Big thanks to @nightlightakron for hosting the second live Unwatchables recording! We had a lively back-and-forth with the audience of a sold-out screening of HOWARD THE DUCK, the notorious 1986 flop that's since gained a cult following.
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Today Unwatchables tackles the most controversial hit of the year - Antoine Fuqua’s MICHAEL. We discuss how it stacks up against other biopics, what its success tells us about our culture, and of course how it handles—or doesn’t handle—that other thing.
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Film critic @rockmarooned stops by for two movies about serial killers and the media that loves them: 1992’s black comedy mockumentary MAN BITES DOG, and Oliver Stone’s hyper-stylized 1994 crime film NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
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Today’s episode captures our real-time reactions to 2025’s most gruesome documentary. In honor of our guest Roman Pessarov’s podcast CINEMA STROLLS, we finished watching Albert Serra’s bull-fighting doc AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE minutes before hitting record.
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Variety’s @GuyLodge returns for two films that faced similar controversies over their supposedly "irresponsible" use of child actors: Jonathan Glazer’s 2004 drama BIRTH and Sandra Wollner’s little-seen 2020 sci-fi provocation THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN.
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UNWATCHABLES welcomes back film critic and author @nathanrabin to discuss one of the most bizarre and reviled so-called comedies of the 90’s: Dan Akroyd’s first and to date only directorial effort NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
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Join our Oscars livestream! We will be live at 6:30, Oscars start at 7. Come hang out and chat while we suffer through this together!
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UNWATCHABLES kicks off Season 5 with our pre-Oscars special, where we ask the question: are these the worst Best Picture winners? The nominees are: Paul Haggis’ 2004 ensemble drama CRASH, and Peter Farrelly’s 2018 buddy road movie GREEN BOOK.
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Ever wanted to chat with the Unwatchables crew? Now you can - join our brand new Discord server and tell us what movie YOU think deserves the title of Worst Best Picture Winner.
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For today’s season finale, we're joined by author @caleb_bethea_ for possibly our longest-awaited episode. We finally tackle Ruggero Deodato's 1980 video nasty CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST along with Eli Roth’s 2013 homage THE GREEN INFERNO.
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Today we're joined by @Regular_AssDude of @nightlightakron for the vanity projects of the two most controversial broadcasters of the 90's: Betty Thomas' 1997 Howard Stern biopic PRIVATE PARTS, and Neil Abramson's 1998 Jerry Springer comedy RINGMASTER.
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Today we're joined by cartoonist @gelgud to tackle two experimental political films that alienated much of Jean-Luc Godard’s audience: 1967's political docu-fiction LA CHINOISE, and 1969's avant-garde documentary BRITISH SOUNDS.
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