Elwood and Stephen look at the critically acclaimed "Spirit of the Beehive" widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970's while also a key influence on Guillermo Del Toro's "The Devil's Backbone".

Taking place in the wake of the Spanish civil war in a small village were a viewing of "Frankenstein" which will forever change how six year old Ana views the world around her.

Elwood and Stephen celebrate another 25 episodes by adding another 50 picks to their ever growing list of essential Asian Cinema

Check out the full list - ‎Asian Cinema Film Club - Top 250

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Elwood and Stephen take an in-depth look at Park Chan Wook's Vengeance trilogy in this bumper length edition of the show

featuring special guest hosts

Kim Lo ( Movies and Tea / Game Warp ) on Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance

Scott K ( The Church of Tarantino ) on Oldboy

Nicholas Rehak on Lady Vengence

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Stephen and Elwood look at the quirky indie comedy Leningrad Cowboys Go America.

Arriving in the states with their footlong quiffs and equally long winkle pickers the band come in search of fame and fortune. What they find instead is an opportunity to play a wedding in Mexico setting them on a unique road trip all the while being pursued by village idiot Igor.

Elwood and Stephen look at the Michelle Yeoh classic Royal Warriors which would also become the second film in the long running Line of Duty series.

Here she plays a Hong Kong Police officer who has to team up with Hiroyuki Sanada's Japanese detective and Michael Wong's air marshal to stop a terrorist group out for revenge!!

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Elwood and Stephen look at the 2010 remake of The Housemaid as they find out how it compares to the critically acclaimed original.

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Elwood and Stephen look at Asif Kapadia's documentary Diego Maradona compiled from over 500 hours of footage from Maradona's personal archive as it charts the career of the legendary football player.

Kaiju Christmas come to the podcast once again and bringing with it the same chaotic energy of the last day of school as Elwood and Stephen are joined by Nick Rehak (Lyrical Innuendo) and the Rev. Scott Kraushaar (The Church of Tarantino) to look at Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah.

The group also share their cultural high points as well as the low points of 2023!!

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Elwood and Stephen look at The Housemaid (1960) a favourite of both Martin Scorsese aswell as a key inspiration for Bong Joon Ho's Parasite as a Housemaid hired by a piano teacher and his seamstress wife soon turns out to be more of a problem that either could imagine.

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Elwood and Stephen look at the zany musical comedy The Legend of the Stardust Brothers as rival singers Kan and Shingo find themselves paired together by music producer Mimiami. But as their star rises can they hold onto the top spot especially with the arrival of a new pop sensation Kaoru.

Plus is physical media really the best for film preservation, controversial music opinions and more!!

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