Outside The Frame

Welcome to the Movie Stock Market! How does it work? We'll explain: Each player is given 100 shares to invest in 5 movies releasing between January 23, 2026, and June 26, 2026. How is the value of shares determined? Each million made at the domestic box office, and each percentage on the film's Metacritic score adds a dollar to the share valuation. Tune in to hear Elijah, Maddy, Mike, and Dalton i...

The continuation of the Top 10 Films from last year! Elijah, Dalton, Mike, and Maddy continue to count down their respective favourite films from the past year. Without further ado, their Top 5 films of the past year are presented and discussed. A reminder: Our first Movie Trivia Night of 2026 is happening on Tuesday, January 20th, from 8 - 10 PM at the Holy Diver. Great prizes, great questions, g...

It's that time of year again! Elijah, Dalton, Mike, and Maddy count down their respective favourite films from the past year. 40 films is a lot to fit into one episode, so Part 1 covers positions 6 - 10 (11:10). Tune in next week to hear our Top 5 films of 2025! P.S. Our sponsored show of Lady Snowblood is taking place on Friday, January 9th at 9:30 PM. Get your tickets now at https://www.hylandci...

Outside The Frame is sponsoring a special screening of Lady Snowblood on January 9, 2025, at Hyland Cinema! To honour this (very bloody) occasion, Elijah, Mike, Dalton, and Maddy sit down to discuss Lady Snowblood --the very influential 1973 Japanese revenge flick. They discuss their individual experiences with the film and how well it's aged over the past five decades (3:20). Afterwards, we discu...

Taking it back to our Christmas special from 2024, we kick off the show by discussing some of our favourite aspects of the 2000 Christmas classic, How The Grinch Stole Christmas , including the most rewatchable scenes, hottest takes, how the film has aged, and more (5:30). Afterwards, we bust out the popcorn (literally) as we watch the 1948 version of Rudoplh The Red-Nosed Reindeer and provide liv...

First and foremost, we start by honouring the late, great Rob Reiner (1:30). Then, after easily winning the first edition of our Movie Stock Market, Mike's winning prize was the honour of choosing our next Rewatchables movie. In true Mike fashion, he chose none other than Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 film Strange Days (12:04)! We break down this cyberpunk cult classic into different categories: Most Rew...

The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes were announced Monday morning, and it's our (self-appointed) job to give you our analysis! Elijah and Mike are joined, once again, by Maddy Richard to take on the task of looking through the nominations to discuss what missed, which nominations surprised us, and what this means for certain movies/actors leading up to the Oscars! Hosts: Elijah Rae and Mike...

We finally made it! The fifth and final instalment in our Top 25 Films of the Past 25 Years list has arrived. Elijah, Mike, and Sam discuss the final five entries in our series: Django Unchained (7:00), The Zone of Interest (22:42), There Will Be Blood (36:35), Parasite (48:56), and our pick for the best film of the century so far. The rest of the list is talked about in length in previous episode...

Listen up, local filmmakers! This week Elijah and Mike are joined by Andrew Dodd from Film London to discuss a brand new project in collaboration with Hyland Cinema: The London Indie Film Initiative. This initiative is aimed at filmmakers, crews, and production that work in London, Ontario and gives them a chance to bring their final cut to the big screen! The project launches on December 4th, 202...

You chose, and we watched! From all the audience suggestions you sent in, two films were selected (at random) for Elijah and Mike to watch: Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg for Elijah, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread for Mike. Elijah and Mike start with some recent film news, including Tom Cruise receiving an Honorary Oscar and the upcoming Labubu movie (0:50). Then, they dive i...

Oscar season is still a ways away, but that doesn't stop us from giving our thoughts on what this upcoming award season might look like. Elijah and Mike are joined by Dalton and Maddy to see who they think will be nominated for the coveted 4 Oscar categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and, of course, Best Picture. There are some absolute locks, some on-the-fence suggestions, and som...

We're in the home stretch now! The fourth instalment in our Top 25 Films of the Past 25 Years list is here! Elijah, Mike, and Sam discuss the next five entries in our series, talking positions 10 through 6: Whiplash (6:06), Moonlight (21:38), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (34:34), The Handmaiden (51:10), and No Country For Old Men (58:35). Don't miss the final episode (LIVE on December 2nd...

