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We've Got Mail #59 | What's On the Critically Acclaimed Film School Syllabus? Dec 17, 2020

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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 are challenged to come up with a film history syllabus, full of screenings that represent the vast swath of movie history! Plus, they ponder the filmmakers whose work they admire despite their personal politics, filmmakers fans wouldn't expect them to love (even though they do), and why it's 100% perfectly okay to give up on a movie franchise - like STAR WARS - that you've loved your whole life.

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - Doctor X (1932) Dec 16, 2020

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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 on EPISODE ZERO they take a dip into two-strip Technicolor with Michael Curtiz's pulpy horror classic DOCTOR X, about a cannibalistic serial killer who's pursued by a heroic mad scientist with a scheme lifted straight out of HAMLET!

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Critically Acclaimed #154 | Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., The Prom, Wild Mountain Thyme, Gunda, I'm Your Woman, Funny Boy, Alex Wheatle, Dragonslayer Dec 14, 2020

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Get your red hot movie reviews, right here at CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Ryan Murphy's star-studded musical THE PROM, John Patrick Shanley's Irish rom-com WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, the animal documentary GUNDA, Julia Hart's crime thriller I'M YOUR WOMAN, the coming of age film FUNNY BOY, and Steve McQueen's latest SMALL AXE installment, ALEX WHEATLE!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore the rich and fiery lair of the cult classic DRAGONSLAYER!

But before they get to any of that, we have to say goodbye to Zeus himself, the late and great Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. - 1:58 The Prom - 10:40 Wild Mountain Thyme - 27:34 Gunda - 44:47 I'm Your Woman - 52:29 Funny Boy - 1:02:44 Alex Wheatle - 1:07:16 Film Review Recap - 1:19:02 Dragonslayer - 1:23:10

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We've Got Mail #58 | What Does It Mean To Be "Well Read?" (Guest: M. Lopes da Silva) Dec 10, 2020

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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 are joined by author M. Lopes da Silva, whose new novel HOOKER is a retrowave, feminist, pro-queer, pro-sex work slasher/vigilante thriller about a sex worker in 1980s Los Angeles who uses hooks as weapons to fight a misogynistic serial killer!

Our listeners sent in a bunch of questions for Bibbs, Witney and M., including what it actually means to be "well read," which fictional books we'd like to own, and what our unproduced screenplays are like!

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

And follow M. Lopes da Silva on Twitter at @_MLopesdaSilva and on Instagram and @AuthorMLopesdaSilva to follow her amazing work and enter for a chance to win your very own copy of HOOKER! You can also find HOOKER for sale at bookstores like Barnes and Noble!

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1959) Dec 09, 2020

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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 on EPISODE ZERO they venture back to ancient Greece, or at least Italy in the 1950s, for an epic double feature of HERCULES (1958) and HERCULES UNCHAINED (1959). These two superhero blockbusters put brawny men front and center, with glorious homoerotic subtext that can't possibly be ignored!

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Critically Acclaimed #153 | Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, Nomadland, Black Bear, Godmothered, 12 Pups of Christmas, Sisters Dec 08, 2020

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Movie reviews? CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has 'em!

This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Steve McQueens RED, WHITE AND BLUE, Chloe Zhao's NOMADLAND, the trippy Aubrey Plaza indie BLACK BEAR, Disney's fantasy comedy GODMOTHERED, and the bizarre discovery 12 PUPS OF CHRISTMAS!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney solve the bizarre mysteries of Brian De Palma's acclaimed murder thriller SISTERS!

Small Axe: Red, White and Blue - 3:39 Nomadland - 14:25 Black Bear - 22:34 Godmothered - 30:51 12 Pups of Christmas - 40:33 Sisters - 55:12

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We've Got Mail #57 | What Are Our Favorite Musicals? Dec 02, 2020

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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 what films and shows would have worked on QUIBI, the rules for the ALL OUR YESTERDAYS drinking game, the best movies about coming home, the ongoing issue with fat-shaming in movies and television, the parodies and references that accidentally introduced them to classic movies and music, and their favorite movie musicals and orchestral scores!

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Critically Acclaimed #152 - David Prowse, Hillbilly Elegy, Happiest Season, Lovers Rock, Zappa, Porno, The Christmas House, The Watermelon Woman Nov 30, 2020

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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has more movie reviews than you can shake a movie review at!

This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Ron Howard's new biopic HILLBILLY ELEGY, Clea DuVall's genre-defying queer rom-com HAPPIEST SEASON, Steve McQueen's partygoing LOVERS ROCK, Alex Winter's new documentary ZAPPA, and the landmark Hallmark Christmas movie THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Cheryl Dunye's indie classic THE WATERMELON WOMAN, and say goodbye to the late David Prowse!

David Prowse - 3:46 Hillbilly Elegy - 9:15 Happiest Season - 25:05 Lovers Rock - 40:08 Zappa - 49:38 Porno - 1:00:06 The Christmas House - 1:08:16 Review Round-Up - 1:18:38 The Watermelon Woman - 1:24:14

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The Iron List #13 | The Best Movie Remakes Ever! Nov 29, 2020

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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 MOVIE REMAKES, with monster movies, musicals and mind-blowing international films galore!

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Canceled Too Soon #201 | Quibi (2020) Nov 27, 2020

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We've reviewed a lot of failed TV shows in the past, but we've never reviewed a whole network before!

This week, join us for a very special super-sized episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, featuring Witney Seibold and special guest host B Peterson, entirely dedicated to the failed streaming service QUIBI, a unique platform designed to be watched while people were out socializing... which debuted in the middle of a global pandemic that forced everybody to stay indoors.

It's already a pop culture punchline, but did the shows on QUIBI really fall flat, or do they deserve another chance to be discovered? Let's find out if nearly 20 tv shows were... CANCELED TOO SOON!

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And don't forget to email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer your questions in a future episode! And check out our Amazon Wish List to send us more exciting one season wonders that we can review on the show!

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