Cries & Whispers – Episode 37
05/13/25 • 50 min
Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
Canon Fodder Episode 37
Your hosts retreat to the red room in their most immaculately ivory-white finery to review this blistering chamber drama. But did this stylistically bold wringer from Swedish master Ingmar Bergman inspire cries of joy or whispers of contempt?
Elsewhere, Daniel gets grumpy about the disastrous Disney “live-action” update of Snow White.
CRIES & WHISPERS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 21, 1972
IMDB synopsis:“When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Cries & Whispers
“I want you to see how you’ve changed.”
“I don’t want you to be kind to me.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini)
IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.”
Our review of Amarcord comes out on May 27!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show onPandora, 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 Cries & Whispers – Episode 37 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
Canon Fodder Episode 37
Your hosts retreat to the red room in their most immaculately ivory-white finery to review this blistering chamber drama. But did this stylistically bold wringer from Swedish master Ingmar Bergman inspire cries of joy or whispers of contempt?
Elsewhere, Daniel gets grumpy about the disastrous Disney “live-action” update of Snow White.
CRIES & WHISPERS FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #225 (tied)
World premiere: Dec. 21, 1972
IMDB synopsis:“When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Original theatrical trailer for Cries & Whispers
“I want you to see how you’ve changed.”
“I don’t want you to be kind to me.”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Amarcord (1973; Dir.: Federico Fellini)
IMDB synopsis: “A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.”
Our review of Amarcord comes out on May 27!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show onPandora, 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 Cries & Whispers – Episode 37 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
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Vertigo – Canon Fodder Episode 36
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Vertigo (1958; Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock)
Canon Fodder Episode 36
Daniel and Corky take a dizzying road trip through the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of Alfred Hitchcock’s mysterious and alluring Vertigo. Although neglected in its day, Vertigo famously knocked Citizen Kane off the top spot of the Sight & Sound poll in 2012. But did your hosts feel that this story of doppelgängers was a doppel-banger?
Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.
VERTIGO FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #2
World premiere: May 1958
IMDB synopsis: “A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Cries & Whispers (1972; Dir.: Ingmar Bergman)
IMDB synopsis: “When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.”
Our review of Cries & Whispers comes out on May 13!
Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show onPandora, 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 Vertigo – Canon Fodder Episode 36 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
Next Episode
Daniel Reviews “The Final Reckoning”
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025; Christopher McQuarrie)
GRADE: B
*Now playing everywhere.“This Reckoning feels about as final as a KISS farewell tour.”
In this change-of-pace mini-episode, Sacramento film critic Daniel Barnes shares his thoughts on the latest Mission: Impossible film.
Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about auteurs and McQu-auteurs, horny submarine crews, and the unfortunate Spectre-ization of the franchise filmscape.
Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes, and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel podcast.
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