It’s only a Christmas Special. Join Rob and his guest co-hosts, Vincent and Graham, as we talk about royalty of the British screen, Michael Caine. We look at three vastly different eras of his career. We have Get Carter, then his collaborations with Christopher Nolan with the Prestige and then […]
Christopher Nolan
Why Hans Zimmer should be considered the Modern Mozart
David Bowie in the Prestige – Pop Screen 67
Parasite (2019) and More: Classic Film Kid Vs. Lockdown
Tenet – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 269
Inception – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 267
All aboard the Louise Brooks train for the silent cinema legend’s wildest, nastiest and undeniably most hobo-packed outing: 1928’s Beggars of Life. Director William Wellman was coming off the back of the first-ever Best Picture Oscar winner, Wings. Is this a worthy successor? Off the Shelf kicks off with a […]
Dunkirk (1958) A poignant and near peerless World War II Movie (Review)
As a child obsessed with war, I well remember watching Dunkirk, Leslie (father of Barry) Norman’s 1958 film that depicted the events of May-June 1940, when the besieged soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force were stranded on the coast of France, and the combined efforts of the Royal Navy and […]
Dunkirk – a very loud introduction to war
Cinema Eclectica 122 – Cinema du Eric Cartman
Why Modern Hollywood Hates Plot Twists
[WARNING: this article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, all three Iron Man films, most of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, and, y’know, everything else.] Sitting down to watch Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden recently, I experienced a pleasure I’d almost forgotten about; […]