What is On Cinema? Well, that’s a complicated question. One so complicated that it merits its own Vulture explainer, which only scratches the surface of the absurdist project and its extended universe.
But here are the basics: On Cinema is an incredibly meta and mostly improvised take on a Siskel & Ebert–like movie review show. It began in 2011 as a podcast by the Los Angeles–based comedians Tim Heidecker, best known as one half the comedy duo Tim & Eric, and Gregg Turkington, aka insult comic Neil Hamburger.
