Michael G. McDunnah
@unaffiliatedcritic.com
Michael G. McDunnah, he/him, Chicago, writer of TV and film reviews at http://unaffiliatedcritic.com, co-host of The Unenthusiastic Critic podcast.
On our way to the protests this afternoon, and getting in the mood with this album.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
YouTube video by Gil Scott-Heron - Topic
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On our way to the protests this afternoon, and getting in the mood with this album.
If anyone at the DNC could remove head from ass, they'd take a hint from the incredible response Kat Abughazaleh got today just for taking on an entrenched incumbent and suggesting the party should suck less. It's no slight against her to say people are DESPERATE for new blood, energy, and guts.
March 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If anyone at the DNC could remove head from ass, they'd take a hint from the incredible response Kat Abughazaleh got today just for taking on an entrenched incumbent and suggesting the party should suck less. It's no slight against her to say people are DESPERATE for new blood, energy, and guts.
me in the national security team group chat
March 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
me in the national security team group chat
Recommend 4 films directed by women
March 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Recommend 4 films directed by women
If someone has finally decided to make the Oscars more like the Tonys, I’m here for it.
March 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If someone has finally decided to make the Oscars more like the Tonys, I’m here for it.
Form and function: Halle’s dress is designed to cut Adrian Brody’s hands to shreds if he tries to grope her again this year.
March 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Form and function: Halle’s dress is designed to cut Adrian Brody’s hands to shreds if he tries to grope her again this year.
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Friends, this GoFundMe is, unfortunately, legit. Can’t talk about it now, but I’m sure posts about the absurdity of life are to come. Please share if you can. #EatonFire
Donate to Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire, organized by Alice Hom
Dear friends, family, and community members,
We're Alice, Di… Alice Hom needs your support for Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Friends, this GoFundMe is, unfortunately, legit. Can’t talk about it now, but I’m sure posts about the absurdity of life are to come. Please share if you can. #EatonFire
This one hurts, especially considering the increasing corporate homogenization and enshittification of movies. One of the absolute giants, a singular cinematic talent and a gloriously unique human being. The world going forward will be a lot less weird, and a little less kind.
David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78 (Gift Article)
A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This one hurts, especially considering the increasing corporate homogenization and enshittification of movies. One of the absolute giants, a singular cinematic talent and a gloriously unique human being. The world going forward will be a lot less weird, and a little less kind.
One of my oldest and best and most beloved friends—and her wife, who is also super cool—lost their home of 25 years in the fires last week. They are the sort of people who make the world better, and this sucks: if you can spare something you'll be helping really good people rebuild.
The lovely and kind Karen Yin (author of The Conscious Style Guide) lost her home in the LA fires.
So many editors have benefited from Karen's work. Let's help her back. Please make a donation, even a small one. I've been in a fire and it's terrible to lose so much of your life. gofund.me/574b5a51
So many editors have benefited from Karen's work. Let's help her back. Please make a donation, even a small one. I've been in a fire and it's terrible to lose so much of your life. gofund.me/574b5a51
Donate to Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire, organized by Alice Hom
Dear friends, family, and community members,
We're Alice, Di… Alice Hom needs your support for Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire
gofund.me
January 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One of my oldest and best and most beloved friends—and her wife, who is also super cool—lost their home of 25 years in the fires last week. They are the sort of people who make the world better, and this sucks: if you can spare something you'll be helping really good people rebuild.
Me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
December 29, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
Thread. CW: suicide.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking about Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old #transgender girl who committed suicide in 2014 after her religious parents denied her transition treatment, forced conversion therapy on her, and isolated her socially.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking about Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old #transgender girl who committed suicide in 2014 after her religious parents denied her transition treatment, forced conversion therapy on her, and isolated her socially.
November 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Thread. CW: suicide.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking about Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old #transgender girl who committed suicide in 2014 after her religious parents denied her transition treatment, forced conversion therapy on her, and isolated her socially.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking about Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old #transgender girl who committed suicide in 2014 after her religious parents denied her transition treatment, forced conversion therapy on her, and isolated her socially.
Post a picture you took to bring some Zen into the Zone
November 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Post a picture you took to bring some Zen into the Zone
I’m not at this place yet, but I know it’s the only place to go.
November 6, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I’m not at this place yet, but I know it’s the only place to go.
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i think that the people interested in recriminations and score settling right now aren’t seriously grappling with the magnitude of what happened and the implications for the rest of our lives. most of us will probably die living in the political order that will emerge out of this election.
November 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
i think that the people interested in recriminations and score settling right now aren’t seriously grappling with the magnitude of what happened and the implications for the rest of our lives. most of us will probably die living in the political order that will emerge out of this election.
Overheard my wife say to someone earlier today, "I view voting as picking my opponent for the next four years." No idea if she made that up or was quoting someone, but I have zero patience for any activist who can't understand that logic.
