Criticism Is Dead
What we’re watching and what it all means (if it means anything at all)

Season 1

Rebecca, On the Rocks, and toobin a crisp rat

Two films about marriage, plus culture notes about famous men

We discuss Rebecca (2020) and On the Rocks (2020)—two films, both alike in content (marriage) and watchability (background noise).

00:41 Rebecca, out on Netflix, is the latest, cynical example of how big streaming fare can go wrong.

10:03 On the Rocks, available on Apple TV+, is basically Sofia Coppola for normies. Ouch!

16:37 Plus, culture notes about two famous men and their dumb defenders. In the words of Astead W. Herndon, "don’t take Ls on behalf of someone else currently in the process of L taking." Advice to live by!

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Music: REEKAH Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu Special thanks: Dan Geneen

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The Queen's Gambit, His House, and stars to "defeat despair"

A chess hero's journey and a real-world horror film, plus cultures notes about celebrity assessments

The Good Lord Bird, Blood of Zeus, and unavoidable election chat

Historical fiction and mythology fanfiction, plus culture notes about the thing we have to talk about

The Undoing, Shithouse, and reboots and reunions

Coming undone and coming of age, plus culture notes about cashing in on nostalgia

The Crown, Great British Bake Off, and a special guest

Oi lads it's a British double feature, plus our first guest James Hansen.

Ted Lasso, Industry, and the 25 greatest actors

Two shows about American fish out of water, plus culture notes about that buzzy NYTimes list

Mank, Tokyo Girl, and the lifeline that is production photos

A film and a show about fears of being washed up, plus culture notes about the desperation for content.

Love Actually, Carol, and what makes a holiday movie

Make the Yuletide horny and/or gay, plus a festive game.

The best movies and TV shows of 2020 (in our opinion)

Goodbye 2020 and all that!