Today we tackle three ill-fated attempts to make feature-length films out of the songs of the Beatles: 1978’s SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND; Julie Taymor's 2007 box office bomb ACROSS THE UNIVERSE; and Danny Boyle’s 2019 fantasy romance YESTERDAY. open.spotify.com/episode/0jGv...

Pastor and author Jonathan Martin helps us tackle the dark side of faith as we discuss Michael Tolkin's daring 1991 drama THE RAPTURE, and Lars Von Trier's punishing 1996 melodrama BREAKING THE WAVES. open.spotify.com/episode/5rdR...

Film writer @therealdsube.bsky.social joins us for two oblique character studies about internet-warped minds and the technology they use to mediate reality: Antonio Campos' 2008 experimental drama AFTERSCHOOL and Pascal Plante's 2023 psychological thriller RED ROOMS open.spotify.com/episode/4ngrbe…

Today film critic @rilaws.bsky.social helps us take on the unwatchable franchise that followed from one of our most watchable classics. Spielberg's JAWS is one of the most influential and enduring Hollywood blockbusters ever made, and its three sequels are...  not. open.spotify.com/episode/31lDLv…

We’re joined by Chris Evangelista of SlashFilm.com for two recent experimental horror films that challenge our ideas of what a horror film even is: Kyle Edward Ball's 2022 avant-garde creepfest SKINAMARINK, and Chris Nash's 2024 slasher IN A VIOLENT NATURE. open.spotify.com/episode/5lXY...

Today we're joined by Ryan Verrill of Disc Connected Media to look back at two modern survival horror classics: Greg McLean's 2005 Australian horror film WOLF CREEK and Jeremy Saulnier's gruesome 2015 thriller GREEN ROOM. open.spotify.com/episode/66yh...

Big thanks to Akron’s Nightlight Cinema 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. open.spotify.com/episode/6qgt...

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. open.spotify.com/episode/6ZJV...

Film critic Jesse Hassenger 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. open.spotify.com/episode/5w4N...

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. open.spotify.com/episode/2qts...

Variety’s @guylodge.bsky.social 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 open.spotify.com/episode/5vhC...

UNWATCHABLES welcomes back film critic and author @nathanrabin.bsky.social 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. open.spotify.com/episode/4Yiq...

This Tues: @nathanrabin.bsky.social returns for the most grotesque "comedy" bomb of the 90's

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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. open.spotify.com/episode/7eH7...

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. discord.gg/rCTsAaXQf

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. open.spotify.com/episode/23N9...

We’re joined by Anthony Crislip of Akron, Ohio's THE NIGHTLIGHT cinema 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. open.spotify.com/episode/4f8J...

Today we're joined by cartoonist @nathangelgud.bsky.social 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. open.spotify.com/episode/7oTy...

We celebrate our 100th episode with film critic Mike D'Angelo (@gemko.bsky.social), who joins us to discuss Kirby Dick's heart-rending documentary SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST, and Marina de Van's 2002 body-horror drama IN MY SKIN. open.spotify.com/episode/2pjX...

On today’s Halloween special, we’re joined by author and visual artist Christopher Norris (@steakmtn.bsky.social) for two films that are decidedly NOT The Exorcist: 1974's knock-off BEYOND THE DOOR, and John Boorman's reviled 1977 sequel EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC. spotify.link/4E5l5N4NPXb

Today UNWATCHABLES goes Down Under for two grim Australian thrillers with the help of film critic @lauravenning.bsky.social We discuss Ted Kotcheff's 1971 psychological thriller WAKE IN FRIGHT, and Jennifer Kent's 2018 revenge Western THE NIGHTINGALE. spotify.link/w9FJPV0xsXb

Filmmaker/author Steven Bernstein joins us for two painfully raw relationship dramas that courted controversy for the conditions under which their explicit sex scenes were shot: LAST TANGO IN PARIS and BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR.  open.spotify.com/episode/5dRn...

Today we’re joined by Jetta Weinstein, aka theironcupcake, to discuss two peaks of Doris Wishman’s inimitable brand of trash cinema: 1965's questionably feminist softcore drama BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL, and 1974's bra-busting spy film DOUBLE AGENT 73. open.spotify.com/episode/4vWw...

Dr. Ethan Lyon joins us for two movies it’s hard to imagine getting made today: Lars Von Trier’s 1998 dark comedy THE IDIOTS, and THE “Gary Oldman as a little person” movie, Matthew Bright’s 2002 romantic drama TIPTOES open.spotify.com/episode/5dA4...

Filmmaker Frank Ritz joins us to talk about two films that blur the line between sex and death, including the rare look at necrophilia that’s… actually kind of sweet? The films are: 1996’s necrophiliac romance KISSED, and 2009’s avant-garde giallo AMER. open.spotify.com/episode/3vIX...

This Tuesday: Why should romance stop at the grave?

Today we’re joined by Cinematary's Grace Winburne to help us chart one film’s course from THE defining flop of the 90’s to midnight cult classic to the unlikely subject of critical reappraisal. But one question remains: does SHOWGIRLS actually not suck? open.spotify.com/episode/2eA3...

Today we’re joined by Cinematary’s Zach Dennis for the wild, weird, and (in one case) horrific films of director John Boorman - 1972's disturbing survival thriller DELIVERANCE, and its truly bizarre cult sci-fi follow-up: 1974's Sean Connery-starring ZARDOZ. open.spotify.com/episode/1KGH...

Amy Hensarling returns to discuss two films mired in controversy for their depictions of victims of sexual violence: Sam Peckinpah's 1971 thriller STRAW DOGS and Paul Verhoeven's 2017 psychological thriller ELLE. open.spotify.com/episode/57Vc...