My world’s on Fyre, how ’bout yours? By Kris Ligman • February 12th, 2019 The true horror of the competing Fyre Festival documentaries is how commonplace their villain actually is.
Rookie of the Year Falling Hard for the Bent-Neck Lady By Matt Marrone • February 12th, 2019 Matt Marrone may not be scared of the Bent-Neck Lady, but her iconic scene proves so horrifying it’s poetic.
Documentary Sunday Welcome to Marwen By Megan Condis • February 8th, 2019 Mark Hogancamp’s biopic has plenty of Hollywood movie magic, but not enough to distract from the omissions that undermine its moral.
Here's the Thing Marvel’s Offshoots Are Way Better Than Their Big Films By Rob Rich • February 7th, 2019 The biggest budget Marvel movies often pale in comparison to their smaller side-story counterparts, and Rob has a theory as to why.
A New Testament: How Wonder Woman Breaks Down Modern Western Religion By Elijah Beahm • February 7th, 2019 Wonder Woman doesn’t pretend that science, religion, lawfulness, or anything else defines you as good or evil; everyone in this world is broken, and nothing can change that.
Unmissable: Pilot By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • February 6th, 2019 Hey, we finally have a podcast!
United Kingdom boasts vibrant film festival scene By Alan Smithee • February 4th, 2019 The film industry in the United Kingdom has a burgeoning festival programme that could provide the next generation of producers with the perfect platform to progress their careers.
Romeo(s): Where Art Thou? By Blake P • January 24th, 2019 The depiction of a trans character by a cis actor will always be the second-best option—the ideal situation being actually hiring a transgender actor instead.
State of the F*cking Art: Albert Pyun’s Nemesis on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • January 18th, 2019 Nemesis epitomizes one of the ’90s weirdest subgenres: kickboxing cyborg movies.
See it from the Couch By David Shimomura • January 15th, 2019 I think there’s value in public experiences. But I also think we should acknowledge the power of choosing to engage completely on our terms.
No Accounting for Tastes Stressful Environment By Adam Boffa • January 15th, 2019 First Reformed considers the emotional impact of climate change awareness. Sometimes.
Here's the Thing The Near Miss By Rob Rich • January 10th, 2019 The over-reliance of CG in movies bothers just about everybody these days, but to Rob, “The Near Miss” is one of the most egregious offenses.
Documentary Sunday The Power of Glove By Megan Condis • January 10th, 2019 With videogame culture obsessed with retrofuturiusm, it’s only a matter of time before the ultimate nostalgic artifact makes a comeback: the Nintendo Power Glove.
Another Look Corrupted Architecture By Yussef Cole • January 8th, 2019 In both Bloodborne and The Favourite, wanton avarice rots leaders from within, spreading like a plague to their surroundings.
Best of 2018 The Best Movies of 2018 By Team Unwinnable • December 28th, 2018 This has been a weird year for movies.
You Better Watch Out By Zack Kotzer • December 20th, 2018 People are crazy about Christmas the same way Stadling is crazy about it, there’s just fewer murders.
Of Giallo and Gore: A Review By Orrin Grey • December 7th, 2018 Orrin Grey talks Torso and The Wizard of Gore and what the unlikely pair of ’70s horror movies have in common.
Self-Insert The Unsinkable Darcy Lewis By Amanda Hudgins • December 7th, 2018 A side character from Thor has almost 15,000 fanfics featuring her. Amanda Hudgins asks the question: Why does Darcy Lewis persist?
The Lost Magic of Disney’s Animation By David Shimomura • December 4th, 2018 Disney is remaking Aladdin and The Lion King in CGI. It is a terrible mistake.
Fantastic Beasts 2 the Crime of Cinema By Amanda Hudgins • December 3rd, 2018 There are no circumstances in which you should see this movie.
Documentary Sunday Terrace House By Megan Condis • November 28th, 2018 Unlike on American reality television, at no point do any of the residents of Terrace House seem interested in ceasing to be polite and starting to get “real.”
Lore’d of the Rings: The Horror of Knowledge By David Shimomura • November 27th, 2018 They say knowledge is power, but sometimes it is just isolating.
Who’s Afraid of the Big Brand Wolf? By Sean Donnelly • November 9th, 2018 Intertextuality is a weapon.
Another Look The Snowman Gets the David Cage Treatment By Yussef Cole • November 8th, 2018 Paper-thin characterizations and women stripped of their power? Yep, sounds like a Cage game.
Documentary Sunday The Bleeding Edge By Megan Condis • November 6th, 2018 The FDA has failed for decades in its duty to oversee medical technologies, with women disproportionately falling victim.
Exploits Feature The Draw of “Live” By David Shimomura • November 1st, 2018 Despite access to all the content in the world via broadband streaming, live performance will never lose its allure.
Halloween 2018 is an Unwelcome Trip Down Memory Lane By David Shimomura • October 30th, 2018 We’re stuck with a sequel with a 40-year time gap where mostly the same thing happens, except one of the characters is old and paranoid.
Unwinnable Week 3 Horror Movies! By David Shimomura • October 20th, 2018 Is it still October? Then Unwinnable still has horror movie recs for y’all.
Documentary Sunday Atari: Game Over Featuring an Interview with Andrew Reinhard By Megan Condis • October 13th, 2018 Andrew Reinhard, author of Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games, explains why its important for archaeologists to study games.
Unwinnable Week 2 Horror Movies! By Team Unwinnable • October 12th, 2018 Unwinnable’s weekly horror movie recommendations for October continues in silly, grisly and unusual fashion.
What Horror Movie Should You Watch Tonight? By Team Unwinnable • October 4th, 2018 It’s October and we know that means you want to be watching horror movies! We’ve got suggestions!
No Accounting for Taste On Being Human. Or Not By Adam Boffa • October 3rd, 2018 Automata wonders whether humanity is as important as it thinks it is.
I Accidentally a Film Festival: Part Two By Orrin Grey • October 1st, 2018 Orrin’s accidental home film festival wraps up, with Erik the Conqueror, My Friend Dahmer and more.
Assassination Nation has Blood in its Teeth By Amanda Hudgins • October 1st, 2018 The moral of Assassination Nation is that high school boys are terrible and you should kill them.
FASCINATION Never Be Clean Again By Astrid Budgor • September 28th, 2018 “Oh, so society’s to blame …”
I Accidentally a Film Festival: Part One By Orrin Grey • September 28th, 2018 Orrin Grey embarks on a film festival…in his living room. Join him as he watches The Twilight People, The Ghoul and Bruce’s Deadly Fingers.
Backlog Culture is Not Canon By Gavin Craig • September 12th, 2018 Star Wars is a case study in how canon can grip a culture, and what happens when fandom turns toxic.
No Accounting for Taste Studio Ghibli and the Climate Crisis By Adam Boffa • September 10th, 2018 A pair of ‘90s Ghibli films reveal the depths of our environmental problem but refuse to give up hope.
Exploits Feature Unknown Influences By Noah Springer • September 4th, 2018 What happens when a fiction leaks out into the world and changes it?
