ROGUE COMMENTARY

Hello! Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

It's beginning to look a lot like a pretty bleak Christmas for many of us, so I'm especially thrilled that my screenwriting hero and long-time benefactor (he's contributed to almost all of my books) Steven E. de Souza, has gifted us with his first ever audio commentary for the perennial Christmas classic Die Hard. As always, you can listen as a podcast, but – since there are a few quiet parts – for best results we suggest you cue it up to the film like an old-school DVD/Blu-ray/laserdisc commentary and watch along with Mr de Souza. 

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Conceived, written and presented by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

© 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd.  All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

My favourite film released in the UK in 2020 was Saint Frances, written by Kelly O'Sullivan (who also plays the lead role) and directed by Alex Thompson. I really wanted Kelly and/or Alex to record a commentary for the podcast, and when I found out they'd already recorded one – but that it was only available on the American Blu-ray edition – I decided to break with tradition and licence the recording from the U.S. distributor, the wonderful Oscilloscope. As a bonus, Kelly and Alex are joined by cinematographer Nate Hurtsellers for a walk through their enchanting low-budget film. I'm indebted to the commentators as well as everyone at Oscilloscope for making this happen. As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US).

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Conceived, written and presented by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

On this episode, I'm delighted to present an exclusive audio commentary for writer-director Cristian Solimeno's psychological thriller The Glass Man, which was first screened in 2011, but only just released – in the UK at least – at the tail end of 2020. For the audio commentary, Cristian is joined by leading man Andy Nyman, looking back on the film almost ten years after it was made, but only a week or so before release.

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US).

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Conceived, written and presented by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

When I first had the idea for Rogue Commentary, the very first person I thought to ask – and, in fact, did ask – to record a commentary for me was this episode's very special guest, Emma Forrest. Maybe it was because I had loved her film, Untogether, so much, I contacted the publicist and asked if I could host a Q&A – which I did, on a rooftop cinema a few days later. Emma is such a brilliant storyteller – her memoir Your Voice in My Head is an essential read – I knew that she would produce a terrific audio commentary for the film she worked so hard to make. Thanks to the pandemic, it took a little longer than expected for Emma to record this episode – but the results were well worth the wait. (I even shed a tear at the end.)

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US). One note if you're cueing up the film: Emma occasionally pauses the film to speak at length about a particular scene, so keep your remote (or mouse) to hand!

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to this special bonus episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

For this episode, we thought we'd try something different: instead of a commentary by a filmmaker, we decided to ask author S J Watson to talk us through the 2014 film adaptation of his novel Before I Go To Sleep.  Watson didn't have much to do with the film, which stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong, which gives the author a fascinating insider/outsider perspective. Needless to say, we are grateful to the author for agreeing to record the commentary – and if you like the film, we suggest you read the source novel and his latest book, Final Cut, which is about a documentary filmmaker visiting an English coastal town with a disturbing connection to her own past. Buy it from Hive because Amazon has enough customers.

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US).

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to Season 1 Episode 4 of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

For this episode – which you can also enjoy as a video podcast (I refuse to say "vodcast") on our YouTube channel – I'm delighted to present a brand new commentary for the critically-acclaimed 2019 micro-budget horror film "Death of a Vlogger" (2019) with writer/director/producer/editor/actor/BAFTA winner Graham Hughes (no relation) and actor Joma West, who plays Alice in the film. (The recording isn't socially distanced, but it's fine because Graham and Joma live together.) 

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US). We'd especially like to thank Graham and Joma for being such good sports – and especially to Joma for being the first woman to record a commentary for us – even though our listenership is predominantly female. Brava!

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet.

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to the third episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes.

This episode we're blessed with a brand new director's commentary for "Heart and Souls", the whimsical, high-spirited 1993 comedy-drama directed by Ron Underwood (Tremors, City Slickers) and adapted – by Tremors screenwriters S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock – from Gregory and Erik Hansen's (impossible to find) short film "Seven Souls". The film wasn't the hit Universal Pictures was hoping for back in 1993 – full disclosure: I worked on the international release of the film, and one of the places it didn't get released was the UK – but it has been discovered over time, and I know it has a place in the hearts of a lot of people. And what a cast: Robert Downey Jr., Alfre Woodard, Elisabeth Shue, Charles Grodin, Tom Sizemore and David Paymer... not to mention Robert Downey Jr. playing Alfre Woodard, Charles Grodin, Tom Sizemore... (If you've seen the film, you'll know what we mean.) Hopefully we don't have to say this, but please watch the film before you listen to the commentary, as there are spoilers aplenty.

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to the film, which – thanks to JustWatch – you can find here (UK) or here (US). 

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or  tweet at us. (We know it works, because this episode was inspired by a listener who suggested we ask Ron Underwood to record a Tremors commentary – which he'd just done for Arrow's new box set, so he couldn't do for us. But he gave us the next best thing...)

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Rogue Commentary, the audio commentary podcast.

This episode heralds a Triumph of British filmmaking as we delve into that rarest of subgenres – the British road movie – with "Soft Top Hard Shoulder" (1992), starring Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Simon Callow, Jeremy Northam and Phyllis Logan. 

We're delighted to be joined on this occasion by director Stefan Schwartz – who has given us episodes of Luther, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and The Boys – and producer Richard Holmes (Eden Lake, Shooting Fish, The Ritual), for whom Soft Top Hard Shoulder marked their feature film debut. (They had previously collaborated on a short film, The Lake, also featuring Peter Capaldi and Frances Barber.)

As always, you can listen as a podcast, or cue it up to a copy of the film – if you can find one. It's been notoriously difficult to track down, although all that's about to change, as it's being released for the first time on Blu-ray on October 26 – you can pre-order now by clicking here. 

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email [email protected]

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it literally keeps us going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hello! Welcome to the very first edition of Rogue Commentary, a brand new bi-weekly podcast featuring exclusive audio commentaries for cult and classic movies from the people who made them (and other interesting people). 

We kick off with a classic British horror movie "Paperhouse" (1988) and we're delighted to be joined in this inaugural episode by director Bernard Rose – who also directed "Candyman" and many other fine films – and writer Matthew Jacobs, who also wrote the Doctor Who TV movie and quite a few of the 'Young Indiana Jones' episodes and made-for-TV movies. You can listen to the commentary just as a podcast or cue it up to the film, starting not on the logos, but on the first frame of the film itself. (There's a cue in the episode itself.)

We cued the commentary to the version of the film available on Prime Video UK – and it won't necessarily sync up with versions of the film available on other formats. And if you know of a way to solve that problem, we'd love to hear from you. Speaking of which...

Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email [email protected] 

We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear – or just the idea – please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it literally keeps us going.

Thanks for listening!

Hosted by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja.

All content © 2020 Synchronicity Film Ltd. All rights reserved.