Asian Cinema Film Club

Elwood and Stephen look at Zhang Yimou's Shadow as a brilliant general devises an intricate plan involving his wife, a look-alike, and two kings. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at the first film in the Whispering Corridors series a South Korean ghost story set in an all girls school as a series of unusual murders leads a group of girls to investigate the mysteries the school is hiding. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at Miloš Forman's 1967 comedy following a small town's volunteer fire department attempting to put on their annual ball only for someone to start stealing the raffle prizes, the beauty contest has gone astray and no one is paying for their drinks!

Elwood and Stephen look at Summer Wars in which the world has become reliant on a digital realm called Oz which maths genius Kenji unwittingly unlocks for the A.I. Love Machine which soon sets about taking over Oz and bringing humanity to it's knees. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at the Cinema Du Look movement with Luc Besson's Subway as a thief on the run from gangsters hides out in the Paris subway system only to soon discover a subterranean community living under the city streets.

Elwood and Stephen look at Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy based on 410 consecutive tweets by @marylony following Mary as she deals with her final year at school and the many problems it brings with it. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Stephen and Elwood are joined by author Ramona Lee Soo-Jun to talk about her book Agent 00 Volume.1 ahead of it's English language release as she talks about the writing experience as well as her Asian cinema inspirations. Ramona also brings a great listener roulette pick to the show for us to discuss. Ramona Lee Soo-Jun Instagram Agent 00 Pre-order

Elwood and Stephen head to Spain for Pedro Almodovar's quirky comedy Volver as three generations of women in the same family attempt to deal with a body, running a restaurant as well as their ghost mom as Almodovar pays tribute to the region he was born La Mancha.

Elwood and Stephen look at the 1963 horror film Matango also known by the colourful title Attack of the Mushroom People as a group of friends find themselves shipwrecked on an island with an abundance of mushrooms, while slowly discovering the secrets the island hides. Directed by the legendary Ishiro Honda we look at how it differs from his usual style aswell as looking at the films he directed o...

Elwood and Stephen look at Hou Hsiao-Hsien's wuxia movie The Assassin as they attempt to dissect the plot from the arthouse direction in this unique tale of revenge set during the last years of the Tang dynasty Plus Godzilla '98 re-evaluated, The Independent Podcast Awards + Ran and Punk Samurai reviewed and more!! Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vin...

Stephen and Elwood's world cinema travels this time take them to Denmark for Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt as kindergarten teacher Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) finds himself at the centre of a witch hunt when one of the children claims he sexually abused her and sending the small town into a state of mass hysteria as accusations are made and rumours begin to spread.

Elwood and Stephen look at Kim Jee-Woon's unique thriller as secret agent Kim Soo-hyeon (Lee Byung-hun) sets out to find serial killer Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) who killed his fiancé and soon sets about carrying out a very unique revenge. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at the Philippine action comedy Super Parental Guardians as a pair of mismatched guardians one a social media influencer the other a gang affiliated uncle are forced to look after the kids of their murdered friend / sister in this Netflix exclusive. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at the Stray Cat Rock series created by Nikkatsu to compete with Toei's Delinquent Boss series while initially designed as a showcase for Akiko Wada with her co-star Meiko Kaji headlining the further four films in the series combining outlaw bikers, tough girl gangs and some truly memorable chase sequences. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Ye...

Elwood and Stephen look at Ringu not only a bonified horror classic which helped spark the J-Horror boom and respark the interest in Asian Cinema along side Battle Royale and Audition it would go on to spawn multiple remakes, sequels and spin offs which we also look at while also asking if it still holds up? Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen kick off a new bonus show expanding the cinematic buffet while also getting to provide an introduction to world cinema starting with Werner Herzog's Aguirre The Wrath of God as Klaus Kinski provides another memorable performance as the spanish conquistador Don Lope de Aguirre following his misguided expedition as they trek through the jungles of Peru in search of El Dorado.

Elwood and Stephen look at the 1992 sport comedy Sumo Do, Sumo Don't which recently was adapted into a TV series for Disney+. The film following a rag tag band of misfits who much find a way to work together to help resurrect their school sumo club. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at Mamoru Hosoda's 2006 anime adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time which see's a high school girl discovering that she has the ability to leap backwards through time. However while initially using this new found power for her own means, she soon discovers that such power comes at a cost. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor:  Yes Pleas...

It's a co-host crossover special as Kim ( Movies and Tea ) joins Elwood and Stephen to look at the latest film from Park Chan Wook Decision to Leave which sees a detective investigating the mysterious death of an immigration officer in the mountains, only to soon find himself increasingly drawn to the dead man's mysterious wife who might also be a key suspect in the case. Buy us a coffee a...

Elwood and Stephen go back to were it all began as they look at Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence the sequel to the legendary anime as Section 9's Batou and Togusa are assigned to investigate a string of gruesome murders when gynoids start murdering thier owners and a cryptic message points towards something much darker. Apologies for the drop in audio quality caused by our recorder having it's own...

Elwood and Stephen celebrate another 25 episodes by adding 50 more titles to their list of favourite Asian Cinema. Check out the full list here Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage

Elwood and Stephen look at the "Saving Private Ryan" beater "Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War" as two brothers find themselves drafted into South Korean army leaving the older brother doing everything he can to get his younger brother out....but at what cost. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage

Kaiju Christmas is here once again as Elwood and Stephen welcome Nick Rehak and Rashmi Melon back to the show to look at Godzilla Vs. Biollante as Godzilla cells are blended by a scientist trying to resurrect the spirit of his daughter in turn creating the monster plant Biollante. We also look at the Sight and Sound poll, reveal the films we are most looking forward to watching as well as looking...

As an extra stocking stuffer for this years Kaiju Christmas we have dug this episode out of the MBDS Showcase archives (Elwood's original cult cinema podcast) in which Elwood sits down with Kaiju expert and author August Ragone who having spent over three decades writing about Godzilla and Kaiju movies its safe to say knows a thing or two about Godzilla.   A two time Rondo award winner as well...

Elwood and Stephen look at the Jackie Chan classic  Wheels on Meals as he once more teams up with Yuen Biao as friends operating a food fan in Barcelona only to find themselves mixed up with a profession thief Sylvia while being assisted by Sammo Hung's private detective Moby as the trio soon find themselves pitted against a ruthless gang. We also look at the legendry showdown against Benny "...