Much like a vampire who has fallen wildly in love with you at first sniff, Twilight was simply inescapable. Like a teenage werewolf, it morphed rapidly, from 50 Shades fan fic to a best selling book to a film tie in, coinciding with the full moon of TMZ gossip culture rising across the horizon, making its young cast some of the most watched people on the planet. That’s enough metaphors stretched to breaking point, we are joined by our friends at The Cinemile to unpick not just a film but a...

Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, a banging soundtrack, an iconic poster and an absurdly stacked supporting cast. What could possibly go wrong? Well, quite a lot actually. Join us as we hit peak 90s with author and editor Philip Ellis and attempt to answer the question - why does no one ever talk about surreal crime rom com (rom com crim?) A Life Less Ordinary We're on Patreon! The First One To See is the home of all our cultural chats including what we’re watching right now and...

Even if, like Deb, you're not on the guest list for rock'n'roll heaven, we'll never turn you away at The Last One To See! This week we welcome Graham Smyth, the last one to see EMPIRE RECORDS. Say no more (Mon Amour) and have a listen as we discuss experiences of retail work, our single/album/vinyl buying firsts, and this mad grab bag of a 90s movie. We have a Patreon! The First One To See is the home of all our cultural chats including what we’re watching right now and anything else that...

Of all the podcasts in all the podcast apps in all the world, you scroll into ours... We finally got The Shift Podcast Network's Pod-Dad to guest - it's Andy Gaffney! And with the daddy of podcasting, we have to dig into a true daddy of cinema - CASABLANCA! Here's listening to us, kid, as we take Andy through a Moroccan and Parisian romp with illuminating discoveries about World War II history, Looney Tunes inspirations and a lively re-enactment of the modern Warner Bros logo music. Keep...

This week we finally release our long promised episode with Irish writer/director extraordinaire Kate Dolan where she is the last one to see The Matrix. Given the technology theme of the movie, I had ChatGPT generate an episode blurb. I’m willing to bet with a strong degree of confidence that we’re not in a simulation if this is the best that AI can deliver on the prompt “write a 200 word blurb, full of puns, about the movie The Matrix for a podcast episode where we watch it with a guest who...

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Between talking about imagination-led childhoods full of dinosaurs (and rewatching what you had access to), entering a franchise through its spin-off properties, wanting to lead a #JusticeForSarabi campaign, calling out Mustafa for his Jeff-Bezos-like billionaire complex, disputing the originality of our story in question (nods to both Hamlet and Kimba The White Lion) and Disney villain gaze gays, this episode leaves no stone left unturned on Pride Rock. And you will definitely not want to...

It’s been 84 years… Well not quite. The ship of dreams is taking to the high seas once again as Titanic sails into cinemas for her 25th anniversary. What better time to climb aboard this cultural juggernaut and see if it remains a first class experience. We wanted to go to a real party so not one but two guests embarked on this transatlantic crossing with us. A mathematical certainty of a good time. Speaking of potential disastrous endeavours taking their maiden voyage, we have launched a...

We thawed out our mics to record another holiday special - this time Kate and David react to Lindsay Lohan’s festive Netflix outing - FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS - and in light of the other topic du jour that we were glued to recently, we dissect the Sicilian antics of THE WHITE LOTUS S2. More details coming soon about the next season of the podcast, the Patreon launch, etc. so… Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter and Letterboxd (@thelastonetosee on all the things) Follow David (@davidpfitz)...

Time to find out if this podcast does indeed go to 11 as we take a timely trip back to 1984 (no that one) with our Last One to See, Andrea Cleary, to confirm if what goes on tour stays on tour and if OG mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap still rocks today. Andrea is a podcast frequent flyer as well as a media multi-hyphenate so you can hear more from her at My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and co-hosting over at Nialler9 The Debbie Downer SNL sketch David mentioned:...

OK, so this may not be a title that rings familiar to a lot of folks. But hear us out! The Last One To See wasn’t conceived with the idea that everyone everyone has seen each of the selections, and Sarah very much understood the assignment (and Alan willingly agreed to go along with it) with the selection of BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER - a queer classic and rare entry in the lesbian teen movie genre that saw a 20th anniversary re-release in 2020. As mentioned, Alan and Sarah are our guests this...

Fresh off Macron’s electoral victory, it couldn’t be a more fitting week for our francophile episode where we are joined by author, prolific tweeter and Letterboxd logger extraordinaire, Cethan Leahy, who is the last one to see a movie that neither Kate nor David could remember the fine details of prior to a rewatch - AMÉLIE (or if you wanna drop the pretentious full title ‘Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain’). 🇫🇷 🥖🗼 🥐 Films mentioned throughout the...

