Super Size Me
Escape from New York
Tokyo Story
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Unforgiven
Michael Clayton
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Apartment
Excalibur
Secrets and Lies
Who picked this dogshit movie? Unfortunately, this week's Lane's Frame is Super Size me (2004) directed by Morgan Spurlock. Pizza Hut! Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! Content warning: We talk pretty explicitly throughout this episode about eating disorders, fatphobia, calories and calorie counting, weight measurement and loss, body image, and basically everything to do with those subjects. Watchers beware!
This week's Rick's Pick is Escape from New York (1981) directed by John Carpenter! This episode is basically unlistenable by the end because we're both drunk.
We're idiots after all! This week's Lane's Frame is Tokyo Story (1953) directed by Yasujirō Ozu. We discuss this movie's impressive cinematography, our difficulty connecting to its plot, and just how they managed to pull off those neat background shots almost seventy years ago. Plus: a debrief about Lane's trip to NYC to see the new Glengarry Glen Ross revival.
This week's double feature of Rick's Picks were The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone and Unforgiven (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood. We get into the former's iconic soundtrack and closeups, the history of the cowboy archetype in film, and whether or not Clint Eastwood is hot. Digressions include Nintendogs, blocking people on social media, and our new podcast We Wanna Eat.
LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! This week's Lane's Frame is Michael Clayton (2007) directed by Tony Gilroy. We get into this genre of conspiracy/legal/courtroom thriller, indulgent movies, and Karen's fuckass outfits. Also at one point Ricky can't remember the name of the protagonist lmaooo. Plus: fan submitted Nosferatu content 😍
A long tangent about making our beds AND sleeping in them. Our favorite fabrics. Pee-Wee's Playhouse's dog. Killing men. Cooking ASMR. It's our Jeanne Dielman episode! This week's Rick's Pick is Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) directed by friend of the show Chantal Ackerman. We go loooong talking about this movie's psychological impact, the characterization of Jeanne Dielman, and Ricky's favorite thing: face acting. Plus a FUN KITCHEN GAME: play along here.
Is it one of the greatest movies of all time? Maybe! This week's Lane's Frame is The Apartment (1960) directed by Billy Wilder. We talk about this movie's tight screenplay, cool old tech, and treatment of transgressive topics like adultery, suicide, and eating without Youtube. Plus: we have long digressions about being sad at Christmastime, argue about what the Grinch's tulip head is made of, and reveal Ricky's identity as the Kremlin Gremlin. Join our Oscars prediction league here with the password "Plemons": https://tinyurl.com/8nswn3cz
This week's Rick's Pick is inexplicably Excalibur (1981) directed by John Boorman. We have a pretty bugnuts episode today, with topics including all the movies Ricky watched this week (!), our feelings on Monty Python, and the worst Zumba instructor of all time. Join the WWW Oscar league with the password "Plemons": https://tinyurl.com/8nswn3cz
This week's Lane's Frame is Secrets and Lies (1996) written and directed by Mike Leigh. After another loooong intro discussing some recent Oscar controversies, we talk about this movie's incredible performances, character development, and balanced treatment of adoption. Plus: is Ricky punchier when he finishes the movie 5 minutes before recording? An instagram reel mentioned in this ep that came up ORGANICALLY IN MY IG FEED: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFB9V7Ht3IU/?igsh=MXZvM2ZuamRrN2Nmbw== Join the WWW Oscar league with the password "Plemons": https://tinyurl.com/8nswn3cz
Happy birthday Ricky! This week's Rick's Picks are a double feature of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) directed by Jacques Demy and Do the Right Thing (1989) directed by Spike Lee. After a loooooong intro, we talk about our feelings towards musicals, French as a language, and how these two movies could possibly be in conversation with each other. Features the worst instance of Ricky blowing out the mic yet.