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   “Wildwood” Is A Labor Of Love (With Rebecca Alter)

   Wildwood is the new stop motion joint from Laika and director Travis Knight, previously of Kubo And The Two Strings, Bumblebee, and Masters Of The Universe. It's a sweeping, surprisingly brutal fantasy that fully earns it's rare PG13 rating
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2. 22. Okt.

   "You Can See Everything" Bares It All (With Jia Tolentino)

   Critical Darlings is going LIVE at The Savannah Film Festival! In our first live podcast recording, we’re doing an awards season kickoff at 2pm on Tuesday October 29th at The Gutstein Gallery in Savannah Georgia. We’ll be talking about the
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3. 15. Okt.

   “The Social Reckoning” Misses The Mark (With George Civeris)

   Critical Darlings is going LIVE at The Savannah Film Festival! In our first live podcast recording, we’re doing an awards season kickoff at 2pm on Tuesday October 29th at The Gutstein Gallery in Savannah Georgia. We’ll be talking about the
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4. 8. Okt.

   "Digger" ??? (With Dana Stevens)

   🚨🚨🚨 Big News! 🚨🚨🚨 Critical Darlings is going LIVE at The Savannah Film Festival! In our first live podcast recording, we’re doing an awards season kickoff at 2pm on Tuesday October 29th at The Gutstein Gallery in Savannah Georgia. We’
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5. 1. Okt.

   “Primetime” Takes A Seat (With Jessica Kiang)

   Heads up to listeners, this episode includes sensitive discussions of abuse due to the nature of the film. It's Primetime! The new Robert Pattinson vehicle is a neon-lit, morally murky movie about ratings and perversions of justice that ser
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6. 26. Sept.

   Bonus: The Festival Circuit Explained, And Our Fall Festival Trip Report

   In this bonus episode: After a month of festival hopping, we're back in the studio to discuss the fall festival season, its big premieres, and paint a very rough picture of how award season is shaping up. But first, we take a question from
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7. 24. Sept.

   "Resident Evil" Is How You Adapt A Video Game (With David Sims)

   Conflict of interest disclosure: Critical Darlings is a fully owned subsidiary of The Umbrella Corporation. Today we're joined by David Sims of Blank Check and "friend of" one of this film's featured performers (Critical Darlings' Executive
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8. 17. Sept.

   A Critical Darlings Mailbag

   As Richard and Alison are jet-setting across Venice, Europe, and Toronto, North America, we bring to you a special pre-recorded mailbag, featuring your voicemails and questions! We get into our favorite end-credits songs; the IPs we'd love
   1 h 32
9. 10. Sept.

   “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” And Video Store Nostalgia

   Get your dipping sauces ready, it’s Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma! Starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, this meta horror picture goes to some very strange places that nonetheless right feel at home with S
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10. 3. Sept.

    “Coyote Vs. Acme” And The Great Ketchup Rescue (With Connor Ratliff)

    After an absurd and depressing attempt by David Zaslov to bury Coyote Vs. Acme, it’s finally in theaters. What’s more, it’s great, making WB’s attempts to shelve the movie for a tax write-off seem all the feckless. Rescued by the odd-duck d
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11. 27. Aug.

    “Tony” Or, Bourdain Begins (With Jaya Saxena)

    Ey wanna leahn howta shuck an oystah? Jaya Saxena of the new, worker-owned food publication Ravenous, (https://www.weareravenous.com/about/) joins us to discuss Tony, the micro-biopic about a pipsqueak version of Anthony Bourdain learning t
    1 h 35
12. 20. Aug.

    “The End Of Oak Street” Is Dino-mite (With Matt Singer)

    Dinosaurs are back in business this week, with The End of Oak Street, an original blockbuster about shooting dinos in the face while getting chomped by various raptors, dactyls, and giant primordial snakes. We’re joined by Indiewire’s Matt
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13. 13. Aug.

    “One Night Only” Is The Sex Purge (With Josh Gondelman)

    In a technofascist parallel reality, singles are only allowed to have sex one night a year: it’s One Night Only, AKA The Sex Purge! Comedian Josh Gondelman joins us to discuss this deeply strange film which has taken the box office by…not v
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14. 6. Aug.

