A podcast dedicated to the films you probably should have seen, but for some reason never quite got round to watching... plus a few obscure ones that you've probably never heard of but should watch anyway. Join Lewis and Ian as they laugh in the face of each other's film recommendations and attempt…
Ian and Lewis pick out their top five films from 2024.
A look back at the movies we watched in 2023.
After a long hiatus, we're back to look at the films we've watched in 2022.
A look back at the best and worst films we've seen this year.
Let Neptune strike ye dead Winslow! Hark, Triton! Hark!
This year we discuss a classic Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee.
We're all bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it.
Merely four months into the year, here comes our first podcast of 2020 - all about the classic Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski. Enjoy. Continue reading →
Our (sort-of) annual look back at the year in film. Merry Christmas, everyone! Continue reading →
The boys are back in town. This time with a look at a creaky 1980s vampire flick. Enjoy!
How does the 1980s classic cult movie hold up today? Well, Ian hadn’t seen it until now, so let’s find out what a middle-aged man makes of a teen film from 30 years ago… 101 Films Podcast 086 – Weird … Continue reading →
After a gap of four (4!) years, 101 Films have released another ‘Extra’. Now the dust has settled, Lewis and Ian take a look at Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Is it good? Is it? IS IT? Yeah, sort of. … Continue reading →
A reader recommendation this week – Seven Samurai from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. What a treat it was! 101 Films Podcast 085 – Seven Samurai
After a lengthy hiatus, we’re back with a look at the epic anime Redline, with its loopy characters and insane race sequences. Buckle up! 101 Films Podcast 084 – Redline
It’s 101 Films favourite time of year, Halloween (or HALLOWEEEEEEEEENNNN!). Now we know our podcasting isnt as regular as it once was, but we always make a special effort for Halloween. This year we’ve picked as our subject what many … Continue reading →
Hello again, long time no see. Here we are with a tribute to the late, great Gene Wilder, with a look at The Producers. Now GIVE ME MY BLUE BLANKET. 101 Films Podcast 082 – The Producers
Never let it be said that 101 Films shys away from jumping on band wagons. Especially when that band wagon is hooked up to one of the most successful film franchises ever! Listen to Lewis and Ian’s thoughts on the … Continue reading →
Merry Christmas everyone! As Lewis prepares to attend a midnight screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the duo look back over all the films they haven’t seen in 2015… and marvel at how violent the eighties were. 101 Films … Continue reading →
This week we cover the 1999 film All About My Mother, which causes Lewis to reminisce about his Bohemian days in Barcelona and Ian to lament how old we all are. Also, Penelope Cruz dressed up as Mario. 101 Films … Continue reading →
It may not be the best John Carpenter film, it may not be the best conspiracy film, it probably even isn’t the best film with a former wrestler in it’s lead role, but damnit, They Live is something special… 101 … Continue reading →
A very, very belated International Woman’s Day influenced podcast. Lewis and Ian watch the 1980 screwball classic Nine to Five. 101 Films Podcast 078 – Nine to Five
Recorded on Oscar night, we give our wildly diverging opinions on the hotly tipped Richard Linklater film Boyhood, as well as offering our own, mostly wrong, Oscar predictions. 101 Films Podcast 077 – Boyhood
Its the 101 Films 2015 New Year Special! Here we discuss the releases of 2014, what we thought of them (of the three or four we actually saw) and look ahead at what 2015 has in store for us… 101 … Continue reading →
This week we look at the 1980s classic Wall Street, a movie that, brilliantly, features a cocktail-serving robot, not to mention the first depiction of a mobile phone in a Hollywood film. It also features that guy from Hotshots and … Continue reading →
This week we have another slightly crackly Skype podcast in which we discuss reader recommendation The Warriors and get all carried away with making up gang costumes. 101 Films Podcast 075 – The Warriors
In a belated Halloween podcast, we review the classic Hammer film Quatermass and the Pit. Apologies for the poor sound quality, this is our first attempt to record over Skype! 101 Films Podcast 074 – Quatermass and the Pit
To tie in with the World Cup, sort of, we review the brilliant Brazil. After being disappointed by The Fisher King and Twelve Monkeys, Ian finally gets why Terry Gilliam is held in such high regard. 101 Films Podcast 073 … Continue reading →
In our second movie marathon, we take a rare excursion into horror territory with a look back at some choice films from Tobe Hooper’s career. We begin with the chilling but brilliant Texas Chainsaw Massacre, followed by the odd but … Continue reading →
