Single Take, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel

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Film critic Daniel Barnes offers his singular take on the newest releases on Single Take with Daniel Barnes. On the Canon Fodder podcast, comedian Corky McDonnell joins Daniel to offer their irreverent takes on classic movies from the Sight & Sound Top 250. And Daniel and Corky do your dirty work by reviewing the worst movies you can imagine on the Dare Daniel podcast.

  1. 4d ago

    Canon Fodder – Cleo from 5 to 7

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E73.mp3 Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962; Directed by Agnès Varda) Canon Fodder Episode 73 This week, Daniel and Corky stroll through Paris with Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7. Unfolding in near real time, Varda’s French New Wave classic follows a glamorous pop singer awaiting biopsy results as various encounters slowly strip away her façade. But did Cléo’s afternoon linger long enough to make the Canon, or did it simply drift away? CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #14 World premiere: Apr. 11, 1962 IMDb synopsis: “Cléo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Cléo from 5 to 7 Cléo in the hat store Cléo on the street Cléo sings “Sans Toi” NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Tropical Malady (2004; Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul) IMDb synopsis: “A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.” Our review of Tropical Malady comes out Tuesday, Nov. 10! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Cleo from 5 to 7 appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  2. Oct 13

    Canon Fodder – Grave of the Fireflies

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E72.mp3 Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata) Canon Fodder Episode 72 This week, Daniel and Corky follow the light to Isao Takahata’s devastating Grave of the Fireflies. Set in Kobe during the final days of World War II, this intensely personal tragedy from the venerable Studio Ghibli follows two orphaned siblings through firebombing, hunger and brief moments of childhood joy. But did your hosts feel Grave of the Fireflies glowed brightly enough for the Canon, or did it fade quietly away? GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 [tied] World premiere: Apr. 16, 1988 (Japan) IMDB synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Grave of the Fireflies “I can see you.” The Americans Setsuko’s final scene NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962; Directed by Agnès Varda) IMDb synopsis: “Cléo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.” Our review of Cléo from 5 to 7 comes out Tuesday, Oct. 27! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Grave of the Fireflies appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  3. Sep 29

    Canon Fodder – Beau Travail

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E71.mp3 Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) Canon Fodder Episode 71 This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged dance routines into a hypnotic study of repressed desire and seething envy. But did your hosts fall out of formation, or did Beau Travail march straight into the Canon Fodder Canon? BEAU TRAVAIL FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #7 World premiere: Sep. 4, 1999 (Venice International Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Beau Travail Opening Ending In Between NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata) IMDb synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.” Our review of Grave of the Fireflies comes out Tuesday, Oct. 13! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Beau Travail appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  4. Sep 15

    Canon Fodder – Casablanca

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CANON-FODDER_S01_E70.mp3 Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) Canon Fodder Episode 70 This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into 102 magical minutes. But did your hosts think this was the beginning of a beautiful Canonization, or did Casablanca amount to less than a hill of beans? CASABLANCA FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #63 [tied] World premiere: Nov. 26, 1942 IMDB synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Original trailer for Casablanca “La Marseillaise” “I’m shocked…shocked!” “We’ll always have Paris.” NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) IMDb synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.” Our review of Beau Travail comes out Tuesday, Sep. 29! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Casablanca appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  5. Sep 1

    Canon Fodder – Born in Flames

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E69.mp3 Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) Canon Fodder Episode 69 This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has changed everything except the lives of women and minorities. But did your hosts flame on, or did Born in Flames fizzle out short of the Canon? BORN IN FLAMES FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied] World premiere: Feb. 20, 1983 (Berlin International Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Born in Flames Revolution Anniversary WTC Explosion NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) IMDb synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.” Our review of Casablanca comes out Tuesday, Sep. 15! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Born in Flames appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  6. Aug 18

    Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E68.mp3 Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) Canon Fodder Episode 68 This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to escape Senegal for the promise of Paris. But did your hosts get swept up in the journey, or did this influential first film leave them stranded short of the Canon? TOUKI BOUKI FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #66 World premiere: May 1973 (Cannes Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for Touki Bouki Finale Scorsese on Touki Bouki NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.” Our review of Born in Flames comes out Tuesday, Sep. 1! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  7. Aug 4

    Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CANON-FODDER_S01_E67.mp3 The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Canon Fodder Episode 67 This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson, Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary with no time to waste. But did your hosts see the light in Pasolini’s vision, or did they fall just short of salvation? THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied] World premiere: Sept. 4, 1964 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for The Gospel According to St. Matthew Walking on water Entering Jerusalem Cleansing the temple NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.” Our review of Touki Bouki comes out Tuesday, Aug. 18! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

  8. Jul 21

    Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CANON-FODDER_S01_E66.mp3 The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) Canon Fodder Episode 66 This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human cost of revolution. But did your hosts join the resistance, or did they surrender to the film’s relentless power? THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #45 [tied] World premiere: Aug. 31, 1966 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Trailer for The Battle of Algiers Exploding women The wrong man One Battle After Another cameo NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.” Our review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew comes out Tuesday, Aug. 4! Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.

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Film critic Daniel Barnes offers his singular take on the newest releases on Single Take with Daniel Barnes. On the Canon Fodder podcast, comedian Corky McDonnell joins Daniel to offer their irreverent takes on classic movies from the Sight & Sound Top 250. And Daniel and Corky do your dirty work by reviewing the worst movies you can imagine on the Dare Daniel podcast.

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