Pop Screen doesn’t cover much metal, and a cynical listener might counter that we’re not about to start now, as we look at the 2019 Netflix film The Dirt. A biopic of Motley Crue, it offers a visceral look at sex, drugs and rock and roll, but maybe not enough […]
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Shinya Tsukamoto PART 2 (A Snake of June & Kotoko) Podcast
C/W: Self Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, Invasion Thoughts, Depressive States. Yeah, the fact that I had to put one of those warnings before the episode synopsis but surely tell you that the content forthcoming hits on some very hard and heavy topics, Shinya Tsukamoto certainly goes to some exceptionally emotional places, […]
Run DMC in Tougher Than Leather – Pop Screen 95
How do you weather the changes in a genre your band helped define? It’s tricky. Run-DMC tried to rebrand with Tougher Than Leather, the title of both an album and a film directed by their producer Rick Rubin. A tough yet strangely naive premonition of the gangsta rap years to […]
Shinya Tsukamoto PART 1 (Tetsuo: Iron Man & Vital) PODCAST
This time out on Directors Uncut, we have part one of a man I’ve previously described as a body horror sweetheart – what’s more, this was the single most cursed recording we’ve ever had. Now if that’s not emblematic of the production of one of today’s featured movies I don’t […]
The Undertones in Good Vibrations (2012) – Pop Screen 94
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]