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Podcast Description
VCinema covers Asian films from the classics to contemporary; experimental, genre film and mainstream. Regions we cover include Japan, Korea, Hong Kong/China, and more. Visit our site at http://vcinemashow.com/ for exclusive features, interviews, reviews, and event coverage.
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ExplicitThe VCinema Show Episode 42: Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Remember back in 2011, during episodes 26 and 30, when we promised to round off our three-part Taiwanese New Wave Cinema series with a Tsai Ming-Liang episode? Well, only a year after those two episodes were released and we finally remembered too! In this episode, guest host Marc Saint-Cyr rejoins us as we look at Tsai's 2003 love letter to cinema, Goodbye Dragon Inn. Also included is talk of the 2013 versions of the Nippon Connection and Shinsedai Cinema Festival (that's right, it's festival season again!) and more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 10 - The Week Hong Sangsoo Arrives: The Third Day He Arrives | It's kind of odd that I'm guest blogging on my own blog, but here goes. For the third day of Adam Hartzell's one week series on Hong Sangsoo's The Day He Arrives here on VCinema (check out vcinemashow.com for more entries in this series), I dragged myself outside of my cave to an unusually sunny San Francisco to check out the film with Adam. We tried to enhance the experience with Korean food and beer on the lower Fillmore, but found out that doing so only leads to stunts like impromptu podcasting sessions. That's right, instead of text musings on the film, we bring to you listeners a bonus episode of spontaneous conversation about The Day He Arrives including first time impressions, pointed (not pointy) observations, all to the accompaniment of San Francisco's finest avant-garde kazoo players. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe VCinema Show Episode 41: Project A | Yo ho, yo ho! A pirate's life for me! The VCinema is back from sailing the seven seas of Asian film to bring you a tale of a wee man from the Fragrant Harbor who kicked, punched, and threw himself off clock towers from precarious heights into the hearts of the world. That's right, this episode we talk about Jackie Chan and the film that essentially put him on the map, 1983's Project A. And we couldn't have a better person to captain our cinematic ship than special guest Ric Meyers! Ric is an author, actor, commentator, former columnist at Inside Kung Fu and Asian Cult Cinema magazines and was one of the first proponents of martial arts cinema in the West. Ric stopped by to talk about his latest projects, Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book and Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie as well as For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films. Ric also regales our Project A review with plenty of interesting stories, tidbits, and reminisces. Also included in this episode is talk about Koji Wakamatsu's latest film Petrel Hotel Blue, Wen Jiang's Let the Bullets Fly, and more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe VCinema Show Episode 40: Korean Cinema Blogathon 2012 Special | Anyong haseyo! Welcome to this special 2012 Korean Cinema Blogathon episode of the VCinema Show, our flagship podcast. In this episode, we review the 2002 comedy caper Saving My Hubby starring South Korea's "It" girl Bae Doo-na. Also included in this episode is news and discussion about the Korean Film Archive's new YouTube channel, as well as Into the White Night (2010), Air Doll (2009), Monsters Club (2011) For the Korean Blogathon list of links to articles and other podcasts: http://bit.ly/kcb2012 Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe VCinema Show Episode 39: Dynamite Warrior | In this episode, the VCinema gang return to the Southeast of Asia to review one of the more recent actionfests out of Thai production house Sahamongkol Film International, Dynamite Warrior. Also included is Thai cowboys (and ladyboys), contest winners, Stan getting possessed by the spirit of Kim Jong-il, a gaggle of event announcements, and much more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe VCinema Show Episode 38: The Family Game | Welcome to the second anniversary episode of the podcast that talks about movies that exist! We celebrate this auspicious occasion by bringing our own family back together. Esteemed former co-host Rufus joins us for a healthy discussion of the late Yoshimitsu Morita's debut feature The Family Game, one of the few '80s Japanese films that garnered international attention. We also talk about our second anniversary (which you can also read about here: http://bit.ly/vc2contest), catch up with our goings on, and have flashbacks to the first two years of VCinema zaniness Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 9: Zipangu Fest 2011 | Welcome to our second annual podcast episode covering the Zipangu Festival in London. This year's festival ran from November 18th - 24th, 2011 in London and, much like last year's, featured films both contemporary and classic and from a wide spectrum of genres. In this