With the last episode for October, Elijah and Mike are wrapping up the month by diving headfirst into the horror genre by breaking down where it stands in 2025, which films are truly keeping it alive, and how this year’s lineup stacks up against 2024’s. In the second half, things get heated as they take on some of the most divisive horror films of the past decade or so. Were these movies unfairly...

London's annual film festival is just around the corner, and Elijah is joined by Forest City Film Festival representatives Mina Ahmad and Ethan Hickey to discuss what this year's line-up, what sets this year's festivities apart from previous years, and the films you should be on the lookout for. You can find out more about the festival and get your tickets at fcff.ca! Afterwards, Elijah and Mike s...

It's October, so it's only right that we dive into one of the most exciting events happening in the city: Horror At The Hyland--a month-long celebration dedicated to horror films! From classic slashers to gruesome hidden gems, Elijah and Mike are joined by Dalton Pike to discuss the rest of this year's line-up and provide a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into programming an event of this scal...

The time has come for the third instalment in our Top 25 Films of the Past 25 Years list! Elijah, Mike, Ryan, and Sam discuss the next five entries in our series, taking positions 15 through 11: Arrival (9:33), Wall-E (21:53), The Wolf of Wall Street (34:13), Spirited Away (47:33), and Spotlight (54:20). We will continue to unpack this 5-part series over the course of the next couple of months on...

Elijah, Mike, and Ryan have returned after two giant events: the first edition of Movie Trivia Night at Holy Diver (which was a huge success) and, of course, the release of one of the year's most anticipated movies--One Battle After Another. Eager to discuss the movie, they are joined by friend-of-the-show Dalton Pike to rank all 10 of Paul Thomas Anderson's feature films. They also discuss the tu...

It's time for another edition of the Director's Chair, where Elijah, Mike, and Ryan each get an allotted time to produce and direct their own segments for the show. Elijah hosts the guys in a round of "Guess The Movie From The Letterboxd Review", Mike hosts a descriptive Show & Tell Segment with some of his exclusive Evil Dead collectibles, and Ryan hosts the guys in a trivia-based game of "Mo...

Mike is back! After days of waiting in lines and seeing tons of movies, Mike has returned from this year's Toronto International Film Festival to give Ryan his thoughts of how this year's ceremonies went, and the lineup of movies he was able to catch including Frankenstein, No Other Choice, The Smashing Machine, and more. With Elijah out sick this week, Mike and Ryan are joined by friend-of-the-sh...

Elijah and Ryan get in-depth about the mockumentary genre: where it started, how it's evolved over the years, and give their picks of which mockumentaries have defined each decade since the 80s. Hosts: Elijah Rae and Ryan Goodison Catch Outisde The Frame LIVE -- Every Tuesday at 6 PM on radiowestern.ca !

It's time for Part 2 of our definitive OTF edition of the Top 25 Films of the Past 25 Years! Elijah, Ryan, and previous/forever host Sam discuss the next five entries in our series, taking positions 20 through 16: The Dark Knight (4:41), American Psycho (17:45), Get Out (29:33), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (43:42), and Lost In Translation (53:41). We will be unpacking this entire...

It's Mike's birthday! We let Mike choose whatever he wanted to talk about for a full hour on his birthday episode, and, in true Mike fashion, chose two very horny, very underseen horror movies: Teeth and All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Mike, Elijah, and Ryan discuss their thoughts on the films, why they live so close to Mike's heart, and why the two films are more alike than one would think. Hosts:...

Mike, Ryan, and Elijah went to see Weapons and are here to unpack all their thoughts and feelings about Zac Creggor's brand-new horror film. They explore the movie's many strengths and what stopped it from being great . Oh, and we're now on Twitch! Every Tuesday at 6 PM (twitch.tv/radiowestern) Hosts: Elijah Rae, Mike Klassen, and Ryan Goodison Catch Outisde The Frame LIVE -- Every Tuesday at 6 PM...

For our first episode (in podcast format, anyway), Elijah, Mike, Ryan, and Sam have put together the definitive Outside The Frame edition of the Top 25 Films of the Past 25 Years. We start with the first five entries in our series: The Grand Budapest Hotel (7:47), Mean Girls (18:00), Avatar (29:58), Little Women (43:30), and Zero Dark Thirty (52:06). We will be unpacking this entire 5-part series...