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My Dinner With My Dinner With Andre (with From Beyond the Broadcast!) Mar 05, 2021

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are inviting fascinating people to watch MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, a film about fascinating people having a conversation, and have their own conversation about it!

This week's guests are CHELSEA SPIRITO and FARRAH DESGRANGE of FROM BEYOND THE BROADCAST, a new scripted web series full of weird and wonderful tales, hosted by our very own WITNEY SEIBOLD! Subscribe to FROM BEYOND THE BROADCAST, and follow the show on Twitter at @FromBTBPod and Instagram at @FromBTBPod!

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Critically Acclaimed #163 | Tom and Jerry, Cherry, Wrong Turn, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Starman Mar 03, 2021

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They fight, they fight, they fight and fight and fight! And they're fighting on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

This week, William Bibbiani and Witney review the new releases TOM & JERRY, CHERRY, WRONG TURN and THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY!

And also this week, on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney review Oscar-nominated John Carpenter sci-fi/romance STARMAN!

Tom & Jerry - 3:28 Cherry - 36:12 Wrong Turn - 50:35 The United States vs. Billie Holiday - 1:02:50 Review Round-Up - 1:11:37 Starman - 1:16:24

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We've Got Mail #69 | Can a Film Critic Really Close a Movie? Mar 02, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney talk about the history of fan re-edits, more of the best movies ever made about sex, the best Best Picture winners in Oscars history, and whether critics really have the power to ruin movies with bad reviews!

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Canceled Too Soon #205 | Brave New World (2020) Mar 01, 2021

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Alden Ehrenreich from SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, Hannah John Kamen from Marvel's ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, and even Demi Moore unite for a big budget TV version of Aldous Huxley's dystopian classic BRAVE NEW WORLD, exclusively on Peacock!

It had the intrigue, it had the strange setting, it had lots and lots and LOTS of sex, so why was Peacock's attempt at a GAME OF THRONES canceled after one season? And was it... CANCELED TOO SOON?

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Feb 27, 2021

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!

This week, Bibbs and Witney revisit THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, an early sci-fi sensation from future Oscar-winner Robert Wise, about first contact with an alien species, who have a message for humanity about how we should live! Is it still one fo the best science fiction movies ever? And how, oh how, did it influence ROCKY HORROR?

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The Iron List #16 | The Best Movies About Sex Feb 25, 2021

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Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode!

This month it's THE BEST MOVIES ABOUT SEX! That doesn't necessarily mean the most erotic motion pictures, or the most graphic. It means the films that are about the topic of sexuality and have something interesting and engaging to say about them. Some of them are fun, some are harrowing, but they all attempt to speak meaningfully about sex!

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We've Got Mail #68 | Which New Categories Should the Oscars Add? Feb 24, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney talk about the importance of production design in movies, which new categories the Oscars should add to the ceremony, why some critics need to rethink the way they critique romance in movies, why critics need to champion old films nobody has heard of, the half-remembered scenes in movies we just can't place, and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #162 | Flora and Ulysses, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, The Mauritanian, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, After Midnight, Judas and the Black Messiah, Blithe Spirit, Cinema Paradiso Feb 23, 2021

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AAAAAARGH we're reviewing so many movies this week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

This week, William Bibbiani and Witney review the new releases FLORA AND ULYSSES, THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS, THE MAURITANIAN, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, AFTER MIDNIGHT, BLITHE SPIRIT and JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH!

Also this week, on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney review the celebrated and nostalgic Italian classic CINEMA PARADISO!

Flora and Ulysses - 1:44 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things - 24:00 The Mauritanian - 35:00 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - 46:00 After Midnight - 55:55 Blithe Spirit - 1:01:00 Judas and the Black Messiah - 10:09:28 Review Round-Up - 1:14:10 Cinema Paradiso - 1:18:15

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - The Celluloid Closet (1995) Feb 19, 2021

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!

This week, Bibbs and Witney explore one of the greatest documentaries ever made about movies and Hollywood! THE CELLULOID CLOSET (1995) puts the whole of film history - up until 1995 - in context by exploring the way movies depicted queerness, and the impact those depictions had on multiple generations of moviegoers.

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We've Got Mail #67 | What's Wrong With Revenge Movies? Feb 16, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney talk the history of GODZILLA, their favorite unusual entries in popular film franchises, the behind the scenes revelations about Buffy and Angel, why it's okay not to like a filmmaker's filmography, what the fundamental problem is with revenge movies, and whether old-fashioned "b-movies" are dying out!

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