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The Unenthusiastic Critic

by The Unenthusiastic Critic

Some are born film critics, some become critics, and some have film criticism thrust upon them. Each week, Michael (The Unaffiliated Critic) convinces his reluctant wife Nakea (The Unenthusiastic Critic) to sit down and watch a classic film that nearly everyone else on the planet has already seen.

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Episodes

  1. TITANIC (1997)

    On the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's record-breaking blockbuster, The Unenthusiastic Critic is going down with the ship.

  2. SLEUTH (1972) & THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)

    Let the games begin, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewings of two twisty murder mysteries.

  3. LONE STAR (1996)

    In celebration of #Noirvember, we're watching John Sayles' underrated masterpiece about murder and lies in a Texas border town.

  4. BARBARIAN (2022)

    By popular demand, The Unenthusiastic Critic concludes this year's Halloween marathon with an absolutely bonkers new horror classic.

  5. GINGER SNAPS (2000)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic's annual October marathon reaches "that time of the month," as we watch John Fawcett's hormone-fueled horror movie.

  6. EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2022 horror marathon continues with Georges Franju's poetically creepy classic.

  7. DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

    Our 2022 Halloween marathon continues with the third film from George Romero's genre-defining horror trilogy.

  8. NEAR DARK (1987)

    After a long and mouldering slumber, we're crawling out of our graves just in time for The Unenthusiastic Critic's Fifth Annual Halloween Movie Marathon.

  9. BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) & BOUND (1996)

    We're celebrating #Noirvember with a neo-noir double-feature from two sets of cinematic siblings, The Coen Brothers and The Wachowski Sisters.

  10. THE WITCH (2015)

    Something wicked this way comes, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon comes to a conclusion with Nakea's first viewing of Robert Egger's new horror classic.

  11. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)

    It's podcaster versus pod-people as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Philip Kaufman's creepy conspiracy story of conformity as a communicable disease.

  12. ERASERHEAD (1977)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Horror Marathon continues with David Lynch's darkly disturbing debut feature.

  13. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

    Things get a little hairy as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Marathon gets underway with John Landis's comedy-horror hybrid.

  14. KING KONG (1933) & GODZILLA (1954)

    On a new episode of the podcast, we witness a clash of the titans, as The Unenthusiastic Critic meets two timeless movie stars for the very first time.

  15. FACE/OFF (1997)

    We have met the enemy and he is me, as I use a MAGA conspiracy theory as an excuse to introduce Nakea to John Woo's preposterous action thriller.

  16. RISKY BUSINESS (1983)

    Sometimes, The Unenthusiastic Critic just has to say "What the f——." So on this week's episode, we're watching Tom Cruise's breakout movie Risky Business (1983).

  17. THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)

    We're finishing our "Christmas-Adjacent" marathon with Daryl Duke's unjustly forgotten crime thriller.

  18. CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic watches the perfect movie for Christmas 2020: Alfonso Cuarón's dystopian (but strangely hopeful) nativity story.

  19. MOONSTRUCK (1987)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is looking for the holiday spirit in Norman Jewison's Christmas-adjacent romantic comedy.

  20. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)

    This #Noirvember, we're serving a cookie full of arsenic, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewing of Alexander Mackendrick's cynical cinematic masterpiece.

  21. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

    In 1990, Kevin Costner's epic western was widely hailed as major progress in Hollywood's representation of indigenous people. But what will The Unenthusiastic Critic make of it 30 years later?

  22. THE STRANGERS (2008)

    There's no place like home, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon concludes with Bryan Bertino's harrowing home-invasion thriller.

  23. HEREDITARY (2018)

    What's scarier than family? So we're talking about Ari Aster's breakthrough horror movie this week, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween movie marathon continues.

  24. REBECCA (1940)

    We're headed back to Manderley as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Hitchcock's Oscar-winning suspense classic.

