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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Stacy Grouden, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Florian Zeller’s The Father.

Anthony finds himself entering old age, and struggling with dementia. His world seems to shift around him. His home becomes increasingly foreign. The people that he loves are replaced with strangers. Can he find a way out of the labyrinth of his own mind?

At time of recording, it was ranked the 142nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 17th April 2021.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• The Father at The Internet Movie Database.
• The Top 250 at time of recording.
• Follow Phil on Twitter.
• Read Phil’s reviews at Scannain.
• Read Stacy’s articles at State.ie.
• Read Stacy’s reviews at entertainment.ie.
• Watch Stacy and Darren at The Escapist Movie Podcast.
• Follow Stacy on Twitter.
• Mary McNamara at The Los Angeles Times discusses the reaction against Aaron Sorkin following The Newsroom, June 2012.
• Yair Rosenberg at The Atlantic discusses the shifting cultural attitude to The West Wing, October 2012.
• Jennifer Keishin Armstrong at BBC discusses how The West Wing overshadowed the Obama era, October 2020.
• Dave Anthony and Josh Olson talk to Fast Company about deconstructing The West Wing on their podcast The West Wing Thing, October 2020.
• Rebecca Alter at Vulture provides a list of the year’s Academy Awards nominations, March 2021.
• Nate Jones at Vulture ranks The Father as the least likely winner of the Best Picture award, March 2021.
• Kevin Jacobsen at Gold Derby debates the possibility that The Father might go home empty-handed, April 2021.
• Adam Nayman at The Ringer argues for Anthony Hopkins to take home the Best Actor prize this year, April 2021.
• Norman Vanamee at Town & Country Magazine looks at Chadwick Boseman’s posthumous awards season, April 2021.
• Florian Zeller talks to The Financial Times about his work, August 2019.
• The Times names Le Père the best play of the decade, December 2019.
• Florian Zeller talks to The Guardian about adapting The Father for film, March 2021.
• Florian Zeller talks to Forbes about recruiting Anthony Hopkins to film The Father, March 2021.
• Kenneth Cranham talks to Chronicle Live about his Olivier-winning turn in The Father, April 2016.
• Christopher Hampton talks to news.com.au about the difficulties and challenges in securing funding for The Father, April 2021.
• Michael Barker talks to Deadline about the slow rollout of The Father for awards season, March 2021.
• Gregg Kilday at The Hollywood Reporter explores the release strategy that Sony Pictures Classic employed with The Father and French Exit, March 2021.
• Angela Watercutter at Wired reports on the closure of the ArcLight in Hollywood, April 2021.
• Florian Zeller talks to Variety about taking inspiration from Amour in making The Father, December 2020.
• Nicole Davis at The Guardian writes about the explosion of dementia-related films in recent years, November 2020.
• Hannah Woodhead at BBC looks at the evolving portrayal of dementia in cinema, February 2021.
• Anthony Hopkins talks to The Washington Post about drawing from his own experiences in making The Father, February 2021.
• Anthony Hopkins talks to The Sydney Morning Herald about how The Father reminded him of his own father, March 2021.
• Anne Billson at The Guardian ranks Anthony Hopkins’ best film performances, April 2021.
• Ashley Lee at The Los Angeles Times discusses watching both the film and the stage version of The Father with her own father, March 2021.
• Peter Francis talks to Variety about the importance of the set design in The Father, February 2021.
• Peter Francis talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the manipulation of the set design in The Father to bring the audience into Anthony’s experience, January 2021.
• Peter Francis talks to Backstage about using the production design in The Father to disorient audience members, January 2021.
• Peter Francis talks to Film and Furniture about the use of furniture and design aesthetics in The Father, March 2021.
• Yorgas Lamprinos talks to Deadline about editting The Father, January 2021.
• Chris O’Falt at IndieWire discusses the importance of Greta Gerwig’s nomination for Best Director for Lady Bird, January 2018.
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