The Undertones in Good Vibrations (2012) – Pop Screen 94

Archaeon 04/05/2023

If there’s one thing pop music needs almost as much as it needs musicians, it’s people who won’t hear the words “Actually, that’s a really bad idea”. Terri Hooley was one such man. Record shop owner, record label owner and focal point for Belfast’s punk scene, what he lacked in […]

John Landis PART TWO (An American Werewolf in London & Trading Places) Podcast

Archaeon 28/04/2023

Thank you for joining us on Directors Uncut as we dip into the work of John Landis for the second time. Not many Max Landis jabs this time. Joined by a returning Gav (My Favourite Film) & Andy (Road to Knowhere), we talk about one of the most beloved of […]

Adam Ant in World Gone Wild – Pop Screen 93

Archaeon 20/04/2023

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of, which is probably for the best, as Adam Ant earned a fair bit of it for his role in this post-apocalyptic action movie. The product of veteran journeyman director Lee H Katzin, it also stars Bruce Dern in a role he literally does […]

John Landis PART ONE (The Blues Brothers & Into the Night) Podcast

Archaeon 14/04/2023

We had a cross-over episode with Pop Screen for our 2022 review episode, and now we are back with another unofficial cross-over episode with our sister podcast for the first of two John Landis episodes. In case you don’t know, Pop Screen features musicians in movies and we have an […]

The Who in Tommy (1975) – Pop Screen 92

Archaeon 06/04/2023

See it! Feel it! It’s finally time for Pop Screen to scale the all-time summit of the rock opera form – Ken Russell’s Tommy, based on the album by The Who. Pete Townsend’s achingly personal tale of a traumatised kid mistakenly hailed as a messiah, it’s got a soundtrack of […]

James Wan PART TWO (Dead Silence & Malignant) Podcast

Archaeon 31/03/2023

This week, Rob is joined by Ygraine (What a Scream) & Bel (Fishnets & Philosophy) for a follow-up to the previous episodes’ chat about Saw and Insidious as we return to modern horror master, James Wan! We looked at 2007’s misunderstood Dead Silence – complete with Baby Ryan Kwanten, creepy […]

The Dandy Warhols in DiG (2004) – Pop Screen 91

Archaeon 21/03/2023

This episode of Pop Screen is about the rivalry between ’90s psych-rock revivalists The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre – and if you think that’s a niche subject for a film, that’s how Ondi Timoner’s DiG! came across before its premiere in 2004. Yet it was immediately and […]

James Wan PART ONE (Saw & Insidious) Podcast

Archaeon 17/03/2023

The first pure horror podcast in a while for Directors Uncut. Join Kat, Liz, and Cliff as we talk about one of the most successful horror directors of all time, especially if you are looking at box offices. The first movie we covered was Wan’s breakout and ground zero for a long-running franchise about […]

Juraj Herz (The Cremator & Ferat Vampire)

Archaeon 01/03/2023

And so we stumble on our second unofficial Second Run episode, following Karel Zeman. Rob is joined by Graham (Pop Screen) & Aidan (Letterboxd) for a reunion of the Cinema Eclectica podcast. This time we discuss one of the big daddies of the Czech New Wave, Juraj Herz, the sort […]

Terry Hall, Madness, The Beat, and More in Dance Craze – Pop Screen 89

Archaeon 23/02/2023

The shocking death of Terry Hall at the end of 2022 sent Pop Screen back to this document of him in his prime: Dance Craze, a relentlessly energetic concert film showcasing all the greats from the first wave of British ska. As well as Hall with The Specials, there are […]

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Theatre of Blood (1973) Vincent Price’s at his wildest and most liberatingly irreverent (Review)

The War Trilogy: Three Films by Andrzej Wajda (1955/1958) War is Hell (Review)

The Killer (2022) Less John Woo, More John Wick (Review)

Black Moon Rising (1986) John Carpenter albeit minus the craft (Review)

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