Asian Cinema Film Club
201 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 10 hours ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsA bi-weekly podcast which aims to provide an introduction to the exciting world of Asian cinema.
Each episode sees Elwood and Stephen highlighting a diffrent film worth discovering aswell as discussing a wide variety of topics relating from Actor / director profiles through to exploring the more random aspects of this facinating field.
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A.C. Film Club #131 - Gushing Prayer
July 23, 2024 06:06 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBElwood and Stephen take another look at the weird world of Pink Cinema with Masao Adachi's Gushing Prayer. Here four high school friends attempt to "Beat Sex" as they set out an odyssey of self-exploration where sex is reduced to a mere economic transaction especially when they pressure one group member into becoming a prostitute. Buy us a coffee and support the show - https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #130 - Memories
July 15, 2024 05:57 - 1 hour - 77 MBElwood and Stephen look at the Anime anthology "Memories" based on three Manga short stories of Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira / Steamboy). In "Magnetic Rose" a group of salvage engineers discover a mysterious and seemingly abandoned space station only for strange things to soon start happening once they step aboard. "Stink Bomb" sees an office worker accidently turning himself into a bio-weapon when he takes the wrong flu relief "Cannon Fodder" introduces a city built to maintain and operate th...
World Cinema Film Club #14 - Razorback
July 02, 2024 10:22 - 55 minutes - 65.8 MBElwood and Stephen head down under in search of the elusive "Razorback" which has been terrorising an outback town while also a source of obsession for the revenge seeking hunter Jack. Directed by noted music video director Russell Mulcahy his attempt at creating the Australian Jaws is a highly unique and often surreal entry in the creature feature genre.
A.C. Film Club #129 - Tokyo Tribe
June 18, 2024 13:15 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBElwood 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. Buy us a coffee and support the show - https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub Check out our sponsor: Yes Pleas...
World Cinema Film Club #13 - Alphaville
June 09, 2024 20:41 - 52 minutes - 60.7 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #128 - How To Use Guys With Secret Tips + After Life
June 02, 2024 20:19 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBStephen 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 they are going to carry over into the afterlife Buy us a coffee and support the show - https://ko-fi.com/...
World Cinema Film Club #12 - Enter The Void
May 23, 2024 15:48 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #127 - Warm Water Under A Red Bridge
May 14, 2024 16:06 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBHaving 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/acfilmclub Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #126 - Hidden Blade
May 03, 2024 20:38 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBElwood 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 our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #12 - Spirit of the Beehive
April 25, 2024 19:54 - 46 minutes - 55.7 MBElwood 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.
Top Asian Cinema - 200 - 250
March 26, 2024 22:07 - 3 hours - 220 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #125 - The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy For Mr. Vengence / Oldboy / Lady Vengence)
March 04, 2024 13:00 - 4 hours - 166 MBElwood 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 Please Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #11 - Leningrad Cowboys Go America
February 16, 2024 06:56 - 48 minutes - 57.2 MBStephen 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.
A.C. Film Club #124 - Royal Warriors aka Police Assassins
February 06, 2024 16:50 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBElwood 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: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #123 - The Housemaid (2010)
January 21, 2024 21:28 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBElwood 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
World Cinema Film Club #10 - Diego Maradona
January 08, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBElwood 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 - Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah
December 23, 2023 22:30 - 2 hours - 82.7 MBKaiju 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 show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #122 - The Housemaid (1960)
December 19, 2023 22:06 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #121 - The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
December 13, 2023 22:22 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBElwood 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 a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #9 - The Batwoman
December 03, 2023 21:09 - 51 minutes - 58.7 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #120 - King of Comedy + Killer Constable
November 21, 2023 08:55 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBElwood 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
World Cinema Film Club #8 - Persepolis
November 14, 2023 07:02 - 40 minutes - 39.1 MBElwood 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.
Asian Horror Month Recap #3
November 06, 2023 08:26 - 35 minutes - 43.3 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #119 - Dark Water
October 31, 2023 20:48 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBElwood 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 directors fail to transfer their success to Hollywood and Rashmi reveals the details of her own soon to be lau...
A.C. Film Club #118 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
October 27, 2023 20:51 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBElwood 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 our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Asian Horror Month Recap #2
October 21, 2023 15:49 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBElwood 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: Yes Please Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #7- The Vanishing
October 17, 2023 14:20 - 59 minutes - 66.9 MBElwood 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 watching even if you know the ending.
Asian Horror Month Recap #1
October 14, 2023 19:25 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBElwood 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 * The Boxer's Omen Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes ...
A.C. Film Club #117 - Shadow
October 09, 2023 22:54 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #116 - Whispering Corridors
September 16, 2023 22:42 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBElwood 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
World Cinema Film Club #6- The Fireman's Ball
September 09, 2023 12:48 - 47 minutes - 55.3 MBElwood 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!
A.C. Film Club #115 - Summer Wars
September 04, 2023 06:39 - 1 hour - 98.1 MBElwood 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
World Cinema Film Club #5 - Subway
August 27, 2023 22:42 - 58 minutes - 62.4 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #114 - Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy
August 14, 2023 22:20 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBElwood 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
Author Ramona Lee Soo-Jun (Agent 00)
August 06, 2023 08:09 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBStephen 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
World Cinema Film Club #4 - Volver
July 29, 2023 20:47 - 51 minutes - 57.1 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #113 - Matango aka Attack of the Mushroom People
July 17, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBElwood 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 outside of the Kaiju movies he is best known for. We also look at one of Japan's weirdest ban...
A.C. Film Club #112 - The Assassin
July 07, 2023 21:05 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBElwood 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 Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #3 - The Hunt
July 05, 2023 14:56 - 53 minutes - 62.8 MBStephen 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.
A.C. Film Club #111 - I Saw The Devil
June 25, 2023 20:30 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #110 - The Super Parental Guardians
June 14, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #110 - Super Parental Guardians
June 14, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBElwood 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 comedy. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
World Cinema Film Club #2 - New Order
June 07, 2023 05:47 - 35 minutes - 43.2 MBElwood and Stephen head to Mexico for this 2020 thriller set in a dystopian near future were the war between the social classes erupts in violence as a high society wedding is invaded by rioters while the military plan to regain control of both the country and government. Meanwhile Bride to be Marianne finds herself caught in the midst of the terrifying power shift as various parties attempt to exploit the situation for themselves.
A.C. Film Club #109 - Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
May 28, 2023 20:36 - 1 hour - 89 MBElwood 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: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #108 - Ringu
May 22, 2023 22:25 - 1 hour - 116 MBElwood 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
World Cinema Film Club #1 - Aguirre The Wrath of God
May 13, 2023 13:01 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBElwood 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.
A.C. Film Club #107 - Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
May 03, 2023 21:42 - 58 minutes - 72.1 MBElwood 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
A.C. Film Club #106 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
April 23, 2023 10:48 - 1 hour - 117 MBElwood 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 Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #105 - Decision To Leave
April 12, 2023 05:05 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBIt'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 and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
A.C. Film Club #104 - The Hidden Fortress
April 05, 2023 20:57 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBElwood and Stephen look at Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress a film best known for being a key inspiration for George Lucas when he created Star Wars but how much did he actually take from the film? We find out on this episode as a pair of Peasants find themselves recruited to help to help a rogue general and a princess on the run while trying to get their share of the gold the pair are transporting. Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage