Rawr means I love you in kaiju <3 and boy do we love Godzilla, that titan of Japanese B-Movie cinema who turns 70 this year !!! After being blasted by the atomic breath of MIFF’s 7-part Godzilla marathon, Eliza and Noah dive into the big boy’s legacy and changing status, from terrifying nuclear metaphor to goofy sci-fi hero and back again.

We begin with 1954’s black-and-white introduction to the character, before cheering on the epic kaiju silliness of 1968’s Destroy All Monsters, both directed by Ishirō Honda. Stay tuned for two more monstrous instalments, and some short interviews the team recorded with the Astor event’s Godzilla fans. Duuuuuun dun dun dun dun….dun dun…..dundundundun.