The Fish Tale (Shûichi Okita) 2:45Lump in my Heart (Shingo Matsumura) 16:38The Zen Diary (Yuji Nakae) 28:38From the End of the World (Kazuaki Kiriya) 44:49

Episode 177 - Cartegena/Sofia International Film Festival 2024

May 30th, 2024 52m 54s

Malta (Colombia) - 2:52All the Fires (Mexico) - 14:29The Trap (Bulgaria) - 26:27Observing (Slovenia) - 36:20

Episode 176 - Berlinale Film Festival 2024

Apr 30th, 2024 1h 2m

Holy Week (Romania) - 1:58Mother and Daughter, or the Night is Never Complete (Georgia) - 21:33Faruq (Turkey) - 34:53Great Yawn of History (Iran) - 43:00

Episode 175 - Rotterdam Film Festival 2024

Mar 28th, 2024 55m 47s

A Few Mornings, An Evening (Netherlands) 1:55Fire on Water (Malaysia) 15:20The Paragon (New Zealand) 31:17Formosa Beach (Brazil) 41:20

Episode 174 - International Feature Film Nominations 2024

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 13m

Wait, what, you are not reviewing A Zone of Interest (UK) ? 1:45The Teacher's Lounge (Germany) 5:45Perfect Days (Japan) 24:25Io Capitano (Italy) 39:50Society of the Snow (Spain) 57:26

Episode 173 - Films Neglected by the Academy 2024

Jan 30th, 2024 1h 11m

Bad Living (3:30) PORTUGAL - João CanijoSira (23:35) BURKINO FASO - Apolline Traoré Not Friends (36:36) THAILAND - Atta HemwadeeI Have Electric Dreams (50:05) COSTA RICA - Valentina Maurel

Episode 172 - Film of the Year 2023

Dec 29th, 2023 1h 41m

Magnetic Fields (Greece; Dir. Giorgos Gousis)BL Metamorphosis (Japan; Dir. Shunsuke Kariyama)The Quiet Girl (Ireland; Dir. Colm Bairead)Dry (Italy; Dir. Paolo Virzi)Kupla (Finland; Dir. Aleksi Salmenpera)Charcoal (Brazil; Dir. Carolina Mar

Episode 171 - Nordic Film Council 2023

Nov 29th, 2023 1h 27m

Empire (Denmark; Dir. Frederikke Aspöck) 2:40Kupla (Finland; Dir. Aleksi Salmenperä) 20:16Driving Mum (Iceland; Dir. Hilmar Oddsson) 38:40War Sailor (Norway; Dir. Gunnar Vikene) 54:10Opponent (Sweden; Dir. Milad Alami) 1:09:38

Episode 170 - Halloween Special 2023

Oct 26th, 2023 1h 6m

Knock at the Cabin (USA; Dir. M Night Shyamalan)Birth Rebirth (USA; Dir. Laura Moss)Huesera: The Bone Woman (Mexico; Dir. Michelle Garza Cervera)Bodies Bodies Bodies (USA; Dir. Halina Reijn)

Episode 169 - Chocolate Box 2023

Sep 28th, 2023 1h 13m

Camping du Lac (France; Dir. Eleonore Saintagnan)Dry (Italy; Dir. Paolo Virzi)A Day 365 Hours (Turkey; Dir. Eylem Kaftan)2551.02 (Austria; Dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler)

Episode 168 - Karlovy & Munich Film Festival 2023

Aug 24th, 2023 56m 44s

Embryo Larva Butterfly (Cyprus; Dir. Kyros Papavassiliou)Citizen Saint (Georgia; Dir. Tinatin Kajrishvili)Birdland (Morocco; Dir Leïla Kilani)Octopus Skin (Ecuador; Dir Ana Christina Barragan)

Episode 167 - The Japanese Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023

Jul 27th, 2023 1h 2m

Under the Open Sky (Dir. Miwa Nishikawa)A Lesson in Murder (Dir. Kazuya Shiraishi)BL Metamorphosis (Dir. Shunsuke Kariyama)My Broken Mariko (Dir. Yuki Tanada)

Episode 166 - Cannes Film Festival 2023

Jun 28th, 2023 54m 17s

Agra (India; Dir. Kanu Behl)Omen (Belgium/DR Congo; Dir. Baloji)The Sea and it's Waves (France; Dir. Lisa and Renaud)Grace (Russia; Dir. Ilya Povolotsky)

Episode 165 - Cinelatino 2023

May 24th, 2023 57m 22s

Anhell69 (Colombia; Dir. Theo Montoya)Charcoal (Brazil; Dir. Carolina Markowicz)Sister and Sister (Panama/Chile; Dir. Kattia Zuniga)Dos Estaciones (Mexico; Dir. Juan Pablo Gonzalez)

Episode 164 - Berlinale/Last Remaining Oscar Films 2023

Apr 27th, 2023 1h 5m

All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (Nigeria; Dir. Babatunde Apalowo)Calls From Moscow (Cuba; Dir Luis Alejandro Yero)EO (Poland; Dir Jerzy Skolimowski)Close (Belgium; Dir Lukas Dhont)

Episode 163 - Rotterdam Film Festival 2023

Mar 29th, 2023 1h 30m

A Light Never Goes Out (Hong Kong; Dir. Anastasia Tsang)Voyages en Italie (France; Dir. Sophie Letourneur) Shimoni (Kenya; Dir. Angela Wamai)Munch (Norway; Dir. Henrik M. Dahlsbakken)Suddenly (Turkey; Dir. Melisa Onel)

Episode 162 - Foreign Language Oscar Nominations 2023

Feb 23rd, 2023 1h 27m

FINALISTS:Argentina, 1985 (Argentina; Dir. Santiago Mitre)All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany; Dir. Edward Berger)The Quiet Girl (Ireland; Dir. Colm Bairéad)WE ALSO REVIEW TWO SEMI FINALISTS:Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truth

Episode 161 - Films disregarded by the Academy 2023

Jan 26th, 2023 58m 41s

Kalev (Estonia; Dir. Ove Musting)Immaculate (Romania; Co Dir Monica Stan / George Chiper)Magnetic Fields (Greece; Dir. Yorgos Goussis)Klondike (Ukraine; Dir. Maryna Er Gorbach)

Episode 160 - Film of the Year 2022

Dec 30th, 2022 1h 38m

NOMINEES:Europa (Iraq; Dir. Haider Rashid)Lucie Loses Her Horse (Netherlands; Dir. Claude Schmitz)Compartment Number 6 (Finland; Dir. Juho Kousmanen)Plan 75 (Japan; Dir. Chie Hayakawa)January (Bulgaria; Dir. Andrey Paounov)Also, Prop of

Episode 159 - Scandinavian Film Special 2022

Nov 30th, 2022 1h 22m

Persona Non Grata - Denmark(Dir, Lisa Jespersen)Compartment Number 6 - Finland(Dir, Juho Kuosmanen)Lamb - Iceland(Dir, Valdimar Jóhannsson)The Middle Man - Norway(Dir, Bent Hamer)Clara Sola - Sweden(Dir, Nathalie Álvarez Mesén)