That One Inch Barrier
There’s a whole world of cinema waiting to be discovered, you just have to overcome that one inch barrier known as subtitles. Welcome to That One Inch Barrier, a monthly podcast dedicated to foreign language cinema from all around the world, hosted by Nick L’Barrow (@nicksflicksfix), Josh Barry (@filmnotions), and Kieran Griffiths (@pretentiousfilmclub) - three friends and film critics based in Brisbane, Australia. Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else you can listen to people talk on the internet! https://www.instagram.com/thatoneinchbarrier
Episodes

Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
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.
In this special Bonus Episode, the boys celebrate the show's 1 Year Anniversary with plenty of drinking, unhinged rambling, and answering all sorts of movie related questions from our beloved audience. Here's to another year of That One Inch Barrier!
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #14 - Infernal Affairs [Hong Kong, 2002]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/14_wcuxae_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
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.
Inspired by Nick's love for The Departed (2006), the boys ring in the new year with a trip to Hong Kong to check out Infernal Affairs (2002), directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the film that inspired the Martin Scorsese crime-drama.
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #13 - Tokyo Godfathers [Japan, 2003]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/13_9scg56_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
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.
In this special Christmas bonus episode, the trio travel to Japan for their first animated feature, discussing acclaimed writer & director Satoshi Kon's 2003 Christmas tragicomedy Tokyo Godfathers.
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #12 - REC & REC 2 [Spain, 2007]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/12_kn2suw_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
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.
In a first for the show, the lads discuss two films in the one episode, diving deep into the first two entries of Spanish found-footage horror franchise, REC, with REC (2007) and REC 2 (2009).
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #11 - Amores Perros [Mexico, 2000]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/11_f62rdf_300x300.jpg)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
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.
On this episode, the gang head back to Mexico for Amores Perros (2000), the debut feature of Academy Award winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant).
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #10 - All Quiet On The Western Front [Germany, 2022]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/10_jfns82_300x300.jpg)
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
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.
On this special bonus episode, our intrepid trio begin their new inter-series look at the films that have won the prestigious Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, starting with Germany's anti-war epic, All Quiet on the Western Front (2022).
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #9 - Close Up [Iran, 1990]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/9_g5f52w_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
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 the recommend and review some of their favourites from international cinema.
On this episode, the lads head to Iran to discuss acclaimed filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 docu-fiction drama, Close-Up, which blurs the line between reality and fiction by recreating and documenting a real criminal trial in Iran.
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #8 - Lagaan [India, 2001]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/8_eer7yi_300x300.jpg)
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
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.
On this episode, the lads head to India to discuss the Hindi language film Lagaan (2001), an almost 4 hour long historical sports drama, and the last Indian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #7 - Delicatessen [France, 1991]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/7_bdinzy_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
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.
On this episode, the boys discuss the 1991 French surrealist comedy "Delicatessen", from directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, who are most well known for Amélie (2001).
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
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 #6 - M [Germay, 1931]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18258636/6_f2w6fs_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
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.
On this episode, the boys discuss German director Fritz Lang's self-proclaimed magnum opus, and the genesis of film-noir, crime thrillers, and detective movies, "M", from 1931.
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.
Follow the boys on social media here:
Nick: instagram.com/nicksflicksfixtwitter.com/nicksflicksfixletterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix
Josh: instagram.com/filmnotionsletterboxd.com/filmnotions
Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclubletterboxd.com/pretentiousfc