episode, we interview the following filmmakers and people involved with the festival: Jasper Sharp: Jasper is the Director and Chief Curator of the festival and author of the book Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema (FAB Press, 2008) Neil Cantwell, Tim Grabham, Ta2mi: Neil and Tim produced KanZeOn, a 2011 documentary about the role of sound and music in Buddhism and their dissemination into everyday Japanese life. Ta2mi is a hip-hop DJ, beatboxer, and Buddhist priest who appears in the film. Ta2mi also gives a banging impromptu beatbox performance of the traditional Japanese folk song "Sakura". Shinpei Takeda: Tijuana-based Takeda is an artist and filmmaker whose deeply affecting 2009 documentary Hiroshima Nagasaki Download starts as a project to interview World War II A-Bomb survivors becomes a personal journey of memory and experience. Takashi Makino: Makino is a talented multi-disciplined artist and experimental filmmaker who has apprenticed under the famed stop animators the Quay Brothers. His Enter the Cosmos and Season Inter View programs and entry in the Nippon Re-Read: Radical Fragments and Abstractions from Japan I & II program offer visuals and audio accompaniment (by artists such as Jim O'Rourke and Takashi Ishida) that provide a view beyond the human imagination. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 37: Moss | Happy Holidays from The VCinema Show gang! This is our last episode before 2012 so we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, Noel, New Year, Hanukkah, Discovery Day, Kwanzaa, Haiti Discover Day, Boxing Day, St. Stephens Day, Solidarity Day, and everything in between until our next episode! In this episode, we review the Korean blockbuster Moss (2010), a live-action adaptation of a web manga of the same name. We also gather for the VCinema Book Club to talk about Ryu Murakami's Audition (1997), a book recently translated into English and adapted into a film in 1999 by Takashi Miike. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 36: Corpse Mania | Are we feelin' it? Yes, indeed, we are necrophilin' it! Join our final episode celebrating the month of horror as we check out one of the few films that dares do the deed with the dead, the obscure 1981 Shaw Brothers film Corpse Mania directed by Kuei Chih-hung (The Boxer's Omen, The Killer Snakes). Also, in this episode, we ask the question "What are your favorite Asian horror films?" to the listeners, Stan tells us about his meeting of two special people, as well as the U.S. premiere of Takashi Miike's Harakiri remake. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 35: Exte | The reboot episode! The podcast gang welcomes a new face to its ranks, talks about Sion Sono's EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS and film events happening on the east and west coasts of the U.S. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 34: Art Theatre Guild of Japan, part one | In this first of a two-part series of episodes, we look at the Art Theatre Guild (ATG), a Japanese independent film production company that was at the forefront of independent and experimental film in '60s and '70s. As an entity, the ATG assisted in the production of films by Shuji Terayama, Akio Jissoji, Juzo Itami, Koji Wakamatsu, Nagisa Oshima, Shohei Imamura, and other "New Wave" directors of the era. Julian Ross, Program Coordinator at the BFI Southbank in London, joins us to talk about the ATG as well as the retrospective, Shinjuku Diaries: Films from The Art Theatre Guild of Japan, which he helped program for the theater. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 33: Enthiran | BOOM BOOM ROBO DA ROBO DA. In this episode, probably our last of the summer, we look at the 2010 Kollywood film Enthiran starring the Tamilnator himself, Superstar Rajini. Enthiran is one of the highest budget/highest grossing Indian films of all time, so we see if worht your three hours or whether it should be left on the scrap heap. Also in this episode, we talk about buffed superheroes, and even more buffed super heroines, a low budget filmmaking legend, and more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 32: Merantau | The VCinema gang went on a journey to physical and spiritual enlightenment and all they brought back was this lousy podcast. Actually, this episode is elevated from lousy to decent status by the presence of guest host James from the Criterion Cast and cineAWESOME! who joins us in a feature discussion of the 2009 martial arts extravaganza from Indonesia, Merantau. Also in this episode, we have an interview with Teru Takayama, president of Japan Flix, a streaming-only film distributor who talk about their how they got started, their current business space, and plans moving ahead in the online world. All this, more talk about the New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts in New York, Doctor Who spin-offs, why your butt is going to be landing in Pyongyang soon, why Mr. T doesn't approve of downloading, and a whole lot more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 8: An interview with Tsui Hark | This episode is a super special one! VCinema friend and NYAFF coverage partner Dr. Stan Glick of Asian Cinefest was able to sit down for a short interview with Tsui Hark...that's right TSUI FREAKIN' HARK, director of the Once Upon a Time in China series (1991-1996), Peking Opera Blues (1986), Dragon Inn (1992), The Blade (1995), Zu Warriors (2001), and his most recent, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) as well as countless other Hong Kong classics. Mr. Tsui attended the NYAFF for a mini-retrospective and also to receive the second annual Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award and in this interview, he talks about his feelings about receiving the award, his latest film, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), filming in 3D space, and more. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 31: Champion | In this episode, we revive our DocuAsia segment with a look at an early work by Toshiaki Toyoda (Blue Spring, 9 Souls), his 2000 boxing documentary Unchain. Next, our feature discussion is based around Champion, a 2002 biopic based on the life of Kim Deuk-koo, a boxers whose passing forever changed the sport. And, of course, we have our usual banter, banter, banter, updates on the New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts, and a whole lot more. OOOOHH YEEEEEAH!!! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 30: Cafe Lumiere | This is the second in a three part series of podcasts looking at the "Big Three" of the Taiwanese New Wave (the first on Edward Yang is episode 26). In this episode, Marc Saint-Cyr of the Toronto JFilm Pow-wow again joins us for a look at the introspective cinema of Hou Hsiao-Hsien whose Cafe Lumiere (2003) is the subject of our feature film discussion. Also included is talk about Gaspar Noe, the Romanian New Wave, Ozu, and more on our coverage plans for the New York Asian Film Festival, Japan Cuts, and Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 29: The Scent of Green Papaya | We are back from our break and blasting our podcast into your ear like buckshot from a shotgun with some BADASS errr...art film from Vietnam. This episode, our feature discussion is on Anh Hung Tran's debut full length feature, the 1993 international hit, The Scent of Green Papaya. We also talk about our summer film festival coverage plans, Rufus' new podcast, the cineAWESOME! cast, HD movies, texting in movie theaters, and even Fonzi makes a guest appearance! Website: http://www.vcinemashow.com/ Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVCinema Audio Promo (for podcasts) | This audio file is a promo for our fellow podcasters to play on their shows. Podcasters, if you add our promo to your show, please feel free to email your latest promo to vcinema@variedcelluloid.net and we will add yours to our rotation. For everyone else, episode 29 will be out on Monday 06/06/11, so stay tuned. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 28: Origins | "I want to get into Asian cinema, but I just don't know where to start." In this episode, our friends and fellow Asian podcasters Podcast on Fire come to our end of the sandbox to talk about films that got us into Asian film and why. So, no featured film discussion, What to Watch, Let's Get Formsprung, or DocuAsia this time around, just 100% banter which at least 20-30% of you will really like. And, for those .035% who read our show descriptions and don't actually listen to our show, the VCinema Show will be taking a one and a half month break and will return in June 2011 The blog (www.vcinemashow.com) will remain functioning during that time, however, so please join us there. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 27: Rambu | In this episode, we look at the Rambosploitation film that is second to none (no, not even Fabrizio De Angelis' Operation Nam), The Intruder (1986) aka RAMBU. Fans of star Peter O'Brian and his second film The Stabilizer (1986) will dig our discussion about the exploits of Alex Trambuan aka RAMBU. Also included is a little history about Indonesian exploitation film, a nod to nunsploitation, a new installment of "Everything I Know About Korea, I Learned From Watching Movies", post-apocalypse drama, why poetry is good for you, and debut our new semi-regular segment DocuAsia. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBonus Episode 7: Interview with Johnny Nguyen and Veronica Ngo of Clash | Oh, woe is me that I missed almost the entire San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festival that happened from March 10th to the 20th, but friend of VCinema, Michael Guillen, was kind enough to donate an interview that he conducted with festival guests Johnny Nguyen and Veronica Ngo, stars of the 2009 Vietnamese action film Bay Rong, also known in the West as Clash. Johnny and Veronica were also in the wildly popular 2007 film The Rebel, directed by Johnny's brother Charlie Nguyen. The two talk to Michael about the production of these films as well as their positions in the oncoming new Vietnamese cinema and other topics. Michael Guillen is a member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle and has blogged as The Evening Class since 2006. Michael has also been a contributing writer to such online sites as Twitch, SF360, Greencine, MUBI, and Fandor. His magazine work includes Film International, movieScope, Fangoria and Ray. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voice Mail: (206) 426-1390 | 4/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 26: Yi Yi | As we mentioned during our one year anniversary episodes, one of the goals of the VCinema podcast is to explore the cinema of Asia in regions that don't get as much exposure as they deserve. So, in this episode, we set sail away from the safe cinematic lands of Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong and into strange new territories and corny film exploration cliches. For our first stop, we touch down on the fertile land of Formosa a.k.a. Taiwan for our first of three forays into Taiwanese new cinema and discuss the film that is quite possibly the pinnacle of that movement, Edward Yang's Yi Yi (2000). Our Ponce de Leon for this episode is old VCinema friend Marc Saint-Cyr whose original wish to be "The Skipper" was turned down because, for sure. the Minnow would be lost. The Minnow would be lost. Also in this episode, we talk about the Borat of North Korea, Crayon Shin-Chan's contribution to cultural globalism, why we should (or shouldn't) be guilty for liking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), and a whole bunch of other movie stuff, ye scalywags. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 25: The Housemaid(s) | Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 VCinema is donating $1 to the Japan Society of New York’s quake relief fund* for each download of this episode between 03/14/11 and 03/28/11. If you wish to make a individual donation to their fund, then please read - http://bit.ly/quakefund Welcome to episode 25, recorded especially for the Korean Cinema Blogathon 2011 (http://bit.ly/kfilmb2011)! In this special episode (aren't they all special, though?!), Adam Hartzell from koreanfilm.org, the longest running English-language resource on Korean film, joins our review panel to discuss Kim Ki-Young's The Housemaid (1960)- AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIEWING ON MUBI.COM (you'll get the joke once you've listened to this episode...) as well as Im Sang-Soo's 2010 reimagining. We also diss on Park Chan-wook yet again, give our picks of films to watch this episode, and make a general nuisance of ourselves (as usual). Enjoy! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 24: Pulse | Great googly moogly! We have come to the third and final episode of our first anniversary. In this episode, unsurprisingly, we discuss the third and final film in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "apocalypse" trilogy, 2001's Pulse (aka Kairo) as well as the craptacular Hollywood remakes/retreads/regurgitations, Pulse (2006), Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008) and Pulse 3 (2008). We also talk briefly about the upcoming Korean Cinema Blogathon and all of the festivities that event will entail. Do we ever stop partying?! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 22: Cure | Party People! You have come to the right place because in this episode, we are celebrating our first anniversary as a podcast. This is the first of three episodes for the occasion, each one exploring the deep, dark films in Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Apocalypse trilogy. In this episode, we will discuss Cure (1997), talk about VCinema milestones throughout 2010, draw the winner of our contest, and more. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 21: After Life | On the eve of our podcast's first anniversary, a time ripe for reflection, we review Hirokazu Koreeda's After Life (1999), a film that ruminates on memory and reflection. We also talk about Kelvin Kyung-Kun Park's documentary Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron (2010) which we were given an exclusive look at. Also included in this episode are details about our first anniversary contest and how you (YES, YOU!) can still get a chance to win and other talk about the moooovaaaays. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 20: Fulltime Killer | Our review of Johnnie To's 2001 actioneer Fulltime Killer in this episode gets so meta that you'll think you're reading it off the legs of an ant in a Salvador Dali painting. Also included is our second straight "Let's Get Formsprung" mini-segment in which we get in the director's chair and talk about films we'd like to see made as well as plenty and puh-lenty of other film talk. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/vcinema | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 19: Stray Bullet | In this episode, we continue our exploration into post World War II film by reviewing the 1961 film Stray Bullet (aka Obaltan and Aimless Bullet) directed by Yu Hyun-Mok and one of the few pre '90s films currently available in the West. Plenty of detail about the position of this fascinating film in both Korean national and cinematic history as well as discussion of the film itself is all included in this episode, so if you have any interest in Korean film history, this episode is a must-listen. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVCinema Blog Relaunch Announcement | This is a short announcement regarding the relaunch of the VCinema blog located at http://www.vcinemashow.com/ Our next full episode is scheduled for a 12/20/2010 release. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 18: Twenty-Four Eyes | Prepare to wipe those tears! This episode has us looking at a golden classic of post-war (1954, was the film's year of release, to be exact) Japanese cinema, Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-Four Eyes. Is the film still deserving the honor of having beat its peers, including Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, for several prestigious film awards or is it just a product of its time? Find out as we look more closely at one of the most beloved films in Japanese history. Also included in this episode is a quirky letter from an old friend of the show, the beginnings of our new B-Boy theme song, and the usual film-related talk and tomfoolery. Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 12/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 6: Zipangu Fest 2010 | Live coverage and interviews from the 2010 Zipangu Fest, a UK-based film festival focusing on new Japanese cinema started by midnighteye.com co-founder Jasper Sharp. Guests and filmmakers interviewed include Hisayasu Sato (SPLATTER: NAKED BLOOOD, LOVE & LOATHING & LULU & AYANO), Tetsuaki Matsue (LIVE TAPE, ANNYONG YUMIKA), Takuro Kochi (MAN-EATING MOUNTAIN), LIVE TAPE musicians Kenta Maeno and Yuki Yoshida, Tom Mes (midnighteye.com co-founder and author of AGITATOR: THE CINEMA OF TAKASHI MIIKE and IRON MAN: THE CINEMA OF SHINYA TSUKAMOTO) as well as Jasper and Zipangu co-curator Julian Ross. | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 17: Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms | aka Crippled Avengers, aka Avengers Handicapped, aka Mortal Combat. Yes, it's going to be one of those mixed up film title episodes again... On the evening of Sir Run Run Shaw's birthday (Happy 103rd, Uncle Run Run!), we review one of the best known films in the Shaw Brothers' extensive library, 1978's Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms (aka...yeah, OK, we'll stop) directed by the Godfather of Hong Kong cinema, Chang Cheh, and starring the Venom Mob. A recipe for success or bloated egos? Listen and find out! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 16: Barking Dogs Never Bite | We take a little break away from our participation in this year's Japanese Film Blogathon (see our blog) to sneak in a little South Korean coverage. In this episode, with guest James McCormick of the Criterion Cast, we review Bong Joon-Ho's (The Host, Mother, Memories of Murder) feature length debut Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000). We get a visit from old show contributor Kemek who, from his post in Korea, delivers a new film and culture bit. There's also yet another discussion about the Korean film quota system and tons of the usual film talk. Visit our blog which has plenty of news, reviews and features at http://vcinemashow.com/ Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 15: Satoshi Kon/Kihachiro Kawamoto Memorial Episode | In this episode, we memorialize animators Kihachiro Kawamoto and Satoshi Kon who passed away on August 23rd and 24th, respectively. With guest host Cathy Munroe-Hotes of Nishikata Film Review, we review Kon's Paprika and Kawamoto's The Book of the Dead. Friends and past guests of the show, including Mark Schilling of the Japan Times, Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye and the Zipangu Fest, and Jason Gray of Screen International, call in with their memories and impressions of the two late, great filmmakers. Visit our web page for additional show links: http://vcinemashow.com/ Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 14: Zero Woman Red Handcuffs | BACK WITH A VENGEANCE! After taking a short break to work on our new site design, VCinema comes back with an 3.5 hour episode chock full of movie goodness. Our main review is the 1974 Pinky Violence film Zero Woman Red Handcuffs directed by Yukio Noda including an extended talk about the genre and bad girls in Japanese cinema in general. Also included is an interview with Adam Torel of Third Window Films, a UK-based distributor with an incredible catalog of Asian films (including VCinema favorite Oasis). But wait! There's more! Our friends over at the Toronto JFilm Pow Wow cover several of the key Asian films from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2010 including Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Tetsuya Nakashima's Confessions, Sion Sono's Cold Fish, and more! Strap yourself in for quite possibly the most epic podcast ever! Visit: http://vcinemashow.com/ Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 426-1390 | 10/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 5: Detroit Metal City | In this bonus episode, host Coffin Jon breaks his promise of bringing full audio coverage of the J-Pop Summit Festival and instead teams up with Kris and Chris of dreamlogic.net and friend Tosin for a review and probably entirely-too-serious discussion of Detroit Metal City (2008, dir: Toshio Lee), a live action adaptation of the wildly popular manga and anime by Kiminori Wakasugi. Visit our web page: http://vcinemashow.com/ | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 13: Tony Takitani | In this episode, the VCinema boys are joined in the fourth chair by Dr. John Berra, a film scholar who has authored and edited books covering American Independent and Japanese cinema. Besides talking to us about these publications and a post that he has accepted abroad, John joins us in a discussion and review of Tony Takitani (2004, dir: Jun Ichikawa), a character study adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami. Also included in this episode is an extended talk about Murakami, his style, works, films both inspired or adapted from his work including the upcoming Norwegian Wood (2010, dir: Anh Hung Tran), Hear the Wind Sing (1980, dir: Kazuki Omori), Starfish Hotel (2006, dir: John Williams), and more. Also included in this episode is discussion about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010, dir: Edgar Wright), Cool as Ice (1991, dir: David Kellogg), Punishment Park (1971, dir: Peter Watkins), One False Move (1992, dir: Carl Franklin), and more! | 9/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShinsedai Special Podcast Report #4: The Second Half | In our fourth and final episode documenting the Shinsedai Cinema Festival of 2010, Coffin Jon and Marc Saint-Cyr of The Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow review the shorts and films of the latter two days of the festival and anoint our unofficial "Best of the Fest" prize to one film. Screenings talked about in this episode include: The Dark Harbor (2009, dir: Naito Takatsugu) Jellyfish Boy (2009, dir: Shoh Kataoka) Off Highway 20 (2007, dir: Katsuya Tomita) Gunman Champion (2009, dir: sugarmountain) Confessions of a Dog (2006, dir: Gen Takahashi) NN-891102 (1999, dir: Go Shibata) Our Brief Eternity (2009, dir: Takuya Fukushima) A Normal Life, Please! (2008, dir: Tokachi Tsuchiya) Remnants (1995, dir: Reiko Tahara) The Red Spot (2008, dir: Marie Miyayama) Invitation (2008, dir: Kotaru Wajima) Live Tape (2009, dir: Tetsuaki Matsue) Yuriko's Aroma (2010, Kota Yoshida) | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 12: The City of Violence | Welcome back, VC fans! While we've been busy lately putting out all of our exclusive Shinsedai bonus content, we were able to regroup for our first 'regular' episode in over a month! In this episode, we discuss The City of Violence, a 2006 actioneer from South Korea directed by Seung-Wan Ryoo. Also included in this episode are shorter discussions of Inception (2010, dir: Christopher Nolan), Yatterman (2009, dir: Takashi Miike), Survival Quest (1989, dir: Don Coscarelli), Night and the City (1950, dir: Jules Dassin) a redux talk about A Serbian Film (2010, dir: Srdjan Spasojevic), and much more. Also included in this episode is an announcement of the winner of our Facebook contest, discussion about the direction of the show including some really exciting changes that we will be making as early as next episode. | 8/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShinsedai Special Podcast Report #3 Director’s Spotlight: Yasunobu Takahashi | This is the first of four podcast episodes recorded for the Shinsedai Cinema Festival which happened on July 22nd – 25th. Specific details about the festival can be found in the remaining three special episodes and at the Shinsedai official website. In this episode, we shine the director's spotlight on another talented Japanese filmmaker, Yasunobu Takahashi, whose feature-length debut "Locked Out" was released by his independent production company On the Road Films and has been in constant festival rotation since its 2009 release. In the first half of this episode, Marc Saint-Cyr of the Toronto JFilm Pow-Wow and I discuss "Locked Out" and, in the second half, I interview Yasunobu Takahashi himself. In the interview, we talk about the film, the independent cinema scene in Japan, and his next film project. | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShinsedai Special Podcast Report #2: The First Half | In this special episode, Coffin Jon and special guest co-host Marc Saint-Cyr of The Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow review the shorts and films of the first two days of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Screenings talked about in this episode include: Akino Kondoh's "Ladybird's Requiem" Kihachiro Kawamoto retrospective Kenji Mizoguchi's "The Water Magician" with musical accompaniment by Vowls Tetsuichiro Tsuta's "Island of Dreams" | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitShinsedai Special Podcast Report #1 Director's Spotlight: Momoko Ando | This is the first of four podcast episodes recorded for the Shinsedai Cinema Festival which happened on July 22nd - 25th. Specific details about the festival can be found in the remaining three special episodes and at the Shinsedai official website. In this episode, we shine the spotlight on Momoko Ando, a new, young, and talented director from Japan. In 2009, she completed her debut feature length film "Kakera: A Piece of Our Life" which has since received many accolades and been the darling of the festival circuit. The film has since been released on DVD in the UK on Third Window Films. In the first half of this episode, I sit down with Marc Saint-Cyr of the Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow and we discuss and review the film. In the second half, we sit down with Momoko herself to talk about the film, being a female director in Japan, and her next film project. | 7/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBonus Episode 4: Japan Cuts post-festival interview | In this episode, we interview Japan Cuts film festival programmers Samuel Jamier and Joel Neville Anderson. Samuel and Joel tell us the basic details of the festival, how much work goes into it as well as impressions of how well it went down. Enjoy this episode as part of VCinema's Summer Fest 2010 series. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 11: Bollywood Vampires | In our latest episode, VCinema adds someone new to the fold, South Korean film enthusiast Rufus from Paper Spaceships and Cineawesome! (which will undoubtedly be etched into your brain by episode's end) takes his first at-bat co-hosting for us. All three of us review the Bollywood vampire film Bandh Darwaza directed by the inimitable Ramsay Brothers. Other stuff in this episode includes more discussion about the New York Asian Film Festival, The Last Airbender, Sushi Typhoon, "Dragon" (don't call me "Sogo") Ishii, a slight revisit of Chang-Dong Lee's Oasis, A Serbian Film, listener feedback, and the official announcement of the VCinema Listener Review Contest. | 7/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 10: The Big Ten | VCinema celebrates its tenth episode by sitting down with Midnight Eye co-founder Jasper Sharp who's celebrating his site's tenth anniversary of being the best Japanese film website on the net. During the interview, Jasper talks about Midnight Eye, his writing projects, his film curation duties for Raindance UK, Shinsedai, Zipang Fest, and others as well as shares other stories, insights, and film recommendations gathered from his first ten years of reporting on film. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 9: Oasis | In this episode, we review recent Cannes Best Screenplay winner Chang-Dong Lee's 2002 film Oasis. We also talk about some of the big North American Asian film-related fests this summer and other movie talk. Also included is the deadline for our listener review contest. email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net voice: (206) 338-3864 | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 8: New Generation | VCinema interviews Chris Magee of the Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow blog and co-curator of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival along with other film-related talk. email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net voice mail: (206) 338-3864 | 5/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 7: Yakuzathon II (Tokyo Vice edition) | Tokyo Vice author and Ex-Yomiuri Shimbun reporter Jake Adelstein sat down for an interview with us and talked about the yakuza, his planned second book, The Last Yakuza, and our review selection for this episode, Juzo Itami's 1992 anti-yakuza flick Minbo no Onna, and more! Email: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voice mail: (206) 338-3864 | 5/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonus Episode 3: VCinema Radio - The Pinky Violence edition | DJ Toei was in the VCinema studios working on his new album, "Shoot Children, Not Guns" and decided to drop this mix of pinku and pinky violence on us. | 5/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitVCinema Gaiden: Tony Anthony interview | VCinema interviews Euro Western star and 3D Pioneer Tony Anthony in this special bonus episode. For information on Mr. Anthony's re-release of Comin' At Ya!, check out http://www.cominatyanoir3d.com/ Contact VCinema at: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net or voice at (206) 338-3864 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (206) 338-3864 | 4/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 3: Full Metal Tetsuo | The last of the 'old' episodes. In our third episode, we (Josh and Coffin Jon) ponder the technophobia of Shinya Tsukamoto’s seminal cyberpunk film Tetsuo – The Iron Man. Contact: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net or voice at (206) 338-3864 | 4/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 6: Public Enemy | The VCinema posse review the South Korean crime/comedy film Public Enemy (2002) directed by Woo-Suk Kang, announce their first contest, and more! Our homebase: http://www.variedcelluloid.net/vcinema/ Contact: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voice Mail: (208) 338-3864 | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBonus Episode 1: Ura-VCinema | Coffin Jon and guest host, the Bancho, get together for bad Japanese food (in San Francisco Japantown nonetheless!) and an impromptu discussion about "Love Hotel Hill", cell phone manga, Sho Aikawa's dancing days, pay-to-ISDN, teaching English, movie soundtracks, Japanese cooking shows, and more. This bonus episode was recorded with a mini voice recorder so the sound quality kind of sucks. Contact: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 