That One Inch Barrier

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #34 - The Orphanage [Spain, 2007]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October.
Our Halloween event for 2024 finishes up with Nick's pick, The Orphanage (2007), a Spanish haunted house movie from director J. A. Bayona, featuring some truly creepy kids.
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Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #33 - Let The Right One In [Sweden, 2008]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October.
The second cab off the rank is Kieran's pick, the Swedish vampire movie Let The Right One In (2008), which combines elements of romance, drama, and coming-of-age, with plenty of blood and scares.
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Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #32 - High Tension [France, 2003]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October.
Josh gets our Halloween event underway with the French slasher High Tension (2003), about two young women stalked by a mysterious killer - but all might not be what it seems.
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Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #31 - Malena [Italy, 2000]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
Your three favourite movie degenerates are back for another episode, and, this time, they're off to Italy, a country that, shockingly, they haven't been to before on the show. Close the curtains and lock the doors for this month's episode, Malena (2000), an erotic coming-of-age period drama directed by legendary Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore and starring the beautiful Monica Belluci.
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Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #30 - On Body And Soul [Hungary, 2017]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
That One Inch Barrier is out of its twenties and rapidly hurtling towards middle age as we hit Episode 30. This month, the gang check out a country that hasn't been covered on the show before, Hungary, for the spiritual romantic drama On Body And Soul (2017).
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If you want to avoid major spoilers about the ending of the film, skip from 39 minutes to 46 minutes. You've been warned!
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Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #29 - Another Round [Denmark, 2020]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
Given how much they loved The Hunt (2011), and Mads Mikkelsen in general, the trio didn't take much convincing to watch another collaboration between Mads and writer-director Thomas Vinterberg - 2021's Best International Feature winner, Another Round (2020), which is, of course, from Denmark.
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Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #28 - Mandibles [France, 2020]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
Following last month's nearly 3-hour existential odyssey, the boys settle in for something much shorter and much more irreverent, with the 77-minute French surrealist comedy Mandibles (2020), from director Quentin Dupieux.
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Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #27 - Stalker [Soviet Union, 1979]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
After a spate of modern movies, the gang travel back in time to 1979, to a country that technically no longer exists, the Soviet Union, and face their most daunting challenge yet, with legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky's post-apocalyptic sci-fi masterpiece Stalker (1979).
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Nick: instagram.com/nicksflicksfixtwitter.com/nicksflicksfixletterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix
Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #26 - Mother [South Korea, 2009]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
Welcome to "Bong June-ho", where we'll be covering three films from the career of South Korean auteur, and patron saint of the podcast, Bong Joon-ho, throughout the month of June.
All good things must come to an end, and that includes our "Bong June-ho" event. We cap off this celebration of the acclaimed director with his 2009 film Mother, a neo-noir thriller and another murder mystery, followed by a ranking of all Bong Joon-ho's Korean films to date.
If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to our show on your preferred podcasting platform. New episodes of the show release on the first Monday of each month.
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Nick: instagram.com/nicksflicksfixtwitter.com/nicksflicksfixletterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix
Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #25 - The Host [South Korea, 2006]

There’s a whole world of cinema to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles!
Join film critics Nick L’Barrow, Josh Barry and Kieran Griffiths as they recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
Welcome to "Bong June-ho", where we'll be covering three films from the career of South Korean auteur, and patron saint of the podcast, Bong Joon-ho, throughout the month of June.
From a serial killer to a murderous mutant fish, this week we're talking about the 2006 epic monster movie The Host, with Song Kang-ho reuniting with director Bong Joon-ho for their second, and not last, collaboration.
If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to our show on your preferred podcasting platform. New episodes of the show release on the first Monday of each month.
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Nick: instagram.com/nicksflicksfixtwitter.com/nicksflicksfixletterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix
Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc