Drive-By Cinema

Finally! Paul and Rick resolve the difficult question of 'what is art?' This week's movie is 2018 space western Prospect.

Returning to director David Lynch for Mulholland Drive, Rick relies on cleverer people to help him understand the layers of meaning, including this analysis on YouTube. Paul holds Rick to account for his comments about the year 1986.

Paul and Rick make sweeping generalisations about French cinema as they review 1986 student poster classic Betty Blue. Rick also promises to provide a link to The Carbonaro Effect clips on YouTube.

A lesson in basic lifeguarding as Paul and Rick substitute Shortbus for the film they had previously announced. 

Phrase of the week is "easy-lifting". Paul reveals that he was Dr DVD and invented region coding. Chic lesbian crime thriller Bound is ready to play. Check out the LockPickingLawyer YouTube channel to see some real life lockpicking skills. 

Lurid serial killer movie The House That Jack Built has the power to disturb, so be wary listening to Rick and Paul's detailed discussion of it. Equally stomach-churning is the discussion of 'The Fibre Challenge'. Worth it though to learn of Paul's skills with agricultural implements. 

Emo Batman vs QAnon as Paul and Rick venture out to the actual cinema again for The Batman. Rick helps Paul find his 'white whale' which turns out to be less salacious than it sounds. 

On the eve of Word War III, Paul and Rick cheer themselves up by watching Requiem For A Dream.

Free Guy is the story of an NPC in a videogame waking-up and becoming self-aware. With relatively little self-awareness Paul and Rick discuss oven repair and Rick's favourite videogame.

We were all waiting for a movie featuring Bose-Einstein condensates and with Spectral our wish was Granted!

Paul and Rick also discuss Backrooms, and you can watch the videos mentioned here. They also discuss Paris syndrome.