It’s the final episode of the Two Reel Cinema Club this week, but what a show to go out on: Film of the Year. We’ve seen a wide range of movies of … variable quality this year, and we’ve compared them to a host of immortal classics. But which will walk away clutching one of our seven awards, including Script of the Year, Scene of the Year and Product Placement of the Year? Featuring no-budget true stories, movies we’d almost forgotten about, two appearances by deities, historical films that feel scarily up to date, some surprising disappointments, a dose of heartwarming joy and a special mention for Rob Reiner.

Thanks to all our listeners who’ve helped us get to 200 episodes. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to slide into your ears every week, and we’re both looking forward to seeing you again in different forms as we move onto new projects! All the best, J and A.

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We’re travelling back in time 400 hundred years this episode, to watch the new award-tipped historical drama Hamnet and compare it to an alternative take on Shakespeare, 1990’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Two sets of muddy streets, two sets of Elizabethan gowns, two sets of plays within plays. But which film left us dissolved in a puddle? Which film reminded us of Rousseau and Voltaire? Which film threatens to become grief porn? And which film made us of think of Monty Python and Peter Greenaway?

Plus: Keanu Reeves in New York, Christmas with Bukowski, Mr Bean fights Cassius Clay, a made-for-TV Agatha Christie movie on a mega budget, a consistently terrible series of short films, and a reappearance by the most flatulent man in showbusiness. Happy New Year!

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What a way to end 2025, with the potential sale of Warner Brothers to Netflix hammering another nail into the coffin of cinema. Who are the main players, how much money is involved, and what implications does it have for the wider world? What is the mountain in the Paramount logo? Who could have predicted that the makers of bird documentaries would buy Batman? And why do we reckon that in this battle, whoever wins, we lose?

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