"I need you to step out of the car, sir."

In our inaugural, borderline unlistenable episode, we discuss the winner of the 2008 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, No Country For Old Men, based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy.

Topics include Cormac McCarthy's literary career, Tanner unintentionally misquoting the opening line from Child of God for years, Blood Meridian, Westerns, Narrative Frames, The Unconscious, Intergenerational Conflict, the Coen Brothers' entire filmography, and osmosis between Cormac and the Coens' style and subject matter.

We also introduce ourselves and each rattle off 10 films to reveal our tastes, while desperately fighting the urge to seem cool.

"Titanium card? How the cuss did you qualify for this??"

Oh boy, oh boy. We are talkin' Roald Dahl and Wes Anderson, the two most scrumdiddlyumptious storytellers. An absolute phizzwizard.

Topics include Dahl's heroics in WWII, his anti-semitism, his tips for writing, his career in espionage, and how he began writing with the help of C.S. Forester (Not E.M.), James and the Giant Peach, Dahl's children, metaphysics in The BFG, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach writing at Gipsy House, and Tanner sneaking off from a family reunion to drive to the premiere of Moonrise Kingdom.

We also attempt to rank Wes's other films using a self-conscious tier system and Matt wins cool points for placing Bottle Rocket higher than anticipated.

"Change your hair, change your life."

Flow in through a karmic thermal as we journey into the dark heart of cinema and literature in our episode about everything Pynchon/Thomas Anderson.

Topics include Tanner's passion for sneaking dried fruit into the movie theater, unpacking the mythic reclusiveness of Thomas Pynchon, his crazy writing habits and awesome character names, the secret to music interviewer Nardwuar's clairvoyance, PTA's use of film language, comparisons to Robert Altman, Eric Roberts' craggy face and a fiery take on Owen Wilson's performance in this film.