100 episodes! It’s been quite the ride. Join us for our centenary episode as we ignore convention and recommend each other something in the spirit of the festivities. We have a controversial Question of the Week followed by our featured films – “Castaway on the Moon”, “My Scientology Movie”, Orson […]
Day: 1 March 2017
Cinema Eclectica 100 – Ruth Negga's Eyebrow Game
100 episodes! It’s been quite the ride. Join us for our centenary episode as we ignore convention and recommend each other something in the spirit of the festivities. We have a controversial Question of the Week followed by our featured films – “Castaway on the Moon”, “My Scientology Movie”, Orson […]
The Olive Tree (2016) Spanish Social Realism and the history of our homelands (Review)
The Olive Tree (or El Olivo as it’s known in its native Spanish) is director Icíar Bollaín’s third collaboration with the writer and long-term screenwriting partner of Ken Loach, Paul Laverty. It is an aesthetically beautiful, heartfelt and spiritual film that explores the notions of hope, tradition, history and economic […]