Spool Film Podcast

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Episodes: 111

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The place for Irish cinema-obsessives Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley to discuss the best and worst films that they've seen in cinemas and on the telly. We've been on the go since 2012. Say hello @spool on Twitter.

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Episode Date
The Coronation of Cillian? - An Irish preview of the 2024 Oscars
Mar 07, 2024
Best Films of 2023
Dec 21, 2023
2023 Half Year Report Card and Summer Blockbuster Discussion
Jun 26, 2023
Oscars 2023 Preview: Can Ireland win anything?
Mar 09, 2023
Best Films of 2022
Dec 14, 2022
Who needs the World Cup?!
Nov 22, 2022
Best of 2022's first 6 months. Plus "Elvis".
Jun 27, 2022
Oscars Preview Special
Mar 25, 2022
The Batman is the bee's knees
Mar 09, 2022
Encanto / Parallel Mothers / Licorice Pizza
Feb 11, 2022
Best Films of 2021 - Ep #101 Special
Dec 22, 2021
Best Films of 2020 - Ep #100 special
Dec 22, 2020
Films for lockdown #2
Nov 19, 2020
Making sense of TENET with some big fat spoilers
Sep 04, 2020
A return to the cinema? // (Virtual) Galway Fleadh // David Lynch's 'Wild at Heart'
Jul 13, 2020
Space Jam, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Assistant (Social Distancing Cinema #2)
May 18, 2020
American Psycho (Social Distancing Cinema #1)
Apr 19, 2020
Coronavirus and Cinema.....
Mar 14, 2020
The Ultimate Oscars Preview!
Feb 06, 2020
*spoilerz* - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Dec 24, 2019
The Best Films of 2019 - Marriage Story and Bait take top spots + Friends of Spool!
Dec 20, 2019
The Best Films of the 2010s!
Dec 09, 2019
Getting comfy for 210 minutes of The Irishman!
Nov 12, 2019
The brilliance of JOKER, the (pointless) joy of EL CAMINO... + more
Oct 14, 2019
Party like it's 1999 - The Matrix, Phantom Menace... | Pain & Glory, Scary Stories, Ad Astra
Sep 05, 2019
Does Tarantino's 'Hollywood' hold up? [Plus The Lion King, Jim Jarmusch, Hobbs & Shaw, Almodovar and more]
Aug 01, 2019
The Best Films of 2019 so far? And Spider-Man FFH spoiler review + much more
Jul 04, 2019
#84 – Is John Wick 3 a masterpiece or glorified computer game? Plus PIKACHU v AVENGERS..
May 18, 2019
Pod 83: So, who’s gonna win an Oscar? (w/ guest Eithne Shortall)
Feb 20, 2019
Pod 82: Green Book v Beale Street v Driving Miss Daisy (kinda)
Jan 30, 2019
Pod 81: THE BEST FILMS OF 2018
Dec 19, 2018
Pod 80: Raising a glass to Tom Waits, Robert Redford, Sly Stallone and Tessa Thompson
Dec 13, 2018
Pod #79 – Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’, plus Bohemian Rhapsody, Mandy, Rosie & more
Nov 09, 2018
Pod #78 – We watch ‘The Crying Game’, 1992’s most shocking film and legendary piece of Irish cinema
Oct 08, 2018
Pod #77 – The ‘BlackKklansman’ and ‘Airplane!’ connection, American Animals, Searching, Lucky & more
Aug 29, 2018
Pod #76 – What’s coming to Galway Film Fleadh 2018? And what’s in the cinema for when the World Cup is finished?
Jul 11, 2018
Pod #75 – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in hilarious Cineworld 4DX, Book Club, Deadpool 2, Solo & more
Jun 10, 2018
Pod #74: Avengers Spoilerz, The Delinquent Season, Deadpool 2 & more
May 06, 2018
Pod #73 – Is ‘Isle of Dogs’ the first bad Wes Anderson movie? Is ‘Michael Inside’ the best Irish film of the year?
Apr 09, 2018
Pod #72 – An Oscars Conversation (w/ special guest Eithne Shortall)
Feb 26, 2018
Pod #71 – The Shape of Water, Phantom Thread & many, many more
Feb 10, 2018
Pod #70 – The Best Films of 2017
Dec 18, 2017
Pod #69 – The Worst Films of 2017
Dec 13, 2017
Pod #68: Review Bumper Bonanza! Just how deadly are The Disaster Artist, Good Time and The Florida Project?
Dec 06, 2017
Pod #67: Blade Runner(s) spoilers chat…. and the Harvey Weinstein problem
Oct 23, 2017
Pod #66 – Adam Sandler’s best film in 15 years!
Oct 22, 2017
Pod #65 – mother! It! Wind River! Harry Dean Stanton!
Sep 19, 2017
Pod #64: Dunkirk, The Big Sick, War for the Planet of the Apes & more
Jul 23, 2017
Pod #63: Galway Film Fleadh 2017 round-up – Best New Irish Features & Shorts
Jul 22, 2017
Pod #62 – ‘The Driver’ (1978) – Baby Driver’s Biggest Inspiration?
Jul 05, 2017
Pod #61 – Baby Driver! Okja! Galway Film Fleadh 2017 Preview!
Jun 30, 2017
Pod #60 – Celebrating DAVID LYNCH
Jun 05, 2017
Pod #59 – We’re back! // War Machine, The Red Turtle, Cardboard Gangsters, Alien, The Mummy & MORE
May 29, 2017
Pod #58: ScarJo in Ghost in the Shell, Get Out, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest & MUCH MORE
Mar 30, 2017
Pod #57: Oscars 2017 Special (featuring Páraic, Nigel & Eithne predictions)
Feb 23, 2017
Pod #56: Trainspotting 2, ADIFF 2017 Preview, Manchester by the Sea and more
Jan 22, 2017
Pod #55: Best Films of 2016
Dec 20, 2016
Pod #54: ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story – *spoiler review*
Dec 17, 2016
Pod #53: Paterson, Allied, Bad Santa 2, Amy Adams & Christmas Films playing in Dublin in 2016
Nov 30, 2016
Pod #52: The Light Between Oceans, Doctor Strange, T2: Trainspotting and Werner Herzog documentary double-bill!
Nov 04, 2016
Pod #51 – Werner Herzog wilderness special! (Fitzcarraldo & Burden of Dreams)
Oct 23, 2016
