After gathering once more in their secret hideout above a cafe on a high street in a small town that may or may not be near you (it’s not), the cultural anarchists are shocked to discover that their arch-nemesis (temporarily, and they haven’t told him yet as they’re still deciding […]
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Robert Eggers’s The Lighthouse – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 242
How many new releases is too many? We know the answer but we don’t care. In this week’s photo negative show Aidan spills the beans on Robert Eggers’s follow-up to The VVitch, The Lighthouse. Tim, meanwhile, still can’t quite believe we’re getting to see Terry Gilliam’s passion project The Man […]
The Personal History of David Copperfield – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 241
Cream-Filled Avocado Iannucci Strange, nay paranormal, events on Eclectica number 241, as our director’s lottery comes out with… number 241. That’s not the inexplicable bit – the inexplicable bit comes when we only realise this once the recording’s stopped. Before that, join Graham and special guest Andrew from 4-Panel and […]
Adam Driver’s Bioelectric Superpositions – Literary Loitering 116
It’s 2020, and there may be many, many, many useful and constructive ways to start the new decade … Or you can join our resident cultural anarchists for a spot of chaotic fun. It’s your choice but given that we’ve got a packed show that includes art bananas getting eaten, […]
Near Dark – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 240
Last week’s director’s lottery came out with Kathryn Bigelow, which can only mean (checks IMDb) one of ten things. The one Graham and Tim picked was Near Dark, her vampire Western with half the cast of Aliens. Has it stood the test of time? Question of the Week is a […]
We’ll Make It Funny In Post – Eclectica 239
Tense. Disturbing. Fraught with menace. But enough about the reaction to Graham’s Frozen joke, this week we review the Safdie brothers’ latest New York white-knuckler Uncut Gems. It’s got Adam Sandler as you’ve never seen him before, Idina Menzel as you’ve never seen her before and Julia Fox, who you’ve […]
Jennifer Hudson’s Floating Face – Eclectica 238
Cinema Eclectica is back and refreshed for 2020, and we have such sights to show you. That Hellraiser quite isn’t accidental by the way, because one of “sights” is the movie adaptation of a certain feline-based musical. Before that though, there are two major new releases to attend to. One […]
4-Panel’s Christmas Annual 2019
Here we are again with our final offering of 2019 – our Christmas Annual! Andrew, Mick and Rob strengthen their resolve with a bit more Christmas cheer before diving back into the murky depths of the big pile of comics and manga for their favourite discoveries of the year. From […]
Best Of 2019 (5-1) – Eclectica Christmas Minisode 3
Our final mini episode of 2019 is actually longer than many of our normal-length efforts, and we make no apology for that because it’s time for our top 5 films of 2019! Will any of our selections match up? Who will have had time to sit through all of The […]
December 2019 Comics And Manga Blowout – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 60
It’s December, and what better way to celebrate Christmas and the New Year than with a big pile of comics and manga … so that’s exactly what we did! For this, our penultimate episode of 2019 we’ve got a veritable Turducken of graphic literature goodness and badness including Blossom 666 […]