    “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Enters The Money-Verse (with Griffin Newman)

    Griffin Newman swings back from Spain, Europe, to discuss Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Brand New Day is likely the biggest movie of the year, maybe of all time, depending on how you count. From the seemingly bulletproof Spider-Man formula to
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15. 30. Juli

    “The Invite” Or, Who’s Afraid Of Olivia Wilde? (With Emily Gould)

    Come for the Les Miz karaoke takes, stay for The Invite. New York Magazine’s Emily Gould joins us to discuss Olivia Wilde’s sexy, awkward comedy of domestic manners starring herself, Seth Rogan, Edward Norton, and Penelope Cruz. Set in an a
    1 h 32
16. 23. Juli

    “The Odyssey” And Christopher Nolan’s Sad Dad Triumph (With Fran Hoepfner)

    Daddy, tie us to the mast, we’re off to see The Odyssey! Christopher Nolan’s epic about a dad going out for cigarettes has vanquished all foes, critical, commercial, and discourse-able. To unpack it all, we’re joined by Vulture’s Fran Hoepf
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17. 16. Juli

    “Moana” Is Between The Rock And A Hard Place (With Ben Hosley)

    You’re welcome…again! This week we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel of Disney’s “live-action” remakes, with Moana. As noted on last week’s episode, Producer Ben Frisch is out on a Minions-related leave of absence, so we’re joined by Pro
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18. 9. Juli

    “Minions And Monsters”, What Minions Taste Like, And Other Questions

    The Minions are back with a film designed to pander…to us! On this episode, three Minions neophytes try to make sense of Minions And Monsters, where the round yellow ones land in 1920s Hollywood. among Chaplin, Keaton, and all of Gen Alpha’
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19. 2. Juli

    “Supergirl” And The New DCU (With Patrick Willems)

    This week we’re Gunn-ing for Supergirl, with filmmaker and video essayist Patrick Willems! Supergirl is the second feature film in the new DC cinematic universe, now helmed by Guardians of the Galaxy mastermind James Gunn. Gunn’s 2025 Super
    1 h 32
20. 25. Juni

    “Stop! That! Train!”, “Leviticus”, and Pride At The Movies (With Colin Drucker)

    It’s Pride Week on Critical Darlings, and we’re joined by the co-host of the Alright Mary (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alright-mary-all-things-rupauls-drag-race/id1130804244) podcast (and Best Supporting Actress expert) Colin Druc
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21. 18. Juni

    “Disclosure Day” And Ranking Spielberg’s Alien Movies (With Starlee Kine)

    It’s Disclosure Week on Critical Darlings, with writer, podcaster, and E.T. super fan Starlee Kine! Almost five decades after Steven Spielberg reimagined aliens on screen with E.T. and Close Encounters, he’s delivered another story of extra
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22. 11. Juni

    “Masters of the Universe” And The IP Drought (With Mattie Lubchansky)

    By the power of Grayskull, we have cartoonist and co-host of the No Gods No Mayors (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-gods-no-mayors/id1767877239) podcast, Mattie Lubchansky, in studio to discuss Masters of the Universe! The movie is
    1 h 28
23. 4. Juni

    "Backrooms" And The Internet Horror Boom (With Ryan Broderick)

    This week we’re joined by the very liminal Ryan Broderick, proprietor of the great Garbage Day (https://www.garbageday.email/)newsletter and host of the podcast Panic World, (https://couriernewsroom.com/panic-world/) to discuss A24’s hit, B
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24. 28. Mai

    “Obsession” And Youtube Creators In Hollywood

    This week, it’s springtime for sad boys, with “Obsession!” a horror flick from Blumhouse and director Curry Barker. The movie has exceeded all expectations and is currently doing better than its opening weekend, largely thanks to great word
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25. 21. Mai

    Our Favorite Movies Of The Year So Far, And A Summer Blockbusters Preview

    Coucou les cheris! As Cannes is underway on the Riviera, we take a break from our usual movie-of-the-week format to look back at the year so far, and look forward to this summer. We count down our top 5 favorite movies of the year (that hav
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26. 14. Mai

    “The Sheep Detectives” And Amazon’s Box Office Bets (With Griffin Newman)

    Wake up sheeple, it’s The Sheep Detectives! This week we’re joined by our very own executive sheepherder Griffin Newman to discuss the new cozy mystery for families. After the mysterious death of their shepherd, played by Hugh Jackman, his
    1 h 29
27. 7. Mai

    “The Devil Wears Prada 2” And The Future Of Tastemakers (With Who? Weekly)

    Description: “…You think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the podcast industry when, in fact, you're listening to a podcast that was selected for you by the people in the room…and Who? Weekly!” This week on the show, we’re jo
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28. 30. Apr.

    "Michael" And The Jackson Biopic That Wasn't (With Danielle Hewitt)

    Michael is many things: a box-office triumph, a savvy piece of IP management, and a Frankenstein stitched together from a movie we’ll never get to see. Today on the show, we’re joined by two journalists who have reported on Michael Jackson
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29. 23. Apr.

    "Mother Mary" And Fictional Pop Stars in Film

    This week, we’re holding a seance in a Dress Barn™ with Mother Mary! Directed by David Lowery and starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Cole, this two-hander sees a pop singer and her former designer revisiting the rift that severed their ear
    1 h 27
30. 16. Apr.

    "The Drama" And The State of Provocateur Cinema

    This week, we’re confessing the worst thing we’ve ever done with Zendaya and Batman himself with The Drama. The twist premise of A24’s newest hit throws a grenade into the idyllic romance of a beautiful couple in Boston in the days before t
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