Aaron West

The A24 New Wave is now available after nearly two years of work, exhaustive research,… Read more: The A24 New Wave is Released

The A24 New Wave is about to hit your local bookstore, but those who order… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Index

This is a standalone class that will feature a pre-recorded lecture   “So much of… Read more: MGM Secret Cities: Climbing the Fences of Hollywood’s Greatest Studio

Register below for this online class taught by Imogen Sara Smith. In 1953, Kinuyo Tanaka… Read more: Kinuyo Tanaka: Japan’s Trailblazing Woman Filmmaker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Debbie Pressman – debbie@positivejampr.com COMING MAY 2026 ON CINEJOURNEYS PRESS:… Read more: Press Release: The A24 New Wave

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Over all this time that I’ve been writing this book about A24, I’ve compiled some… Read more: A24 New Wave – Stuff and Things

An online Class from Ty Burr that will begin on February 24th, 2026 and will… Read more: Movie Stars, Stardom & Modern Fame – Details and Registration

Here are the table of contents for the upcoming book, The A24 New Wave. Most… Read more: The A24 New Wave – (Mostly) Final Table of Contents

Description: Tiffany Vazquez joins Aaron and Jill after a brief hiatus, which we explain. There’s… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 162 – Criterion Flash Sale, December 2025 and January 2026 Announcements

Another year, another award season. This year is extra special because we had so much… Read more: Awards Season 2026 – Details and Registration

The Birth of Cinephilia: Paris in the 1960s, taught by Matthew Ellis (Portland State University)… Read more: The Birth of Cinephilia: France in the 1960s – Details and Registration

Join us for a discussion of David Lynch’s Eraserhead with Derek Smith! Beginning his career… Read more: Eraserhead Evening – Details and Registration

Weimar Cinema: Images Before Fascism, taught by Matthew Ellis (Portland State University) 4 weeks, Tuesday… Read more: Weimar Cinema – Details and Registration

Join us as we discuss the fascinating work of Mira Nair! While her son’s growing… Read more: The Cinema of Mira Nair – Details and Registration

Description: Adrian Martin joins to talk about his plans regarding the upcoming “Fritz Lang: Inside… Read more: Guide Spotlight – Episode 4 – Adrian Martin

It is my pleasure to announce that Tiffany Vazquez is joining the team here at… Read more: Welcome to the CineJourneys Team, Tiffany Vazquez

To students of Movie Stars, Stardom and Modern Fame – Thanks for your interest and… Read more: Welcome to Movie Stardom!

We’re excited to host our first ever member-driven journey. It will still be facilitated by… Read more: NoirMember – Journey Details

This October, we are going to look at some Classic Hollywood horror, specifically Universal Monsters.… Read more: Universal Monsters – Journey Details

Welcome to our 2025 Membership drive! We are also calling it Samurai Summer (or Hot… Read more: 2025 Membership Drive!

Class by Adrian Martin Fritz Lang (1890-1976) is among the most acclaimed and influential film… Read more: Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details

In this post I’ll be sharing media appearances for the upcoming book, The A24 New… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Reviews and Media Appearances

We are having a great time with Powell & Pressburger, and also SchMAYZee, but the… Read more: Member Call on May 29th at 8pm EST

Description: Matthew joins to talk about his upcoming classes, starting with Film Theory and then… Read more: CineJourneys Guide Spotlight – Episode 3 – Matthew Ellis

Description: Louis Hill joins to recap the CineJourneys A24 Journey that he had in April.… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode 8 – A24 Journey Wrap-Up

Description: Tiffany Vazquez joins to talk about Barry Jenkins, who is arguably the most impactful… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode 7 – Barry Jenkins with Tiffany Vazquez

Description: Christian Gutierrez joins Aaron for the first time. He has a podcast called Reel… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 160 – Criterion July 2025 Announcements and TCM Film Festival

Tiffany Vazquez talked to us about her plans as a Guide, beginning with Raúl Juliá,… Read more: Tiffany Vazquez – Guide Spotlight

Description: Ali Khamseh joins Aaron from Tehran, Iran. It was the first time podcasting with… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 159 – Iranian and World Cinema

It is my pleasure to announce that Adrian Martin is joining CineJourneys as a Guide.… Read more: Welcome, Adrian Martin

