This week we're joined by our Radio Junior Juan Pablo Saa yet again to provide a year in review for 2021 cinema. We each provide our top 10 films of the year and have a lively debate about the newest Matrix installment and the role of fan service and expectations in blockbuster cinema.

In preparation for the end of 2021 Will and Liam, welcome new junior radio liaison Juan Pablo Saa and compare and contrast their top 10 movies of 2020.

Will and Liam are joined by Becca Johanson, a screenwriter who works in Vancouver, BC. Together they talk about her journey as an English student, turned filmmaker, turned screenwriter. They discuss her process as a writer and her most recent film "A Love Yarn".

This week Liam and Will are joined by First Floor Collective founders Arkin Pal and Luke Beach Brown. Together they discus filmmaking and navigating the Vancouver film scene.

Liam and Will are joined by Juan Pablo Sea to discuss the films they saw during the 2021 VIFF. Notably Sean Baker's Red Rocket and Jim Cummings The Beta Test are discussed at length.

This week we welcome Joel McCarthy. A local filmmaker and festival runner, McCarthy just released his latest work - a documentary about the life and work of Alfred Hitchcock: "I Am Alfred Hitchcock". We also discuss Joel McCarthy's role in the annual 48 hour film festival RunNGun that runs here in Vancouver, BC.

On this week's episode Will and Liam chat with UBC Film Society's Film Liaison Michael Dang about Inside Llewyn Davis and Oscar Isaac.

On this week's episode Will and Liam chat with UBC Film Society's Film Liaison Michael Dang about Inside Llewyn Davis and Oscar Isaac.

This week, Jin and Anvi mourn the lost tapes of the original Shirkers. Shirkers provides a riveting look at filmmaking in the real "whirled", one where a man named George Cardona never hands over the tapes to a group of young filmmakers.

Michael came up to Jin and asked to be on Reel Whirled. Jin said sure, would love to have ya on friendo. Michael suggested Varda as a theme, gave Jin some film suggestions, and all in all it was a wonderful time. On this week's episode of Reel Whirled, Michael and Jin talk about how amazing and talented Agnes Varda was.