A cult classic for our 72nd film; Phantom of the Paradise. Lewis and Ian were charmed by it’s sheer joie de vivre. And BEEF. 101 Films Podcast 072 – Phantom of the Paradise
In celebration of Mother’s Day, we review Ian’s mum’s favourite film, Gone With The Wind. Cue emphatic praise about Vivien Leigh, followed by extensive hand-wringing about racism. 101 Films Podcast 071 – Gone With The Wind
We have a special guest star this week – Jason sits in for Ian as we talk about Dallas Buyers Club, a rodeo-themed, questionably accurate movie about a man dying of AIDS. Fun for all the family. 101 Films Extra … Continue reading →
In celebration of Valentine’s Day we go all luvvy duvvy with Truly Madly Deeply – or ‘Ghost for grown-ups’ as Roger Ebert described it. It’s got Alan Rickman in it, what more recommendation do you need? 101 Films Podcast 070 … Continue reading →
After reviewing Fargo way back in podcast number 19, this week we turn our attentions to another Coen Brothers film, Barton Fink. We also talk a lot about our mothers, for some reason. 101 Films Podcast 069 – Barton Fink
New Year (more or less), new podcast format! After talking about it for ages, Lewis and Ian finally do a Movie Marathon; six hours of watching films based around a particular theme. And what better theme is there for the … Continue reading →
Time for another 101 Films Christmas Special… but we thought we’d try something a little different this year. Behold – our first ever film commentary! If you have the DVD of Scrooged, join in by watching the DVD along with … Continue reading →
For 101 Films Extra number four we take a look at Room 237, in which various oddbods profess their theories about the meaning behind Stanley Kubrick’s film interpretation of The Shining. With hilarious results. 101 Films Extra #04 – Room … Continue reading →
The nights are drawing in around 101 Film Towers. Easy to get a bit down when it gets dark at 4:00pm. What can cheer us up? Maybe 2011’s critical hit A Separation? A two hour Iranian film about divorce, illness, … Continue reading →
In our third and final Halloween podcast we take a look at a more recent spooky film, 2007’s The Orphanage. Listen as we unsuccessfully try to avoid complaining about plot holes! 101 Films Podcast 067 – The Orphanage
In the second of our Halloween podcasts we travel to Summerisle in Scotland and get all in a tiz about apples and bare bottoms. And Christopher Lee. 101 Films Podcast 066 – The Wicker Man The Final Cut
In the first of our Halloween specials, we look at Night of the Demon, a classic 1957 British Horror movie with ropey special effects but a gripping storyline. 101 Films Podcast 065 – Night of the Demon
This week we cover Hannah and Her Sisters, the second Woody Allen film to make it onto our list. Join us as we pour scorn on philandering husbands and consistently forget the name of Michael Caine’s character. 101 Films Podcast … Continue reading →
This week we present our third 101 Films Extra, dedicated to the great Alan Partridge. It’s been out in cinemas for a while now, so if you haven’t seen Alpha Papa yet, go now! Or if this is the future … Continue reading →
Our first attempt to record a podcast on Bonnie and Clyde met with a slight hiccup. Well, slightly more than a hiccup… yes, poor old Ian was taken violently ill halfway through the initial recording, but we regrouped and went … Continue reading →
Welcome to the second 101 Films Extra, in which we talk about the latest – and possibly last – film in the Cornetto Trilogy – The World’s End. And get all misty-eyed about Spaced… WARNING! LOTS OF SPOILERS! 101 Films … Continue reading →
This week we take ring-side seats for a battle of the uber-nerds as we cover The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. I’d love to stay and write more, but there’s a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up, must … Continue reading →
This week Lewis and Ian watch the film that inspired dozens of TV shows and films about relationships between men and women and dozens of terrible sketches that all end with the punchline “I’ll have what she’s having”; When Harry … Continue reading →
This week’s film, The Wave, is a disturbing look at how autocratic and fascistic ideas can take hold in modern society. Not the easiest of subjects for a lighthearted film podcast, so Lewis and Ian are a bit more series than … Continue reading →
This week Ian and Lewis stride into podcast town with wit pistols at their hips and a squint that would make Patrick Moore proud, before spitting into the dust and reviewing A Fistful of Dollars. With a bad attitude. 101 … Continue reading →
Something a bit different this week. While Lewis is away, sunning himself on the beaches of Northern Scotland, Ian has taken the opportunity to have a chat with his flatmate Paul about Star Trek Into Darkness. This chat does not … Continue reading →
If you like it when Lewis and Ian disagree then you’ll enjoy this podcast. Listen as Lewis waxes lyrical about Once Upon a Time in Anatolia while Ian shrugs his shoulders. 101 Films Podcast 58 – Once Upon a Time … Continue reading →
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