Archive - Video Shop

August 2025

🎬 #183 The Age of Obsession.

You might summarise both this week’s films under one word - obsession, something I’m apparently deeply interested in as I think about the films I enjoy…

Aug 29 •

🎬 #182 Sun and Sin.

Apologies, just one film this week but it’s a hot, pleasant - eyes in the sun type film.

Aug 22 •

🎬 #181 Familial Spaces.

Two films this week, both about families caught in a current they can’t swim against - one modern, one from decades back.

Aug 15 •

🎬 #180 Balls & Messy Relationships.

Next week, I promise, will be a return to the more stable two film format but for this week it’s one.

Aug 8 •

🎬 #179 The Power of Spoof

I’m not sure another film in the history of cinema has managed to cram in so many jokes, layers of them, at least every 30 seconds.

Aug 1 •

July 2025

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