Deep Cut: A Film Podcast
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Deep Cut: A Film Podcast 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 filmmakers like Hirokazu Kore-eda, Agnes Varda, Éric Rohmer, Kelly Reichardt, Wong Kar-wai, S.S. Rajamouli, Bong Joon-ho, and more. Looking for film recommendations off the beaten path? This is the pod to follow! Links to our Discord and other socials here: https://deepcutpod.com
Épisodes 154
153. Paul Verhoeven: Benedetta
Step into 17th-century Italy as we dive into Paul Verhoeven’s BENEDETTA. The wild, true story of a Catholic nun experiencing religious visions while swept up in a passionate lesbian love affair. Why did Eli …
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Step into 17th-century Italy as we dive into Paul Verhoeven’s BENEDETTA. The wild, true story of a Catholic nun experiencing religious visions while swept up in a passionate lesbian love affair. Why did Eli compare this historical epic to Love Island: All Stars UK? Why was Wilson advocating to free the nipple? And what specific insert shot did Ben feel was missing from the film? Tune in to find out!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:43 Film context
00:04:39 General reactions
00:12:17 Exploring the divine and human social structures
00:18:11 Is Benedetta telling the truth?
00:24:04 Sister Felicita
00:31:58 Sex
00:43:01 Cinematography
00:46:40 The torture scenes
00:48:08 Bartolomea
00:50:27 Performances
00:59:08 Capitalism and money
01:01:06 Singaporean film classification
01:07:45 Verhoeven legacy
152. Interview with Russell Goldman: Sender (2026) Preview
Eli sits down with friend of the podcast Russell Goldman (013. Zack Snyder's Justice League; 058. Sundance 2023 Dispatch) to discuss the making of his upcoming feature debut, Sender, starring Britt Lower, Rhea …
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Eli sits down with friend of the podcast Russell Goldman (013. Zack Snyder's Justice League; 058. Sundance 2023 Dispatch) to discuss the making of his upcoming feature debut, Sender, starring Britt Lower, Rhea Seehorn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Baryshnikov, and David Dastmalchian. Russell tells Eli about overcoming obstacles during production, the movie’s journey at festivals, and the creative collaborators Russell worked with to bring Sender to life. Visit sendermovie.com to learn more about the film and find festival screenings near you before its Dark Sky Films release in Spring 2027!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:31 The Journey to making Sender
12:30 Assembling the team
23:04 Overcoming obstacles on set
28:39 Sender’s relationship to evolving technology
40:53 How audiences may encounter Sender
44:06 Closing
151. Interview with Mary Stephen on Palimpsest: Story of a Name (2026) and editing the films of Éric Rohmer
Following his interview with Mary Stephen at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Wilson has invited the storied director to return to Deep Cut to discuss her new hybrid documentary feature and her …
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Following his interview with Mary Stephen at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Wilson has invited the storied director to return to Deep Cut to discuss her new hybrid documentary feature and her work editing the films of Éric Rohmer. As Palimpsest: Story of a Name garners praise around the international film festival circuit for its sensitive, witty exploration of her family’s history, Stephen dives into a different side of her personal history with the French auteur. Listen in as we ask Stephen’s thoughts on Rohmer’s process with actors on set, the authority Stephen had over the edit, and how parents tell–– or, don’t tell–– stories to their children.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:51 Melvil Poupad: Hot or Not
05:21 Rohmer’s personal and professional life
08:42 Working as a Rohmer collaborator
11:10 A Summer's Tale preproduction
13:02 The Rohmerian Type of Woman
14:40 Blocking and editing in A Summer's Tale
21:06 Creative input as an editor
25:10 Mary’s sense of time
27:52 An Autumn’s Tale
35:55 The themes of Palimpsest
38:19 The Ending of Palimpsest
45:29 Mary's Relationship with her father
51:11 Mary as a director
54:34 Advice for younger filmmakers and personal deep cut
150. Éric Rohmer: A Summer’s Tale
Fall in love with three beautiful podcast hosts; fumble the bag with all three. To prepare for our upcoming interview with director Mary Stephen, we study her work editing Éric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale. Almost …
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Fall in love with three beautiful podcast hosts; fumble the bag with all three. To prepare for our upcoming interview with director Mary Stephen, we study her work editing Éric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale. Almost five years following our initial series on the French auteur, have our thoughts changed on his calm naturalism? We compare his work to more recent Deep Cut director Hong Sang-soo, discuss the structure of his scenes, and wonder about how Stephen helped sculpt time in this film. Most importantly: do we really find that pouty French twink hot?
