https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/television/the-affair/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:29:55 +0000 en hourly 1 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-UC-Favicon-1-32x32.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/television/the-affair/ 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/television/the-affair/ Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Weekly 22706606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/12/the-affair-1x08/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/12/the-affair-1x08/#respond Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:30:40 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21676 The Affair grapples with a key question: it it better to stick it out, or let it go? ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/12/the-affair-1x08/feed/ 0 21676 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x05/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x05/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:52:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21641 The Affair, questions of "right" and "wrong" are as complicated—and as subjective—as questions of "true" and "false."]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x05/feed/ 0 21641 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x04/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x04/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:41:51 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21550 The Affair proves that its alternating point-of-view structure is much more than a "gimmick." ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x04/feed/ 0 21550 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x03/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x03/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2014 04:24:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21485 The Affair is as a metaphor for the writing process, in which various drafts and revisions of the story are presented side-by-side... ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/11/the-affair-1x03/feed/ 0 21485 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x02/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x02/#respond Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:28:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21385 The Affair is using a common—even banal—situation to explore smart and subtle questions about identity and subjectivity reality. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x02/feed/ 0 21385 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x01/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x01/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:43:15 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=21219 The Affair, the new drama from Showtime, is the best new series of the year, and a daring attempt to expand the narrative possibilities of television. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2014/10/the-affair-1x01/feed/ 0 21219