Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of Season 5: 1973 features a discussion about films that were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint, whether published on physical media or made available on their streaming platform. In this episode, David and guest William Remmers review Come On Children, directed by Allan King. This episode also includes a discussion about the film that David had in 2012 with Rob Nishimura and Josh Brunsting from his former podcast, The Eclipse Viewer. The film is included in the Eclipse Series box set The Actuality Dramas of Allan King and is also available in the Criterion Channel’s streaming library.

EPISODE LINKS:

ALLAN KING

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• Allan King Films Collection (official site)
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• Los Angeles Times
• Slant
• Tenk

COME ON CHILDREN

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• CriterionCast (David’s review from 2012)
• Back Row Handy
• Durrell Bowman
• MovieChat
• Nursing Shorelines
• Reddit
• Rush Forum
• Tenk
• The Gear Page

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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

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• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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