This week Rob gets traded for an older production version (for purely technical reasons of course). We look at Andrzej Zulawski’s baffling final film “Cosmos”, notorious video nasty “The Burning” and F.W. Murnau’s “The Grand Duke’s Finances”. Our Feature Presentation doubled up and mutated a second Werner Herzog-shaped head in […]
Cinema Eclectica
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 […]
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 […]
Cinema Eclectica 85 – Time Skips and Road Trips
On this highly mobile episode we take a look at Jacques Tourneur’s “Cat People”, Paul Newman and Orson Welles in “The Long Hot Summer”, Stanley Kramer’s “The Secret of Santa Vittoria” and cult British Horror “Psychomania”. After that we hand over to our past selves for our Feature Presentation – […]
Cinema Eclectica 84 – The Cinema Politika Threshold
We’re doing it backwards this week (pardon the phrasing). Off The Shelf goes to the cinema as we look at 4 new releases: “Kubo and the Two Strings”, “Hell or High Water”, “Anthropoid” and “Don’t Breathe”. Our Feature Presentation is the latest outing for the Director’s Lottery with Jean Cocteau’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 83 – Studying for my B.A. in Lettuce
Cinema Eclectica 82 – Things are going in a Grave Robbing Direction
Apologies for the delay! We’ve had technical difficulties and gremlins to contend with. On this extended edition we see the return of the B-sides with “Tickled”, “The Little Prince”, “Star Trek Beyond”, “Evolution”, “Childhood of a Leader” and “Everyone Wants Some” – titles that could have been our feature presentation […]