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Existentialism and Pizza, Dude

This week we're covering films that, in one way or another, deliver on what their titles promise. 

"A Fistful of Dollars" really was made for about as much money as its name suggests, while "Neon Bull" really does feature a neon bull, and "The Passenger" really is an adaptation of the classic Iggy Pop song.

OK, we may have made that last one up, but after Sergio Leone's classic Western our Off the Shelf section goes seriously arthouse. Rob investigates Indicator's blu-ray of Michelangelo Antonioni's enigmatic masterpiece "The Passenger" (starring Jack Nicholson), and Graham saddles up for a rodeo as Second Run release "Neon Bull" for the first time ever in the UK. 

We're taking a week's break after this, and when we come back? Get ready, because it's war!

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The Hills Have Ears

This week's Off the Shelf sees the films themselves teaching the hosts a thing or two. Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's paranormal horror "Ghost Stories" turns the sceptical Graham into a true believer, while Aidan finds Criterion's reissue of "La Cage aux Folles" something of a drag. 

You could say the films review themselves, but they don't. That's why we need to do it.

Before all of that though, there's a look at the trailer for Terry Gilliam's long, long, long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and our Film of the Week is John Krasinski's "A Quiet Place". 

Is it worth shouting about, or should you turn a deaf ear to it?

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All Dogs Gere to Heaven

Somewhere in the British archipelago, no years into the future (but some time in the year 2018 for those of you who are actually in the future). Four strays gather to discuss Wes Anderson's new and strange stop-motion animated movie "Isle of Dogs" - a Film of the Week that splits the pack of Tim, Sarah, Rob and Graham. 

Are they, in a very real sense, good dogs?

Meanwhile, Off the Shelf has the kind of hairpin turn only Eclectica can provide as one minute Graham's marvelling at Richard Gere's fashion choices in Second Sight's Blu-Ray release of Jim McBride's "Breathless", then Rob is lost in a world of ghosts and weirdness with King Hu's "Legend of the Mountain", which is out now from Eureka. But does he enjoy it? No, seriously, does he, he's not sure ...

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Oprah, Floating Benevolent Space God

This week's show tackles faith, the nature of reality and how to pronounce director's names - all areas that we're pretty confident we'll have sorted out by the time we finish our review of Ava DuVernay's "A Wrinkle in Time" where we find out if the "Selma" director finds a happy medium between indie grit and big-budget spectacle.

Also on the show, an Off the Shelf review from an unexpected and delightful source has Graham checking out Oldrich Lipský's time-travel farce "I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen", while Sarah takes BFI's release of "Queerama" out of the closet.

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Release the Bad Doggos

We like to cover the full spectrum of cinema on this show, and any episode which begins with a Palme d'Or winner and ends with an infamously campy teen incest melodrama certainly qualifies.

The former is our Film of the Week - Ruben Östlund's "The Square", and the latter - Arrow video's Blu-Ray of "Flowers in the Attic" - has Aidan drawing the short straw. Meanwhile, Rob looks at Dick Clement's '60s Tom Courtenay spy romp "Otley", which is now on release from Indicator.

Oh, and if you're following our long-running competition to see who can come up with the most pretentious recommendations to go alongside our Film of the Week then watch out Aidan! A new challenger has appeared!

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