Criterion On The Couch Jim Masessa & Adam Uhrich

Adam and Jim have finally tunneled out of their respective trash heaps to discuss the 2008 Pixar film Wall-E.
SHOWNOTES

Wall-E - Criterion


Directing

Andrew Stanton, (Writer / Director)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Finding Nemo (2003)


Acting
Ben Burtt - WALL·E / M-O
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Elissa Knight - EVE (Also Benn Burtt)
Cars (2006)
Up (2009)
Inside Out (2015)

Jeff Garlin - Captain
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000 - 2021) (Larry David's Agent in the show)
Arrested Development (2005-2013)

Fred Willard - BNL CEO
Best in Show (2000)
Anchorman (2004)

Kathy Najimy - Mary
Sister Act (1992)
Sister Act II (1993)
Hocus Pocus (1993)

John Ratzenberger - John

Cheers (1982-1993)


Sigourney Weaver - Ship's Computer
Alien (1979)
Gorillas in The Mist (1988)
Avatar (2009)



Misc

Team Deakins podcast


Roger and James Deakins’ closet picks - Criterion Youtube channel


Safety Last! (1923)


Häxan (1922)


Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag - Every Frame a Painting


Psych - High Noon-ish (Season 4 episode 3) - Buster Keaton gag


Taylor Kitsch movies:

John Carter (2012)

Based on the book A Princess of Mars



Battleship (2012)



Apple MacInTalk


Criterion On The Couch - episode #4 - Brazil


Hello Dolly (1969)


Heat (1995)


2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)


Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Subspace Rhapsody (Season 2 episode 9) - Status Report


Foundation (2021)- Apple TV


Weta's "Massive" software


A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again - David Foster Wallace


The Tank Chair - by Brad Soden

Join Adam and Jim as they have an old friend for dinner, and discuss the 1991 crime thriller, The Silence of The Lambs.
SHOWNOTES

The Silence of The Lambs - Criterion


Directing

Jonathan Demme, Ethan Coen (Writer / Director)

Philadelphia (1993)


Something Wild (1986)


The Manchurian Candidate (2004)




Acting

Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling


Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter


Scott Glenn - Jack Crawford


Ted Levine - Buffalo Bill


Brooke Smith - Catherine Martin


Anthony Heald - Dr. Frederick Chilton


Darla - Precious (the dog)



Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto - Director of Photography

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)


Gladiator (1992)


The Sixth Sense (1989)




Music / Audio

Howard Shore - Score

That Thing You Do! (1996)


High Fidelity (2000)


The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (2001)



Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus


American Girl - Tom Petty



Misc

Team Deakins podcast - episode 93

Interview with Sound Designer Skip Lievsay



First Aid Fail - The Office


Donaghy can’t read Kenneth at Poker - 30 Rock


Spooky Sunday Funday - You’re The Worst

A seedy Texas bar, a dangerous love affair, and a murder-for-hire gone bad. What’s there not to love? Join Adam and Jim on their examination of Joel and Ethan Coen’s first feature-length movie, Blood Simple.
SHOWNOTES

Blood Simple - Criterion


Directing

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Writer / Director)

Miller's Crossing (1990)


The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)


Fargo (1996)




Acting

John Getz - Ray


Frances McDormand - Abby


Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty


M. Emmet Walsh - Loren Visser


Samm-Art Williams - Meurice



Cinematography

Barry Sonnenfeld - Director of Photography

Raising Arizona (1987)


Big (1988)


When Harry Met Sally (1989)




Music / Audio

Carter Burwell - Score

Rob Roy (1995)


Being John Malkovich (1999)


Serenity (2005)



It’s The Same Old Song - The Four Tops



Misc

Paul Thomas Anderson (Director)

Magnolia (1999)

“Raining frogs” scene



Punch-Drunk Love (2002)


There Will Be Blood (2007)


The Master (2012)


Inherent Vice (2014)


Phantom Thread (2017)

Longing to get outdoors? Looking for an escape from your home office? Then head on out to the ballgame with Adam and Jim. This time they’re heading out to see the Durham Bulls in Ron Shelton’s 1988 iconic sports dramedy, Bull Durham.
SHOWNOTES

Pocket Casts - Addressing Racism


Bull Durham - Criterion


Directing

Ron Shelton (Writer / Director)

White Men Can’t Jump (1992)


Blue Chips (Writer) (1994)


Tin Cup (1996)




Acting

Crash Davis - Kevin Costner

The Big Chill (1983)

Criterion On The Couch episode #002



Dances With Wolves (1990)


Field of Dreams (1989)


For the Love of The Game (1999)


Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)


The Bodyguard (1992)


Waterworld (1995)


Tin Cup (1996)


The Postman (1997)



