[drum hit] AND IIIII-EEE-AAAYYY… Yes, some songs are born Christmassy, some achieve Christmasiness, and some have Christmas thrust upon them, as is the case with Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You. Arguably the best-remembered Christmas number one of the nineties, it prompted us to make […]
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Na Hong-Jin (the Chaser & The Wailing)
We have escaped from the seemingly never-ending run of two partners and where should we find ourselves but Korea? Rob is joined by Ygraine (What a Scream) and Graham (Pop Screen) to discuss the work of Na Hong-Jin, who may not have a big body of work but he does […]
Stanley Kubrick II (2001: A Space Odyssey & The Shining)
Join us for the concluding part of our look at Stanley Kubrick, and this time out we hit two of his biggest and most influential films. Rob is joined by Gav (My Favourite Film) & Vincent (Invasion of the Pody People), and first, we look at the godfather of the […]
Stanley Kubrick I (A Clockwork Orange & Barry Lyndon)
We are stuck in a loop here on Directors Uncut, double episode after double episode. This time though, we are in the territory of all-time greats – Stanley Kubrick. Joined by Cliff (Devil Times Five) Andrew (Whitlock and Pope) and Oliver (Left Lion Screen), we look at two wildly […]
Alfonso Cuaron II (Y Tu Mama Tambien & Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
What an episode we have this week. Rob is joined by Ariel & Rabia (Ride the Omnibus) to conclude our two-parter on Alfonso Cuaron, and what we have is probably our biggest left turn in the podcast’s run. To kick things off we talk about Diego Luna and Gael Garcia […]
Alfonso Cuaron I (Children of Men & Roma)
Rob is joined by Graham (POP SCREEN), Mike (AUTISTIC GUIDE THROUGH HORROR) and Andy (ROAD TO KNOWHERE) to talk about one of Mexico’s finest-ever filmmakers. First up we talked about his ode to his home nation and the litany of difficulties its people suffer through, Roma. Also, it’s the first […]
Takeshi Kitano II (Violent Cop & Zatoichi) Beat Takeshi
In the last episode, we looked at Hana-Bi and Kikujiro, besides being features from our most recently selected director, are two of the best Japanese films of the past 30 years. Picking up the baton, in this second part of Directors Uncut, Rob, along with Clinton (Twitter), dipped into the […]
Takeshi Kitano Part I (Hana-Bi & Kikujiro)
After visiting the more obscure side of Japanese cinema in the last episode, this time we kick off a two-parter with one of the most well-regarded names that the country produced in the modern era – Takeshi Kitano. Or Beat Takeshi as he was known when he broke through. Joined […]
Frightfest Special 2022 – Directors Uncut
In a break from the regularly scheduled programming, don’t worry, that’ll return next time, we present a mega special of last weekend’s Frightfest. Rob is joined by Kat (THR), Andrew (WHITLOCK & POPE), Vincent (Invasion of the Pody People) and Mike (Autistic Guide through Horror) to cover near enough everything […]
Satoshi Miki (Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers & Adrift in Tokyo)
Just when you think Directors Uncut is becoming fairly predictable it throws the biggest surprise of its run, to date – a director I had no clue about, Satoshi Miki. Rob is joined by Ben (Cymreig Samurai) to talk about this obscure director of Japanese comedies. Word to the warning, […]