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:06:00 A Summer Tale context
00:10:38 General reactions
00:20:02 Film structure and opening
00:24:47 Gaspard’s conundrum
00:30:48 Margot
00:36:08 What is the film trying to say?
00:38:15 Naturalism and conversations
00:44:05 The passage of time
00:46:15 The audience’s trust
00:50:17 Hong v Rohmer, closing tangents
149. 64th New York Film Festival (2026) Dispatch; Everytime, The Man I Love, Club Kid, Tender Loving Care and more!
Eli flies in from his foray into his favorite film fest, the 64th installation of the New York Film Festival. It’s a year full of delicate, considerate, humanistic films: Sandra Wollner’s Everytime, Ira Sachs’ …
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Eli flies in from his foray into his favorite film fest, the 64th installation of the New York Film Festival. It’s a year full of delicate, considerate, humanistic films: Sandra Wollner’s Everytime, Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love, Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid, and Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care. Ben and Wilson share their thoughts on two more films in the lineup, Hong Sang-soo’s The Day She Returns, and William Greaves’ Once Upon a Time in Harlem. Also, just for the heck of it, hear what Wilson thinks about Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest, Look Back.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:40 Everytime (2026) dir. Sandra Wollner
13:05 The Man I Love (2026) dir. Ira Sachs
23:17 Club Kid (2026) dir. Jordan Firstman
27:31 Tender Loving Care (2026) dir. Mike Leigh
32:37 For The Moon (2026) dir. Eric Baudelaire
38:44 The Day She Returns (2026) dir. Hong Sang-soo
44:07 Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) dir. William Greaves, David Greaves
47:25 Look Back (2026) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
50:59: Upcoming festival coverage
148. Paul Verhoeven: Katie Tippel
Before Paul Verhoeven was Hollywood’s pervert-auteur of choice, he was making massive hits in Dutch cinema like this episode’s focus, Katie Tippel. Ben’s main question for this episode: what is Paul Verhoeven’s …
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Before Paul Verhoeven was Hollywood’s pervert-auteur of choice, he was making massive hits in Dutch cinema like this episode’s focus, Katie Tippel. Ben’s main question for this episode: what is Paul Verhoeven’s worldview? To answer, the Deep Cut trio explores the economic and sexual exploitation of Tippel’s world, the surprisingly modern-feeling period filmmaking, and lots of nudity.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:51 Summary, context, and general reactions
00:19:08 Verhoeven's worldview
00:33:43 Prostitution and sexuality
00:48:47 Historical films and the feeling of modernity
01:04:00 Exploitation?
147. Paul Verhoeven: Basic Instinct
Sex, violence, and metanarrative critiques of the audience! Our series on the films of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven begins with several bangs in 1992's Basic Instinct. After getting to know the thrilling perv …
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Sex, violence, and metanarrative critiques of the audience! Our series on the films of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven begins with several bangs in 1992's Basic Instinct. After getting to know the thrilling perv, Wilson gets grossed out by Michael Douglas, Ben gets enthralled by Sharon Stone, and Eli gets confused about the ending. What big ideas lie beneath this spectacular erotic thriller? Listen on…
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:50 Introducing Paul Verhoeven
00:10:00 Moral complexity
00:17:08 Context on Verhoeven
00:27:15 Introducing Basic Instinct
00:33:00 Nick as the protagonist; Michael Douglas as an actor
00:41:25 The interrogation scene
00:52:30 The end of the movie
01:02:29 Car chases and murder
01:06:15 Themes and big ideas
01:14:30 Closing thoughts
146. Scary Movies XIV Festival Dispatch
Following his conversation with Film at Lincoln Center programmer Maddie Whittle, Eli returns from watching the series she programmed, Scary Movies XIV, to tell Ben and Wilson about fright, fear, thrill, chill… …
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Following his conversation with Film at Lincoln Center programmer Maddie Whittle, Eli returns from watching the series she programmed, Scary Movies XIV, to tell Ben and Wilson about fright, fear, thrill, chill… you get it. Stay tuned for Eli’s thoughts on new films Buddy (dir. Casper Kelly) and Something Real (dir. Evar Anvelt) and revival screenings of Cam (dir. Daniel Goldhaber), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (dir. John McNaughton), and Wendigo (dir. Larry Fessenden), plus exclusive insights from directors during their Q&A sessions.
