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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Aine O’Connor, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Oriol Paulo’s Contratiempo.

On the eve of his trial for a murder that he insists he didn’t commit, Barcelona business man Adrián Doria meets with trial expert Virginia Goodman. Virginia is there to help Doria explain how he might have woken up in a locked hotel room with the body of his mistress, but no memory of what happened. As the two pry further end further into the case, they become locked in a battle of wits that snakes and turns, where nothing is as it appears to be.

At time of recording, it was ranked 245th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show notes:

• Recorded 15th March 2020.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, Áine opted to record remotely. It was the safest choice, but the audio is a little rough in places. We are still adapting. Bare with us.
• The Invisible Guest at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB Top 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Follow Áine on Twitter.
• Read Áine’s guide to streaming during self-isolation at The Sunday Independent, March 2020.
• Farhad Manjoo at The New York Times on Netflix’s packaging of global ideas for a broad audience, February 2019.
• Katie Collins at CNET on Netflix’s embrace of foreign-language content, November 2018.
• Oriol Paulo talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the success of Contratiempo in China, June 2019.
• Pamela Rolfe at The Hollywood Reporter on Chinese and Spanish co-production deals, October 2014.
• Gregorio Belinchón at El Pais discusses the overlap between the Spanish and Chinese film industries, April 2019.
• Nyay Bhushan at The Hollywood Reporter on the Bollywood remake of Contratiempo, June 2018.
• Steven Zeitchik at The Washington Post on the strange release of The Upside, January 2019.
• Manuela Lazic at The Ringer on Hollywood’s troubled adaptations of French cinema, January 2019.
• Thomas Rogers at The New York Times on the breakout crossover success of Dark on Netflix, November 2017.
• Michael Nordine at IndieWire on the surprise success of Verónica on Netflix, March 2018.
• Broadway World reports on production of Oriol Paulo’s The Innocent for Netflix, November 2019.
• Stephen Burgen at The Guardian on the pop music that was banned in Franco’s Spain, July 2016.
• Jordi Cornella talks to Free Muse about the legacy of Franco’s censorship on modern Spain, March 2017.
• Graham Keeley at The Independent on how Cliff Richard was banned in Franco’s Spain, January 2008.
• Neil Bennett at Digital Arts Online on the deer from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, March 2018.
• Jessie Pavlak at Meaningful Mythology of China on the symbolism of the deer in Chinese mythology, September 2012.
• Feng Shuied on the place of the deer in Chinese culture, November 2018.
• Barbara Felt Miller at Felt Like a Foodie on the taboo of cutting noodles on Chinese New Year, January 2017.
• Scott Mitchell at ABC Life on the tradition of eating noodles on Chinese New Year, January 2019.
• Independent film executives talk to IndieWire about the legacy of Roger Ebert as a film critic, April 2013.
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