Podcast #50: Mattress Men, The Girl on the Train, Hunt for the Wilderpeople & many more
Oct 04, 2016
Pod #49: Sausage Party, Don’t Breathe, A Date for Mad Mary & 12 more films discussed! Also Gene Wilder remembered.
Sep 02, 2016
Pod #48: Are we gone Beyond good Star Trek films, and is Ghostbusters worth all the talk?
Jul 23, 2016
Pod #47: Galway Film Fleadh preview, Now You See Me 2, Maggie’s Plan, The Van & many more…
Jun 29, 2016
Pod 46: The Nice Guys, X-Men, Michael Moore & Shakespeare @ IFI
May 31, 2016
Podcast #45: The problem with Captain America: Civil War // Different approaches to music biopics
May 01, 2016
Pod #44 – Spring Special! // Sing Street, The Witch, The Hateful Eight (70mm), Midnight Special & more
Mar 23, 2016
Pod #43 – Oscars 2016 Spooool Special (w/ Eithne Shortall)
Feb 23, 2016
Podcast #42 – The best ever month for cinema releases? (maybe!)
Jan 25, 2016
Pod #41 – The Best Films of 2015 & Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reviewed
Dec 21, 2015
Pod 40: STAR WARS (Original Trilogy Special)
Dec 11, 2015
Pod #39: The magnificent “Carol”, Spielberg’s disappointing “Bridge of Spies” and Johnny Depp’s Whitey Bulger in “Black Mass”
Nov 29, 2015
Star Wars: Revisiting The Prequels! // Watch with Spooool #13
Nov 20, 2015
Podcast #37 – So, is Spectre as good as Skyfall?
Oct 25, 2015
Podcast #36 – Remembering Wes Craven // The Last House on the Left (1972) & The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Oct 18, 2015
Podcast #35 – Older Than Ireland, Everest, The Martian, Spectre & More
Sep 28, 2015
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) // Revenge of the Nerds (1984) – Podcast #34
Sep 12, 2015
#33 – Gerwig, Schumer, Delevingne and Streep (and more)
Aug 31, 2015
#32 – Awesome Animation (and Ant-Man and Amy)
Jul 28, 2015
Podcast #31 – The Terrible Terminator
Jul 01, 2015
Podcast #30 – 1979 Mad Max V 2015 Mad Max
May 30, 2015
Spooool.ie Podcast #29 – Avengers, Cobain, Runaway Train, Mad Max & more
Apr 28, 2015
Spooool.ie Podcast #28 – JDIFF 2015 Round-up
Mar 30, 2015
Spooool.ie Podcast #27 – Oscar Predictions and favourites with Nigel, Páraic and Special guest Eithne Shortall
Feb 20, 2015
Spooool.ie Podcast #26 – Racist Academy, Big love for Oscar Isaac and Birdman’s brilliance
Jan 30, 2015
Best Films of The Year 2014 – Spooool.ie Podcast #25
Dec 19, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #24 – Star Wars Trailer Talk, Paddington reviewed and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Nov 30, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #23 – Hollywood Heavyweights & Early Kubrick
Oct 31, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #22 – Documentary time. And lots of reviews
Sep 30, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #21 – Back to School Special
Aug 31, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #20 – Do The Right Thing @ 25 and Richard Linklater’s Dazed & Confused
Jul 28, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #19 – Galway Film Fleadh, Mrs. Brown & pretending the World Cup isn’t happening
Jun 30, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #18 – Summer Blockbuster Special
May 29, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #17 – A golden age for Irish cinema?
Apr 29, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #16 – Sci-Fi Special & April’s Attractions
Mar 31, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #15 – We’ve got Oscar fever!
Feb 28, 2014
Spooool.ie Podcast #14 – JDIFF and January Blues
Jan 31, 2014
2013’s Best Films (Joint top 5 and Podcast)
Dec 19, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #12 – Gearing up for Christmas
Nov 30, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #11 – Hallowe’en horror classics special
Oct 29, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #10 – Winter film preview special, what’s going to shape the Oscar conversation this year?
Sep 30, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #9 – It’s a “Back to School” special as we reveal our favourite movie teachers, share Jurassic Park memories and review the best of what’s on the big screen right now
Aug 31, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #8 – Rewind to the movies of 2003, Frances Ha and The Act of Killing anointed as film of the year candidates, Alan Partridge and Upstream Color previewed
Jul 31, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #7 – Best and Worst of 2013 (so far), Superman, World War Z, A Field in England coming on all formats & The Cornetto Trilogy concludes!
Jun 29, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #6 – A month of Michael Shannon, Fast 6, Mud, IFI’s 70mm season and Before Midnight
May 31, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #5 – April’s big movies, the state of Irish cinema and new McConaghey/Almodovar coming up in May
Apr 30, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #4 – Best of March movies, Hitchcock’s Vertigo and a Gosling/Cooper fuelled April preview…
Mar 30, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #3 – Discussing the 2013 Oscars and recalling February’s Best and Worst releases.
Feb 20, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #2 – Looking back on January 2013
Jan 31, 2013
Spooool.ie Podcast #1 – 2012’s Best Films
Dec 18, 2012