Once more into the Patreon archives we go, this time we return with our wildest director to date – John Waters. The one of a kind, beautiful soul, that is, John Waters. Rob and Waters diehard Graham talk about two films. The first sees us talk about his early sleazy […]
John Waters
The Phantom Carriage – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 261
The Humongous Fungus Walks Among Us – Cinema Eclectica 227
Parents (1989) Anti-Cannibal Comedy-Horror via John Waters & David Lynch (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 108 – Extreme Wolf Dentistry with the Shaw Brothers
This week’s show is all about action! After an explosive Question of the Week we move onto Off the Shelf featuring the anarcho-feminist bomb-heaving action of Second Run’s new release “My Twentieth Century”, the retro rubbery gore of Canadian indie horror “The Void”, and, erm, a very different kind of […]
Lone Wolf and Cub (1972-74) Without Question, the Best Home Video release of 2017 (Review)
With their UK run, the criterion collection hasn’t released many of their more challenging titles instead opting for classics and cult titles whether that comes from screwball comedies or noir. That broader avenue sees Criterion occupy the same arena as Eureka’s Masters of Cinema, unlike that brand the American titan […]
Alice (1990) Woody Allen, stepping out of the shadow of his comedy (Review)
In his book Crackpot, John Waters devotes a chapter to his guilty pleasure movies – the joke being that the trash cinema most people would describe as a guilty pleasure is exactly what you’d expect Waters to unashamedly love. Instead, the chapter is devoted to achingly sincere, existential art films which Waters […]
Joshua Oppenheimer: Early Work (1995-2003) It’s hard to imagine any limit to his imagination (Review)
For most filmgoers, Joshua Oppenheimer emerged fully-formed out of nowhere with his landmark 2012 documentary The Act of Killing. A horrifyingly intimate portrait of elderly death squad leaders in Indonesia, it fused fearless journalism with surreal, fantastical black comedy – a mix which earned the film the support of Werner […]