Unspooled

Each week actor & comedian Paul Scheer (Black Monday, The League) and film critic Amy Nicholson (LA

Episodes

Total: 377

American Graffiti

2019/10/10

Paul & Amy cruise through 1973's George Lucas coming-of-age comedy American Graffiti! They discover

Bonus Reel: Shea Serrano

2019/10/8

In a special bonus episode this week, Paul & Amy ask Shea Serrano, writer for The Ringer and author

SOME LIKE IT HOT

2019/10/3

Amy & Paul get cookin' with 1959's Billy Wilder gender-bending comedy Some Like It Hot! They learn w

Spartacus

2019/9/26

Amy & Paul fight for 1960's Roman epic Spartacus! They discuss why Spartacus isn't usually considere

North by Northwest

2019/9/19

Amy & Paul traverse 1959’s Alfred Hitchcock blockbuster North By Northwest! They discuss what makes

On the Waterfront

2019/9/12

Paul & Amy fly the coop to 1954's Marlon Brando crime drama On The Waterfront! They ask what the fil

Lawrence Of Arabia

2019/9/5

Paul and Amy journey through 1962's David Lean WWI epic Lawrence Of Arabia! They ask if this can fai

Network

2019/8/29

Amy & Paul surf through 1976's Sidney Lumet TV news satire Network! They explore how writer Paddy Ch

The Philadelphia Story

2019/8/22

Amy & Paul flirt with 1940's archetypal Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story! Th

The Maltese Falcon

2019/8/15

Amy & Paul fly through 1941's Humphrey Bogart proto-noir The Maltese Falcon! They ask if this is the

Nashville

2019/8/8

Paul & Amy sing the praises of 1975's sprawling country opus Nashville! They compare Robert Altman's

Bringing Up Baby

2019/8/1

Amy & Paul dig into 1938's Howard Hawks screwball classic Bringing Up Baby! They ask if Cary Grant w

Pulp Fiction

2019/7/25

Paul and Amy boogie through 1994's Quentin Tarantino indie breakout Pulp Fiction! They revisit the m

Amy and Paul drink in 1966's black relationship comedy Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? They learn ab

Gone with the Wind

2019/7/11

Paul & Amy go to war over 1939's blockbuster Southern epic Gone With The Wind! They praise the chemi

The Deer Hunter

2019/7/4

Paul & Amy take aim at Michael Cimino's 1978 Vietnam War epic The Deer Hunter! They investigate the

Do The Right Thing

2019/6/27

Amy & Paul don't fight the power of 1989's Spike Lee breakthrough Do The Right Thing! They praise th

Toy Story

2019/6/20

This week Paul & Amy play with 1995's pioneering CGI adventure Toy Story! They learn about the surpr

Midnight Cowboy

2019/6/13

Paul & Amy walk into 1969's New York hustler drama Midnight Cowboy! They look for meaning in the son

What horror films should be added to the AFI's signature list? Do films like The Sixth Sense or Psyc