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Call It, Friendo Join co-hosts Andy J Ritchie and Donnchadh Tiernan as they discuss a film chosen by coin toss.

11/06/2023

This week, we discuss two films based on novels by English novelist Robert Harris. The first is An Officer and a Spy (2019), a historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski about the Dreyfus affair, with a screenplay by Polanski and Robert Harris based on Harris's 2013 novel of the same name. It....

20/05/2023

This week, we discuss two films connected to American author Dennis Lehane. The first is Live by Night (2016), an American crime drama set in the 1920s. The film, an adaptation of Lehane’s novel, stars Ben Affleck, who also served as screenwriter and director on the project. It was a huge flop upo...

11/05/2023

In this week’s episode, we talk about what we’ve been watching before heading into a discussion of the 32nd film in the MCU, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). What We’ve Been Watching Donnchadh – Deliverance, Evil Dead Rise, Beef Andy – Calibre, Hustle, Ant-Man and the ...

04/05/2023

This week, we discuss two classic films from American auteur directors. The first is Blow Out (1981), a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma and starring John Travolta. Quentin Tarantino praises De Palma as the "greatest director of his generation" and cites Blow Out...

27/04/2023

In this week’s episode, we talk about what we’ve been watching and discuss some listener feedback. What We’ve Been Watching Donnchadh – Dirty Harry, Smile, The Guilty, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Moneyball, Last Kingdom season five Andy – The Day Shall Come, Dungeons and Dragons: Honour...

21/04/2023

This week, we discuss two classic films from Austrian-American director Otto Preminger. The first is Anatomy of a Murder (1959), a ground-breaking courtroom drama starring James Stewart and George C. Scott. The film was nominated for 6 Academy Awards. The second is Laura (1944), a film noir focusing...

11/04/2023

In this week’s episode, we talk about what we’ve been watching before moving into a discussion of the latest Bobby Farrelly comedy, Champions (2023). What We’ve Been Watching (00:00:42) Donnchadh – John Wick 2 & 3, Demonoid, The One Armed Executioner, Superbad, The Menu, The Favourite, Bulli...

04/04/2023

This week, we discuss two films which deal with daddy issues. The first is The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Derek Cianfrance’s follow-up to the much acclaimed Blue Valentine (2010). It stars Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, alongside a stacked supporting cast, as two men whose families’ fates ...

21/03/2023

In this week’s episode, we recap the Oscars and talk about what we’ve been watching, including our responses to season one of The Last of Us, before finally moving into a discussion of the latest Jonah Hill Netflix comedy, You People (2023). What We’ve Been Watching (00:00:57) Oscars recap Don...

12/03/2023

This week, we discuss two films from German director Wim Wenders. The first is Alice in the Cities (1974), which tells the story of a journalist charged with accompanying a young girl from New York across Europe in search of her family. The second is The American Friend (1977), starring Dennis Hoppe...

05/03/2023

In this week’s episode, we caught up on 3 recent streaming/VOD releases: Knock at the Cabin (2023), Women Talking (2022) & The Whale (2022). What We’ve Been Watching (00:00:47) Donnchadh – Slow Horses season two, Karen Pirie, Fargo, Yellow SubmarineAndy – Slow Horses season two Knock at the ...

26/02/2023

This week, we discuss two devastating films about young women in extremely bleak situations. The first is Rosetta (1999), starring Émilie Dequenne as the eponymous protagonist, a young girl living with her alcoholic mother in a trailer park in Belgium. The film, directed by the Dardenne brothers, w...

19/02/2023

In this week’s episode, we discuss the most recent film from Italian director Luca Guadagnino, Bones and All. The director won the Silver Lion at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. The film stars Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet as two young lovers on a road trip across the USA, exploring both th...

13/02/2023

This week, we discuss two French crime films. The first is Le Samourai (1967), starring Alain Delon and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film tells the story of Jef Costello, a lone hitman who works to outsmart both the police and the angry mobsters who hired him. The second is A Prophet (2009)...

05/02/2023

In this week’s episode, we discuss what we’ve been watching, and the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards, before moving on to talk about Charlotte Wells’ debut feature, Aftersun (2022). What We’ve Been Watching (00:07:10) Donnchadh –Happy Valley season three, The Deuce season three, T....

29/01/2023

This week, we discuss two WWII films set in the Pacific. The first is The Railway Man (2013), which tells the story of Eric Lomax, a British officer who was tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. The film stars Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgård. The second is The Brid...

22/01/2023

In this week’s episode, we discuss the most recent film from Swedish director Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness. The film won the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. This was Östlund’s second consecutive Palme d’Or win after winning for The Square in 2017. What We’ve Been Watch...

14/01/2023

This week, we discuss two films from acclaimed writer/director Paul Schrader. The first is American Gi**lo (1980), which tells the story about a high-priced es**rt in Los Angeles, played by Richard Gere, who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife, while simultaneously becom...

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