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Two amateurs, who are neither smart nor funny, host a comedy podcast about movie criticism.

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Friday · 2 hr 20 min
The Shining
This week's Rick's Pick WE WANNA WAIL is The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick! Enjoy our second longest episode ever as we discuss all the cool ass shit in this movie, you know what it is, don't mess with me, just let this cozy listening wash over you. Follow along with our little game here. Follow Lane on Letterboxd here. Follow Ricky to his house in Philadelphia here.
October 2 · 1 hr 27 min
The Green Mile
.WE WANNA WAIL continues with this week's Lane's Frame, The Green Mile (1999) directed by Frank Darabont! After a long intro about Lane's scary movie marathon this year and Ricky's attempts to see Buddy (2026) in theaters, we talk about this movie's sentimentality, stellar performances, and the racism of King's original novel. Watch Key & Peele's Magical Negro Fight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInlO6-JTww Follow Lane on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/toadsona/ Join the 2026 Vulture Movie Fantasy League with the mini league name "we wanna watchers": https://moviegame.vulture.com/
September 25 · 1 hr 17 min
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Happy scary season watchers 👻 Our first WE WANNA WAIL of the season is Rick's Pick, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) directed by Wes Craven! After a brief intro about antiquing, we talk about this movie's gross iconography, cozy atmosphere, and so-so performances. Plus: what's with all the sex and death? Does horror seem to have a preoccupation with those topics or what??
September 18 · 2 hr 4 min
The Searchers
This week's Lane's Frame is The Searchers (1957) directed by John Ford! After a weirdly intense discussion about the ethics of documentarian intervention in their subjects, we go loooong talking about John Wayne's star power, this movie's thorny racism and characters, and the gorgeous cinematography tying it all together. Plus: a little game.
September 11 · 1 hr 6 min
Nine to Five
In honor of Dolly Parton's recent passing, this week's Rick's Pick is Nine to Five (1980) directed by Colin Higgins. After a brief intro about serial killer weaponry (?), we discuss this movie's progressive politics, uneven pacing, and hilarious performances from Dolly, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda.
September 4 · 2 hr 18 min
The Odyssey
This week's Two Reeler is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026)! We cover our histories with Nolan, argue over people's expectations for this movie, and drive quite a few overplayed jokes into the ground. Plus: misophonia warning.
August 28 · 54 min
The Cider House Rules
This week's Lane's Frame is The Cider House Rules (1999) directed by Lasse Hallström! Sure, fine.
August 21 · 1 hr 2 min
F for Fake
This week's Rick's Pick is F for Fake (1973) directed by Orson Welles! This is the closest I have ever gotten to murdering Ricky.
August 14 · 1 hr 27 min
The Straight Story
This week's Lane's Frame is The Straight Story (1999) directed by David Lynch! Our return to Lynch is as gentle and wistful as the movie itself...not! Features a little game.
August 7 · 1 hr 11 min
Patlabor 2: The Movie
This week's Rick's Pick is Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) directed by Mamoru Oshii! After some Odyssey talk, we dive into this movie's sophisticated premise, inconsistent animation, and colonial criticism. Plus: Bankruptcy makes his podcasting debut in a big way.
July 31 · 2 hr 6 min
Man with a Movie Camera / Grizzly Man
This week's Puliter Prize-winning episode is a Two Reeler! We discuss Rick's Pick, Man with a Movie Camera (1929) directed by Dziga Vertov, and the long-awaited Lane's Frame Grizzly Man (2005) directed by Werner Herzog. One of our gentler episodes, despite the runtime! We needed to recover our dignity and minds after last week's shenanigans.
July 24 · 1 hr 45 min
The End of the Affair
This week's Lane's Frame (or is it?) is The End of the Affair (1999) directed by Neil Jordan. This episode is a weird one for reasons that become clear quickly.
July 17 · 1 hr 19 min
Fiddler on the Roof
This week's Rick's Pick is Fiddler on the Roof (1971) directed by Norman Jewison! We digress for quite a bit about Obsession (again...) and the current era of horror (AGAIN!) in relation to the movie musical before segueing into a discussion about this movie's interesting characters, uneven tone, and showstopping songs.
July 10 · 52 min
Sweet and Lowdown
This week's Lane's Frame is Sweet and Lowdown (1999) directed by Woody Allen! Our discussion about this movie is quite brief because it is slight and frothy. But sometimes that's good too, right?
July 3 · 1 hr 37 min
Nightcrawler
This week's Rick's Pick is Nightcrawler (2014) directed by Dan Gilroy! The spiritual successor to Se7en mayhaps? We talk about Gyllenhaal's star quality, the comparison of this movie to Taxi Driver or Network, and the datedness of its anti-journalism themes. We also digress about video games for like 15 minutes, because we have to do that monthly.
June 26 · 1 hr 54 min
The Matrix / I Saw the TV Glow
Our last two Pride Pics of 2026 are The Matrix (1999) directed by The Wachowski Sisters and I Saw the TV Glow (2024) directed by Jane Schoenbrun! Is transness about unplugging or plugging in? Why can't Ricky do the Agent Smith voice? Should Anthems for a Seventeen Year‐Old Girl be in every movie? All that and more on this long-ass episode!
June 19 · 1 hr 46 min
Happy Together / Fight Club
Our Pride Pics continue with Happy Together (1997) directed by Wong Kar-Wai and Fight Club (1999) directed by David Fincher. With Happy Together, we talk about our trouble connecting with the characters and story and the bury your gays trope; with Fight Club, we somehow talk about everything except the movie for 90 minutes? Weird episode!
June 12 · 1 hr 35 min
Cabaret / Beau Travail
Life is a cabaret! Or is it? Our Pride Pics continue this week with two bangers: musical drama Cabaret (1972) directed by Bob Fosse and psychological drama Beau Travail (1999) directed by Claire Denis. Eso son Reebok o son Nike?
June 5 · 2 hr 4 min
Ed Wood / Being John Malkovich
Happy Pride Month Watchers!! This week's pride pics were Ed Wood (1994) directed by Tim Burton and Being John Malkovich (1999) directed by Spike Jonze. Identity issues galore! Is the human experience inherently lonely or is that specific to men? Fetishes! Being Jesse Plemons? Is this anything? Plus: a not-so-brief intro about Curry Barker's Obsession!
May 29 · 1 hr 46 min
Se7en
This week's Rick's Pick is Se7en (1995) directed by David Fincher. DETECTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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