Second Cut Pod

10/09/2025

Highest and Lowest, Spike Lee's remake of Akira Kurosawa's highly influential High and Low, gets the SecondCut review treatment. Go check it out, give it lots of likes and comments and shares and subscriptions, and support independent film journalism.

This is undoubtedly Washington’s movie and a welcome reminder after a two decade hiatus why he and Lee make for such a killer team.

09/09/2025

Late announcement. Tomorrow we're looking at some family films from more 'serious' directors. Talking Martin Scorsese, Sean S. Cunningham, and Takashi Miike. Come join the fun and games live on YouTube.

01/09/2025

Ever had a feeling of Deja vu when watching a film, like you've seen it before but not exactly the same? That's our topic of discussion on Wednesday's episode of Second Cut. Get your questions and comments and thoughts in to us, and join us live on Wednesday.

27/08/2025

The three Kurosawa films up for discussion in a few hours time on our Kurosawa stream. 8pm GMT/2pm CT. Don't miss it.

25/08/2025

This week we're covering one of the all time greats of the cinema screen, Akira Kurosawa.

19/08/2025

Only three women have ever been nominated for Best Cinematography at the Academy Awards. We take a look at these films, and the women behind the lens, this week on SecondCut.

19/08/2025

Warming up for our Thursday episode on these three important women in film. How many answers can you get? Let us know below.

15/08/2025

In the latest opinion essay up on the substack, Jacob takes on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Jacob takes an industrial and general audience perspective on the current state of the MCU.

14/08/2025

Tony Stark died fifteen films ago. Someone ranked all the films post Endgame, and that man writes for SecondCut. Go support Sam's mental health and like and comment and support independent film journalism.

Every Marvel Studios film released after Avengers: Endgame ranked to see if there’s still hope for the superhero cinematic universe in its second decade.

12/08/2025

Sunset Boulevard. 75 years on. Our review, now up on the Second Cut substack.

“There's nothing else. Just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.” -Norma Desmond -- Jacob reviews Sunset Boulevard for its 75th anniversary.

06/08/2025

There's something wrong with the children... all the creepy kids, crazy children, and malevolent miscreants you could possibly want, all coming up next week live.

05/08/2025

Like your film reviews a bit different? How about a bizarre double bill format for comedy revival of The Naked Gun and offbeat horror of Together? If you do, Jacob's got your needs covered.

When Jacob didn't have enough to say individually about the two films he saw this weekend, he decided to get weird with the format in this double feature review.