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!

 

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Deep Cut Pick

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 21st, 2022
Deep Cut Pick

043. Wong Kar-wai: 2046

Welcome to 2046: a place that you can never leave, and an era in Wong Kar-wai’s filmography that will never return.

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May 17th, 2022
Deep Cut Pick Popular Pick

042. Wong Kar-wai: In The Mood for Love

We enter the forlorn, romantic world of Wong Kai-wai’s most critically acclaimed film: In the Mood for Love (2000), starring the incomparable Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung.

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May 1st, 2022
Deep Cut Pick

041. Wong Kar-wai: Happy Together

“Let’s start over” with Eli’s Deep Cut Pick from the filmography of arthouse legend Wong Kar-wai, Happy Together (1997).

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April 23rd, 2022
Deep Cut Pick

034. The Wachowskis: Bound

On the season 2 finale of Deep Cut, the Wachowskis stage a heist to steal the DC Three's hearts with their directorial debut, Bound (1996).

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January 2nd, 2022
Deep Cut Pick

032. Todd Haynes: Far From Heaven

Come one, come all to the Sirk Du Soleil as the Deep Cut trio discusses Todd Hayne’s Far From Heaven.

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December 5th, 2021
Deep Cut Pick

030. Pablo Larraín: Ema

It’s a good old-fashioned fight on this week’s episode as the Deep Cut Trio steps up to Pablo Larraín’s 2019 anarchic dance feature, Ema.

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November 20th, 2021
Deep Cut Pick Guest

028. Mani Ratnam: Dil Se... (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

The trio are joined by special guest Thanmye Lagudu to talk about Mani Ratnam’s most popular film, Dil Se, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala.

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November 6th, 2021
Deep Cut Pick

026. Éric Rohmer: Boyfriends and Girlfriends

We end our series on Rohmer with Ben’s second Deep Cut pick and favorite Rohmer film, the effortlessly loveable and relatable Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987).

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October 23rd, 2021
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