Following his stint in the Spanish-language anthology film, 7 Days in Havana which was undertaken by several filmmakers and actors from the golden boy, Benicio del Toro to Emir Kusturica. Pablo Trapero returns to the director’s chair with a kaboom in The Clan, Argentina’s entry for the Best Foreign Language […]
Month: October 2016
Paris Blues (1962) Comes to Life with the Jazz and the Style (Review)
Here’s a less-than-fun fact; when Martin Ritt’s Paris Blues was released in 1961, the opening flirtation between Paul Newman and Diahann Carroll would have been a crime in 22 American states. Released on Blu-Ray fifty-five years later as part of the British Film Institute’s Black Star season, it is noticeable […]
Cinema Eclectica 87 – A Seaworthy Vessel of Scuzz
Between the madness of being a bit ill and accidentally suggesting necrophilia, it’s something of an eventful show. This week we look at Billy Wilder’s “Fedora”, William Klein’s art-house oddity “Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?”, Richard Wenk’s 1980s high-camp horror “Vamp”, and Whit Stillman’s divisive “Love & Friendship”. Our Feature […]
Dark Water (2002) The Dramatic Face of J-Horror and Creeping Dread (Review)
In a newly recorded interview, director Hideo Nakata not only talks about his rise through the studio system and his big break directing the original Ring, but he also talks about Dramatic Horror. Such a notion is only given credibility by the art-house, independent and marginalized, even in the parts […]
Literary Loitering 50 – Everything Needs More Swashbuckling
Cosmos (2015) Żuławski ransacks his knowledge of art and pop culture for the most surreal swansong (Review)
It’s a strange world, but has it ever looked stranger than it does through the eyes of Witold Gombrowicz and Andrzej Żuławski? Żuławski was the late Polish director whose film Possession became quite the artiest thing on the Department of Public Prosecutions’ infamous ‘video nasties’ list. Gombrowicz was one of a generation of European authors who […]
Keyframe Episode 59 – Brexit, Pursued By Bear
It’s another trailerfest filled with ballet, idol dances, bishounen prison breaks, and possibly the nerdiest anime concept for a while. Our featured anime are Kuroko’s Basketball and Attack on Titan: The Movie (part 1). Tune in to The Geek Show Podcast Network for all the latest news, discussions and reviews, […]
One Million Years BC (1966) Harryhausen, Dinosaurs and the legendary bikini (Review)
PX09 – EGX 2016 Special Part 1
Cinema Eclectica 86 – Mecha Hitler Vs Cyber Churchill
As we travel the country we learn that the big news has secretly been following us! Conspiracy! Off The Shelf features Robert Aldrich’s “The Flight of the Phoenix”, Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” and the accidental creation of the oddest of double bill’s – Miklós Jancsó’s “Electra, My Love” and […]