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Elwood and Stephen add another 50 titles on their Top Asian Cinema list as they bring their total to 300! --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced 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 Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced 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 Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced 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 Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check 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 Video Opening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric

Elwood and Stephen look at the action thriller "So Close" as a pair of assassin sisters find themselves on the run from the same criminals who hired them aswell as an high-kicking cop! Review: 00:42:07 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Stephen and Elwood look at one of the more overlooked titles in the Studio Ghibli catalogue as they review "Whisper of the Heart" a coming of age romantic drama and the only film to be directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. Review: 00:34:22 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Elwood and Stephen are raiding the collections of their favourite boutique labels and revealing their top five picks as they kick things off with the iconic Criterion Collection. Opening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric

Elwood and Stephen look at the legendary martial arts film "Enter The Dragon" as Bruce Lee plays Lee a martial artist from the Shaolin Temple hired by British intelligence to infiltrate the island of the crime lord Han under the guise of competing in his Martial Arts Tournament. We breakdown the films legacy, the stacked cast and it's skillfull blending of genres. Review: 00:18:23 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠⁠

Stephen and Elwood take a recommendation from Dustin (@thatkaijukidd) and look at the Splatterpunk revenge-o-matic Gothic and Lolita Psycho as seeking revenge on the assassins who killed her mother and injured her father Yuki (Rina Akiyama) turns herself into a weapon of vengeance in this highly unique viewing experience. Review: 00:40:02 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠

Elwood and Stephen look at the final film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy in which model Valentine (Irène Jacob) meets a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog with the pair soon discovering they share an unusual bond

Elwood and Stephen look at the erotic musical The Wayward Cloud set in a drought stricken Taipei were the lack of water has caused the sale of watermelons to skyrocket and were pornstar Hsiao-kang reconnects with Shiang-chyi a woman he knew in his previous life as a watch salesman. But how will she feel when she discovers his new vocation? A highly unique film featuring watermelon sex, spontaneous musical sequences and dreamlike cinematography as we attempt to unravel what it all means. Review: 00:44:57 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee and support the show⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage⁠