Deep Cut: A Film Podcast

Another year has wrapped production, and the production assistants are here to clean up! 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. By breaking down the year’s big trends–– directors fictionalizing their autobiographies, Marvel sinking slowly, rich filmmakers attempting to pillory wealth inequality–– the Deep Cut trio gets a handle on what made 2022 so weird. The boys get personal, too, talking about the movies and moments from last year that shaped who they are as moviegoers and friends. Finally, each co-host’s coveted top 3 films of the year are revealed…  Dunk on the Oscars with us in our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Movies discussed on this episode:Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells)Ambulance (dir. Michael Bay)Armageddon Time (dir. James Gray)Autobiography (dir. Makbul Mubarak)Avatar the Way of Water (dir. James Cameron)Babylon (dir. Damien Chazelle)Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh)Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)The Batman (dir. Matt Reeves)Benediction (dir. Terrence Davies)Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (dir. Ryan Coogler)Bones and All (dir. Luca Guadagnino)Broker (dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu) - Listen to our Kore-eda episode here.The Cathedral (dir. Ricky D’Ambrose)A Couple (dir. Frederick Wiseman) - Find our episode on this here, and our interview with Wiseman here!Crimes of the Future (dir. David Cronenberg)Decision to Leave (dir. Park Chan-wook)Deep Water (dir. Adrian Lyne)Everything Everywhere All At Once (dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, a.k.a. The Daniels)The Fabelmans (dir. Steven Spielberg)Fire Island (dir. Andrew Ahn) - Find our episode on this here. Girl Picture (dir. Alli Haapasalo) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (dir. Rian Johnson) Hit the Road (dir. Panah Panahi) Il Buco (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino) Joyland (dir. Saim Sadiq) Leila’s Brothers (dir. Saeed Roustayi) Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright (dir. George Matthews) Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (dir. Dean Fleischer Camp) Memoria (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul) The Menu (dir. Mark Mylod) No Bears (dir. Jafar Panahi) Nope (dir. Jordan Peele)The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers) The Novelist’s Film (dir. Hong Sang-soo)Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (dir. Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson)Ponniyan Selvan Part 1 (dir. Mani Ratnam) - Find our episode on this here.Return to Sender (dir. Russell Goldman) - Watch Russell's short here!Return to Seoul (dir. Davy Chau)RRR (dir. S. S. Rajamouli) - Our extended coverage on this here!Small, Slow But Steady (dir. Sho Miyake)Tár (dir. Todd Field)Teenage Emotions (dir. Frédérick Da)The Territory (dir. Alex Pritz)To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self (dir. Mabel Cheung & William Kwok Wai-Lun)Top Gun Maverick (dir. Joseph Kosinski)Trenque Lauquen (dir. Laura Citarella)Triangle of Sadness (dir. Ruben Östland)Under the Fig Trees (dir. Erige Sehiri)The Whale (dir. Darren Aronofsky)When the Waves Are Gone (dir. Lav Diaz)White Noise (dir. Noah Baumbach)The Worst Person in the World (dir. Joachim Trier) 2022 TV Mentions:Better Call Saul (created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould)Irma Vep (created by Olivier Assayas) The Rehearsal (created by Nathan Fielder)

We conclude our series on Miranda July's filmography with her divisive sophomore feature, The Future. Tune in for a feisty episode where Ben tries desperately to defend his deep cut choice while Eli and Wilson have their limits tested by July's storytelling tendencies. See the future in our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

))><((  We continue our journey through Miranda July's filmography with her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know. With a large cast of supporting characters, Ben finds the thematic ties across the film's vignettes, Eli praises its winning child performances, and Wilson investigates the film's place within the realm of the "web-of-life" film.   Find connection on our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Deep Cut returns to regularly scheduled programming with the decidedly irregular films of American independent director/writer/actor/multi-hyphenate Miranda July. You might even call them quirky.  We begin our series by learning about her long list of artistic endeavours and discuss the connotations of "quirk" in the context of July's films before diving in to her most recent and most critically acclaimed work yet: Kajillionaire. Ben highlights Evan Rachel Wood's physically specific performance as "Old Dolio", Wilson celebrates Emile Mossieri's emotionally vibrant soundtrack to July's little "heist of the heart," while Eli tries his best to understand what makes the movie so special to his fellow co-hosts.  Get riled up in our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Wilson, Ben, and Eli are once again joined by director and friend of the podcast Russell Goldman to talk about his experience and the best movies he saw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival! We get a chance to preview this year in independent American and international cinema, talk about the state of Sundance in its first in person year, and dig into some Letterboxd discourse. You can check out Russell’s work at: https://www.russellgoldman.com/    Films Previewed:   Birth/Rebirth - dir. Laura Moss  Bad Behaviour - dir. Alice Englert   Passages - dir. Ira Sachs  Infinity Pool - dir. Brandon Cronenberg  A Little Prayer - dir. Angus MacLachlan  Drift - dir. Anthony Chen  Fremont - dir. Babak Jalali  Shortcomings - dir. Randall Park Did you catch any Sundance films this year? Let us know on the Discord server. Find our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out the letterboxd video we talked about here.

