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 […]
Movies
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
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
Cinema Eclectica 58 – Pre-School Audition
Cinema Eclectica 57 – Post-Oscar S&M Tea Party
This week we examine the Oscars for 2016 and their lame-duck cousins the Razzies. In a classy example of counterprogramming, Off The Shelf unfolds with Graham tackling the amazingly-titled absurd Czech new-wave comedy “Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea”, Rob waxes lyrical about Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi Tehran” […]
Cinema Eclectica 57 – Post-Oscar S&M Tea Party
This week we examine the Oscars for 2016 and their lame-duck cousins the Razzies. In a classy example of counterprogramming, Off The Shelf unfolds with Graham tackling the amazingly-titled absurd Czech new-wave comedy “Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea”, Rob waxes lyrical about Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi Tehran” […]