https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/blog/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:56:20 +0000 en hourly 1 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-UC-Favicon-1-32x32.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/blog/ 32 32 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. The Unenthusiastic Critic true episodic The Unenthusiastic Critic michael@unaffiliatedcritic.com podcast Destroying our marriage, one movie at a time... https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Unenthusiastic-Critic-Podcast-Logo.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/blog/ Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Weekly 22706606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:52:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41191 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/feed/ 2 41191 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:15:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40575 every movie released between Memorial Day and Labor Day. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/feed/ 11 40575 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/03/week-10-pandemic-wallflower/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/03/week-10-pandemic-wallflower/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:59:41 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40048 It's a Sin, Allen v. Farrow, For All Mankind, Minari, Nomadland, and other stuff.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/03/week-10-pandemic-wallflower/feed/ 4 40048 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-7-the-best-slayed-plans/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-7-the-best-slayed-plans/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:39:28 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39950 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. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-7-the-best-slayed-plans/feed/ 10 39950 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-6-buried/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-6-buried/#respond Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:04:49 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39858 The Dig, Malcolm & Marie, The Little Things, I May Destroy You, and other things I've been watching. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/02/week-6-buried/feed/ 0 39858 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-4-cabin-fever/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-4-cabin-fever/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:33:58 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39690 One Night in Miami and News of the World. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-4-cabin-fever/feed/ 0 39690 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-3-impeachy-keen/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-3-impeachy-keen/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:41:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39565 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. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-3-impeachy-keen/feed/ 0 39565 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-2-sedition-edition/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-2-sedition-edition/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:06:20 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39418 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-2-sedition-edition/feed/ 2 39418 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-1-new-year-old-habits/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-1-new-year-old-habits/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2021 04:16:18 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=39299 Sylvie's Love, Doctor Who, and Dickinson, as well as some thoughts on the difference between making New Year's Resolutions and implementing them.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/week-1-new-year-old-habits/feed/ 3 39299 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/week-52-taint-misbehavin/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/week-52-taint-misbehavin/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:00:07 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=38882 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/week-52-taint-misbehavin/feed/ 0 38882 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/making-god-laugh-the-unaffiliated-critics-plan-for-2021/ 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https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:16:03 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30343 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies/feed/ 0 30343 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/resolutionary-road/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/resolutionary-road/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:48:35 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=28795 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/resolutionary-road/feed/ 1 28795 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:20:46 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=27334 Independent Study in World Cinema, I could use some help in making sure I don't overlook great female directors. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/feed/ 2 27334 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2016 04:01:09 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=26734 Independent Study in World Cinema series returns. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/feed/ 0 26734 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/07/what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation-and-what-im-doing-next/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/07/what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation-and-what-im-doing-next/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:43:19 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=24620 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/07/what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation-and-what-im-doing-next/feed/ 0 24620 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/06/there-will-be-a-brief-intermission/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/06/there-will-be-a-brief-intermission/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:39:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=24577 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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. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-18-24-2015/feed/ 0 22284 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-11-17-2015/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-11-17-2015/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:02:05 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=22195 Jane the Virgin, check out the pilots of Togetherness and Man Seeking Woman, and recommend some British shows you've never heard of. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-11-17-2015/feed/ 0 22195 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-4-10-2015/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2015/01/what-im-watching-january-4-10-2015/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:21:47 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21969 Agent Carter, Empire, The Americans, and more...]]> 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