Wes was the beginning of indie for us. He deserves discussion. We are joined by hometown friend (and hero) Matthew Gossett as we cover last year's French Dispatch and the full array of our favorite Wes Anderson films, not limited to but with certain focus on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Is Tim's theory of his slump correct, that he's abandoned good characters and become "dollhouse" in his later works? Will no Renaissance arrive? Tune in for the controversy, for quoted lines, and more.

The Academy Award train rolls onto Northern Ireland, as we discuss Kenneth Branagh's autobiographical boyhood film which won Best Original Screenplay. The man is more than a Shakespearean actor it seems. We are joined on our journey by a guest-friend-warrior-poet, Dan Canders. By virtue of his degree from the University of Notre Dame, he is a perfect expert on the topic people who happen to fight and are also Irish. We discuss: "The Troubles", other pieces of Irish cinema, childhood, and immigration.