This week the director randomizer gets its first ever outing, and the winner is – Dario Argento! With a smaller cast than usual we set our sails to classic era Hollywood with a small detour to a post-apocalyptic British countryside. Off The Shelf this week includes “It Happened One Night” […]
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Cinema Eclectica 67 – Richard Briers’ Tickling Adventure
This week the director randomizer gets its first ever outing, and the winner is – Dario Argento! With a smaller cast than usual we set our sails to classic era Hollywood with a small detour to a post-apocalyptic British countryside. Off The Shelf this week includes “It Happened One Night” […]
Cinema Eclectica 66 – The Biscuits for Movies Initiative
Everything can be justified if you’re rewarded with biscuits. Off The Shelf features the new (and classic), Takashi Miike film “Yakuza Apocalypse”, Akira Kurosawa’s Japanese Shakesperean epic “Ran”, and “Innocence of Memories” – an essay film from Grant Gee. We also have a minority report on “Captain America: Civil War” […]
Cinema Eclectica 65 – The Internet has no Doghands
This week we absolutely refuse any second hand gags. Bad, Producer Rob. In Off The Shelf we have all the best stuff from the 1980s – ridiculous action with “The Zero Boys” and crazy, gory practical effects in “Bride of Re-Animator”. We also have the forgotten Stellan Skarsgård picture “In […]
Cinema Eclectica 64 – Criterion Collection Special
A special of a very different kind this week as we celebrate the UK debut of the Criterion Collection. We have news, question of the week and a trailer of the week before Off The Shelf becomes decidedly Criterion flavoured with “Tootsie”, “The Tragedy of MacBeth”, “Speedy” and “Only Angels […]
Cinema Eclectica 63 – Golden Era Crazy Eyes
We’re back to the Golden Age in more ways than one this week. Off The Shelf sees us delve into the Golden Era of Hollywood cinema and BBC documentaries with “Bengal Brigade”, “Sam Bass and Calamity Jane”, “Back to God’s Country” and a continuation of last week’s look at Peter […]
Cinema Eclectica 62 – Themes and Roundabouts
Another go on the merry-go-round of trailers and films that never fully joined Club Eclectica. Off The Shelf feature Italian neo-realism with “Rocco and his Brothers”, the forgotten David Lean film “The Sound Barrier”, and the lesser Ealing Studios release “Pink String and Sealing Wax” before closing out with the […]
Cinema Eclectica 61 – Disney Deniers
This week we discover that Disney Deniers exist and are among us. In a change from our regularly scheduled programming embark upon a celebration of all things from the House of Mouse with “The Fox and the Hound”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Atlantis: the Lost Empire” and Salvadore Dali’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 60 – Walesploitation
We collect our podcast pension this week and just to keep up will all you whippersnappers we change things up. It’s a brave new world of extreme violence, modern art and European cowboys. Off The Shelf features Nicolas Roeg’s “Eureka” and Wim Wenders’ “The American Friend” sandwiching “Evil Aliens” and […]
Cinema Eclectica 59 – Hard-Boiled Teletubbies
This week we have a narrator! That’s Cinema Eclectica for you – forever breaking new ground. Aidan’s return makes for a full strength Off The Shelf. Rob gets messed up with “The World of Kanako”, Graham gets classy with “Shooting Stars” (no, not that one), Ryan gets done in the […]