ECLECTIC SCREENING ROOM
Fanzine from Canada

- First issue: 2001

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (There are undated issues)

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Issue 23

Special

IT CAME FROM 1957
In this one-shot issue, author Rob Craig examines over 50 science fiction-horror films released in the pivotal year of 1957. This promises to be an engaging read as Rob offers valuable analyses of films big and small, champions the lesser-known works, knocks over some sacred cows, and fits them into the big picture (culturally and socially) of the time in which they were made. The titles reviewed include Not of this Earth, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Amazing Colossal Man, and many many others.
60 pages;

Issue 22
Fall 2009

Cheap Horror Movies And Why We Love Them

Issue 21
Fall 2008

In this special issue, we remember all of the great programming that used to be on television in the wee hours, before being replaced by infomercials. From movie hosts to quirky programming, this is a nostalgic look at a part of pop culture. (A Tribute To Late Night Television)

Issue 20

A celebration of filmmakers who have continued to resist Hollywood gloss, and make innovative films on the fringes, including Craig Baldwin, Lizzie Borden and more.

Issue 19
Fall 2007

In this special issue, a record number of contributors offer reminisces and cultural histories of the ways in which the VHS videotape has taken part in our lives.(VHS RIP)

Issue 18

After a turbulent year on the independent film scene, with theatre closures and the movie experience becoming ever more impersonal, Discoveries sets out to rekindle that wide-eyed "look what I found" feeling, now almost impossible in the age of information overload.

While this issue covers familiar terrain of independent and offbeat films, we approach things with a bit of a more socio-cultural bent. During this treasure hunt, we show why these films stand out from the rest of the pack of personal filmmaking. Click on the cover to check the contents.

Issue 17
2006

40 pages tabloid sized This issue, ESR devotes itself completely to rock and roll movies, and does its best to cover most of the highlights in the past 50 years. Alan Freed movies, from ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK to GO JOHNNY GO THE BEATLES: FIRST AMERICAN VISIT HARD DAYS NIGHT RIP OFFS: Dave Clark, Gerry Marsden and more get in on the action and make their own matinee movies! VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO: the long-lost Warhol classic PRIVILEGE: Peter Watkins' snarky satire The Rolling Stones go under the knife in ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS and GIMME SHELTER The obscure rockumentary MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN The King in ELVIS THAT'S THE WAY IT IS PINK FLOYD IN POMPEII The Band in FESTIVAL EXPRESS and THE LAST WALTZ WATTSTAX, with Isaac Hayes and Tina Turner See what happened to flower power with RAINBOW BRIDGE and THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED Punk happened with BLANK GENERATION, THE PUNK ROCK MOVIE and LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE FABULOUS STAINS Reggae movies get an overview from THE HARDER THEY COME to STEPPING RAZOR RED X Laurie Anderson in HOME OF THE BRAVE Head bangers are nice guys after all in DECLINE OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION II: THE METAL YEARS Rock stars as superheroes: KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM and WILD ZERO Bob Dylan, Brian Eno and Neil Young make their own movies! The conspiracy behind KURT AND COURTNEY The well kept secret of JANDEK ON CORWOOD The use of British invasion music in RUSHMORE ...and finally a look at rock and roll in the films of Jim Jarmusch.

Issue 16
2006

GREY MATTERS A case for and against grey market DVD?s. NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND The collage films of Bruce Conner (COSMIC RAY, REPORT). APOCALYPSE THEN How cinema tried to make America to stop worrying and love the bomb. A look at educational films like DUCK AND COVER that offer wrong-headed advice about surviving a nuclear attack. DVD REVIEW MIDSECTION Reviews of two dozen interesting recent releases as well as some choice titles found in the good old grey market. 49TH PARALLEL The early films of David Cronenberg. (STEREO, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE) BELL BOTTOM BIJOU Altman's masterpiece CALIFORNIA SPLIT. MIDNITE MOVIES Turkish rip-offs of American movies. (TURKISH STAR TREK, TURKISH STAR WARS, TURKISH SUPERMAN) TAIL SLATE Larry Buchanan, RIP.

Issue 15
2005

1984: WHO KILLED HOLLYWOOD Rob Craig's rant about the death of personal cinema. To date this is probably the most controversial thing printed in these pages. When I first read it, I gasped, but couldn't deny a lot of truths inside this full-fledged attack. OTHER PEOPLE'S HOME MOVIES The home movie esthetic from the underground to the video age. ONCE UPON A SHORT TIME IN THE WEST Why repertory cinemas just don't cut it anymore. MIDNITE MOVIES Skot Deeming takes a look at Tetsuo the Ironman. PRINT FILM A lot of summer reading.

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