This week we’re neck-deep in a crazy heatwave – which makes for a much looser show because of all the melting brains. Our featured movies in our “Off The Shelf” section are Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns, Frank Borzage’s lost film-noir Moonrise and Eli Roth’s latest
Any time we get news that can give us the inspiration for an episode title like that, we know it’s generally going to be a good news week. In “Off The Shelf” we take a look at Albert Serra and Second Run’s Story of My
After getting lost in the deep, dark shrubbery that is the news (and thus making this one of our longest shows so far), we dive straight into the still waters of “Off the Shelf” with an eclectic mix of silver-screen goodness. On this episode Rob
Apologies for the delay – this week we’re going rogue (again). On this episode we get right into things with two trailers of the week before diving into a vast collection of titles – both old and new. In “Off the Shelf” we take a
Things get a bit dark this week and now we can’t watch The Family-Ness for a while. On this week’s episode we take a look at Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon, eccentric French auteur-extraordinaire Jean Rollin’s Lost in New York, the underappreciated Miyizaki gem Porco Rosso
It’s a slow news week because Cannes has rolled around again, but we give it the old college try anyway. In “Off the Shelf” we discuss Fritz Lang’s silent classic Frau Im Mond before discovering the strange wonders of Second Run’s Polish Cinema Collection Volume
This week we’re pondering the ultimate question – should we do a version with just noises and sound effects? In “Off the Shelf” we take a look at Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace, Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep and the Shaw Brothers historical
This week we change all of the roles, but still somehow manage to do … stuff. Our featured home entertainment releases in Off the Shelf are Down By Law, Fellini’s Satyricon, The Railway Man and Playing It Cool. We also have a rare “Minority Report”
On this week’s episode there are some dark, disturbing revelations. In our Off the Shelf section we take a look at Sidney Lumet’s 1970’s classic Network, a boxset featuring the work of Chris Marker, the rather alarming soap opera-like Be My Baby, and the silent
This week’s episode features one of the most anticipated releases of the last few years – which means heated and very divisive opinions are on the cards (there would be no point otherwise). With a full cast of unsupportive characters Off the Shelf enjoys Nikkatsu