That One Inch Barrier

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That One Inch Barrier - Episode #49 - A Fantastic Woman [Chile, 2017]

2025-12-0944:59

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. After tackling the latest winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, we return to working our way backwards through the list of winners. We're picking up with 2017's A Fantastic Woman, from Chile, a heartbreaking drama about a transgender woman's fight for her identity in the wake of her older partner's death. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #48 - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Spain, 1988]

2025-10-1648:31

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. It's a shock that it's taken almost 50 episodes for acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar to appear on the show, but Nick took one for the team and finally fixed that, selecting Almodóvar's 1988 film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for this month's episode. A topic our three hosts are highly qualified to speak on. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #47 - How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies [Thailand, 2024]

2025-09-2501:00:58

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. Another episode and another new country, as the boys head to Thailand, and not for the reasons most Australian men visit. Catch the gang getting sentimental over Pat Boonnitipat's debut feature, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024). 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #46 - Border [Sweden, 2018]

2025-08-1157:26

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #45 - I'm Still Here [Brazil, 2024]

2025-07-0645:45

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. For the latest instalment of our series covering the winners of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, we're picking up with the latest member of this coveted club, I'm Still Here (2024), which took him the Oscar earlier this year. A political biographical drama from director Walter Salles, I'm Still Here follows the true story of Eunice Paiva, a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. A story that hits all too close to home in current times. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #44 - Elite Squad [Brazil, 2007]

2025-06-1146:47

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. What do drug lords, corrupt cops, and Pope John Paul II all have in common? They all play a part in this month's movie, Elite Squad (2007). The gang are off to the mean streets of Rio de Janeiro to tackle this brutal, politically charged action flick on their first of two stops to Brazil. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #43 - In The Mood For Love [Hong Kong, 2000]

2025-05-0457:03

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. Are you feeling romantic, dear viewers and listeners? Well, have we got the film for you. Following last month's episode, the gang are back in Hong Kong, but for a very different kind of movie, chatting about Wong Kar-wai's sensual period piece, In The Mood For Love (2000). 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #42 - Kung Fu Hustle [Hong Kong, 2004]

2025-03-3050:59

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 the eternal words of Carl Douglas, "everybody was kung fu fighting" in this month's episode of That One Inch Barrier, as the gang battle it out with Stephen Chow's martial arts comedy Kung Fu Hustle (2004), a joint production between Hong Kong and China. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #41 - Roma [Mexico, 2018]

2025-03-0101:04:48

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. The gang are back in Mexico for another meeting with director Alfonso Cuarón, checking out his Academy Award winning family drama Roma (2018). A semi-biographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City which follows the life of a live-in housekeeper to an upper-middle-class family, Roma was nominated for 10 Oscars and took home 3, including Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Foreign Language 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - 2 Year Anniversary Q+A Special!

2025-02-1701:59:33

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. Thanks to a combination of dumb luck and dogged determination, That One Inch Barrier is still kicking in 2025. The gang sit down for an unnecessarily lengthy bonus episode to celebrate the show's second birthday, ranting about the Oscars, rambling through breakdowns of foreign cinema, and trying their best to remember that one Jamie Foxx movie. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #40 - Quo Vadis, Aida? [Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020]

2025-02-0354:11

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 month's episode, the lads head to arguably the most obscure country they've visited to date, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the setting of Jasmila Žbanić's haunting war drama, Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020). 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #39 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Romania, 2007]

2025-01-1246:42

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. The gang kick off the new year on a very cheery note, with Cristian Mungiu's arthouse drama, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), which follows two students, roommates in a university dormitory, who try to procure an illegal abortion in 1980s Communist Romania. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #38 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [France, 1964]

2024-12-2201:11:48

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. Merry Christmas, dear viewers and listeners! The gang are back with their second Christmas episode, with the deceptively not very Christmas-y, and deceptively very musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), directed by Jacques Demy. Come for the discussion of classic French cinema, stay for Nick's impressions of Kermit and Miss Piggy. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #37 - Fallen Leaves [Finland, 2023]

2024-12-1549:28

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. After Josh's original pick, Sisu, turned out to be mostly in English, the gang quickly pivoted to another recent Finnish film, Fallen Leaves (2023), an offbeat romantic comedy from renowned director Aki Kaurismäki. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #36 - Parasite [South Korea, 2019]

2024-11-2701:06:44

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. It took 36 episodes, but the boys have finally arrived at the film which gave the podcast its name, Bong Joon-ho's magnum opus, Parasite (2019), described by Kieran as "a modern-day Citizen Kane". Parasite, which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 2020, marks the fifth Korean-language Bong Joon-ho film covered on the show, meaning the gang has now completed the filmography of That One Inch Barrier's patron saint. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #35 - Seven Samurai [Japan, 1954]

2024-11-0553:18

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 the biggest shock of the series, Nick "90-minute-movie" L'Barrow has selected one of the longest movies we've ever covered on the podcast, legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's magnum opus, the 1954 epic Seven Samurai. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #34 - The Orphanage [Spain, 2007]

2024-10-2953:51

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. The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October. Our Halloween event for 2024 finishes up with Nick's pick, The Orphanage (2007), a Spanish haunted house movie from director J. A. Bayona, featuring some truly creepy kids. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #33 - Let The Right One In [Sweden, 2008]

2024-10-2052:29

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. The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October. The second cab off the rank is Kieran's pick, the Swedish vampire movie Let The Right One In (2008), which combines elements of romance, drama, and coming-of-age, with plenty of blood and scares. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #32 - High Tension [France, 2003]

2024-10-1341:10

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. The spooky season is upon us, and, to celebrate the occasion, our fearless trio are travelling across Europe to tackle three international horror movies throughout the month of October. Josh gets our Halloween event underway with the French slasher High Tension (2003), about two young women stalked by a mysterious killer - but all might not be what it seems. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

That One Inch Barrier - Episode #31 - Malena [Italy, 2000]

2024-10-0601:02:01

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. Your three favourite movie degenerates are back for another episode, and, this time, they're off to Italy, a country that, shockingly, they haven't been to before on the show. Close the curtains and lock the doors for this month's episode, Malena (2000), an erotic coming-of-age period drama directed by legendary Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore and starring the beautiful Monica Belluci. 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/nicksflicksfix twitter.com/nicksflicksfix letterboxd.com/nicksflicksfix Josh: instagram.com/filmnotions letterboxd.com/filmnotions Kieran: instagram.com/pretentiousfilmclub letterboxd.com/pretentiousfc

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