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One of the first things I noticed about my culture growing up was the amount… Read more: Raúl Juliá: The Pride of Puerto Rico

Description: David Blakeslee joins Aaron. Jill is absent for the near future, and while she… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 158 – Killers of the Flower Moon, June 2025 Announcements

July 2025 is going to be our CineJourneys “homecoming.” We will be sending our free… Read more: July 2025 – Japanese Samurai

This June we will be exploring the films of the legendary Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodóovar.… Read more: June 2025 – Pedro Almodóvar – Journey Details

This August and September we will be going through Paul Thomas Anderson’s filmography leading up… Read more: Paul Thomas Anderson – Journey Details

We are really happy to unveil the latest big thing we’ve been working on. Introducing… Read more: Announcing – CineJourneys Channels

Description: Alex Mell-Taylor from Alex Has Opinions joins to talk about A24 and representation. We… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode Six – Representation with Alex Mell-Taylor

We look forward to celebrating the end of our Kickstarter with you. Aaron and Jill… Read more: A24 New Wave – Kickstarter Livestream on 2/27 5-8pm EST

Description: Chris Haskell from They Live by Film and Punk Vacation joins to talk about… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode Five – Miramax with Chris Haskell

Description: Jill and Aaron talk about Flow, which appears to be the first Janus Contemporary… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 157 – Flow, May 2025 Announcements

Description: Imogen Sara Smith joins to talk about her plans regarding the upcoming Powell &… Read more: CineJourneys Guide Spotlight – Episode 2 – Imogen Sara Smith

We are going to have a light and enjoyable Journey in May, and we are… Read more: SchMAYzeeee! – May 2025

Over the last several weeks, we started our first AudioJourneys Project by using Music League.… Read more: AudioJourneys: Best of the 1960s Results

Description: Becky D’Anna joins to talk about Alex Garland, and specifically the films that have… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode Four – Alex Garland with Becky D’Anna

Description: Zach Bryant from They Live By Film joins to talk about Osgood Perkins, who… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode Three – Osgood Perkins

We are pleased to share that Dr. Francesca Caraceni’s Yorgos Lanthimos Lecture series is free… Read more: Lanthimos Adaptations – Details and Registration

We are thrilled to share that we reached our A24 New Wave fundraising goal last… Read more: A24 New Wave – Funding Complete, Stretch Goals

Description: Derek Smith talks about his film experience and the Online Classes he plans to… Read more: CineJourneys Guide Spotlight – Episode 1 – Derek Smith

While ultimately a distinctively Fellini arthouse project, La Dolce Vita is also an ambitious, sprawling epic.… Read more: La Dolce Vita by Aaron West

Description: Jill and Aaron are back after a little bit of an unintentional break. We… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 156 – David Lynch, April 2025 Announcements

Those who have frequented CineJourneys over the last couple of weeks know that I’m writing… Read more: The A24 New Wave: Kickstarter Guide

Description: Aaron is writing an A24 book with Jill Blake editing. There is a Kickstarter… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode Two

Description: Aaron is writing an A24 book. There is a Kickstarter campaign that is in… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Episode One

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Before you proceed, I recommend checking out Beth’s streaming guide here. The list below will… Read more: Awards Season 2025 Streaming Guide

It has been an exciting month so far when it comes to Awards Season and… Read more: Awards Season Preview

Instructed by Imogen Sara Smith Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were the most original and… Read more: Matters of Life and Death: The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger

Another week to celebrate film and what our friends have been doing. This week was… Read more: The Sky is Blue Friday 12/6/2024

We are thrilled to announce that we have brought on several terrific people to the… Read more: Introducing Our Guides

This April we will be looking at A24, the popular film distribution label, which has… Read more: A24 April – Details and Registration

Description: We visited with Daniela Taplin Lundberg, the owner of Stay Gold Productions and host… Read more: CineJourneys – Episode 17 – Inclusive Production with Daniela Taplin-Lundberg

Occurring alongside the French New Wave—and often unjustly overshadowed by it—the Japanese New Wave was… Read more: Japanese New Wave 1956 – 1964 – Details and Registration

Welcome to a new weekly blog series where we’ll highlight social media posts from Blue… Read more: The Sky is Blue Friday — 11/22/2024

It’s hard to believe we’ve already had our CineJourneys birthday. While the company was started… Read more: 2025 Journey and Online Class Topics

