Frame Work
Episodes
311 episodes
The End of Oak Street
Joon Kim came back to talk with us about dinosaur movies, Ewan McGregor's American accent, and time paradoxes.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON THREE FINALE
In which we have weird sex dreams in a tree bed. For, just, a stupid long time.
Spider-man Brand New Day
We dive back into the MCU, contemplating the appeal of Peter Parker and Tom Holland as he also dives right back into the broader MCU.
The Nolan-Oscopy: THE ODYSSEY
Sing to us, O Muse, of determined men, haunted by dead women, consciously embracing lies; of nested framing devices, portentous insert shots, and groundbreaking IMAX-ery.
TV SET - THE WIRE SEASON FIVE
In which we ponder the imposssibility of doing more with less, and near-impossibility of ending a long running show on its strongest footing.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON MID-SEASON CHECK IN
Has HOTD righted the ship, after last season's slow walk to an abrupt stop?
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: THE RANKINGS
We wrap up the Gilliam restrospective in the internet's love language, ranked lists.
The Horror Boom Of 2026
Brett Blake joins John to mull over the state of horror in a horrible year
DISCLOSURE DAY
In which, get this, there are aliens in a Spielberg movie!
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE
Gilliam's career comes to its likely close with a film with a film that somehow managed to be one of the hardest-fought triumphs in the history of film, and appropriately doomed to immediate obscurity.
TV SET - THE WIRE SEASON FOUR
School is back in session in Baltimore, as The Wire somehow completely reinvents itself without changing its stripes.
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: ZERO THEOREM
In which Gilliam gets back to form, sorta, with this basically functional dystopian satire.
TV SET - THE WIRE SEASON THREE
In which we have notes on a criminal f****ing conspiracy
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Look, it's really very simple. Heath Ledger is a suicidal fraud with amnesia and a magic pipe, who is also sometimes 3 other actors, and falls in with a medieval theater troupe in present-day London, where they operate as a front for an i...
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, and How Trump Ruined Movies
We reflect on Wilson Fisk's tenure as mayor of New York, and the ever-escalating difficulty of making genre stories that don't acknowledge the last ten years of politics.
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: TIDELAND
Gwen Sisco returns to offer measured defense of possibly Gilliam's least-loved film.
The Bioware Omnibus - MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA (pt one)
In which we wake up from a long Bioware hypersleep to roll up our sleeves and get down to some busywork.
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Chris Prentice returns to chart Gilliam's precipitous decline with this overcast, fantasy snoozer
TV SET - THE WIRE SEASON TWO
We're drinking with the longshoremen tonight.
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
David Sarnecki returns to ponder the point where the wave crested and started rolling back, both for the dream of the 1960s and Gilliam's creative prime.
Al Takes The Ultimate Nerd Test
In which Al goes under the microscope to prove his true nerd credentials
On Bill Murray
Chris Prentice returns to talk about the career comedy superstar-turned-dramatic-workhorse-turned-urban-cryptid, the inimitable Bill Murray.
And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: TWELVE MONKEYS
Joon Kim returns, but to the wrong point in the timeline, landing in a bizarre place where Bruce Willis was engaged with dramatic material, Brad Pitt was just a pretty face, and Terry Gilliam made profitable movies.
