Around the World In 80 Movies

Mike and Andy spend Christmas in Kurdish Iraq for the Twenty Fourth episode of the show. Here they take in Huner Saleem's 2005 film Kilometer Zero. Films referenced in this episode: 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) - 02:22 Suntan (2016) - 02:25 Under the Shadow (2016) - 02:36 Flirting With Disaster (1996) - 05:44 Three Kings (1999) - 06:12 Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 07:49 The Odd Couple (1968) - 08:11 Bringing Up Baby (1938) - 09:46 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - 12:32 Life Is Beautiful (1997) - 13:23 North By Northwest (1959) - 15:42 Marathon Man (1976) - 15:46 Alice in Wonderland (1951) - 15:56 Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 16:44 Tigerland (2000) - 22:42 Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - 27:35 Harvey (1950) - 27:54

Twenty Three episodes into their trip Around the World in 80 Movies, Mike and Andy find themselves in Iran, home to this week's film Under the Shadow, directed by Babak Anvari and released in 2016. Films referenced in this episode: The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 12:35 The Evil Dead (2013) - 13:05 Inside (2007) - 13:31 The Florida Project (2017) - 18:44 Ju-On (2000) - 22:12 It Follows (2014) - 22:27 The Babadook (2014) - 22:28 The Witch (2015) - 23:18 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 24:31 Suspiria (1977) - 25:08 Martyrs (2008) - 26:27 High Tension (2003) - 26:31 Chakushin Ari (2003) - 26:33 Hereditary (2018) - 27:29 Scream (1996) - 28:00 Lady In the Water (2006) - 32:05

For the Twenty Second episode of ATW Andy and Mike visit Azerbaijan and discuss Asif Rustamov's 2014 drama, Down the River. Films referenced in this episode: The Colour of Pomegranates (1969) - 01:31 The Social Network (2010) - 02:19 A Serious Man (2009) - 03:51 Pi (1998) - 03:52 Bad Lieutenant (1992) - 03:53 Kes (1969) - 08:21 The Angels' Share (2012) - 08:29 Suntan (2016) - 10:05 Uzak (2002) - 10:06 I, Daniel Blake (2016) - 16:15

Twenty One episodes into the show, Andy and Michael find themselves in rural Armenia where they grapple with the dense symbolism of Sergei Parajanov's 1969 classic The Colour of Pomegranates. Films referenced in this episode: Hedd Wyn (1992) - 09:04 Minions (2015) - 11:51 Battleship Potemkin (1925) - 11:53

Having crossed 19 national borders on their travels so far, the twentieth episode of the show takes them to perhaps the most unusual location yet, a tiny temporary island located directly on a provincial border in Georgia. Here they examine George Ovashvili's 2014 film, Corn Island. Films referenced in this episode: Cast Away (2000) - 04:09 Castaway on the Moon (2009) - 04:13 Gran Torino (2008) - 09:49 Harry Brown (2009) - 09:54 Walkabout (1971) - 15:23 The Usual Suspects (1995) - 19:50 Uzak (2002) - 22:40

After some pleasant rural adventures Andy and Mike are back to big city living in Istanbul, Turkey, for the nineteenth episode of the show. In this magnificent city they take a look at Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 2002 film Uzak. Films referenced in this episode: Due Date (2010) - 03:53 Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) - 03:54 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) - 04:25 Suntan (2016) - 07:50 The Odd Couple (1968) - 12:54 I, Daniel Blake (2016) - 12:59 American Pie (1999) - 15:35

Andy and Mike chase the dying summer for the eighteenth episode of the podcast and camp out on the small Greek island of Antiparos. There they reevaluate one of their favourite films of recent years, Suntan, released in 2016 and directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. Films referenced in this episode: Braveheart (1995) - 06:22 Chevalier (2015) - 14:00 Garage (2007) - 17:42

Now seventeen episodes into the show Andy and Mike venture up into the mountains of beautiful Macedonia for a look at Milcho Manchevski's 1994 Oscar nominated film, Before the Rain. Films referenced in this episode: Pulp Fiction (1994) - 04:39 Mary Poppins (1964) - 11:05 The Room (2003) - 17:05 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - 18:47 Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) - 18:48 X-Men: First Class (2011) - 18:50 Taken 2 (2012) - 18:53

Sixteen episodes into the podcast Andy and Mike find themselves in the urban sprawl of Sofia, Bulgaria. Here they discuss Kamen Kalev's 2009 character drama Eastern Plays. Films referenced in this episode: Rocks In My Pockets (2014) - 07:26 Bad Lieutenant (1992) - 19:29

Now on it's fifteenth episode the show sees Andy and Mike gallivant to the furthest reaches of Romanian-Moldova for a look at Corneliu Porumboiu's 2006 satire, 12:08 East of Bucharest. Films referenced in this episode: The Usual Suspects (1995) - 16:12 Do The Right Thing (1989) - 18:49 Kids (1995) - 18:50 La Haine (1995) - 18:51 Involuntary (2008) - 20:54 Police Adjective (2009) - 27:34

The fourteenth episode of the show sees Andy and Mike arrive in Ukraine's capital city Kiev. Here they examine Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi's captivating 2014 film The Tribe. Films referenced in this episode: In the Fog (2012) - 05:49 Certified Copy (2010) - 09:00 Audition (1999) - 17:04 Martyrs (2008) - 17:07 Irreversible (2002) - 17:09 Hostel (2005) - 17:25 Saw (2004) - 17:26 There Will Be Blood (2007) - 18:52 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - 21:54 Oldboy (2003) - 23:50 Luxembourg (2018) - 25:52

For the thirteenth episode of the Podcast Mike and Andy venture deep into the dense forests of rural Belarus for a look at Sergey Loznitsa's 2012 drama In the Fog Films referenced in this episode: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) - 06:37 Andrei Rublev (1998) - 09:52 Apocalypse Now (2017) - 09:55 Star Wars (2006) - 14:21 Unforgiven (1986) - 15:02 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) - 18:55

The twelfth episode of Around the World in 80 Movies takes Andy and Mike to Vilnius, Lithuania, their final Baltic country, where they take a look at Arunas Matelis' haunting documentary Before Flying Back to Earth. Films referenced in this episode: Leviathan (2012) - 04:10 Patch Adams (1998) - 08:06 The Florida Project (2017) - 09:58 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - 10:00 Stand By Me (1986) - 10:39

Andy and Mike delve deep into the forests of Latvia for the eleventh episode of the show and take a close look at Signe Baumane's 2014 animated film Rocks in My Pockets. Films referenced in this episode: Stories We Tell (2012) - 11:19 Sherman's March (1985) - 13:19 A Beautiful Mind (2001) - 15:12 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - 15:14 Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - 15:31 Melancholia (2011) - 15:38

Around the world reaches double digits with this tenth episode of the show. This time Andy and Mike take their first steps onto Baltic soil to discuss the 2015 Estonian film 1944, directed by Elmo Nüganen. Films referenced in this episode: Phoenix (2014) - 04:16 Flame & Citron (2008) - 04:17 Hedd Wyn (1992) - 04:18 Dunkirk (2017) - 09:34 Spider-Man (2002) - 18:21