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PODCAST

Asian Cinema Film Club

Brainstew Productions

A bi-weekly podcast which aims to provide an introduction to the exciting world of Asian cinema. Each episode sees Elwood and Stephen highlighting a different film worth discovering as well as discussing a wide variety of topics relating from actor / director profiles through to exploring the more random aspects of this fascinating field.

tv & film film reviews

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04:03:46

A.C. Film Club #125 - The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy...

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2024/03/04

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 Please Vintage

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00:48:09

World Cinema Film Club #11 - Leningrad Cowboys Go...

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2024/02/16

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.

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01:25:17

A.C. Film Club #124 - Royal Warriors aka Police...

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2024/02/06

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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

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01:15:31

A.C. Film Club #123 - The Housemaid (2010)

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2024/01/21

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

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01:04:10

World Cinema Film Club #10 - Diego Maradona

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2024/01/08

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.

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02:23:01

Kaiju Christmas - Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/12/23

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 show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes Please Vintage

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01:10:58

A.C. Film Club #122 - The Housemaid (1960)

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/12/19

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

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01:18:25

A.C. Film Club #121 - The Legend of the Stardust...

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/12/13

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

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00:51:08

World Cinema Film Club #9 - The Batwoman

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/12/03

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.

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01:24:46

A.C. Film Club #120 - King of Comedy + Killer Constable

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/11/21

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

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00:40:54

World Cinema Film Club #8 - Persepolis

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/11/14

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.

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00:35:10

Asian Horror Month Recap #3

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/11/06

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

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01:17:54

A.C. Film Club #119 - Dark Water

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/31

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 directors fail to transfer their success to Hollywood and Rashmi reveals the details of her own soon to

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01:17:33

A.C. Film Club #118 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall...

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/27

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 our sponsor: ⁠Yes Please Vintage

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01:03:53

Asian Horror Month Recap #2

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/21

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: ⁠Yes Please Vintage

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00:59:39

World Cinema Film Club #7- The Vanishing

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/17

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 watching even if you know the ending.

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01:19:12

Asian Horror Month Recap #1

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/14

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 * The Boxer's Omen Buy us a coffee and support the showCheck out our sponsor: Yes Please

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01:03:27

A.C. Film Club #117 - Shadow

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/10/09

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 showCheck out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage

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01:12:04

A.C. Film Club #116 - Whispering Corridors

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/09/16

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 showCheck out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage

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00:47:10

World Cinema Film Club #6- The Fireman's Ball

Asian Cinema Film Club ·

2023/09/09

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!

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