Coming to you a little bit later than originally promised (blame the life admin and post-Oscar season fatigue), we’re back with a live one! An all singing, all dancing, all freakin’ weird extravaganza was finally experience by our guest, Andrea Horan who was the last one to see THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! Kate and David talk the TV they’re watching during a spell where films have taken a back seat before our guest joins in to talk experiential cinema, drag, going out after hermiting...

Our hot-take coming in a bit lukewarm; we recorded this the day after the Oscars ceremony but the edit took a little longer than expected - apologies! Here’s the podcast that Kate mentioned: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/will-smith-has-will/id1533533467?i=1000545651453 Did we miss anything? Drop us a tweet or an email! Follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter Follow David (@davidpfitz) on Letterboxd and Twitter Follow Kate (@imkatemac) on Twitter ~~~ Use...

In the throes of Oscars week, we’re dropping a very on-theme episode, full of chats about this year’s awards, sandwiching a conversation with a man who Glenn Close may not know is her greatest publicist campaigning for her to eventually nab that Best Actress gong - it’s Mark O’Donovan of @dublin_zoetrope and he is the last one to see SOME LIKE IT HOT. Films mentioned throughout the...

David and Kate convened the day after the 2022 BAFTA ceremony. While they hadn’t attended in person (not this year at least… *hint hint BAFTA invite person*), they shared some thoughts on the results. Before diving into that, and the turbulent story arc of Jane Campion this past awards season weekend, David gives a rundown of the ten films he got to at this year’s Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. Here’s his watchlist:...

In this week’s episode, Jenn Gannon finally found out what was written in THE NOTEBOOK, as the last one to see the 2004 Nick Cassavetes romance that was screened at many a teen girl sleepover of yesteryear. We find out that Ryan Gosling has chicken soup face, discuss what could have been if Britney had been cast in the role, the manic pixie dream boy of it all, why so many scenes felt like watching Seventh Heaven, and a story about Kate’s grandparents that’ll tug on your heartstrings if the...

In this week’s episode, music is front and centre as our guest, musician, songwriter, podcaster and deadly human, Senita Appiakorang, is the last one to see ALMOST FAMOUS. We catch up on the dents Kate and David have made on the award season (and not so awards season) watchlist, talk 70s fashion, groupie culture, what the music world is like now vs when the film was made vs when the film was set, fan/celebrity access, the incredible cast, the role of music journalism and Frances McDormand’s...

David and Kate convened the day after the 94th Academy Awards nominations were announced to share their thoughts, identify which nominees they are the last ones to see, snubs that surprised them and a lowdown of where the nominees can be found (cinema/streaming/VOD/etc.) for the Irish audience. Did we miss anything? Drop us a tweet or an email! ~~~ David’s award tracker...

In this week’s episode, we faced off against the longest, oldest and most-linguistically-challenging-for-this-trio-of-english-speakers films that has been picked by one of our guests so far. Physical media vs streaming? Dubbed or subbed? Cinema or home viewing? We debate all the options, notalgise over the curatorial eye of TV movie schedulers of yesteryear and come to understand just how much some of the biggest names in Hollywood drew from the work of Kurosawa in this episode with guest,...

You’d think we had actually planned this in advance but we’re dropping this episode on the birthday (25th January) of the director of our guest’s pick! And speaking of said guest, Aoife Barry of TheJournal.ie fame and co-host of the Get Around To It podcast, peeled the covers away from her eyes long enough to stand up to Leatherface in the original outing of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In this episode, David updates us on what movies and TV he’s been watching lately, Kate provides a...

New year, new pod ep! Saddle up for our first episode of 2022 where we head out west for Clint Eastwood’s 1992 anti-western, Unforgiven, with our guest, entertainment editor of JOE.ie, Lovin Dublin & Lovin.ie, Rory Cashin. To kick us off, Kate and David catch up on some of their top TV recommendations and recent movie viewings before we wrangle in Rory to talk apathy for the western genre, we uncover Kate’s obsession with Mr Eastwood and marvel at the prolific output of the man...

In that weird liminal space between Christmas and New Year’s where none of us have any clue what day or time it is, it only seems right that we journey 20 years into the past for sleeper cult hit Donnie Darko, then it’s second right at 1988 and straight on til morning. Or is it?  Our guest for this episode is Christine Bohan who joins us in our quest to unravel this time-traveling modern classic as she visits Middlesex High School for the first time. Topics covered include angsty...

‘Tis the season so Kate and David are been caught up in the Christmas spirit and will be discussing their own favourite festive hits, and in the spirit of the podcast, just what yuletide films they’ve missed. And what even is a Christmas film anyway? We’ll also be discussing festive family cinema trips, childhood Christmas plays - some nativity, some most definitely not, queer joy - it’s not just for Christmas, Lindy West’s timeless takedown of a deeply questionable seasonal offering, the...