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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
