Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“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 G…
2 months ago
“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 …
2 months, 1 week ago
“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 d…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“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, crit…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
“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 epi…
3 months ago
“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 …
3 months, 1 week ago
“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 cinem…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
“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 podcast (and Best Supporting Actress expert) Colin Drucker …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
“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 reim…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
“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 podcast, Mattie Lubchansky, in studio to discuss Masters of the Un…
4 months ago