Listen up Wiseman-heads, oh do we have a treat for you! The Deep Cut trio are joined by the man himself, Frederick Wiseman, to talk about his new film A Couple (2022) and his expansive documentary filmography. The discussion topics include Nathalie Boutefeu’s arresting performance as Sophia Tolstoy, the secret meaning behind filming in a garden, and Fred’s views on life and death. It was an honor for us to speak with the revered filmmaker, and we would like to thank everyone at Zipporah Films for helping to make this happen. Check out our most recent episode on A Couple, and our introduction to Wiseman’s filmography with our older episode on Titicut Follies (1967), In Jackson Heights (2015), and City Hall (2020). What question would you ask Wiseman? Tell us on our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Can you say "Deep Cut Upkeep A Couple" ten times fast?? Legendary, prolific American documentarian Frederick Wiseman has returned with one of only 3 fiction films  in his 55 year career. A Couple finds Nathalie Boutefeu performing monologues from the letters of Sophia Tolstoy in the beautiful Brittany coast.  The DC Three admit defeat to the literary gods for not having read a Tolstoy novel, but instead reflect on the nuanced simplicity of Wiseman’s stylistic techniques, along with the multi-layered performance Wiseman and his star / co-writer balance.  Check out our previous episode on Wiseman here. What is your dream Wiseman doc (Podcast, anyone??)? Tell us on our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In a long-awaited bonus set of episodes, Ben, Wilson, and Eli go over their 2022 movie-watching summers, where each of our co-hosts maintained an audio diary of all the films we saw over the summer. Come along on our summer movie adventure, as we cover watching highlights from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, to Jurassic World Dominion. List of films (and TV) discussed in this roundup: Ben: Donkey Skin (Demy), We Are Lady Parts (TV), Cure (Kurosawa), The Last Days of Disco (Stillman), Jurassic World Dominion (Trevorrow), Heat (Mann), Poetry (Lee) Wilson: Mass (Kranz), Fast & Feel Love (Thamrongrattanarit), Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai), The Adventures of Rosette (Rosette, Rohmer), Keep Rolling (Man), Katatsumori (Kawase), Love Massacre (Tam) Eli: Pulse (Kurosawa), Fast & Feel Love (Thamrongrattanarit), Memoria (Weerasethakul), O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (Szulkin), Court (Tamhane), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Park) What did you watch this summer? Tell us on our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome to Eli's summer film watching audio diary!  Over the summer of 2022 each of us recorded little audio snippets reviewing every film that we watched, and these are Eli's! You can listen to our combined discussion of our summer movie watching in our roundup episode. We recommend you start there!   Wanna tell us about the films you're watching? Come join our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (2:50) - Hamlet (2018, dir. Rhodri Huw, Robert Icke) (6:47) - Kairo (Pulse) (2001, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) (9:50) Videodrome (1983, dir. David Cronenberg) (11:21) - Memoria (2021, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul) (13:23) - Crimes of the Future (2022, dir. David Cronenberg) (15:11) - O-Bi, O-Ba, The End of Civilization (1985, dir. Piotr Szulkin) (20:27) - Lost Highway (1997, dir. David Lynch) (23:05) - Mad God (2021, dir. Phil Tippett) (27:20) - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022, dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp) (29:41) - The Poseidon Adventure (1972, dir. Ronald Neame) (30:21) - Court (2014, dir. Chaitanya Tamhane) (32:17) - Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005, dir. Park Chan-wook) (35:38) - The Fly (1986, dir. David Cronenberg) (37:21) - Resurrection (2022, dir. Andrew Semans) (38:55) - Ishtar (1987, dir. Elaine May)

Welcome to Ben's summer film watching audio diary! Over the summer of 2022 each of us recorded little audio snippets reviewing every film that we watched, and these are Ben's! You can listen to our combined discussion of our summer movie watching in our roundup episode. We recommend you start there! Wanna tell us about the films you're watching? Come join our free Patreon, discord server, and all our links @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.deepcutpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: (01:33) Donkey Skin (03:20) What's Up Doc? (06:04) Sanjuro (07:59) The Long Day Closes (10:11) The Northman (13:22) Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick (18:02) The Virgin Suicides (20:15) Vikram (23:31) We Are Lady Parts (26:44) Band of Outsiders (28:18) Cure (30:54) Last Days of Disco (33:11) The Wonders (36:32) Repulsion (37:49) Jurassic World: Dominion (40:04) Collateral (42:31) The Marquise of O... (45:32) The Beautiful Troublemaker (49:16) Eat Drink Man Woman (50:27) Manhunter (52:30) Heat (54:03) Poetry (56:40) Basic Instinct (58:53) Broker (1:01:42) Pulse (1:02:51) Thor: Love and Thunder (1:04:37) Decision to Leave (1:06:07) RRR (1:06:34) Dual (1:07:28) The Innocents (1:08:30) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1:09:48) Irma Vep (2022 TV series) (1:12:53) Happening (1:16:12) Tokyo Sonata (1:17:55) Red Rocket (1:20:32) Nope (1:22:50) Prey