Unwatchables kicks off Season 2 with special guest A.A. Dowd, former film editor of The AV Club and current culture editor at Chron. This week’s films challenge us to identify with main characters whose repellent behavior stretches the definition of “protagonist”: Mike Leigh’s blistering character study Naked, and Neil LaBute’s immersion in toxic masculinity In the Company of Men. We discuss the career-defining performances of David Thewlis and Aaron Eckhart, how we’re supposed to process such cruelty from our “heroes,” and what the hell ever happened to Neil LaBute.

You can find more from A.A. Dowd at https://www.chron.com/

Unwatchables is hosted by Marc Dottavio and Seth Troyer, produced by Tony Scarpitti, featuring artwork by Micah Kraus.
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