Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Brendan Hodges, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Robert Bresson’s Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut.
A member of the French Resistance is arrested by the Nazi authorities and sentenced to death. However, he vows to escape.
At time of recording, it was ranked 250th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 26th February 2025.
- Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut at The Internet Movie Database.
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- Michael Brooke introduces the work of Robert Bresson for Sight and Sound, February 2012.
- The Sight & Sound poll, September 2012.
- Peter L. Doebler writes at Senses of Cinema about the painterly aspects of Robert Bresson’s filmmaking, May 2007.
- Phi-Phenomenon breaks down the Sight and Sound poll, August 2013.
- Cristian Planas at Cafe Marat considers the Catholic cinema of Robert Bresson, January 2019.
- Tony Pipolo writes at Criterion about the production and development of A Man Escaped, March 2013.
- Kevin Thomas at The Los Angeles Times considers the life and career of Robert Bresson, December 1999.
- Shon Faye writes at Vice about living with Opus Dei, January 2016.
- Elise Ann Allen at Angelus ponders the rise of “lay saints“, May 2019.
- Mitchell Abidor writes at Film Comment about spending an afternoon with Robert Bresson, January 2024.
- Paul Schrader interviews Robert Bresson for Film Comment, September 1977.
- Alexander Dynan talks to Filmmaker about the influence of Robert Bresson on Paul Schrader’s films, September 2021.
- Kenneth Turan writes at The Los Angeles Times on the influence and the legacy of Robert Bresson, May 1999.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetskywrites at The A.V. Club about the obvious influence of Robert Bresson on filmmakers like Michael Mann and Walter Hill, October 2014.
- Ben Kenigsberg writes at The New York Times comparing Robert Bresson to Clint Eastwood, May 2020.
- Alfonso Cuarón talks to Vulture about the influence of A Man Escaped on Gravity, October 2013.
- Sean Fennessey talks on The Big Picture about the burden of being a critic who has to see everything, December 2024.
- Paul Markey writes at RTÉ about the impact of Letterboxd on younger viewers, January 2025.
- Tessa Rivard writes at The Franklin Post about how Letterboxd is changing film culture, April 2024.
- Calum Marsh at The New York Times writes about the growing influence of Letterboxd, January 2021.
- Richard Brody on TikTok, June 2023.
- Olivia Townsend writes at Varsity about how TikTok is affecting film culture, March 2024.
- Sophie Lee at Cultured Mag looks at the appetite for a wider variety of films among younger audiences based on social media, September 2024.
- Gregory James Wakeman at IndieWire considers the art of Letterboxd‘s “Four Favourites“, August 2024.
- Raymond Ang at GQ looks at the popularity and the success of Criterion‘s “The Criterion Closet”, September 2024.
- Converse considers the impact of Criterion on the shaping of the Sight & Sound poll, December 2022.
- Kyle Buchanan and Reggie Ugwu debate the inclusivity of the Criterion Collection in The New York Times, August 2020.
- Tim Robey writes at The Telegraph about the lack of older movies on streaming services like Netflix, January 2025.
- Scott Collura writes at IGN about Netflix’s failure to promote classic cinema, January 2024
- Bruce Handy at Vanity Fair considers the history of Cinerama, April 2001.
- Kenneth Turan writes at The Los Angeles Times about the popularity and the success of Robert Bresson, October 1994.
- A.A. Dowd looks back on the 1957 Cannes Film Festival for The A.V. Club, March 2014.
- Joey Nolfi writes at Entertainment Weekly about reports that Academy voters didn’t even watch Dune: Part Two, February 2025.
- Robert Rubsam at The Baffler considers the impact of Paul Schrader’s “man in a room” trilogy, particularly as it relates to Pickpocket, October 2023.
- Kate Elmore at Criterion provides a list of interesting details that she learned about A Man Escaped, April 2013.
- Robert Bresson raves about For Your Eyes Only, 1983.
- Dave Chute at The Los Angeles Times reports on Steven Spielberg’s interview with James Lipton, March 1999.
- James Lipton interviews Steven Spielberg for Inside the Actors’ Studio, March 1999.
- Deacon Greg Kandra writes at Patheos about the Latin mass, November 2019.
- Joe Hoover writes at America about the Catholic obsession with suffering, February 2021.
- Roger Ebert reviews L’Avventura for The Chicago Sun Times, January 1997.
- J. Hoberman writes at The New York Times about the filmmaking philosophy of Robert Bresson, December 2016.
- Gary Morris writes at Bright Lights Film Journal about the grace of Robert Bresson’s films, April 1999.
- Gary Morris writes at Bright Lights Film Journal about the use of editing in Lancelot of the Lake, January 2005.
- Terrence Rafferty at The New York Times considers Robert Bresson through A Man Escaped and Lancelot of the Lake, July 2004.
- David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson discuss the sound of A Man Escaped for Criterion, April 2013.
- David Kehr writes at The New York Times about the legacy of Robert Bresson, January 1999.
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