This week we stepped out of our time zone to find the world had gone strange. Dinosaurs had been revived and now butlered while wearing monocles and top hats, everybody had a jetpack and a ray gun, and golf was now played with mortars and dune buggies. Reviews – Space […]
Month: August 2015
The Wolfpack – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 33
This week we discover some peculiar childhood memories. Our Off the Shelf section has an eccentric bunch with Rob covering the Taiwanese film Exit and pronouncing everything wrong, and Ryan enjoying rage-house icon Bronson. Both movies were book-ended by a Graham two-fer – a collection of shorts by Richard Massingham […]
Keyframe 22 – A Possibly Magical Third Series
Dragon’s Return (1968) A Jaw-Dropping Masterpiece of the Slovak Style (Review)
All generalisations are false, up to and including this one. But it does feel as if, even before Czechoslovakia divided into two nations, there were already two parallel cinemas existing in it. You have the Czech films of Jan Švankmajer and Věra Chytilová; witty, urban, fast-cut, colourful, likely to appeal […]
4-Panel 24 – Marvel’s Sugar Daddy
4-Panel 24 – Marvel's Sugar Daddy
Exit (2014) A subtle showcase for Shiang-chyi Chen (Review)
The appearance of new film distributors in the UK is a significant occasion, especially when they are dealing exclusively with Asian cinema. The birth of Facet Films brings with it new possibilities, one of which is Chienn Hsiang’s directorial début – Exit. With this film, he follows the rich tradition […]
Keyframe 22 – A Possibly Magical Third Series
How to be Eccentric: The Essential Richard Massingham
The Man from UNCLE – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 32
This week Producer Rob introduced us to the early 1980’s swashbuckling comedy Zorro: The Gay Blade starring George Hamilton. Honestly, it’s real – look it up. That opened the traps up for Off the Shelf in which we feature the legendary documentary Man With A Movie Camera, anarchic zombie-comedy Wyrmwood: […]