The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres

After six months away from this style of episode, we’re finally back — and we’ve returned with a filmmaker who makes “easing in gently” completely impossible. This week, Álex de la Iglesia takes centre stage, Rob is joined by Graham and Aidan, as we dive into the wild, maximalist world of a director who might genuinely be the smartest man making the stupidest movies. If you’ve never seen Witching...

A little later than planned, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead returns for this month’s free episode with Irish Comedian Ryan Cullen in tow. Andy, Rob and Ryan look at Universal Soldier , specifically the Jean‑Claude Van Damme entries: the 1992 Roland Emmerich original, 1999’s The Return, and John Hyams’s 2009 Regeneration and the threat to all sufferers of epilepsy that is the acclaimed Day of Reckon...

Hello and Welcome to a Brand New Podcast featuring Rob and Andy called They'll Love Me When I'm Dead - a reference to the nature of franchise films, the subject matter of this new pod. I won't go too deep into the reeds about how this podcast works, as it's discussed in the podcast but in essence there will be 6 free episodes and 6 paid for episodes a year. This first one is a freebie for both the...

Welcome back to Uncut—a little later than planned, but we’re thrilled to finally launch  Uncut Presents , a brand‑new series where we invite a filmmaker to explore three films that shaped them: one that influenced them, one they love, and one of their own. Our debut guest is  Dan Martin , the FX wizard behind  Possessor ,  Color Out of Space ,  Infinity Pool ,  In the Earth , and countless other g...

It's that time of the year for Uncut, we review the past 12 months, or at least a good half of it. Join Rob, Kat, Caitlyn, Andy, Graham, Simon, Aidan, Mike, and Robyn for the the second half of the best of 2025, including a healthy slab of film festival picks. We discuss the following... deep breath, here we go... Superman, One Battle After Another, 28 Years Later, The Shrouds, Bring Her Back, Wea...

It’s the Uncut Network Christmas Special! Join Rob, Kat, Caitlyn, and Faye for a holiday episode that’s a little different. We’re not talking about Santa or heart-warming family tales. We’re diving into the best stealth Christmas movies — films and specials set during the holidays but that aren't about the holidays. These are the perfect picks for when the main event is over and you want somet...

It's that time of the year again, it's time for the new series debut of Uncut and to do this we have one of our annual traditions - the frightfest special. To do this, Rob is joined by Kat, Faye and Sarah to talk the highs, lows and everything in between of the UK's capital horror film festival. Did you go, what did you think? 00:00:00 - Welcome to the Frightfest Special 00:04:00 - Redux Redux 00:...

What does it take to become a face—a brand—in cinema? For cult icon Joe Shishido, the answer is one of film's wildest stories: he reportedly had cheek implants to make his face wider, more rugged, and utterly unforgettable. In this episode of Uncut, I'm joined by Ben (Cymreig Samurai) to unpack the myth and the movies behind Japan's most iconic tough guy. We're breaking down the trilogy of films t...

Join the Uncut crew on The Geek Show as we venture into the bizarre and brilliant filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos, the Oscar-winning director hailed as the modern king of cinematic weirdness. In this deep-dive episode, we unpack the themes, styles, and lasting impact of his most iconic films. We start with the shocking and surreal  "Dogtooth" (Κυνόδοντας) , the Greek film that announced...

Uncut is back after a spotty few months, and to mark this return we are looking at a modern favourite in Alex Garland. Joined by Graham (Pop Screen), Kat (Hollywood News/Movies with Mummy) and Simon (London International Fantastic Film Fest), we talk talk about his origins as an author, his detour into writing for video games, and more before heading straight into three of his most discussed movie...

And with this episode on David Lynch, Series 4 of Uncut concludes. Told you it'd be shorter this time around. On this episode, Rob is joined by Lynch-lifer, Graham, to talk about Wild at Heart , The Straight Story and Inland Empire . Along the way, we touch on the connections to Satoshi Kon, the love of Mid-Western American Values, John Waters, alongside many references to Room To Dream . It&#...

It's time for another episode of Uncut, and this time we are talking about Sci-Fi Anime of the 80s and 90s. Rob is joined by Kinell, Sarah and Rabia to talk about all things 1980s and 1990s Sci-Fi Anime. In other words, the golden age of anime and in the genre that made Japanese Animation such a big deal. To do that, we talked about three movies - Angel's Egg, Project A Ko and the one, the...

