For the first full episode of 21st Film, Lorcan Mullan (<a href='https://twitter.com/lorcanmullan'>@lorcanmullan</a>) is joined by the comedian, director, and podcaster Stuart Laws (<a href='https://twitter.com/thisstuartlaws'>@thisstuartlaws</a>) to discuss Danny Boyle's first foray into big budget Hollywood, and Leonardo DiCaprio's first major leading role post-Titanic, in the adaptation of the Alex Garland cult 90s novel 'The Beach'

Check out Laws' new series '<a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Theme-Parks-Exercise-Fizzy-Drinks/dp/B091SJSTQ9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29DELOLWVGQ4O&dchild=1&keywords=grave+new+world&qid=1620550991&s=instant-video&sprefix=grave+new+w%2Caps%2C274&sr=1-1'>Grave New World</a>' on Amazon Prime Video.

Next episode: 'Pitch Black' with Adam Hawker

21st Film (2000): #002 - Pitch Black (with Adam Hawker)

Films released twenty-one years earlier are rewatched and reappraised by Lorcan Mullan and a different guest every episode. From confirmed classics to box office flops, the benefit of hindsight, and the personal recollections of both Lorcan and his guests will hopefully allow a deeper conversation to build about evolving tastes of the public, the critical consensus, the culture, and the personal overjust over two decades of reflection