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The full slate of films at Scary Movies XIV
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Festival intro
09:30 General horror discussion
12:13 Buddy (2026) dir. Casper Kelly
17:00 Something Real (2026) dir. Evar Anvelt
21:09 Revivals
21:34 Cam (2018) dir. Daniel Goldhaber
34:31 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) dir. John McNaughton
42:56 Wendigo (2001) dir. Larry Fessenden
50:31 Wrap-up
145. Scary Movies XIV: Interview with Festival Programmer Madeline Whittle
Eli sits down with programmer Madeline Whittle to chat about this year’s edition of SCARY MOVIES, which showcases the latest offerings in horror from all around the world. Maddie talks about her relationship …
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Eli sits down with programmer Madeline Whittle to chat about this year’s edition of SCARY MOVIES, which showcases the latest offerings in horror from all around the world. Maddie talks about her relationship with horror films, the process of selecting films for SCARY MOVIES XIV, and previews some of the offerings at the festival! SCARY MOVIES XIV will run from August 12 - 20 at New York City’s Film at Lincoln Center.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Maddie’s relationship with horror films and the festival
05:54 Programming the Scary Movies festival
09:25 Festival highlights
15:27 Why do we watch scary movies?
19:12 Maddie’s Deep Cut Pick
144. Interview with Kiyoshi Kurosawa: The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
The Deep Cut team reaches a major milestone as Ben and Eli interview Deep Cut canon director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! The Japanese auteur generously answers questions about his latest film, The Samurai and the …
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The Deep Cut team reaches a major milestone as Ben and Eli interview Deep Cut canon director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! The Japanese auteur generously answers questions about his latest film, The Samurai and the Prisoner: how does Chiyoho in this film link to Akiko in Cloud? Are the comedic moments intentional? And Eli finally gets to ask his most burning Kurosawa question: WHY ALL THE PLASTIC SHEETS?
Special thank you to Ryanne Gordon, Benkei Golden, and Amaka Nwokocha from Divergent PR and translator, filmmaker, and artist Monika Uchiyama for making this episode possible.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:18 Interview begins
04:13 Social structures and Murashige
05:47 Chiyoho in a man’s world
07:33 Plastic sheet
09:41 Long takes and blocking
12:47 Cinematic influences
15:18 Comedic aspects
17:02 Closing thoughts
143. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: The Samurai and the Prisoner
Deep Cut director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is back with a sharp left turn in The Samurai and the Prisoner: Silence of the Lambs by way of Seven Samurai! On this Deep Cut Upkeep episode, we return to the director of …
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Deep Cut director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is back with a sharp left turn in The Samurai and the Prisoner: Silence of the Lambs by way of Seven Samurai! On this Deep Cut Upkeep episode, we return to the director of Cure and Pulse to look for the director’s unnerving tone, restrained direction, societal interrogation, and… matcha-making techniques?
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:06:48 General reactions
00:15:20 Kurosawaisms in The Samurai and the Prisoner
00:20:55 Comedy
00:31:05 Chiyoho’s version of Buddhist ideology
00:36:00 Murashige’s mysterious motivations
00:42:38 Kurosawa and tone
00:49:20 Brainstorming questions for Kurosawa
00:53:28 Our feelings on Kurosawa now
142. Christopher Nolan: The Odyssey (featuring Koh Zhi Hao)
Fresh off the opening weekend of Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, the Deep Cut trio welcome friend of the pod Koh Zhi Hao to talk about The Odyssey. Listen to us break down the differences in Nolan’s …
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Fresh off the opening weekend of Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, the Deep Cut trio welcome friend of the pod Koh Zhi Hao to talk about The Odyssey. Listen to us break down the differences in Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem, discuss who gave a bad performance in this, and finally answer the question; Does Chris Nolan make movies for stupid people?
