Grumpire

About Grumpire

Honestly, we don’t want to be a film site. We don’t want you to come here looking for the latest in film news, or for commonplace articles outlining the best or worst in this or that, or for endless gushy drivel on what’s popular. We don’t want you to come here to find essays that put the writer’s ego before the importance of the film. Basically, we don’t want you to come here to be bored. Here at Grumpire, we think positively about the value of criticism. We’re not here to feel important, or to score points, but to really, genuinely appreciate culture for what it is. And sometimes, that means being a grump. But hey, cynicism comes naturally to our generation. We know there is an audience of filmgoers out there who have discerning tastes, and brothers and sisters, we are here for you. We want to help our audience reconsider the affect filmmaking has on them, and go beyond the conventional “good” and “bad.” Let’s get smart, let’s get engaged, let’s get weird. Please, join us on our journey to truly enjoy culture again.

Publisher

Grumpire

Category

society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jun 2021

Latest episode

14 Apr 2023

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Apr 2023

   GRUMPIRE INTERVIEWS! SPECIAL: GREGG ARAKI AND THE TEENAGE APOCALYPSE

   GRUMPIRE 22: All For the Low Price of $6.66 Justin Harlan provides us with this special interview with filmmaker Gregg Araki, and the impressions below: As I noted in my first piece on the Teenage […]

2. 

   24 Dec 2022

   GRUMPIRE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL WITH JAY ALARY

   Grumpire 21, Christmas 0 Joining us for Christmas from The Great White North is Grumpire Assistant Editor, Jay Alary.

3. 

   31 Oct 2022

   GRUMPYR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL FEATURING COWBOY CODER

   GRUMPIRE 20 Welcome ghouls to the Grumpyr Halloween Special! Tonight we are going trick or treating with nerdcore musician Cowboy Coder! But beware! Because there may be more tricks than there are treats…. Cowboy Coder […]

4. 

   10 Oct 2022

   PRESTON FASSEL DOESN’T LIKE ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD’

   Grumpire 19, once upon a time in hollywood 0 For this episode, we’re going retro. Thanks to guest Preston Fassel, we have two films considered to be masterful Hollywood period pieces — one is just […]

5. 

   6 Jun 2022

   TAFFETA DOESN’T LIKE THE BIG LEBOWSKI

   Grumpire 18, The Big Lebowski 0 Welcome to our 4/20 special! Never mind what the actual date is, it’s always 4/20 somewhere, and how better to celebrate than talking over a couple of egregiously smoke-friendly […]

6. 

   13 Dec 2021

   MC LARS DOESN’T LIKE HALF BAKED

   Grumpire 17, Half Baked 0 Once upon a time, there was a nerdcore rapperHe had an opinion that a film should be in the crapperA stoner comedy of mid-’90s fame the one that gave Dave […]

7. 

   3 Dec 2021

   JESSICA SCOTT DOESN’T LIKE BLACK X-MAS

   Grumpire 16, Black Christmas 1 Season’s Greetings, Christmas Creeps! It’s time to iron out your Santa socks and stare blankly at your fruitcake because we’re back to ruin your yuletide cheer with a seasonally appropriate […]

8. 

   7 Sept 2021

   SPENCER SEAMS DOESN’T LIKE MANDY

   Grumpire 15, Mandy 0 Heavy Metal Horror Fans beware, we’re joined on this episode by friend and fellow podcaster Spencer Seams to discuss what just doesn’t sit right for him about Panos Cosmatos’ horror/fantasy epic […]

9. 

   29 Jul 2021

   G.G. GRAHAM DOESN’T LIKE PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

   Grumpire 14, Promising Young Woman 0 Joining us on this episode is cult film aficionado G.G. Graham! G.G. specializes in exploitation, so it’s no wonder she would bring us a couple of genuinely ruthless tales […]

10. 

    21 Jun 2021

    MIKE SNOONIAN DOESN’T LIKE TOY STORY 3

    Grumpire 13, Toy Story 3 0 We’re excited to have our guest Mike Snoonian on the show this time not only because he is a warm, inviting, and analytical person in his own right, but […]

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4.4 / 5

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