The ’80s high camp is strong this week. It turns out that we have something of an Arrow Special on our hand this week. Starting with classic Western “The Ox Bow Incident” before going full cult with Jack Hill’s “The Swinging Cheerleaders”, unknown ’80s slasher “Satan’s Blade” before finishing with […]
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Cinema Eclectica 75 – Don’t eat the Furry Tomatoes
The ’80s high camp is strong this week. It turns out that we have something of an Arrow Special on our hand this week. Starting with classic Western “The Ox Bow Incident” before going full cult with Jack Hill’s “The Swinging Cheerleaders”, unknown ’80s slasher “Satan’s Blade” before finishing with […]
Cinema Eclectica 74 – Ultimate 1980's Bingo Card
Our Directors Lottery has its 2nd outing and we couldn’t be happier with the result. In Off The Shelf we look at the 1993 existential noir “Suture”, Tarkovsky’s legendary debut “Ivan’s Childhood”, Pasolini’s “Pigsty” and intense political documentary “Citizenfour”. Our Featured film and second director of choice is Joe Dante […]
Cinema Eclectica 74 – Ultimate 1980’s Bingo Card
Our Directors Lottery has its 2nd outing and we couldn’t be happier with the result. In Off The Shelf we look at the 1993 existential noir “Suture”, Tarkovsky’s legendary debut “Ivan’s Childhood”, Pasolini’s “Pigsty” and intense political documentary “Citizenfour”. Our Featured film and second director of choice is Joe Dante […]
Cinema Eclectica 73 – Well-made but Nauseating…
“Well-made but nauseating”. Is that about Shakespeare adaptations or us? We kick off with a long-awaited minority report for Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Cemetery of Splendor” before diving into business as usual – or near enough. Off The Shelf features Koreeda Hirokazu’s “Our Little Sister”, Richard Loncraine’s “Richard III” and the 1987 […]
Cinema Eclectica 72 – Nice to Eat you to Eat you Nice
Weird revelations aplenty on this week’s show. In Off The Shelf we look at Frankenheimer’s subversive classic “Seconds”, forgotten early Altman in “The Cold Day in the Park”, Alan Clarke’s dense folk minefield “Penda’s Fen”, and “99 Homes” – a film that was lost under the mass of releases in […]
Cinema Eclectica 71 – Werner Herzog: King of the Internet
This week it’s official, Werner Herzog is the king of the internet. In Off The Shelf we look at Michael Mann’s “Thief”, 1976 horror “The Premonition”, Peter Watkins’ docu-drama “Edvard Munch” and Cristi Puiu’s debut “Stuff and Dough”. Our feature film is Shane Black’s comedy thriller “The Nice Guys”. “You […]
Cinema Eclectica 70 – De Niro Slalom Skier
This week that skiing gag takes on a whole new complexion. In Off the Shelf we hear things that we never thought we would – some brilliant and others horrifying. We start off the with sole normal duck of “Flame & Citron” before going full odd with the trio of […]
Cinema Eclectica 69 – Musical Special
We’ve talked about it for it a long time and now it’s here – our musical special – but true to classic Eclectica form this isn’t like other musical specials. After a brief discussion of “A Hologram for the King” we dedicate the whole show to all things fabulous. Off […]
Cinema Eclectica 68 – Carry On Punk Rocking
There’s a Carry On with all this Punk Rock. In Off The Shelf we look at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Journey to the Shore”, the gothic horror “Whistle and I’ll Come to You”, the powerful Glenn Campbell documentary “I’ll Be Me” and the forgotten 1980’s horror “Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood”. Our Feature […]