If The Unenthusiastic Critic could see the future, she probably would have avoided our 2019 Halloween Movie Marathon completely. As she can't, however, we're proceeding with an undisputed horror classic: Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973), starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.

Since the movie hinges on a man's ability to believe in the supernatural, we're starting out this week with a discussion of what we believe in. Ghosts? Aliens? Psychic phenomena? (And, in the process, Nakea tries to justify her narrow-minded cultural biases, since she has no trouble believing in demons or witches, but draws the line at leprechauns and—WTF?—selkies.)

Then, we're sitting down for Nakea's first viewing of Don't Look Now, an exquisitely edited masterpiece of grief, marital disintegration, and impending doom. (Or, in other words, it's just another week here at The Unenthusiastic Critic.)

Program

0:00: Prologue: "Appointment in Samarra" (from Sherlock 4x01)
1:25: Preliminary Conversation: What Do You Believe?
20:29: Interlude: from The X-Files 1x13
20:54: Cultural Osmosis: Pre-Viewing Discussion
26:45: Interlude: Original Trailer
28:45: The Verdict: Post-Viewing Discussion
1:10:38: Outro and Next Week's Movie
1:02:59: Outtake

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