The Unenthusiastic Critic

The Unenthusiastic Critic


Latest Episodes

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
October 20, 2021

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.

ERASERHEAD (1977)
October 13, 2021

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

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
October 06, 2021

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

KING KONG (1933) & GODZILLA (1954)
March 30, 2021

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.

FACE/OFF (1997)
February 02, 2021

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.

RISKY BUSINESS (1983)
January 21, 2021

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).

THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)
December 29, 2020

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

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)
December 24, 2020

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

MOONSTRUCK (1987)
December 08, 2020

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

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
November 29, 2020

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.