We Wanna Watch

McDonald's again?! This week's Rick's Pick is Yi Yi (2000) directed by Edward Yang. After our usual argument about RogueLike DeckBuilders (TM), we discuss this movie's understated performances, gorgeous long takes, and the idea of a movie allowing people to see the perspectives of others. Digressions include how we hate the word "panties" and OH MY GOD A CENTIPEDE IS ATTACKING ME HELP ME PLEASE

This week's Lane's Frame is Battleship Potemkin (1925) directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Hard for two idiots to talk about a one hundred year old movie, but we managed to do it for a whole hour! Just ignore all the digressions about what constitutes a modern movie, Palworld, and Twilight. Also, Ricky's friendship with the KGB ended, Mormonism is Ricky's friend now.

This week's Rick's Pick is The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) directed by Richard Williams. As the movie with the longest-ever time spent in production, we go long talking about the different versions of the film, its gorgeous animation, and completely incomprehensible story. Digressions include bottled water, creative "geniuses", and Aladdin's racism. Warning! We talk about puking a lot in the firs...

This week's Lane's Frame is Pride & Prejudice (2005) directed by Joe Wright! A canonical Lane's Frame, this movie charms the pants off of us both, even though I was sick and Ricky was tired during this record so we sound a lot more muted than normal. A shockingly short episode. I can't believe we forgot to talk about the sounds of birds chirping!

This week's Rick's Pick is In the Mood for Love (2000) directed by Wong Kar-wai! Part movie discussion, part ethical argument about romance and fate, this episode gets into the psychology of the two leads, the sumptuous colors and cinematography, and whether roleplaying as your spouse's affair partner with your spouse's affair partner's spouse counts as cheating. Plus: fuck Blue Prince and the hou...

This week's new release episode is A Minecraft Movie (2025) directed by Jared Hess. With friend of the show and special guest Sy, we go long on the Minecraft of it all and talk very little about the movie, which is deeply fine and not really remarkable in any way. Plus, a continued conversation about what "cis" means. Follow Sy (l0nech3f) on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/l0nech3f/videos

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 thos...

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...

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 D...

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...

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 u...

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...

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...

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 posit...

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...

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 pe...

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??