November 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Overheard my wife say to someone earlier today, "I view voting as picking my opponent for the next four years." No idea if she made that up or was quoting someone, but I have zero patience for any activist who can't understand that logic.
At 4PM, on the last day of early voting, in my Chicago district where the outcome of not a single major race is in doubt, the line to vote is currently stretching all the way around the block, in a light rain. People are motivated, people are turning out, and pollsters are gonna look stupid on 11/6.
November 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
At 4PM, on the last day of early voting, in my Chicago district where the outcome of not a single major race is in doubt, the line to vote is currently stretching all the way around the block, in a light rain. People are motivated, people are turning out, and pollsters are gonna look stupid on 11/6.
The only successful Halloween costume of my adult life was my Count Orlok from NOSFERATU a few Halloweens ago. (I sacrificed my beard for this costume: the head, fortunately, was undead-ready, and the sickly-pale complexion only needed a little enhancement.)
November 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM
The only successful Halloween costume of my adult life was my Count Orlok from NOSFERATU a few Halloweens ago. (I sacrificed my beard for this costume: the head, fortunately, was undead-ready, and the sickly-pale complexion only needed a little enhancement.)
With J.D. Vance so universally unpopular, I don't understand why there isn't more focus—from the media, and from the Harris campaign—on his being one demented heartbeat away from the presidency. The idea of Hillbilly Himmler in the Oval Office sure scares the crap out of me.
nice to see NYTimes drop the sanewashing and instead compile examples of just how bizarre his speech is now, and how little he campaigns (less than a quarter as many rallies as 2016)
gift link so you can send this to the fascist weirdos in your life
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/u...
gift link so you can send this to the fascist weirdos in your life
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/u...
Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age
With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a revie...
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2024 at 4:42 PM
With J.D. Vance so universally unpopular, I don't understand why there isn't more focus—from the media, and from the Harris campaign—on his being one demented heartbeat away from the presidency. The idea of Hillbilly Himmler in the Oval Office sure scares the crap out of me.
(1-15) Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, Lawrence Block, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, J.M. Coetzee, Michael Connelly, Robertson Davies, Lawrence Durrell, John Fowles, Neil Gaiman, John Irving, Henry James, Stephen King...
Thirty?
1. L. Frank Baum
2. Edward Eager
3. Enid Blyton
4. Lloyd Alexander
5. Dick Francis
6. Robert A. Heinlein
7. Lawrence Block
8. Donald E. Westlake
9. Robert Crais
10. Michael Connolly
11. John Sandford
12. Robert B. Parker
13. Stephen King
14. Terry Pratchett
15. Neil Gaiman
16. Roger Zelazny
1. L. Frank Baum
2. Edward Eager
3. Enid Blyton
4. Lloyd Alexander
5. Dick Francis
6. Robert A. Heinlein
7. Lawrence Block
8. Donald E. Westlake
9. Robert Crais
10. Michael Connolly
11. John Sandford
12. Robert B. Parker
13. Stephen King
14. Terry Pratchett
15. Neil Gaiman
16. Roger Zelazny
I did a full blog post of this one with links, but I also want to know yours. 30 Authors by Whom I’ve Read at Least 5 Books
October 6, 2024 at 1:52 AM
(1-15) Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, Lawrence Block, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, J.M. Coetzee, Michael Connelly, Robertson Davies, Lawrence Durrell, John Fowles, Neil Gaiman, John Irving, Henry James, Stephen King...
Everyone probably has their ideal internet era. For me it was around 2008-12. FB was still a great way to stay in daily touch with friends. Twitter was for clever jokes. And there were at least a dozen really good websites with really good writers (and comment sections) that I read every single day.
October 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Everyone probably has their ideal internet era. For me it was around 2008-12. FB was still a great way to stay in daily touch with friends. Twitter was for clever jokes. And there were at least a dozen really good websites with really good writers (and comment sections) that I read every single day.
Kids, I held out as long as I could, but I just can't watch the debate. The only response I want to hear to anything J.D. Vance says is this, and Tim is far too nice:
October 2, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Kids, I held out as long as I could, but I just can't watch the debate. The only response I want to hear to anything J.D. Vance says is this, and Tim is far too nice:
While today's a day of mourning for some Chicago North-siders, for the rest of us it's a joyous secular holiday: The last day all year we have to ask "Is there a motherf-ing Cubs game today?" before planning a journey. For the next six months the streets and trains will be quiet, and 67% more sober.
September 29, 2024 at 12:29 PM
While today's a day of mourning for some Chicago North-siders, for the rest of us it's a joyous secular holiday: The last day all year we have to ask "Is there a motherf-ing Cubs game today?" before planning a journey. For the next six months the streets and trains will be quiet, and 67% more sober.
Motherfuckers.
The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams
September 24, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Motherfuckers.