338-3864 | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 2: Chinese Pinkies on Parade | For our second episode, we (Josh and Coffin Jon) stamina up Japanese-style for a whopping two hours of madness and movie discussion. Takashi Miike's semi-obscure Shinjuku Triad Society from 1995 gets the full-on featured review treatment this time around. We also discuss violence in Miike's films, recommend some classics in our "Netflix Instant Watch" segment, decide with our Twitter community whether the yakuza or triads would win in an all out war, and explore the question "Why do we watch cult film?" in our new "Question of the Podcast" segment. We also debut "The Pretention Alert" which will surely be used in many episodes to come. Contact: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 338-3864 | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 5: Yakuzathon Part One (TokyoScope edition) | Our first all-yakuza episode! The VCinema boys hang out with Patrick Macias, current editor-in-chief of Otaku USA and author of Tokyoscope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion, Japanese School Girl Inferno, and Cruising the Anime City among other books and articles about Japanese pop culture. Among other topics, Patrick gives us a run down on the history of yakuza films among other topics. Also in this episode, the infamous The Tattooed Hitman starring one "Bud" Sugawara is reviewed and a discussion ensues about why yakuza films never made it big out of Japan in the first place. Then, VCinema good buddy loki315 joins the crew as they round out the show with the Twitter question. Special thanks to Wildgrounds for providing some of the music used in this episode. The Tattooed Hitman An Eternal Thought in the Mind of Godzilla Japress Otaku USA Magazine | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 4: Outlaw High | The VCinema gang look fondly back at their high school days with the hostage sieges, food fights, stunt mannequins, pep rallies, and teen suicides. Oh crap, they actually just review Sogo Ishii's debut 1978 film Panic High School. Also included is the usual shenanigans: the Netflix Instant Watch, film discussion question ("Does cult film deserve to be revered and homaged?"), Twitter question ("What's your favorite high school movie?"), and other blathering about film. They also start shopping for party favors for their first big themed episode. Details included in this episode Panic High School The Searchers Still Walking Rock and Roll High School Blue Spring Isseifubi Sepia video directed by Sogo Ishii with Sho Aikawa Track Listing: S.O.B. - Leave me Alone Soul Scream - Uzuku Yokkyuu Rhymester - Kuchi Kara Demakase The Stalin - Niku G**M - Anthem DJ Krush (feat Rino) - Shin-Sekai Lamp Eye - Shougen | 3/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 1: It's All About the Bullets | The maiden voyage of the VCinema podcast is ready to set sail into your eardrums! In this episode, we go over the VCinema statement of intent, review a perennial VCinema webcast favorite, Ngai-Kai Lam's splat-fu classic Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), and debut "THE BLOCK", a series of mini-segments: The Netflix Instant Watch, Show and Tell, and The Twitter Question. We were forced by the MPAA to edit out a planned segment called "Where am I hiding the pickle?" but perhaps that will appear in the Director's Cut one day. For additional episode notes, movie reviews, and news visit http://www.vcinemashow.com | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
A well lthought out podcast
Coffin Jon and Josh put out a great show. What they lack in quantity and frequency of episodes they make up for in quality. The reviews are insightful and there is a lot of information given about the history of certain types of films or film makers. the interviews are great and help spread more light on to the subject matter of the film. Coffin Jon and Josh have a good chemistry and the show doesn't make one feel like they are just listening in on someones conversation, the show makes you feel like you are in the conversation.
Super stuff for cult film fans
Great cult and Asian film discussion from two movie guys that know their stuff. Jon & Josh are both witty hosts and intelligent film geeks that can wax on about everything from the significance of obscure cinema in terms of culture to silly yakuza inspired goofiness. Lots of interaction on Twitter, forums, voicemail, etc, plus well-done interviews with random figures from the industry. Good stuff that keeps getting better.
Informative and fun
This podcast is a must download if you are at all into Japanese (or any) cult film. Or any film for that matter. They do interviews that inform, reviews that interest and have great interaction with the audience via twitter and their blog. Seriously glad I found this 'cast out. I downloaded the episode on Public Enemy (mostly because I love Korean film) and then promptly downloaded the rest. Sure they might come every couple of weeks but the wait is worth it and if you are dying to get in on some Coffin Jon and Josh action just hop on twitter or check the blog out.
I subscribed. So should you.
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