I was intrigued to hear that Alfréd Radok’s Czech drama, Distant Journey, was one of the first films to depict the horrors of the Holocaust. I was left gobsmacked, though, to hear that the film was released in 1949, only a couple years after the Holocaust ended. For Radok to […]
Month: May 2020
Battlefield Earth – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 256
This week’s Cinema Eclectica is devoted entirely to Badaptations – those times when, in between the page and the screen, something vital goes missing. Graham’s choice is 1995’s The Scarlet Letter, in which one of the most introverted and spiritual of 19th-century novels is turned into a Demi Moore bonkbuster. […]
Snowpiercer (2013) Next Stop, Class Warfare (Review)
She’s All About The Joust – Literary Loitering 121
The Specialists (1969) Eccentric French Spaghetti Western Grime (Review)
Stray Dog – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 255
The Family Way: Hayley & Hywel 4Eva (Review)
Bong Joon-Ho Special – Cinema Eclectica 254
Final boss of the Oscars and forever king of our hearts Bong Joon-ho gets an Eclectica special to celebrate the news that Snowpiercer is finally, finally getting a physical media release in the UK from Lionsgate. Originally shot in… what, about 1872? Shortly before the invention of cinema? It’s held […]
Kwaidan: The King of the J-Horror (Review)
Ema – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 253
This isn’t quite Cinema Eclectica’s dance special, but it gets weirdly close – with Pablo Larrain’s psychosexual reggaeton epic Ema as Film of the Week, and a Question of the Week about your favourite cinematic dance scenes. The answers take in everyone from Gene Kelly and Ginger Rogers to Greta […]