Description: Celeste de la Cabra is a horror expert, at least in Aaron’s opinion. They… Read more: CineJourneys – Episode 16 – Celeste de la Cabra Reviews Aaron’s Horror List

Description: Derek Smith joins Aaron to talk about the Slant list for best horror films… Read more: CineJourneys – Slant’s 100 Horror Films of the 21st Century with Derek Smith

Welcome to the A24 New Wave Class! More info will become available as the book… Read more: The A24 New Wave – Online Class Details

Description: Jill and Aaron review the Variety 100 Best Horror films, film by film. Somehow… Read more: CineJourneys – Episode 15 – Variety’s Top 100 Horror List

Description: Brian Saur of Just the Discs and Pure Cinema Podcast joins the show to… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 153 – December 2024 Criterion Announcements with Brian Saur

Description: Brad McDermott joins to talk about the Japanese Horror Journey that is in progress,… Read more: CineJourneys – Japanese Horror with Brad McDermott

Hard to believe it has been almost a year since we soft-launched this project. It… Read more: CineJourneys 2025 Membership Guide

I often tell people “I’m not a horror guy, but I like horror films.” When… Read more: Aaron West’s Top 100 Horror Films of the 21st Century

120 Days of Pasolini is a group exploration and selective overview of Pier Paolo Pasolini… Read more: 120 Days of Pasolini – Journey Details

Description: Kristina Dijan joins to talk about the upcoming Japanese Horror Journey and also talks… Read more: October Japanese Horror Preview

You are either not logged in or do not have access to this page. Username… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 153 with Brian Saur – Unedited

Description: The second chapter of our Classic Suspense Journey is called “Buckle Up.” We watched… Read more: CineJourneys – Classic Suspense Journey – Buckle Up

Description: Jill and Aaron welcome Keith Enright, The Completionist. Keith is a longtime friend of… Read more: CineJourneys – Episode 14 – The Hudsucker Podcast

It seems like we launched just yesterday. It was actually June of this year, and… Read more: Big Update Monday: New Journeys, Reading Series, and Podcast Appearances

Description: This is the first episode of Read Her to Heaven, which is our new… Read more: Read Her to Heaven – Episode 1 – The Sweetest Taboo with Erica Shultz

We are starting the year with Sirkenheimer, which begins with Douglas Sirk’s All that Heaven Allows and… Read more: SirkenHeimer – Details and Registration

Description: This is the third chapter of our Coming of Age Journey, and we really… Read more: CineJourneys – Coming of Age Journey – We Get Older

We are excited to embark on what we expect will be a lengthy and permanent… Read more: Read Her to Heaven – Details and Registration

Description: Ryan Verrill joins the podcast to announce that we are joining Someone’s Favorite Productions… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 152 – Podcast Network, November 2024 Announcements

We are beyond excited to announce that we are joining the “Someone’s Favorite Productions” network.… Read more: We Are Joining “Someone’s Favorite Productions Network”

We are excited to launch our upcoming Classic Suspense Journey. You can register for it… Read more: Classic Suspense – Preview

Now that we are about midway through Coming of Age films, we have four monthly… Read more: Remaining 2024 Journey Updates

Description: Jill and Aaron take a look at the recently announced Criterion Collection 40 box… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 151 – CC40

Jill and Aaron have some strong opinions about the new 40th anniversary boxset from Criterion.… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 151 – CC40 Video

In the early 1960s, in the midst of a rapidly changing social and political landscape… Read more: Frankenheimer’s Paranoia Trilogy – Details and Registration

Since the winter months can drag on longer than we’d like, we’ve decided to break… Read more: Christopher Guest Films – Details and Registration

We did not intend to announce this today, but things happened. Earlier this year, we… Read more: Announcing AudioJourneys

Coming of Age films often have a special place in a cinephile’s heart. Films are… Read more: Coming of Age Films – Preview

Description: Imogen Sara Smith joins for our special episode 150, which we recorded without interruptions.… Read more: Criterion Now – Episode 150 – Imogen Sara Smith, October 2024 Announcements, Modern French Film

We launched the website a couple of months ago, and have just finished the second… Read more: Social Media Changes – Discord

That’s right, we are hosting a Blogathon. For those who have not participated, a film-based… Read more: Noirvember Blogathon – Details and Registration