Around the World In 80 Movies
Summary: Andy and Mike take a virtual trip around the world in this foreign language movie podcast, stopping off in each country for a taste of local cinema!
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The Thirty Ninth episode of Around the World in 80 Movies takes Andy and Mike to north-western Malaysia, where they discuss Dain Said's 2011 film Bunohan. Films referenced in this episode: No Country for Old Men (2007) - 04:50 Mystic River (2003) - 21:15 Gone Baby Gone (2007) - 21:18 Snatch (2000) - 24:56 Killing Them Softly (2012) - 25:38 John Wick (2014) - 28:06 Warrior (2011) - 28:56 Coco (2017) - 35:33
Episode Thirty Eight of the show takes Andy and Mike from the most rural to the most urban regions of Thailand, where they discuss Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 2006 film Syndromes and a Century. Films referenced in this episode: Moonlight (2016) - 12:19 The Prestige (2006) - 19:30 Groundhog Day (1993) - 35:37 Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - 35:46 Rashomon (1950) - 36:02 Nivarana the Box of Desires (2014) - 37:21
Mike and Andy journey to the city of Mandalay in Myanmar for the Thirty Seventh episode of the show. Here they look at the amateur film Nivarana, the Box of Desires, released in 2014, and directed by practicing monk Isi Dhamma. Films referenced in this episode: The Unnamed (2016) - 01:18 The Princess Diaries (2001) - 05:45 The Florida Project (2017) - 08:18 Alboom (2006) - 10:32 The Shining (1980) - 14:00 The Mask (1994) - 17:25 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) - 26:25 The Ten Commandments (1956) - 26:37 The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - 26:38 Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) - 26:42 Noah (2014) - 26:44 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 28:15 The Shack (2017) - 32:03 Spider-Man (2002) - 38:42
Andy and Michael find themselves in Bangladesh for the Thirty Sixth episode of the show. Here they take a look at Tauquir Ahmed's 2016 drama, The Unnamed. Films referenced in this episode: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) - 10:43 Weekend at Bernie's (1989) - 17:12 I, Daniel Blake (2016) - 21:00
The Thirty Fifth episode of the show takes Andy and Mike to Bollywood, one of the world's most important film industries, where they watch the 2001 historical epic Lagaan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Films referenced in this episode: Titanic (1997) - 02:37 Mission: Impossible (1996) - 09:07 The Avengers (2012) - 09:08 D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) - 11:06 Braveheart (1995) - 11:31 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - 12:08 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - 12:18 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - 12:19 The Godfather: Part II (1974) - 12:21 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 16:43 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - 20:10 Doctor Zhivago (1965) - 21:46 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 21:47 Gladiator (2000) - 29:48 Rocky (1976) - 30:02
Episode Thirty Four takes Andy and Mike to rural Afghanistan where they discuss Atiq Rahimi's 2004 directorial debut, Earth and Ashes. Films referenced in this episode: Last Men in Aleppo (2017) - 18:14 Incendies (2010) - 18:26
For episode Thirty Three of the show, Mike and Andy set sail for Karachi, Pakistan where they take a look at Adnan Sarwar's 2015 boxing movie Shah. Films referenced in this episode: Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) - 01:09 Anchorman (2004) - 03:55 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) - 05:01 Searching for Sugar Man (2012) - 11:20 First Man (2018) - 11:39 Rocky (1976) - 15:06 Southpaw (2015) - 22:20 Raging Bull (1980) - 22:21 Manchester by the Sea (2016) - 29:29 Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - 33:19
In episode Thirty Two of the show Mike and Andy finally complete the Arabian peninsula leg of their trip in the United Arab Emirates. Here they take in the show's first computer-animated film, Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, released in 2015 and directed by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal. Films referenced in this episode: Aladdin (1992) - 12:15 Venom (2018) - 13:08 The Passion of the Christ (2004) - 15:52 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - 16:15 The Lion King (1994) - 16:22 Braveheart (1995) - 16:45 Dogma (1999) - 21:03
Andy and Mike hit Oman for episode Thirty One of the show and take a look at Khalid AbdulRahim Al-Zadjali's 2006 film Alboom. Films referenced in this episode: Where Do We Go Now (2011) - 08:50 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) - 09:56 Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) - 12:18
The show hits episode Thirty as Mike and Andy explore both rural and urban Yemen with a look at Khadija Al-Salami's 2014 drama I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced . Films referenced in this episode: The Mercy (2018) - 03:03 The Way Back (2010) - 03:35 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - 06:26 Lilya 4-Ever (2002) - 08:35 Dumb and Dumber (1994) - 12:55 Room (2015) - 13:41 Theeb (2014) - 22:21 Wadjda (2012) - 22:23
Saudi Arabia is the destination of episode Twenty Nine of the podcast where Andy and Mike discuss the critically acclaimed 2012 film Wadjda, directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. Films referenced in this episode: Kes (1969) - 07:41 Bicycle Thieves (1948) - 15:34 Matilda (1996) - 20:05
Journeying every further into the gulf, episode Twenty Eight takes Andy and Mike to Jordan's Wadi Rum Desert. Here they take in Naji Abu Nowar's 2014 Bedouin Western, Theeb. Films referenced in this episode: 127 Hours (2010) - 05:56 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 06:11 Hidalgo (2004) - 06:41 The Mummy (2017) - 06:51 Aladdin (1992) - 07:04 The Jungle Book (1967) - 11:09 Slow West (2015) - 15:34 Star Wars (1977) - 24:14 Serenity (2005) - 24:17 Damsel (2018) - 25:00 Blazing Saddles (1974) - 25:05 No Country For Old Men (2007) - 25:44 The Last Samurai (2003) - 26:16 Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 27:56 Wild Wild West (1999) - 28:35
Palestine is the destination for the Twenty Seventh episode of the show, which see Andy and Mike discuss Hany Abu-Assad's brilliant 2005 film Paradise Now. Films referenced in this episode: Incendies (2010) - 08:15 Four Lions (2010) - 10:01 Pulp Fiction (1994) - 10:52 Before Sunrise (1995) - 10:57 Before Midnight (2013) - 10:58 Lebanon (2009) - 12:43 Reservoir Dogs (1992) - 16:06 Schindler's List (1993) - 16:39 Last Men in Aleppo (2017) - 19:23 United 93 (2006) - 22:22 Captain Phillips (2013) - 22:41 City of God (2002) - 28:45 Magnolia (1999) - 35:40
Twenty Six stops into their journey of cinematic circumnavigation, Mike and Andy nestle up in the hills of Lebanon for a look at Nadine Labaki's 2011 film Where Do We Go Now. Films referenced in this episode: Kilometre Zero (2005) - 05:15 The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) - 06:57 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) - 06:59 Calendar Girls (2003) - 07:02 The Lady in the Van (2015) - 07:04 Victoria & Abdul (2017) - 09:34 Call Me By Your Name (2017) - 11:05 A Very Long Engagement (2004) - 11:10 Chicago (2002) - 24:03 Moulin Rouge! (2001) - 24:03 The Shape of Water (2017) - 24:38
Andy and Mike ring in the new year in Syria for the Twenty Fifth episode of the show. Here they discuss Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen's heartbreaking documentary Last Men in Aleppo . Films referenced in this episode: Before Flying Back to Earth (2005) - 05:26 An Inconvenient Truth (2006) - 11:22