Oscar winning film composer Michael Giacchino joins us to talk about composing for comedy and the genius of Laurel & Hardy

We are delighted to have Writer/Director Vera Drew on the show to talk about The People's Joker, directing On Cinema At The Cinema and the transgressive beauty of the films of John Waters!

Legendary writer/director Shane Black joins us to talk about the difficulties of making bitterwsweet comedy and how growing old might be the cruelest joke of all.

We've reached the end of the tale of Job and reflect on what it means that this piece of hilarious satire has remained in the Bible for so long and how we can use it's lessons to move beyond God and start caring for each other.

Our examination of the Book of Job as a work of satire continues! Elihu, the annoying teenager at a cocktail party, shows up and holds forth until God arrives in a whirlwind and throws the greatest temper tantrum the world has ever seen.

This week we continue our comedic dissection of the Book of Job and focus on the three "comforters" who win the grand prize for the worst friends of all time.

For years we have talked about how the Book of Job is a staggering piece of satire and the first work of dark, comedic literature. Join us for the first of our multi episode examination of the greatest comedic character of all time: The Old Testament God.

Screenwriter (and funniest man Jacob has ever had the pleasure of meeting) Ryan Rowe joins us to talk about cleverness in comedy and why Chris considers clever to be the sworn enemy of The Funny.

In this week's episode we are joined by Greg Brooker to discuss the tragicomedies of Max Jacob, Nathaneal West and Samuel Beckett.

New On Cinema content is here with The VFA Expert Hollywood Tour! We break down Gregg Turkington's own version of the magical mystery tour and also discuss the comedic plays of Aristophanes.