Asian Cinema Film Club

Elwood and Stephen look at Sion Sono's Rap Musical "Tokyo Tribe" which came out a year before "Hamilton" while presenting a futuristic vision of Tokyo were the street gangs have become tribes who now control the city. However the delicate balance looks set to upset when Mera, the head of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with the violent and sadistic gangster Buppa....

Elwood and Stephen look at Jean-Luc Godard's sci-fi neo noir "Alphaville" as secret agent Lemmy Caution ventures from the outlands to Alphaville to find missing agent Henri Dickson aswell to capture or kill the creator of Alphaville, Professor von Braun. We also look at the legacy of "Moviedrome", The French New Wave movement and the joy of learning how to read a movie.

Stephen and Elwood learn "How To Use Guys With Secret Tips" as Lee Si-young stars as Choi Bo-na a director with an advertising company tired of constantly being overlooked by her male co-workers who finds a surprising solution though a self help tape. We also look at "After Life" (chosen by listener Marcus) were the recently deceased have to decide which memory from their life...

Elwood and Stephen take a trip into the warped world of Gasper Noe looking at "Enter of the Void" as Oscar an American drug dealer living in Tokyo is killed by the police in a drugs bust gone wrong with the film following his spirit as he journeys through the past, present and into the afterlife.

Having been fired and with his marriage falling apart, business man travels to a fishing village in search of treasure hidden by his recently deceased friend Taro during the war. Its here though that he meets the mysterious Saeko who not only lives in the house were Taro hid his treasure but suffers from a rather unique condition. ⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/acfi...

Elwood and Stephen look at the 2023 Espionage thriller Hidden Blade set during China's war of Resistance during World War 2 as Tony Leung stars as He the director of Shanghai's Political Security Department who is also feeding information to the Chinese Communist party as he struggles to maintain his cover ⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub⁠ Check out...

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...

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 ⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠Yes Please Vintage

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 ⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠ - https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub Check out our sponsor: Yes...

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!! Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor...

Elwood and Stephen look at the 2010 remake of The Housemaid as they find out how it compares to the critically acclaimed original. Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

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!! Buy us a coffee and support the sh...

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. Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

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!! Buy us...

Elwood and Stephen look at the fantastical world of Mexican wrestling movies with The Batwoman as when wrestlers are mysteriously turning up dead it's down to The Batwoman to investigate.

Elwood and Stephen tackle a double feature of Stephen Chow's "King of Comedy" while listener Marcus nominates "Killer Constable" for his Listener Roulette pick Plus - Stephen finally watches House, Elwood wraps up Asian Horror month and hint at what month is coming next plus more!! Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor:  ⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at Persepolis the animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran as the film traces Satrapi's life and her own rebellion she lead against an oppressive regime.

Elwood goes over the week's horror viewing for Asian Horror Month including * The Snake Girl and The Silver Haired Witch * Horrors of Malformed Men * Tetsuo The Iron Man * Angel Dust * House * Tokyo Gore Police * Greatful Dead ⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor:  ⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen are joined once again by Rashmi Menon to look at Hideo Nakata's "Dark Water" as single mother Yoshimi struggles to deal with her divorce moves into a rundown apartment building only to find their new home suffering a leak which continues to grow as Yoshimi begins to notice strange things happening around the building. We look at the remake, question why so many dir...

Elwood and Stephen look at Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives the first Thai film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in which Uncle Boonmee suffering from Kidney disease and believing he is going to die soon brings his relatives together in the countryside were he is soon visited by the ghosts of the family he has lost. Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠ Check out ou...

Elwood goes over the week's horror viewing for Asian Horror Month * Dumplings * Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters * Nuigulumar Z: Gothic Lolita Battle Bear * Digital Devil Saga: Megami Tensei * Vampire Hunter D * Goke Body Snatcher From Hell Plus Stephen picks a fight, the importance of media preservation and working actors plus more! ⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠ Check out our sponsor:  ⁠...

Elwood and Stephen look at the Dutch thriller The Vanishing in which Rex and Saskia a young couple holidaying in France find their vacation taking a nightmarish twist when Saskia disappears. Now three years later Rex is contacted by a man who knows what happened to her. We look at how the film suffered a disastrous American remake, talk about the memorable ending and why the film is still worth wa...

Elwood takes on another 31 day challenge as this year he focuses on Horror as he sits down with Stephen to recap the good and the bad of the journey so far as they discuss * Bloody Chainsaw Girl * Zombie For Sale * Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Club Layla * Chainsaw Man (Season #1) * Battle Royale 2 * Devilman (OVA Trilogy) * Calamity of Snakes * Genocyber (OVA) * Pulse * Hiruko The Goblin * #Alive...