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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 Pope and Lewis Packwood


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    New Year Special: 2024 in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025


    Ian and Lewis pick out their top five films from 2024.

    New Year Special: 2023 in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023


    A look back at the movies we watched in 2023.

    New Year Special: 2022 in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022


    After a long hiatus, we're back to look at the films we've watched in 2022.

    New Year Special: 2020 in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020


    A look back at the best and worst films we've seen this year.

    #91: The Lighthouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020


    Let Neptune strike ye dead Winslow! Hark, Triton! Hark!

    Halloween Special 2020: The Devil Rides Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020


    This year we discuss a classic Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee.

    #90: The Iron Giant

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020


    You think this metal man is fun, but who built it?

    #89: The Breakfast Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020


    We're all bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it.

    Podcast 088: The Big Lebowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020


    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 →

    101 Films Special #13: Christmas Special 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019


    Our (sort-of) annual look back at the year in film. Merry Christmas, everyone! Continue reading →

    Podcast 087: The Lost Boys

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019


    The boys are back in town. This time with a look at a creaky 1980s vampire flick. Enjoy!

    Podcast 086: Weird Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2018


    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 →

    101 Films Extra #06: Star Wars The Last Jedi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018


    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 →

    Podcast 085: Seven Samurai

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018


    A reader recommendation this week – Seven Samurai from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. What a treat it was! 101 Films Podcast 085 – Seven Samurai  

    Podcast 084: Redline

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017


    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

    Podcast 083: Rosemary’s Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016


    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 →

    Podcast 082: The Producers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2016


    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

    Podcast 081: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2016


    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 →

    101 Films Special #12: Christmas Special 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2015


    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 →

    Podcast 080: All About My Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2015


    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 →

    Podcast 079: They Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015


    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 →

    Podcast 078: Nine to Five

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015


    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

    Podcast 077: Boyhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2015


    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  

    101 Films Special #11: New year 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2015


    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 →

    Podcast 076: Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2014


    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 →

    Podcast 075: The Warriors

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014


    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

    Podcast 074: Quatermass and the Pit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2014


    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  

    Podcast 073: Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2014


    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 →

    101 Films Movie Marathon 02 – Tobe Hooper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014


    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 →

    Podcast 072: Phantom of the Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2014


    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

    Podcast 071: Gone With The Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2014


    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

    101 Films Extra #05 – Dallas Buyers Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2014


    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 →

    Podcast 070: Truly Madly Deeply

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2014


    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 →

    Podcast 069: Barton Fink

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2014


    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

    101 Films Movie Marathon 01 – British Sitcoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2014


    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 →

    101 Films Special #10: Christmas 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2013


    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 →

    101 Films Extra #04 – Room 237

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 068: A Separation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 067: The Orphanage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2013


    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

    Podcast 066: The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2013


    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

    Podcast 065: Night of the Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2013


    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

    Podcast 064: Hannah and Her Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013


    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 →

    101 Films Extra #03 – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013


    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 →

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    Podcast 063: Bonnie and Clyde

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2013


    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 →

    101 Films Extra #02 – The World’s End

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 062: The King of Kong

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 061: When Harry Met Sally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 060: The Wave (Die Welle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 059: A Fistful of Dollars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2013


    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 →

    101 Films Extra #01 – Star Trek Into Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013


    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 →

    Podcast 058: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2013


    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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