This isn’t quite Cinema Eclectica’s dance special, but it gets weirdly close – with Pablo Larrain’s psychosexual reggaeton epic Ema as Film of the Week, and a Question of the Week about your favourite cinematic dance scenes. The answers take in everyone from Gene Kelly and Ginger Rogers to Greta […]
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Attack Of The Light Novel Raccoon – Literary Loitering 120
These are strange times that we live in, but during these days of pandemic, social distancing and lockdowns, it’s nice to find that the world of culture is still just as strange as it ever was. This week the gang are bamboozled by a barrage of old words, but before […]
Why Don’t You Just Die! – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 252
Given the current *waves hand around to indicate everything*, streaming has quickly become an even more central part of the cinema release calendar. With that in mind, Cinema Eclectica presents its first streaming special, with interweb-based reviews from Rob, Mick and – until his Virgin Media signal collapses – Graham! […]
Seven Chances – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 251
We don’t review many romantic comedies on this show, but when we do… Buster Keaton’s typically eccentric take on the genre is our film of the week, with Eureka’s new Blu-Ray of Seven Chances under Graham, Sarah and Tim’s respective microscopes. In more characteristic features, Graham has The Wind from […]
Rosemary’s Baby – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 250
This week, Cinema Eclectica pitches its revivalist tent in the wild world of religious cinema, with Graham looking at the three films born-again exploitation movie director Ron Ormond made with fire-and-brimstone preacher Estus W Pirkle. On the other end of every possible scale, the Devil made Rob review Rosemary’s Baby, […]
Targaryen Pterosaurs Versus Raptor Jesus – Literary Loitering 119
After a short hiatus (for several reasons which include an attempted podcast coup-de-tat across The Geek Show), the cultural anarchists are back where they belong. Where that is remains a mystery. Anyway, this time we’ve got the long-awaited continuation of Game of Thrones-watch featuring Grr Martin and flying dinosaurs. In […]
Il Divo – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 249
We at Eclectica were self-isolating before it was cool, so COVID-19 isn’t going to stop us. Instead we’ve got another entry in our Director’s Lottery series, which came out with Paolo Sorrentino and his twisty, paranoid biopic of former Italian PM Guilio Andreotti, 2008’s Il Divo. What do Graham and […]
Bacurau – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 248
Not saying we planned this or anything, but this week’s Film of the Week will be on Mubi by the end of the month. That’s handy, isn’t it? Don’t expect a stress-free quarantine if you watch Bacurau, though. The Brazilian genre-hopper is ferocious, full-on and – as Rob and Graham […]
Onwards – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 247
So, that plan to build up to No Time to Die went well, didn’t it? Nevertheless, we’re pressing on, with Mark reviewing George Lazenby’s sole turn as Bond in the much-misunderstood On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. This was worth it if only for the Dick Van Dyke anecdote. Before that, […]
4-Panel Takeover – Literary Loitering 118
It’s Takeover week here on The Geek Show Network, and since we were so rudely shoved out of our usual seat by the boys from Cinema Eclectica we decided to run riot over the crazy paved paths of Literary Loitering. So how does one cram superheroes into art and literature, […]