Frame Work

Send us Fan Mail The guys discuss the generally amiable mess that is WW84, the definition of nitpicking, and the whole misbegotten affair that is the DC Cinematic Universe.

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome their Kiwi Kompadre Ben Hansen, aka Bucho, to explain the finer points of CLONE WARS and defend the light, crowd-pleasing delights of THE MANDALORIAN from the Dark Side of Al's incessant negativity.   Subtopics include video gamification of TV, justic for Pedro Pascal's skull, a thirst for villains,  and the truly daunting mass of Star Wars series that h...

Send us Fan Mail John and Al talk up the latest, messiest season of FX's shockingly great "adaptation" of the Coen Brothers' crime classic, before doing a quicker, Boba Fett-centric check up on The Mandalorian  (70:45).

Send us Fan Mail John and Al attempt to chart the history of rowbuts on film, and how a genre long defined by allegorical significance is beginning to clash with a modern reality where computer intelligence manifests as less Kunta Kinte from ROOTS and more Jerry Lundegaard from FARGO. 

Send us Fan Mail John and Al wrap up the QT catalogue with the surprisingly respectful, oddly wistful but still jarringly and gratuitously violent ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD.  We talk about what it means to respect or disrespect the memories of Sharon Tate and Bruce Lee in 2020, the eroding differences between film and TV, the oddball structural choices, and whether its possible for the endin...

Send us Fan Mail Finally, two white guys talk about LOVECRAFT COUNTRY.   The main focus is in how it disappointed in the scares department, which leads to more general discussion of horror and how hard it is to do it in the TV format.

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome Chris Prentice to parse the underpinnings of the American Western, whether Michael Madsen is actually good,  truth and lies, Tarantino's age-blindness, Netflix's clumsy editing,  and arguably the most provocative and least coherent ending of QT's career.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al look at the finale season, assess what went wrong, what made people mad, and compare it to the other Epic Saga finales of 2019.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al look back on Game Of Thrones , and attempt to map the cultural genome that allowed it to rise to the very peak of Peak TV.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al welcome Jesse Perry to talk about Tarantino's sloppiest piece of provocation, DJANGO UNCHAINED.  They talk at great length about the film's great length, speculate on different iterations the movie could have taken, manage to avoid saying the N-Word, even once!

Send us Fan Mail The guys abandon all pretense and just fawn over Tarantino's self-proclaimed "masterpiece" for 90 minutes.  Topics of said fawning include spies, interrogations, Brad Pitt's accent, the power of cinema, and just what the hell Mike Myers is doing here anyway.

Send us Fan Mail Topics of conversation include Slasher films, the appeal of overwritten dialogue, whether or not this is in the conversation for all-time best Kurt Russell performances,  some consideration of the environment this film was released in, and where Quentin’s head might have been at the time regarding Uma Thurman, Weinstein, and his own legacy!

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome their first guest, long time internet-friend Joon Kim, to talk about the chatty, somewhat flabby conclusion to Tarantino's gonzo epic of samurai/western/anime/exploitation/superhero indulgence.

Send us Fan Mail Tarantino let's every wild, indulgent impulse he restrained in JACKIE BROWN loose, and the guys are here for it

Send us Fan Mail John and Al talk about Tarantino's foray into adapting Elmore Leonard, attempts to diversify his characters, tamp down his signature stylings, and avoid the sophomore slump. Also, the audio will get better with future installments, so thanks for bearing with us threw the growing pains.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al discuss the Tony Scott-directed, Tarantino-scripted crime caper TRUE ROMANCE, what it reveals about the video store nerd's view of love, what constitutes a manic pixie dream girl, and Gandolfini's sneaky attempt to outshine Walken in the one-off gangster hall of fame.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al continue discussing the moral calculus of the QT universe and whether "wash the car and change your clothes" is really enough to elevate one to criminal mastermind status.

Send us Fan Mail John and Al talk about the most important movie ever made about nothing in particular.

Send us Fan Mail Al Schwartz and John Bernhard begin a look at the filmography of Quentin Tarantino as they marvel at the structure, audacity, performances and unmotivated racism of the auteur's freshman feature, RESERVOIR DOGS.