  25. THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Guillermo del Toro's classic wartime ghost story.

  26. PHANTASM (1979)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a viewing of a creepy cult classic.

  27. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)

    This week we're revisiting Carl Franklin's sorely under-appreciated neo-noir, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

  28. SPIRITED AWAY (2001)

    This week we're getting Ghibli with it, as we sit down for The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing of Hayao Miyazaki's weird and wonderful animated classic.

  29. BATMAN (1989) AND BATMAN & ROBIN (1997)

    This week, we're watching a dynamic duo of movies: the film that started Hollywood's love affair with superheroes, and the film that almost ended it.

  30. DRESSED TO KILL (1980)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is dressing down Brian De Palma's controversial thriller, released 40 years ago this week. Will she find it brilliant, offensive, both, or too ridiculous to be either?

  31. HAMILTON (2020)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is back, to face the ultimate test of her musical-hating convictions.

  32. ROPE (1948)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating murder, as we sit down for Alfred Hitchcock's taut exercise in sustained suspense.

  33. DINER (1982)

    This week, Nakea and I are making much ado about nothing, as we revisit one of the most influential comedies of the 1980s.

  34. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)

    If I were a rich man, The Unenthusiastic Critic would probably be less resentful about having to watch a Broadway musical on her Christmas vacation.

  35. KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating divorce—not for the first time—as we sit down for her first viewing of Robert Benton's Christmas-tangential classic on its 40th anniversary.

  36. THE APARTMENT (1960)

    A serious comedy about loneliness, infidelity, predatory men, workplace harassment, and attempted suicide? Sounds like the perfect Christmas movie for The Unenthusiastic Critic.

  37. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is making first contact with Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic, and asking the question: Is it about a space-age prophet, or just an intergalactic deadbeat dad?

  38. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982)

    This week we're discussing "Magical Negroes," and The Unenthusiastic Critic is eyeballin' Taylor Hackford's 1982 romantic military melodrama.

  39. THE BIG SLEEP (1946)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is celebrating #Noirvember with Bogie & Bacall in Howard Hawks' adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story.

  40. FRIDAY (1995)

    In honor of the great John Witherspoon's passing, we're f–ing up the rotation this week, as Nakea introduces Michael to a '90s comedy classic.

  41. THE LOST BOYS (1987)

    Sleep all day, party all night, never get old, never die. It's good to be the Unenthusiastic Critic.

  42. PHENOMENA (1985)

    The Unenthusiastic Critic is bugging out, as our Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Dario Argento's weirdest movie.

  43. DON'T LOOK NOW (1973)

    Our horror marathon continues with Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece of grief, marital disintegration, and impending doom. (In other words, it's business as usual for The Unenthusiastic Critic.)

  44. A QUIET PLACE (2018)

    It's quiet in here—a little TOO quiet—as The Unenthusiastic Critic continues her 2019 Horror Movie Marathon with John Krasinski's muffled monster movie.

  45. FRANKENSTEIN (1931) & BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

    It's alive! The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2019 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a classic creature double-feature from the golden age of the Universal movie monsters.

  46. SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)

    We're recording our deepest, most intimate thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's seminal debut feature, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

  47. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

    The fall's probably gonna kill us, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Newman and Redford's quintessential buddy western with The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing.

  48. ARMAGEDDON (1998)

    It's the end of the world as we know it, and it can't come fast enough for The Unenthusiastic Critic, as she endures her first viewing of Michael Bay's disaster porn.

  49. THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)

    It's the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational episode of The Unenthusiastic Critic yet.

  50. ARTHUR (1981)

    This week, The Unenthusiastic Critic is caught between the moon and New York City, as we sit down for Steve Gordon's dipsomaniacal comedy.

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Some are born film critics, some become critics, and some have film criticism thrust upon them. Each week, Michael (The Unaffiliated Critic) convinces his reluctant wife Nakea (The Unenthusiastic Critic) to sit down and watch a classic film that nearly everyone else on the planet has already seen.

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