This week’s Cinema Eclectica is devoted entirely to Badaptations – those times when, in between the page and the screen, something vital goes missing. Graham’s choice is 1995’s The Scarlet Letter, in which one of the most introverted and spiritual of 19th-century novels is turned into a Demi Moore bonkbuster. […]
Podcasts
She’s All About The Joust – Literary Loitering 121
Weird things happen when you’re locked up, and as usual it’s up to Literary Loitering to … poke gentle fun with a big stick … at the books and arts world. So what did our stay-at-home cultural anarchists discover before being bamboozled by a barrage of obsolete words? Well, aside […]
Stray Dog – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 255
We didn’t plan this as a special, but two of our three films for review this week feature Barry Foster from the original series of Van Der Valk. See if you can guess which one doesn’t as we kick off with Akira Kurosawa’s 1949 Japanese film noir Stray Dog, then […]
Bong Joon-Ho Special – Cinema Eclectica 254
Final boss of the Oscars and forever king of our hearts Bong Joon-ho gets an Eclectica special to celebrate the news that Snowpiercer is finally, finally getting a physical media release in the UK from Lionsgate. Originally shot in… what, about 1872? Shortly before the invention of cinema? It’s held […]
Ema – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 253
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 […]
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 […]