Uncut returns for another of our token left turns, from 80s & 90s Anime - we head to classic Hollywood in the hands of Marlene Dietrich. Rob is joined by Graham, Jimmy and Simon - three signed up Dietrich heads - to talk through the career of one of classic Hollywood's greatest leading ladies, Marlene Dietrich. To do this, we discuss her work through four films - Josef von Sternberg's The Scar...

Welcome to the latest episode of Uncut, on which we talk about the golden age of 1980s an 90s Horror Anime. Apologies for the delays in getting this episode out, I've been directing my own short film which has taken up a lot of my time. It's called "The Last Sock You'll Ever Need", and I'll inevitably be talking about in on the pod in the coming weeks and months. This week, I am joined by Rabia ,...

Before you can say "Is that a haunted green dress?", Uncut is back to talk about the incredible Adèle Haenel — one of the most fearless, captivating actors working today. Rob, Mike, Graham and a debuting India dive into Haenel's extraordinary career, spotlighting her performances in Deerskin (the strangest jacket you'll ever meet), The Unknown Girl (the Dardenne brothers doing wh...

We return to our regularly scheduled programming after the annual tradition of our frightfest special, this time we talk about Sofia Coppola. Rob is joined by Kat ( Movies with Mummy ), Graham ( Pop Screen ) and Petros ( Caged in) to talk two of her most beloved movies both of which star Kirsten Dunst. We look at 1999's deeply sad and important late 1990s movie, the virgin suicides. Then we simuat...

Before you can say "Nun's! Reverse", Uncut is back to talk about exploitation movies centred around nuns - better known as Nunsploitation. Well, maybe not better, but that's what people call it. Rob is joined by Robyn to talk about the sub-genre and some of its more interesting titles. A list that is made up of the Mexican, Satanico Pandemonium (which has also been referred to as The Sexorcist), T...

This week on  Uncut , we’re stepping away from the chaos of Korean revenge thrillers to celebrate the life, work, and enduring legacy of Pier Paolo Pasolini—one of cinema’s most provocative and overlooked visionaries. Join host Rob and special guests Graham, Clotilde and Aidan as we explore Pasolini’s groundbreaking films, including  The Gospel According to Matthew ,  Theorem , and  The Canterbury...

It’s time for another episode of Uncut , and this time, we’re diving into a world of awful people doing awful things to one another . That’s right—we’re talking about Korean revenge thrillers . A huge deal in their day, this marks the third time we’ve covered this brutal subgenre, following our previous Na Hong-jin and Park Chan-wook episodes. Returning for another deep dive into Korean cinema, Ro...

Uncut is BACK! January was brutal (enough said!), but we're back with a big one: a deep dive into the work of Mike Flanagan. Rob and guests (Sarah, Mike, James, and Andy) tackle three of Flanagan's films: Hush, Gerald's Game, and Doctor Sleep. We'll be discussing everything from Stephen King adaptations and jump scares to that infamous degloving scene. And, because it's Flanaga...

Oh man, it's that time of the year again. You may think it is late to do the annual review podcast, but like to think you can't review something while it is still happening. So open up your Letterboxd watchlist, get your comfiest slippers on, sit back and relax, as pop screen and uncut form into one monolithic podcast to give you the run down on all the cool movies that happened between January an...

A bonus from our Patreon is one the feed. This month Last Night is taking something of a different form. Join rob and contributions from voices both familiar and new as they talk about some of our favourite alternative Christmas movies. A big thank you to Kat Hughes, Mal Jutley, Producer Rob, Andy Connor, Graham Williamson, Gav Smith, Mo Moshaty, Ygraine Hackett-Cantebrana and Vincent Gaine. And w...

This week on Uncut is a totally unchristmassy christmas special, well, it's the one nearest the big day anyway. Rob is joined by hosts of sister podcast, Kat and Andy, All of Us Are Lost , for out second look at the work of Guillermo Del Toro. The first movie we discuss is his much maligned, even by the guy himself, English language, Mimic . Then we jump into one of the earliest Marvel success sto...

Life finds a way to get in the way, meaning that we had to take a little forced break, but we are back with a big name. This time on Uncut, we loop around to directors and it's a big one, Guillermo Del Toro. Rob is joined by James (Reviewing Rodders), Vincent and Ygraine (What a Scream) to look at three of his gothic delights. We have The Devil's Backbone, his most recent movie Pinocchio and we fi...

We are having a week off next week, as life finds a way to get in the way, but for now though we are diving into a ball pit of fun... No, sorry, no fun - the other one. Rob is joined by Jonathan and Graham to talk about Eastern Block Sci-fi, and how misunderstood it is and that it's much more than the lazy stereotypes thrown its way. To discuss this, we talk about what is an all-timer for many a p...