The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres - Alfonso Cuaron Part I (Children of Men & ROMA)

Alfonso Cuaron Part I (Children of Men & ROMA)

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10/14/22 • 77 min

The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres

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 Mexican film to win Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. And we follow that up with one of the finest Sci-fi movies in modern film history, Children of Men. A film, that, hopefully, needs little in the means of introduction.

Previous Episode

Takeshi Kitano Part II (Violent Cop & Zatoichi)

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 filmography of the better-known Beat with 1989’s Violent Cop and 2003’s Zatoichi – complete with peroxide blonde hair.

The episode is rounded out with a discussion on Netflix’s Korean Monster series, Sweet Home, Scandanavian Childhood terror, the Innocents, the recent Shudder exclusive, Saloum, and much, more. As ever, we are all over the cinematic and literal map.

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Next Episode

Alfonso Cuaron Part 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 Bernal's sexy road trip with Maribel Verdu in Y Tu Mama Tambien. Then we head to the Potterverse with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, you know? From the Harry Potter? Wild.

After discussing all things Potter, Mexican road Trips and Cuaron we head to the back end of the show in which we discuss all manner of horror films that have since had their streaming or cinema debuts, from Inu-Oh to Speak no Evil. That and a big old, and very interesting, chat about Korean Cinema and TV.

Until next time, thanks for listening.

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