Are you into shame, but not in a weird sex way? If so, this is the Eclectica for you. Prompted by the recent re-release of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”, Rob, Aidan and Mick are looking at the original gangster saga (some of them, it turns out, for the first […]
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Keyframe 127 – The Weird Faces of Matt Gurning
Cinema Eclectica 176 – Turtle or No Turtle
Cinema Eclectica 175 – Marvin Gaye’s Frankenstein
All the leaves aren’t quite brown yet, but the sky is definitely grey so it’s the season for Aidan, Graham and Tim to revisit Wong Kar-Wai’s international breakthrough hit “Chungking Express”. Revitalising his career after the arduous shoot of “Ashes of Time”, it’s still one of the Hong Kong director’s […]
Literary Loitering 92 – The Lost City of Scotlantis
Cinema Eclectica 174 – Drunken Sake Shenanigans
On this episode our Film of the Week is the hotly-tipped adaptation of a cult British novel about gangland youth, and although Graham is on hand to nurse Mick through his “Absolute Beginners” flashbacks, Idris Elba’s directorial debut “Yardie” is a very different proposition. Bonus fact – star Aml Ameen […]
Cinema Eclectica 173 – “On the Bigotry Hotline”
Graham and Sarah are in high spirits this week, which is good because the world’s home entertainment companies trying to bring everyone down. While Sarah tackles grooming in Eureka Video’s “Allure” and the destruction of the countryside in the BFI’s none-more-BFI documentary “Arcadia”, Graham seems to have the lighter option […]
Cinema Eclectica 172 – The Millennial Retro of Slender Man
Cinema Eclectica 171 – The Legend of Cedric
Even though Graham has been practising his terrible Jason Statham impersonation for an entire week, in the end it’s Mark who gets swallowed up by The Stath’s shark-’em-up “The Meg”. That leaves Rob, Aidan and Graham free to turn their attention to Michael Lehmann’s cult classic “Heathers”, which is back […]
Keyframe 122 – The Power of Friendship Compels You!
Kicking things off this week is the news that Disney and Pixar are facing another copyright lawsuit involving Inside Out. Aside from that it’s time for us to recommend some titles from the Spring 2018 season of anime, which include Golden Kamuy, Megalobox, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, Wotakoi: Love is […]