Deep Cut: A Film Podcast

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: Wilson Lai, Benjamin Yap, and Eli Sands.

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054. Eli's Summer 2022 Film Diary

Welcome to Eli's 2022 summer film watching audio diary!

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December 6th, 2022

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053. Ben's Summer 2022 Film Diary

Welcome to Ben's 2022 summer film watching audio diary!

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December 6th, 2022

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052. Wilson's Summer 2022 Film Diary

Welcome to Wilson's 2022 summer film watching audio diary!

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December 6th, 2022

Deep Cut Upkeep Guest

051. Mani Ratnam: Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

After a brief summer hiatus, the gang (and special guest Thanmye Lagudu) are back to discuss India’s biggest box office draw of the season, and the first part of Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus: Ponniyin Selvan: I.

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November 23rd, 2022

Deep Cut Pick Guest

050. S. S. Rajamouli: Eega (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

How does the king of beeg cinema go small? Trick question, he don’t! Small in scope but still big on imagination, we’re (mostly) abuzz with praise for Wilson’s Deep Cut pick for Rajamouli, 2012’s Eega.

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August 1st, 2022

Guest Popular Pick

049. S. S. Rajamouli: Baahubali: The Beginning & Baahubali: The Conclusion (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

The DC Trio welcomes back distinguished guest and friend Thanmye Lagudu to launch a discussion on the legendary Masala blockbuster director S. S. Rajamouli (of this year’s international hit, RRR). There’s no better a popular pick than the renowned historical fantasy duology, Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion.

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July 17th, 2022

Deep Cut Pick

048. Abderrahmane Sissako: Waiting for Happiness & Life on Earth

Deep Cut rounds out its study of Malian/Mauritanian master director Abderrahmane Sissako with his first two fiction features: Life on Earth (1998) and Waiting for Happiness (2002).

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June 30th, 2022

Deep Cut Pick

047. Abderrahmane Sissako: Bamako

Abderrahmane Sissako sets his late father’s backyard as a courtroom for the injustices of economic neocolonialism in his 2006 drama Bamako, our second of three forays into the work of the Malian/Mauritanian master director.

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June 22nd, 2022