraid, science-fiction struggles vainly to escape from from its comic-book origins. Of course, most people won’t care about that. — From American Greatness of May 14, 2026