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.

TITANIC (1997)

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

12-22
01:07:40

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

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

12-04
01:35:02

LONE STAR (1996)

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

11-15
52:38

BARBARIAN (2022)

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

10-31
01:26:16

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.

10-26
01:06:54

EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)

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

10-17
01:17:25

DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

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

10-11
01:03:16

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.

10-04
59:54

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.

11-30
01:16:34

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.

10-27
01:42:57

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.

10-20
01:04:03

ERASERHEAD (1977)

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

10-13
01:15:03

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.

10-06
01:12:09

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.

03-30
01:32:23

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.

02-02
01:14:02

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).

01-21
58:50

THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)

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

12-29
57:13

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

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

12-24
57:04

MOONSTRUCK (1987)

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

12-08
51:10

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.

11-29
01:01:16

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