Frame Work
A couple guys (Al Schwartz and John Bernhard) talk all things movies and TV.
Episodes
276 episodes
IT: WELCOME TO DERRY
Do not judge James Remar! Few have been tested as he has!
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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51:41
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: TIME BANDITS
In which we look at the first proper Gilliam joint.
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Season 1
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Episode 118
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1:18:47
THE CHAIR COMPANY Is The Most Important Cultural Document This Century
We aren't just whacking off! We do take this seriously!
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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54:38
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN
It's not the messiah, it's a very naughty podcast
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Season 1
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Episode 117
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48:09
BUGONIA (2025)
In which we dig into the latest Jesse Plemons joint.
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Season 1
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Episode 116
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57:23
The Bioware Omnibus - DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD (Part One)
After a decade, Bioware returns to Thedas, to frequently confounding effect.
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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1:03:27
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: JABBERWOCKY
We talk about JABBERWOCKY, Terry Gilliam's first solo directing project and a movie that definitely exists.
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Season 1
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Episode 115
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1:00:17
Frame Work's John Carpenter's The Podcast: ON CARPENTER IMITATORS
We talk about what it means to be a Carpenter Movie, and why his most imitated film is not the one that best represents his style.
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Season 1
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Episode 114
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1:08:46
TASK and the Lineage of Prestige Crime Drama on HBO
We return to Delco to ponder whether We Are Back, as far as Sunday Night appointment viewing on HBO is concerned
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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48:44
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
No one expects Dan Shea to return to Frame Work! One of his chief weapons is surprise, surprise and fear, surprise and fear and an almost fanatical devotion to examining the filmography of Terry Gilliam...
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Season 1
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Episode 113
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1:17:25
ALIEN: EARTH
Things get messy when Noah Hawley adapts ALIEN while getting more excited about PETER PAN, and accidentally getting sidetracked into WESTWORLD.
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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40:04
Cameron-arama: On Cameron Imitators
We talk about people biting James Cameron's style...which basically means a Michael Bay episode. With enough BATTLESHIP to shake a stick at. You know, for kids!
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Season 1
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Episode 112
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1:25:25
The Nolan-oscopy: On Nolan Imitators
We continue looking at the people and projects that have offered our auteurs the most sincere flattery. What makes a movie "Nolanesque"? Does he have an heir apparanent, and why did that not become Duncan Jones? Let's find out...
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Season 1
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Episode 111
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1:16:54
The Bioware Omnibus - DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (Part Four)
We finally reach the (fairly abrupt) end of INQUISITION, and the extensive DLC expansions.
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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1:11:39
Finch Club - On Fincher Imitators
We continue to examine the influence and imitations of our anointed directors' signature styles. In Fincher's case, this mainly takes the form of reviewing the attempts of his various collaborators to recreate the magic without him. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 110
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1:18:59
The Coen-Oscopy: HONEY DON'T!
In which we offer very tepid defenses of Ethan Coen's tepid new lesbian detective yarn
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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33:32
The QT Question - On Tarantino Imitators
Chris Prentice drops in to talk about the cottage industry of Tarantino knock-offs that arose in the 1990s (and beyond). Why do they have long, tortured titles full of numbers and locations? Why do they all end on the same boat? The...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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1:41:22
Zach Cregger's WEAPONS
Brett Blake returns to dig into Zach Cregger's ambitious sophomore effort.
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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1:14:47
The Bioware Omnibus - DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (Part Three)
In which oh my god this game never ends
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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1:43:22
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Is the fifth time the charm for the famous foursome?
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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55:16
The Oscar Snub Draft - Best Screenplays and Scores
In which we finally, definitively fix all the Academy's mistakes.
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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2:02:45
SUPERMAN (2025)
Alex Fletcher returns to talk over James Gunn's re-re-re-envisioning of the grandaddy of superheroes
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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1:26:33