A.C. Film Club #150 - In The Mood For Love + 2046

Elwood and Stephen celebrate another podcasting milestone with a Wong Kar-Wai double feature looking at both In The Mood For Love and it's unique sequel 2046 Review: In The Mood For Love - 00:11:532046 - 00:56:34---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Elwood and Stephen look at Mario Bava's Giallo Blood and Black Lace in which the models of a fashion house find themselves falling victim to a masked killer attempting to find a scandal revealing diary. ---Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

Elwood and Stephen add another 50 titles on their Top Asian Cinema list as they bring their total to 300!---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Elwood and Stephen look at Takashi Miike's "The Bird People in China" in which a Japanese businessman named Mr. Wada is sent to assess a vein of jade in a remote village in Yunnan, China. Accompanied by the yakuza member Ujiie and his guide Mr. Wada what initially appeared to be a simple job soon turns into a journey of discovery for the trio. Review: 00:29:05---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

It's Christmas which of course means its time for Elwood's favourite show of the year as it's Kaiju Christmas!!This time Stephen and Elwood look at Attack of the Super Monsters which is really just an amalgamation of the first four episodes of Dinosaur War Izenborg and sees super intelligent dinosaurs declaring war on humanity when they are released from their underground tomb.

Elwood and Stephen look at Joachim Trier's anti-romcom "The Worst Person In The World" and the final film in his Oslo trilogy as the film follows Julie a woman who changes career paths as often as she does lovers as she tries to find the person much like the career which is right for her as part of her journey to find her true self.

Elwood and Stephen take on a double feature starting with Stanley Kwan's award winning but Oscar snubbed biography of Ruan Lingyu Centre Stage charting her life and career. Listener Marcus completes the double bill with his The Ballard of Narayama by director Shōhei Imamura following the lives of a small mountain village and in particular the elder Orin as she prepares to be taken up the mountain while attempting to get her life in order.---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Elwood and Stephen look at the comedic war drama Welcome to Dongmakgol as in the midst of the Korean war a group of north and south korean soldiers discover a secluded village, they soon learn its inhabitants have no contact with the outside world. They then unite to protect it from external threats.Review: 00:21:46---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Rashmi Menon (Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue) joins Stephen and Elwood again this time to look at the African ghost story Atlantics. Set along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. When Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future several days later, a fire ruins Ada's wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned

Elwood and Stephen are raiding the collection of another of their favourite boutique labels and revealing their top five picks as this time they look at Arrow VideoOpening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric