Deep Cut is a director-focused film podcast featuring deep-dive discussions about international, art-house, and independent cinema. Each episode we discuss either a director's most popular film or a "Deep Cut Pick": a personal favorite chosen by one of us.

We've covered movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Agnes Varda, Éric Rohmer, Kelly Reichardt, Wong Kar-wai, S.S. Rajamouli, Bong Joon-ho, and many more!

 

Check out all our episodes here.

Deep Cut Upkeep

070. Kelly Reichardt: Showing Up

Join us as we SHOW UP for Kelly Reichardt’s latest work: Showing Up

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January 27th, 2024
Deep Cut Upkeep

069. Todd Haynes: May December

May you join us this December for a Deep Cutversation on May Deepcutber? Wait, this is confusing... what's NOT confusing is the moral clarity of American director Todd Haynes' latest pressure-cooker drama MAY DECEMBER

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January 26th, 2024
Deep Cut Upkeep

068. Frederick Wiseman: Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Bon appetit! The DC Trio are in for a treat this week as we savor Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, MENUS PLAISIRS - LES TROIGROS, a scrumptious looking film about three French restaurants, and the family that runs it.

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November 29th, 2023
Popular Pick

067. Marilou Diaz-Abaya: José Rizal

The DC Trio takes a plunge into a new director and dives into the works of Marilou Diaz-Abaya, one of the leading figures of the second golden age of Filipino cinema. In the first episode, we look at the biopic in Filipino classrooms everywhere: José Rizal.

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November 4th, 2023
Deep Cut Upkeep Guest

066. Mani Ratnam: Ponniyin Selvan: Part II (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

Mani Ratnam completes his magnum opus with Ponniyin Selvan: Part II and we're back in the theatre again for more palace intrigue, romantic entanglements, and some of that signature Ratnam flair.

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June 17th, 2023
Interview Special

065. HKIFF 2023: Interview with Daishi Matsunaga

As part of his coverage for HKIFF 2023, Wilson interviews Japanese director Daishi Matsunaga, a day after the Hong Kong premiere of his new film, Egoist.

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June 10th, 2023
Festival Dispatches

064. HKIFF 2023 Dispatch

An exhausted Wilson joined Ben and Eli in the middle of his festival marathon to dish about the movies he saw at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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May 30th, 2023
Deep Cut Upkeep

063. S. S. Rajamouli: RRR

Rise. Roar. Revolt. Review. Here it is. Our long awaited Deep Cut Upkeep episode on the S.S. Rajamouli worldwide phenom RRR, and it’s a doozy.

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April 24th, 2023
Year in Review

062. 2022 Film and TV in Review

Just in time for the 2023 Oscars, Ben, Wilson, and Eli mop up the mess left by superheroes and conductors, stop motion shells and Na’vi, interdimensional travelers and cannibals, mourners and partiers.

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March 12th, 2023
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