Mulholland Drive
The Killer (1989)
The Piano Teacher
Reservoir Dogs
Nashville
While You Were Sleeping / The Christmas Chronicles
Om Shanti Om
Mysterious Skin
Silencio...is what the haters would say to this podcast! This week's Lane's Frame is Mulholland Drive (2001) written and directed by the late David Lynch. After taking time to discuss the Oscar nominations that dropped earlier in the day, we try to go as long as possible without trying to dissect the plot of this movie while discussing its nightmarish vibes, the impressive cinematography, and how much we liked the cowboy lol. Plus: you wanna play a little GAME?
This week's Rick's Pick is John Woo's 1989 crime drama, The Killer. Featuring special guest Christopher, we talk about our favorite action movies, the history of the "gun-fu" genre, and this movie's Cool Ass Vibes. Plus: we go long on tabletop roleplaying (should Christopher and Ricky start an actual play?) and I shit talk some Oscar movies for a minute.
This week's Lane's Frame is The Piano Teacher (2001) directed by Michael Haneke. Maybe not best characterized as a fucked up movie for freaks! We go long on Erika's psychology, BDSM dynamics, menstrual blood in movies, and our writing pet peeves. Plus: Ricky's cats meow a lot in this episode, oh my god.
Content warning...for a bunch of cool guys! This week's Rick's Pick is Reservoir Dogs (1992) directed by Quentin Tarantino. We get into the aesthetics and glorification of violence, homoeroticism, the ear scene, and the antiblack racism that buoys this whole movie. Plus: we go long on Wallace and Gromit and dabble in a new fancasting game.
Happy new year! We're starting 2025 with a totemic classic of American cinema, Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman. We get into the political landscape at the time, the movie's interesting character storytelling, and the style and setting's similarities to Boogie Nights. Tune in for lots of cat talk and a revisit of our early episode G*mergate discussion. Plus: what exactly is Ricky's position on taxing churches?
This combo Rick's Pick/Lane's Frame episode covers two Christmas movies: While You Were Sleeping (1995) directed by Jon Turteltaub and The Christmas Chronicles (2018) directed by Clay Kaytis. We pay the Kurt Russell Netflix movie dust and instead ramble about rom coms, Phineas and Ferb, and getting hit by a train to score a girl. Happy holidays everyone!
All the hot girls put your hands up and say: We Wanna Watch! This week's Lane's Frame is Om Shanti Om (2007) directed by Farah Khan. Our first Bollywood movie discussion covers a lot of ground, including our history with Indian cinema, the fall of the American movie star, and our Zumba proclivities. Plus: Ricky's favorite Broadway musical, Hamlet. Not to be like If I Was in An Ari Aster Movie It'd Be Different but if I peep through a keyhole and see Christopher fucking a girl on the ground in a barn I'm kicking down the door.
We're starting off our year two of our podcast with a stellar Rick's Pick, Mysterious Skin (2004) directed by Gregg Araki. We discuss this movie's approach to sexuality, excellent performances, and beautiful, bittersweet ending. Digressions include internet cruelty and Ricky's apartment falling apart. Please be warned that this movie and our discussion both cover topics like sexual violence and pedophilia, so watcher discretion is advised.
Welcome to our first annual awarding of Gold Watches, where we honor all the films that We Wanna Watched! Join us to reflect on our 64 movies watched as we celebrate our first year of the podcast. How many people done doubted us?! Please enjoy this long, meandering hangout of an episode with lots of cat-related interruptions. Thanks to all watchers for listening! And watching, right? RIGHT??
Our last movie of the fiscal year (and by that I mean it's been almost a year of the podcast!) is this week's Lane's Frame, The Great Escape (1963) directed by John Sturges. We have quite a few digressions in this episode about the banality of evil, depicting war in movies, and why the Nazi salutes in this movie seem so funky. Also, a brief intro about 2024's Look Back directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. Also the MEOWING. Ricky's cats were really fucking loud this episode. Here's the clip of George Mackay running to Roman Holiday (not Roman's Revenge, my bad).