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MY SUMMER OF SUMMER MOVIES, 2023

After a long sabbatical, I'm returning with a vengeance, and an insane plan to see and review every movie released between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Callum Scott Howells in IT'S A SIN
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WEEK 10: PANDEMIC WALLFLOWER

In a belated new edition of the blog/newsletter, I share some thoughts on hitting the pandemic wall, as well as quick takes on It's a Sin, Allen v. Farrow, For All Mankind, Minari, Nomadland, and other stuff.

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WEEK 7:
THE BEST SLAYED PLANS

In which I offer quick takes on stuff I've been watching (including Judas and the Black Messiah, Saint Maud, and Clarice), and explain at some length why I won't be writing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer this year after all.

People rescuing Ralph Fiennes, who is buried in dirt, in the movie THE DIG
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WEEK 6: BURIED

This week's blog/newsletter features some labored thoughts on the writing process, and quick takes on The Dig, Malcolm & Marie, The Little Things, I May Destroy You, and other things I've been watching.

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WEEK 4: CABIN FEVER

In this week's edition of my blog/newsletter, I share some melancholy thoughts from the 11th month of lockdown, as well as quick takes on One Night in Miami and News of the World.

Carey Mulligan in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2021)
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WEEK 3: IMPEACHY KEEN

In this week's edition of my blog/newsletter, I'm offering quick takes on Promising Young Woman, Pretend It's a City, WandaVision, Locked Down, and a bunch of other stuff I was watching when I should have been writing.

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WEEK 2: SEDITION EDITION

In this week's blog/newsletter, I share a few thoughts on the white supremacist attack on Washington D.C., as well as a few links to the thoughts of much smarter people than I.

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WEEK 1: NEW YEAR, OLD HABITS

This week's blog post/newsletter includes quick thoughts on Sylvie's Love, Doctor Who, and Dickinson, as well as some thoughts on the difference between making New Year's Resolutions and implementing them.

Mads Mikkelsen in ANOTHER ROUND (2020)
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WEEK 52: TAINT MISBEHAVIN'

In the first of a new weekly blog series (and ersatz newsletter), I discuss what I've been watching, and writing about, and thinking about, during 2020's "Holiday Taint."

Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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THE MIRROR OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

Some thoughts—from a white liberal, for white liberals—on Charlottesville, privilege, and the need to shift our fundamental understanding of our country.

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MY SUMMER OF SUMMER MOVIES

The Unaffiliated Critic—somewhat recklessly—announces his plan to see and review every single movie that opens between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

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RESOLUTIONARY ROAD

Here at The Unaffiliated Critic, we appreciate the illusory, arbitrary promise of a fresh start as much as anyone. So here are my New Year's Resolutions for 2017.

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WOMEN WITH MOVIE CAMERAS

As I plan out my Independent Study in World Cinema, I could use some help in making sure I don't overlook great female directors.

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BACK TO (FILM) SCHOOL

A self-educated film nerd resumes his self-education, as my long-abandoned Independent Study in World Cinema series returns.

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WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION

The Unaffiliated Critic is back from vacation, with a few quick recommendations and some vague plans for the future…

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WHAT I'M WATCHING — January 18–24, 2015

This week the Unaffiliated Critic kept it 100 with The Nightly Show, speed-watched The Flash, tried on The Hollow Crown, gleefully suffered Slings & Arrows, and endured about as much of Backstrom as he could stand.

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WHAT I'M WATCHING — January 11–17, 2015

This week I catch up with Jane the Virgin, check out the pilots of Togetherness and Man Seeking Woman, and recommend some British shows you've never heard of.

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WHAT I'M WATCHING — January 4–10, 2015

A quick round-up of what The Unaffiliated Critic has been watching this week, including Agent Carter, Empire, The Americans, and more…