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MULTIPLEXITY: REFLECTIONS ON "MY SUMMER OF SUMMER MOVIES"
In which I look back on my preposterous (and predictably failed) attempt to write about every movie that opened this summer.
September 14, 2023
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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.
June 1, 2023
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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.
March 12, 2021
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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.
February 16, 2021
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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.
February 9, 2021
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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.
January 26, 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.
January 18, 2021
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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.
January 11, 2021
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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.
January 4, 2021
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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."
December 28, 2020
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MAKING GOD LAUGH: THE UNAFFILIATED CRITIC'S PLAN FOR 2021
In which—brazenly, and despite a poor track record at this sort of thing—I announce what I'm planning to review, and other changes coming in the new year.
December 21, 2020
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NEW BOOK, NOW AVAILABLE: THE UNAFFILIATED CRITIC'S GUIDE TO SEASONS 1-3 OF GAME OF THRONES
Announcing the first of three e-books, collecting all my writing on Game of Thrones.
April 20, 2019
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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.
August 20, 2017
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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.
June 1, 2017
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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.
January 6, 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.
March 22, 2016
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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.
February 14, 2016
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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…
July 25, 2015
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THERE WILL BE A BRIEF INTERMISSION…
With apologies for the reviews not written, The Unaffiliated Critic is taking a break to get hitched.
June 29, 2015
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WHAT I'LL BE WATCHING – Spring–Summer 2015
In which I foolishly commit to reviewing way too many shows in the Spring and Summer of 2015.
March 31, 2015
TV LISTS AND ROUNDUPS
WHAT I'M WATCHING – January 25–February 7, 2015
Murders in the Arctic Circle, musicians in Manhattan, superheroes in Starling City, and Nazis in America: this week's TV roundup has something for everyone.
February 7, 2015
TV LISTS AND ROUNDUPS
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.
January 27, 2015
TV LISTS AND ROUNDUPS
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.
January 18, 2015
TV LISTS AND ROUNDUPS
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…
January 10, 2015
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The Unaffiliated Critic is On Vacation
The Unaffiliated Critic is taking an Unauthorized Vacation.
June 25, 2014
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A Question for The Unenthusiastic Critic
Because when you fall in love with a movie-geek, this is what you get…
June 21, 2014