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Critical Darlings
by Blank Check Productions
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 1 | #73 |
About the show
Welcome to Critical Darlings: a podcast about the movies everyone is talking about, one new release after another.
Every week, critics Richard Lawson and Alison Willmore cover the latest film driving the conversation—from big summer blockbusters to festival favorites, buzzy streamers, and major awards contenders. New episodes every Thursday.
We’re a Blank Check Production! To catch up on our first miniseries covering the 2026 Oscars season, check out Blank Check on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Stick around on this feed for new episodes going forward.
Produced by Benjamin Frisch
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Latest episodes
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Bonus: The Festival Circuit Explained, And Our Fall Festival Trip Report
September 26, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minIn this bonus episode: After a month of festival hopping, we're back in the studio to discuss the fall festival season, its big premieres, and paint a very rough picture of how award season is shaping up. But first, we take a question from…
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"Resident Evil" Is How You Adapt A Video Game (With David Sims)
September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minConflict of interest disclosure: Critical Darlings is a fully owned subsidiary of The Umbrella Corporation. Today we're joined by David Sims of Blank Check and "friend of" one of this film's featured performers (Critical Darlings'…
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A Critical Darlings Mailbag
September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 35 minAs Richard and Alison are jet-setting across Venice, Europe, and Toronto, North America, we bring to you a special pre-recorded mailbag, featuring your voicemails and questions! We get into our favorite end-credits songs; the IPs we'd…
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“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” And Video Store Nostalgia
September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 24 minGet your dipping sauces ready, it’s Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma! Starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, this meta horror picture goes to some very strange places that nonetheless right feel at home with…
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“Coyote Vs. Acme” And The Great Ketchup Rescue (With Connor Ratliff)
September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 27 minAfter an absurd and depressing attempt by David Zaslov to bury Coyote Vs. Acme, it’s finally in theaters. What’s more, it’s great, making WB’s attempts to shelve the movie for a tax write-off seem all the feckless. Rescued by the…
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“Tony” Or, Bourdain Begins (With Jaya Saxena)
August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 38 minEy wanna leahn howta shuck an oystah? Jaya Saxena of the new, worker-owned food publication Ravenous, joins us to discuss Tony, the micro-biopic about a pipsqueak version of Anthony Bourdain learning to love food in Provincetown…
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“The End Of Oak Street” Is Dino-mite (With Matt Singer)
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 38 minDinosaurs are back in business this week, with The End of Oak Street, an original blockbuster about shooting dinos in the face while getting chomped by various raptors, dactyls, and giant primordial snakes. We’re joined by Indiewire’s…
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“One Night Only” Is The Sex Purge (With Josh Gondelman)
August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 34 minIn 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 Gondelman joins us to discuss this deeply strange film which has taken the box office…