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:40 Introducing film and Zhi Hao
00:09:59 Formats we saw and general reactions
00:40:35 Context and favorite moments
00:55:12 Favorite technical aspects
01:08:46 Phaeacia, Helen, and other details
01:19:54 The gods' influence on characters
01:30:37 Nolan's influence
01:34:48 Odyssey viewing formats
01:44:10 Closing
141. Christopher Nolan: Tenet (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)
Deep Cut welcomes back dear friend and frequent guest Thanmye Lagudu to share his love for Indian filmmaker Christopher Nolan (iykyk) and his twisty Tenet. Listen as we all get a headache trying to make sense …
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Deep Cut welcomes back dear friend and frequent guest Thanmye Lagudu to share his love for Indian filmmaker Christopher Nolan (iykyk) and his twisty Tenet. Listen as we all get a headache trying to make sense of Nolan’s (overly?) complicated plot: protagonists, time travel, character archetypes, race, temporal sphincters, and Nolan’s new collaborators in Jennifer Lame and Ludwig Göransson, and Robert Pattinson abound. And listen to the very end for an easter egg…
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:56 Introducing Thanmye
00:09:59 Introducing Tenet
00:11:21 General reactions
00:19:46 Guesteral pincer movement
00:22:34 The bromance
00:25:03 The Protagonist / Determinism
00:30:00 Bond / le Carre comparisons
00:33:45 Climactic / action scenes
00:38:52 Emotional truth, vs Interstellar
00:42:07 Ludwig Göransson score
00:43:04 Editing with Jennifer Lame
00:48:16 Thanmye's favorite things about Tenet
00:54:25 "Indie" solutions / Tactile filmmaking
00:59:45 Nolan as auteur
01:01:53 Nolan male archetype
01:08:21 Hopes for The Odyssey
01:11:43 Nolan as "Indian" filmmaker
01:14:06 More from Thanmye
140. Christopher Nolan: Interstellar (Featuring Isadora Neves Marques)
“MURPH! MUUUURPH!” Join us on a journey through the wormhole along with filmmaker Isadora Neves Marques as we discuss Christopher Nolan’s intergalactic adventure, Interstellar. Is love calculable? How does this …
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“MURPH! MUUUURPH!” Join us on a journey through the wormhole along with filmmaker Isadora Neves Marques as we discuss Christopher Nolan’s intergalactic adventure, Interstellar. Is love calculable? How does this compare to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey? When does Nolan intercut TOO much? And is Matt Damon’s performance good? All will be revealed… if you listen, that is.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:08 Introducing Isadora
00:09:59 Our background with Nolan
00:17:50 Christopher Nolan director background
00:21:02 Interstellar intro
00:24:24 Nolan vs Hong Sang-soo, as indie filmmaker
00:27:57 Interstellar general reactions
00:36:01 Editing
00:39:58 Eli's theory
00:42:10 Scriptwriting and plotting
00:46:48 "Filmmaker for stupid people"
00:51:34 A limited worldview
00:56:38 Masculinity / Mann is bad
01:00:33 Screenwriting lessons from Nolan
01:03:44 Black hole / ocean planet
01:06:25 Ending and masculinity
01:10:19 Nolan film bros
01:15:05 Lack of awe
01:20:15 Craft
01:24:31 More from Isadora
139. HKIFF50: Interview with Tsai Ming-liang
The seventh and final director interview Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the legendary Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. Wilson asks one of his cinematic heroes …
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The seventh and final director interview Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the legendary Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. Wilson asks one of his cinematic heroes about the state of filmmaking today, his methods for working with actors, and his decades-long collaboration with Lee Kang-sheng.
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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
03:42 What do you hope new audiences will take from your films?
04:43 Rebels of the Neon god
06:20 Tsai and realism
07:35 The Hole
09:30 Tsai’s childhood
11:13 Theaters, streamers, and art museums
13:24 Video art versus narrative cinema
16:15 Fruits and vegetables (props and crops)
17:40 Abandoned buildings
19:27 Pacing and directing actors
21:22 Working with Lee Kang-sheng
22:35 Tsai’s Deep Cut picks
138. HKIFF50: Mare's Nest (2025) - Interview with Director Ben Rivers
The sixth of seven (6-7!!!) director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the British, experimental director Ben Rivers, creator of the child-focused …
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The sixth of seven (6-7!!!) director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the British, experimental director Ben Rivers, creator of the child-focused, post-apocalyptic exploration Mare’s Nest. Rivers speaks about giving child actors the freedom to be themselves onscreen, receiving Don Delillo’s blessing to stage his play The Word for Snow in the film, and the intention behind his depiction of an adultless world.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:03 Interview begins
03:32 Origins of Mare's Nest
06:07 Don Delillo
09:52 Children performing adult routines
13:14 Documentary versus fiction
19:09 Film-within-film
22:06 Moon walks into the past
25:02 Location filming
28:48 SEA filmmakers
31:25 Outro
137. HKIFF50: Memory (2025) - Interview with Director Vladlena Sandu
The fifth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtfully impassioned Vladlena Sandu, director of the autobiographical drama Memory …
