This time out on Directors Uncut, we have part one of a man I’ve previously described as a body horror sweetheart – what’s more, this was the single most cursed recording we’ve ever had. Now if that’s not emblematic of the production of one of today’s featured movies I don’t […]
Shin’ya Tsukamoto
Climax (2018) Gasper Noe: The Dark Lord of Dance (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 98 – Skeletor’s Leaning Tower of Rocks
Cinema Eclectica 98 – Skeletor's Leaning Tower of Rocks
Cinema Eclectica 40 – Tsukamoto, The Messed Up Sweetheart
Gremlin shenanigans be damned! No-one can slow the good ship Eclectica. It’s the big 4-0, and we have an Amicus/Hammer double with “The Skull” and “The Man Who Could Cheat Death”, the latest installment in our ongoing effort to cover Shinya Tsukamoto’s filmography with “Snake of June”, and the 1960’s […]
Jupiter Ascending & Blue Velvet – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 6
Ex Machina & Shin’ya Tsukamoto – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 4
Kotoko (2011) Tsukamoto shocker with added emotional substance (Review)
Kotoko is the latest film from Japanese auteur and master of intimidation – Shinya Tsukamoto. Japanese folk musician Cocco stars as the titular character unable to tell the difference between the imaginary and the real due to disturbing mental neuroses. Tsukamoto’s depiction of mental illness collects leading lady Cocco’s own […]