The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres

Season Finale Baby! This week, I am joined by Graham ( POP SCREEN ) and Aidan ( LB ) to talk about Ealing man turned award-winning educator, Alexander MacKendrick. A man whose teachings have been turned into one of the definitive filmmaking books, “on Filmmaking” it’s called, funnily enough. As for his films, we look at one of his Ealing Classics, 1951’s The Man with a White Suit and 1957’s furiou...

The penultimate episode of Season One, ladies and gentlemen. This time it’s Jackie Chan’s turn, the martial arts cinema legend held together by sellotape and good luck has helmed a few films behind the camera too. And on this episode, we talk about one of his finest achievements in Police Story & Who Am I? Rob is joined by Ariel ( GHOULS ) and James ( REVIEWING RODDERS ) to ponder all the big...

Onto the finishing strait of season one and its many Patreon cross-migrations, this week Rob is joined by Aidan to discuss the work of Lee Chang-Dong. Lee Chang-Dong had a brief stint with the South Korean government in their culture department, but he is better known for Burning. Such an anarchist, he is. The films we cover are his 1997 debut, Green Fish and his big international breakthrough, 20...

Down to the final month of Patreon Migrations here on Directors Uncut. This week, it is the turn of Gutterpunk legend, Larry Cohen. Joined by Graham ( POP SCREEN ) and CLIFF ( DEVIL TIMES FIVE ), the first movie we cover is his oddball 1970s sci-fi-religious-cop-horror, God Told Me To – a movie which features a wild Andy Kauffman cameo. Then, we follow that up with his feature debut, Bone. A dark...

This week on the podcast we dip back into the Patreon archive with Mark Duplass, however, given the nature of the body of his work – we decided to have one film from this directorial canon and one from his body of work as a writer-producer. In the first half, we have Puffy Chair in what is probably the most brutal takedown of any movie you are ever likely to hear on this podcast. Then, in the back...

Here’s the last brand-new episode of season one. The rest will be Patreon migrations with extended new bits at the end, and we couldn’t have picked a better director for this – Karel Zeman. Now, I appreciate this director may not be immediately recognisable. Still, you can bet he has influenced some of your favourites in Terry Gilliam, Wes Anderson and Tim Burton plus Walerian Borowczyk if you are...

It would’ve been very easy to use the Wrath of Khan as the episode image, but that would’ve built up false expectations from Star Trek fans and this podcast won’t be doing any of that. Star Wars neither. Instead, the image is from a 1973 film he wrote, Invasion of the Bee Girls. Classic, I know. For films, we did do. First is the movie which influenced Ronald Reagan while in office. The American e...

Onwards and upwards with the great Patreon Migration, this week it’s the turn of one of Clint Eastwood’s biggest directorial inspirations, Don Siegel. Rob is joined by Graham and Aidan to talk about 1956’s iconic and landmark sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers which isn’t quite as cut and dry as it appears looking at it out of time. Before that though, the trio look at one of his final...

Motorboating our way through the Patreon archive, slowly but surely. This week, I am joined by Andrew (BEHOLD) and Graham (POP SCREEN) to talk about a true master of cinema who spanned all genres and styles – Robert Wise. With a filmography that covers everything from the Sound of Music to the Haunting, we cover the seminal 50s sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and early neo-noir, Odd...

The Patreon migration continues, this time we have our first ever anime episode with Makoto Shinkai. A man whose career started with his bold and ambitious debut, 5 Centimeters per Second and continues to this day with his latest film, Weathering with You. Rob is joined by Graham and pRob to talk about his international breakthrough Your Name and one of his most misunderstood films, Journey to Aga...

A perfect follow up to Alejandro Jodorowsky, we dip back into the Patreon archive and head to the badlands of European animation with Rene Laloux. Rob is joined by Aidan and Graham to talk about Rene Laloux, best known for "one of the greatest animated films of all time", Fantastic Planet. We get confused by that and also by the wonderfully campy 80s fantasy, Time Masters. Explaining the p...

