Euro Cinephile Lounge: Recent Episodes
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Euro Cinephile Lounge is a weekly show with Tyler Hamilton, Jerome Schmitt and Fashy Žižek analyzing cinema from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Exploitation films of the ‘70s and ‘80s to contemporary arthouse. Everything in-between.
Fashy Žižek, Jerome Schmitt and Tyler Hamilton continue their examination of J-Horror cinema, turning to the technological epidemic of world-ending loneliness with Kairo, the estrangement of mother to daughter in Dark Water, and the inescapable curse of Ju-On: The Grudge.
Fashy Zizek, Josh, Jerome and Tyler live for a Halloween Special taking audience questions and speaking on their favorite horror movies, their not so favorite ones, and everything in-between for this underappreciated genre.
FZ, Jerome and Tyler continue into their series on J-Horror, taking a look at the phenomenon of the Ring films. Based on the novel by Koji Suzuki, first adapted as a TV film in 1995 then famously in 1998 for theaters by Hideo Nakata, Ringu set off a series of remakes and clones. The crew investigates the cultural legacy of the series.
Tyler, FZ and Jerome convene for the first part of our series on J-Horror. We discuss the grimy and grainy splatter classic Evil Dead Trap (1988), the bleak and nihilistic psychological thriller Cure (1997), and the femme fatale shocker Audition (1999).
Jerome, FZ and Tyler discuss Ruben Östlund's "Force Majeure" (2014), the story of a father's identity put into a question by a snap decision made during a potential emergency. The father's decision and the resulting tension risks breaking the family apart.
Jerome and Fashy Žižek analyze the 2017 Swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Östlund.
Fashy Žižek returns to the ECL crew and the crew analyses Lucio Fulci's 1981 surreal and gory horror masterpiece "The Beyond". With some contentious takes on the film, the show turns into Tyler and FZ (pro-Fulci) vs. Jerome and Josh (anti-Fulci).
Jerome, Josh and Tyler discuss Paul Anderson's "Phantom Thread". In Daniel Day Lewis's "last performance", he plays Reynolds Woodcock, a dressmaker that meets his latest muse and his carefully tailored life is disrupted by her.
Jerome and Tyler are joined by Josh Neal to discuss the 2009 Greek film "Dogtooth" (directed by Yorgos Lanthimos), a film about teens growing up under authoritarian parents with an unusual set of rules, morals and education. Is there more to this story than just isolated teens living a lie or is just an assemblage of bizarre and darkly comic scenarios?
Tyler is joined by new co-host Jerome Schmitt to breakdown and analyze Ingmar Bergman's 1966 classic "Persona". We cover themes of intimacy, guilt, split personality, fantasy and filmmaking itself.
Tyler and FZ continue their series on the cinema of Dario Argento, taking a look into Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy. From the fairy tale horror of Suspiria to the operatic grotesque horror of Inferno up to the misfire of Mother of Tears and the 2018 re-imagining of Suspiria, ECL discusses them all.
Tyler and FZ review and analyze the neo-film noir superhero film The Watchmen (2009), directed by Zack Snyder. Based on what has been called the greatest comic book of all time, the film contains many themes surrounding archetypes in ethical philosophy and nihilism.
Tyler and FZ are joined by guest J. LaDarc to discuss the classic 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire" and then the contemporary re-imagining or subversion "Blue Jasmine" directed by Woody Allen. Stay at the end for an outtake. This is a double feature episode so the two movies are split by an intermission. Enjoy it all at once or in two parts!
Tyler and FZ convene for the start of the Dario Argento series on ECL. First up is Argento's first effort, a stylized thriller where there is more than meets the eye; the film that would launch not only Argento's directorial career but boost the Giallo genre to popularity.
Tyler and Fashy Žižek discuss the underrated and under-seen 2008 Australian mockumentary ghost story "Lake Mungo".
Tyler and FZ are joined by Joel Davis to review the most recent crime film directed by Guy Ritchie, "The Gentlemen".
ECL's Tyler Hamilton and Fashy Žižek are joined by very special guest Zero HP Lovecraft for a discussion on the influence of horror author H.P. Lovecraft on cinema. From direct adaptions such as "Dagon", "Re-Animator", "Dreams in the Witch House" and "The Color Out of Space" to Lovecraft-inspired horror films such as "The Void", "Absentia", "The Thing", "Event Horizon", "In the Mouth of Madness" and many more.
Tyler and FZ discuss the hit Korean film "Parasite" from director Bong Joon-ho. Themes of class conflict, ideological fiction, high and low vs. the middle, the decline of upward mobility and false hope are covered.
Tyler and FZ discuss the 1972 Soviet science fiction classic "Solaris" directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. They uncover themes of the impenetrability of the object of desire/trauma, guilt and reconciliation, sci-fi optimism vs. the human condition, Soviet vs. Hollywood cinema and thematic connections with Silent Hill 2.
Tyler and FZ are joined by special guest J. LaDarc to discuss the classic film "Gone with the Wind", based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Mitchell. The panel discusses the loss of the Old South, the anti-heroine Scarlett O'Hara and the scallywag Rhett Butler, race and gender relations in the South, and the ambivalence of the ending.
Thamster and FZ discuss the sci-fi film "Arrival" from directer Denis Villeneuve, based on the short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. We pick up on themes of language and the world, of temporality and communication, of cooperation and aggression, two articulations of American Empire and existential questions of affirmation amidst joy and suffering.
A new spin-off series to EBL, the Euro Cinephile Lounge! Join Tyler and FZ as they discuss the psychedelic fantasy-comedy-horror film "House" from director Nobuhiko Obayashi. Watch as we try to analyze and make sense of one of those most bizarre cult classics put to celluloid.