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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Grace Duffy and Billie Jean Doheny, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.

So this week, Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes’ 365 Dni: Ten Dzień.

Having survived the attempt on her life at the end of the previous film, Laura is to be wed to local mafia boss Massimo. However, the couple soon find their relationship tested, particularly with the arrival of a sexy gardener named Nacho. Laura flees Massimo into Nacho’s waiting hands, but quickly discovers that there is a far more sinister game at foot, and that not all of the players have revealed themselves.

At time of recording, it was ranked 47th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 1st June 2022.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely, although Darren and Andrew are together. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• 365 Dni: Ten Dzień at The Internet Movie Database.
• The Bottom 100 at time of recording.
• Grace Duffy and Marianne Cassidy join The 250 to discuss Fifty Shades of Grey, November 2018.
• Grace Duffy joins The 250 to discuss 365 Days, February 2021.
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• Michele Morrone talks to Gulf News about going from being a gardener to being an actor, July 2020.
• Michele Morrone talks to People about his career ambitions, June 2022.
• Netflix announces production on two sequels to 365 Days, May 2021.
• Stjepan Hundic at The Hollywood Reporter looks at how Netflix is treating Poland as a hub for access to the Eastern European market, May 2022.
• Stjepan Hundic and Scott Roxborough at The Hollywood Reporter argue that the streaming age has turned Poland into a production powerhouse, July 2021.
• Michael Balderston at What to Watch looks at the popularity and success of 365 Days: This Day, May 2022.
• Marie Solis at The New York Times looks at the massive plunge taken by Netflix stock, April 2022.
• Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter looks at the battles taking place inside Netflix over things like quality control of content, April 2022.
• Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire looks at 365 Days: This Day sitting atop the video-on-demand charts, May 2022.
• Rebecca Theodore-Vachon at Lost Remote looks at the most watched content on streaming, May 2022.
• Paul Tassi at Forbes looks at the success of the 365 Days films despite the critical drubbing that they have received, May 2022.
• Samantha Bergeson at IndieWire looks at the tradition of popular Netflix films and shows with low critical scores, May 2022.
• Chris Lee at Vulture looks at recent attempts to revive the erotic thriller on Netflix, April 2022.
• Alison Willmore at Vulture looks at the importance of home media to the success and development of the erotic thriller, April 2022.
• Allison P. Davis at Vulture argues that the erotic thriller is still one of the best ways for audiences to talk about sex and sexuality, April 2022.
• RS Benedict at Blood Knife looks at the weird sexlessness of modern movies, February 2021.
• Marlow Stern and Kevin Fallon at The Daily Beast wonder how modern movies became so sexless, January 2021.
• Arya Roshanian at Bustle argues in defense of the sex scenes in the 365 Days movies, May 2022.
• Daniela Elser at Stylist argues that the sex scenes in Bridgerton are important, December 2020.
• Patrick Cremona at Radio Times looks at Deep Water as a revival of the erotic thriller, March 2022.
• Brian Raftery at The Ringer looks at the rise and fall of the erotic thriller as a genre, March 2022.
• Adrian Lyne talks to The Hollywood Reporter about making 9 1/2 Weeks, February 2015.
• Abigail Chandler at The Independent looks at the popularity of shows like Normal People during lockdown, May 2020.
• Rachel Weisz talks to Canoe about spitting in Rachel McAdams’ mouth in Disobedience, November 2018.
• Isabelle Kohn at Mel Magazine looks at the popularity of spitting as a sexual meme, February 2019.
• Andrew Gruttadaro at The Ringer looks at how spitting became another sort of meme during the pandemic era, November 2021.
• Blanka Lipińska talks to Oprah Daily about how much of 365 Days is drawn from her own experiences, February 2021.
• Emma Green at The Atlantic on the issues with the portrayal of bondage culture in Fifty Shades of Grey, February 2015.
• Pop Matters argues for a reclamation of 9 1/2 Weeks as an erotic thriller depiction of a bondage relationship, August 2015.
• Karina Longworth at You Must Remember This explores the production and release of 9 1/2 Weeks, May 2022.
• Karina Longworth talks to Vulture about how the erotic thriller often combines carnality and consumerism, April 2022.
• Katie Rife reviews 365 Days: This Day at RogerEbert.com, April 2022.
• Jessica Kiang reviews 365 Days: This Day at Variety, April 2022.
• Ian Sandwell at Digital Spy discusses how the film adaptation of 365 Days: This Day alters some of the novel’s details, April 2022.
• Meghan O’Keefe at Decider looks at the infamous yacht scene from 365 Days, June 2020.
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