This week is a brand new episode, featuring a man that you could describe as the king of surrealism - he certainly has the credentials. Alejandro Jodorowsky, A bewildering director to talk about at the best of times, but I was joined by two excellent guests - Jonathan (Kino Lorber & Second Run) and Cliff ( Devil Times Five ) - to talk about Holy Mountain & Santa Sangre. Before recording I...

In our latest edition of bobbing for Patreon episodes, we happen upon Craig Brewer our first real flirtation with the more mainstream side of cinema. Rob is joined by Graham ( Pop Screen ) and Andrew ( Behold ) to talk about his 2005 hip hop breakout, Hustle and Flow. Following that up is his true breakout and a film that is "Netflix's best original", 2019's Dolemite is my Name. Th...

The effort to make the leap fully of Patreon continues, this time it's the turn of Alexander Aja. We recorded this before our episode(s) on Wes Craven - so this was technically our first-ever pure Horror Episode. To talk about Aja, Rob is joined by Graham Williamson (of POP SCREEN ). Together they talk about Aja's breakout horror hit, 2003's High Tension or Haute Tension or Switchblade...

The podcast is going through a bit of a change in that we are becoming a 100% free deal. This means we have to increase the releases to weekly until we’ve cleared our backlog. So between now and 1st July, every Friday is Directors Uncut day. This week, Graham ( Pop Screen ) joins Rob to talk about the contemporary French Director, Jacques Audiard. The films we discuss come in the shape of 2001’s R...

First-ever two-parter here on Directors Uncut, so, welcome back Wes Craven! In the last episode, we looked at two outliers in Cursed & the Last House on the Left, now we get real up close and personal with two of his most well-regarded films - New Nightmare (1994) and Scream (1996). Rob is joined by Andy ( Road to Nowhere ), Melissa ( Ghouls Magazine ) and Gav ( My Favourite Film ), to talk ab...

This week on Director Uncut we have our first ever two-parter, the lucky filmmaker? Wes Craven! In this first part, Rob is joined by Cliff (Devil Times Five) and Kat (The Hollywood News), where we talk about 1972's controversial classic, The Last House on the Left and 2005's Cursed. An apt description, as well as a title, for Craven's battle-scarred werewolf movie. An episode of extrem...

Once more into the Patreon archives we go, this time we return with our wildest director to date - John Waters. The one of a kind, beautiful soul, that is, John Waters. Rob and Waters diehard Graham talk about two films. The first sees us talk about his early sleazy days with the dreamlanders with the inimitable Multiple Maniacs (1970). Then in a wild 180, we talk about something more contemporary...

First things first, apologies about the audio quality. We know what caused it, and it won't happen again - still, we are sorry. Now that is over and done with, Join Rob and his co-host, Graham, as they look at the highest-profile director we've had to date. You know a director is high-profile if their name becomes an adjective. Fellini-esque in this case. No isms here, as we are talking ab...

This week both Rob & Graham (Horrified, Pop Screen) will be performed by Alec Guinness. Yeah, we are impressed too. The lucky director that is the subject of our attention is Robert Hamer, most famous for his work on legendary Ealing comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets. Alongside that titan of British cinema, we also talk about It Always Rains on Sunday featuring the unsung legend of the big &amp...

We’ve had the fun of the annual review, it’s time to get back to business. Joining Rob are show-regular, Graham (Horrified & Pop Screen), and Robert Edwards (YouTube), to talk about cult-Japanese director Toshiaki Toyoda. We talk about his 2001 anti-delinquent movie, Blue Spring. Then, we follow that up by looking at something from later in his career – 2011’s Monster’s Club. Other films discu...

We are a podcast, we are going to do an episode where we review the past 12 months in cinema. Those are the rules. However, it is much, much more epic than usual with us clocking in at the average length of your average action blockbuster. And, this year Rob is joined by a bevvy of new voices to help him close out 2021 in style. From the What A Scream Podcast and Ghouls Magazine, we have Ygraine B...

Hello and Welcome to Directors Uncut.  In this trailer, we introduce what we are, what this podcast has in store in the coming future and how to get involved with it if you too are a podcaster. We also run some samples, because as many filmmakers claim - it is better to show than tell.