Annie Savoy - Susan Sarandon

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)


The Witches of Eastwick (1987)


Thelma & Louise (1991)



Ebby Calvin ‘Nuke’ LaLoosh - Tim Robbins

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)


The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)


Mystic River (2003)



Skip (Manager) - Trey Wilson (died 1 year later in 1989)

Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benatar’s Dad) (1983)


Raising Arizona (1987)


Twins (1988)



Jimmy (the religious one) - William O’Leary

Marty Taylor (Tim’s youngest brother) - Home Improvement (1991 - 1999)



Millie - Jenny Robertson

Maggie Winters (1998 -1999 TV Series)


Rude Awakening (1998 -2001 TV Series)


Reno 911! (2003 - )



Other baseball movies

The Natural (1984)


A League of Their Own (1992)


The Sandlot (1993)


Rookie of The Year (1993)


Little Big League (1994)


Angels in The Outfield (1994)




Cinematography

Bobby Byrne - Director of Photography

Sixteen Candles (1984)


Mad About You (1992-2019)




Music / Audio

Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets


Only A Memory - The Smithereens


Born To Be Bad - George Thorogood & The Destroyers


I Idolize You - Ike & Tina Turner


Middle of Nowhere - House of Schock


La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf


Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf


Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding


I Got Loaded - Los Lobos


When will I be loved - The Everly Brothers


Centerfield - John Fogerty


Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes


A Woman Loves A Man - Joe Cocker



Misc

The real Durham Bulls

Lock your doors, hide your kids, and stay inside. There’s a murderer on the loose! Join Adam and Jim as they hunt the elusive killer that has all of Berlin in a panic. In episode 23 we’re discussing the 1931 “talkie” classic from director Fritz Lang: M.
SHOWNOTES
Criterion on The Couch - Episode #023: M

M - Criterion


Directing

Director: Fritz Lang

Metropolis (1927)




Acting

Peter Lorre (Hans Beckert)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Criterion On The Couch episode #005



Casablanca (1942)



Ellen Wildmann (Frau Beckmann)


Inge Landgut (Elsie Beckmann)


Otto Wernicke (Inspector Karl Lohmann)


Theodor Loos (Inspector Groeber)


Gustaf Gründgens (Schränker)


Friedrich Gnaß (Franz)



Cinematography

Fritz Arno Wagner (Cinematography)

Nosferatu (1922)




Music

Adolf Jansen (Sound)

Titanic (1943) Propaganda film by Germany



Paul Falkenberg (Sound editor)

Vampyr (1932)



In the Hall of The Mountain King - Trent Reznor, The Social Network (2011)


Twisted Nerve - Bernard Herrmann, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)


Theme from Jaws - John Williams, (1975)



Other

 Based on Peter Kurten, “The Vampire of Düsseldorf” aka “The Düsseldorf Monster.”

Join Adam, and Jim as they delve down the incinerator chute, on the mine car, through the tunnels to the power plant, under the steam engine and into the cistern through the intake pipe. That’s right, in episode 22 it’s time to retake The Rock along with special guest: former U.S. Navy Seal - Joe.
SHOWNOTES
Criterion On The Couch - Episode #22 - The Rock

The Rock - Criterion


Directing

Director: Michael Bay

Armageddon (1998)

Criterion On The Couch episode #019



Acting

John Patrick Mason - Sean Connery

Also Executive produced



Stanley Goodspeed - Nicolas Cage


General Francis X. Hummel Ed Harris


F.B.I. Director Womack - John Spencer


Tom Baxter - David Morse


Ernest Paxton - William Forsythe


Chief Justice - Philip Baker Hall

Bookman the Library Cop - Seinfeld (1989)


Senator Matt Hunt - 3 episodes of The West Wing (1999)



Commander Anderson - Michael Biehn


Carla Pestalozzi - Vanessa Marcia


Marvin Isherwood - Todd Louiso

Dick - High Fidelity (2000)



Captain Frye - Gregory Sporleder


Marine Captain Hendrix - John C. McGinley

Dr. Perry Cox - Scrubs (2001)



Private McCoy - Steve Harris


Sergeant Crisp - Bokeem Woodbine


Captain Darrow - Tony Todd

CIA Director Graham - Chuck (2007)



Francis Reynolds - Willie Garson


Jade Angelou - Claire Forlani

Mystery Men (1999)



The President - Stanley Anderson

Music

Hans Zimmer

Pirates of The Caribbean (2003)



Rocket Man - Elton John


A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon


San Francisco - Scott McKenzie


Leaving On A Jet Plane - Frank Sinatra



Other Media

Put the bunny back in the box: is Nicolas Cage the best actor since Marlon Brando? - Steve Rose, The Guardian