Rules of the Frame

Connor & Jon finish off the series with a film that had great ambition, but fell short of the imagined product: David Lynch's Dune. The two argue over what qualities drove Lynch to make the film, whe…

Connor and Jon are left nearly speechless by the tastelessness of the film that "Hollywood doesn't want you to see." There's good reason for that slogan as it is nearly unbearable to watch. Even so, …

Connor & Jon are joined by Andrew Lewis to discuss James Cameron's debut film: Piranha II. They discover that the film is nowhere near as fun as they thought it would be. Due to that realization they…

Connor & Jon bring in Elise Yeomans to crack open the Disney vault and discuss The Black Cauldron. The hosts think the film should be locked away, while Elise makes some good cases on its worth and o…

Connor & Jon discuss one of the most infamous box-office bombs of all time: Ishtar! In order to adequately cover the impact of this film they bring in Connor's father Rod Reed, one of the few people …

Connor & Jon are so appalled(& bored) that they have to bring in Star Wars expert Chris Ridings, to help keep them awake. He shares about what it's like to live Star Wars every day working at Disney …

Connor & Jon dig through the VHS' to find Noah Baumbach's forgotten (or thrown out) third film. They try to guess at what the intended purpose of the film was and why Eric Stoltz didn't play the main…

Connor & Jon are joined by their old co-worker, Travis Olson, to dig into Stanley Kubrick's worst film. They try to find his roots and genius in this snooze-fest of a war film. And ponder whether the…

Connor & Jon need help tearing into this awful movie, and that's why they brought on their good friend Ed Blizzard to rip Catwoman apart. Ed explains why the film is a disgrace to a great character. …

Connor & Jon start off their new series with one of the most chaotic films of all time and they are not too happy about it. They try to analyze why Spielberg can't make a direct comedy, what Zemeckis…

Connor & Jon introduce their next series in which they dive into films that were covered up by their director, actor, or studio for differing reasons. They hope to examine these, sometimes anomalies,…

Connor & Jon get their feet wet in discussing the film that created the modern blockbuster: Jaws! Probably the most well known limitation in film history that created the perfect horror/adventure fil…

Connor & Jon get ethereal when studying the philosophic and whispered Terrence Malick film: Knight of Cups. They ponder how much of Malick's worldview supersedes the Tarot card theme, if torpedoing b…

Connor & Jon try to reign in the zaniness that comes up when you bring Steve Snediker on an episode about Terry Gilliam. The name of the film is Brazil and boy does it take them for a ride. Together …

Connor & Jon struggle to find out if Dogme 95 really aided creatively to the making of The Celebration. Would Dogme 95 be improved if its rules dealt specifically with things that the directors relie…

When recording Jon's challenge we went over the time limit and had a fun discussion on poster design and strange stories about studio heads. So we wanted to share this messy extended look into our re…

This week Connor is joined by Michelle Johnson to discuss the only main-stream American film noir directed by a woman: The Hitch-Hiker. They compare the two hostages situation to that of film & TV cr…

Connor & Jon try to examine both 300 years of Russian history AND one of the most daring films in the 21st century with Russian Ark. They are both awed and mystified by the technicality of the film, …

Connor is reunited with Riley after a 1 episode break, and they are both joined by drummer, Dan Funk, to discuss Damien Chazelle's Whiplash. They discuss their own personal band stories, how great it…

Connor & Jon break down Christopher Nolan's first feature film: Following. Nolan begins his career with a no-budget, skeleton crew, weekend shot neo-noir that delivers with twists and thrills. It's g…