ÉTAT HER

Framed Daily Movie Guessing Game Breakdown: August 1 Answer Is Ben Affleck's Self-Directed "Live By Night"

Framed, the daily one-screenshot movie guessing game, points to 2016 crime action film "Live By Night" for its August 1 puzzle — a movie both directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Full gameplay breakdown and hints inside.

Framed Daily Movie Guessing Game Breakdown: August 1 Answer Is Ben Affleck's Self-Directed "Live By Night"

One screenshot, six chances — guess wrong and you move on to the next frame. That's the rule for Framed, and it's also what sets it apart from Wordle the most. Players aren't decoding letter patterns here, but rather how a director chose to frame a shot: some puzzles give it away in the very first still, while others don't click until the fifth or sixth reveal.

August 1's puzzle falls into the latter category. The official clues pointed to a 2016 American action-drama film directed by Ben Affleck, who also starred in it, alongside two other lead actors, Zoe Saldaña and Elle Fanning. The answer turned out to be "Live By Night" — a film where Affleck pulled double duty as director and leading man. That kind of dual role tends to make Framed puzzles trickier by design, since the visual clues can easily be mistaken for one of his other films.

The gameplay is simple: open your browser, go to framed.wtf, and guess the movie title based on that day's screenshot. Guess correctly and you'll be taken straight to the results screen; guess wrong and a new screenshot unlocks, up to six tries total. Worth noting — any version of "Framed" found on app stores or other platforms is not official. The game currently only exists as a web browser experience.

If you didn't get August 1's puzzle right, here are the answers from the previous few days: "The Tragedy Of Macbeth," "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things," "Mo' Better Blues," "I, Robot," "Incredibles 2," "22 Jump Street," and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." A new puzzle drops the following day.

Related

What to know | Cece Natalie's New Song "Flood Whole Towns" MV: She Kills Herself Off, Refuses to Be the Hero of Her Own Story
Culture

What to know | Cece Natalie's New Song "Flood Whole Towns" MV: She Kills Herself Off, Refuses to Be the Hero of Her Own Story

The key details: Cece Natalie teamed up with director Hannah De Vries to craft a medieval-fable-style MV that ends with her own death; the single, co-produced with Aaron Shadrow, deliberately drops Autotune to preserve a deliberately "unpretty" tone.

Three Years in the Making: Paul Banks Teams Up with Liars' Aaron Hemphill on a New Berlin-Based Band
Culture

Three Years in the Making: Paul Banks Teams Up with Liars' Aaron Hemphill on a New Berlin-Based Band

Having relocated to Berlin, Interpol's Paul Banks joined forces with Liars guitarist Aaron Hemphill to launch a new project tentatively named Berlin Project. Three years of work have gone into the album, slated for release next year, though a record label has yet to be secured.

Bodega Left New York Behind — Recording Album Four Inside a Leeds Church
Culture

Bodega Left New York Behind — Recording Album Four Inside a Leeds Church

Out today, *All Inside Aquarium* marks Bodega's first album made away from home turf. Frontman Ben Hozie opens up about outgrowing the "post-punk" tag, a dream visit from his late mother, and where he stands on the Geese controversy.

Ed Sheeran Recruits Two New Opening Acts After Macklemore's Tour Exit Over Pro-Palestine Chant
Culture

Ed Sheeran Recruits Two New Opening Acts After Macklemore's Tour Exit Over Pro-Palestine Chant

Former The Fray frontman Isaac Slade and American Idol alum Brooks Rosser have been tapped by Ed Sheeran to open his tour, filling the slot left vacant after Macklemore was removed for shouting "Free Palestine" onstage. Openers for the South America leg have yet to be revealed.

A Week-Long Blue Teaser—Then Girl In Red Drops New Single "Blue"
Culture

A Week-Long Blue Teaser—Then Girl In Red Drops New Single "Blue"

Marie Ulven's new single "Blue" arrives October 9 via Columbia Records, her first in over a year, continuing her signature style of raw, exposed heartbreak songwriting. In the lead-up, she gradually dyed her social media profile picture and an old cover art blue over the course of a week, setting the stage for the release.

November Will Bring a Live Album from Björk and an Icelandic Choir, Born from Vocal-Electronic Rebalancing During Pandemic Rehearsals
Culture

November Will Bring a Live Album from Björk and an Icelandic Choir, Born from Vocal-Electronic Rebalancing During Pandemic Rehearsals

Recorded live at Reykjavik's Harpa concert hall in 2021 with the Hamrahlíð Choir, Björk's "Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir" is due November 27 across vinyl, CD, Blu-ray, and DVD formats.