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The fifth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtfully impassioned Vladlena Sandu, director of the autobiographical drama Memory. Sandu shares her influences from Tarkovsky to Pajaranov, praises her collaborators on this film, how hypnotherapy helped her make this film, and her strong anti-war convictions.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:15 Interview starts
04:03 Making Sandu happen
07:47 Childhood trauma through film
10:25 Personal truth
17:34 Motifs and repetition
23:48 Child actors
30:14 Production design
35:54 Influences: Tarkovsky, Parajanov, Pasolini
40:19 Ending of the film
136. HKIFF50: Sleep No More (2026) - Interview with Director Edwin
The fourth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with Edwin, director of the fantasy horror Sleep No More. Edwin shares his wide range of …
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The fourth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with Edwin, director of the fantasy horror Sleep No More. Edwin shares his wide range of influences from Indonesian cinema history and beyond, speaks to his film’s commentary on labor rights, shares his own Deep Cut pick, and… shares a sing-along with Wilson?!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:04 Indoneisan horror film history
07:30 Edwin's influences
09:00 Indonesian politics and labor
15:38 Scary scenes
17:57 Casting
20:34 Special effects
23:12 Edwin's future horror
24:39 Edwin's Deep Cut Pick
25:57 Sing-along
135. HKIFF50: Ah Girl (2026) - Interview with Director Ang Geck Geck
The third of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the outgoing, reflective Ang Geck Geck, director of the semi-autobiographical childhood drama …
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The third of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the outgoing, reflective Ang Geck Geck, director of the semi-autobiographical childhood drama Ah Girl. Wilson connects with the Singaporean director over the long road to producing Ah Girl, the research with social workers that informed the script, the parts of her own childhood and family that are in the film, and her own Deep Cut Pick.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:32 Interview begins
07:03 Research with social workers
10:56 Child actors
15:09 Language
19:55 Personal history
26:00 Ending of the film
27:44 Next film
28:53 Deep Cut Pick
30:05 Outro
134. HKIFF50: Silent Friend (2025) - Interview with Director Ildikó Enyedi & Tony Leung
The second of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtful, patient Ildikó Enyedi, director of the equally thoughtful and patient Silent …
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The second of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtful, patient Ildikó Enyedi, director of the equally thoughtful and patient Silent Friend. Wilson connects with the Hungarian director over her pensive approach to the natural world, the special place that HKIFF holds in her experience as a filmmaker, and her admiration of star Tony Leung… whose interview with Wilson is also at the end of this episode!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:03 - Enyedi interview
04:16 - Working with Tony Leung
06:15 - Enyedi's relationship with trees
07:32 - Academia and science
09:36 - Intercutting timelines
12:25 - Dreams, psychedelics, ecology
15:02 - Production process
17:08 - Casting a tree
19:41 - Other Enyedi films
21:34 - Further explorations
23:13 - Enyedi's Deep Cut
25:48 - Tony Leung Interview
28:13 - Outro
133. HKIFF50: Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (2026) - Interview with Director Mary Stephen
The first of 7 director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival. Mary Stephen is a legend in world cinema, having worked as an editor for Éric Rohmer and Ann Hui, and …
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The first of 7 director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival. Mary Stephen is a legend in world cinema, having worked as an editor for Éric Rohmer and Ann Hui, and being a celebrated film director in her own right. Wilson chats with Mary about her latest film, the personal documentary PALIMPSEST: THE STORY OF A NAME — its twisty narrative structure, its relationship to memory and family, and her deep ties to the city of Hong Kong. They also dig into her remarkable career as an editor, from switching between film and digital, to her creative collaborations with Rohmer, Ann Hui, and Jessey Tsang, and what she carries from that work into her own filmmaking.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Mary presenting her film to Hong Kong audiences
05:03 Palimpsest's twisty narrative
07:04 How being an editor influenced her filmmaking
08:25 Narration and narrative in the film
10:27 Unused archive footage
12:27 Mary's relationship with her family
15:11 Mary’s relationship with Hong Kong
17:33 Editing: Switching from film to digital
19:20 Working with Eric Rohmer
30:13 Collaborations with Ann Hui and Jessey Tsang
35:41 Working with collaborators as a director herself
38:43 Closing
132. Marina de Van: Don’t Look Back
Let’s, uh, frickin LOOK BACK at Marina De Van’s 2009 psychological thriller / body horror flick, Don’t Look Back. Sophie Marceau turns into Monica Bellucci; meanwhile, Eli tries to piece together the puzzle of …
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Let’s, uh, frickin LOOK BACK at Marina De Van’s 2009 psychological thriller / body horror flick, Don’t Look Back. Sophie Marceau turns into Monica Bellucci; meanwhile, Eli tries to piece together the puzzle of De Van’s obscure career, Wilson notices the special effects, and Ben makes comparisons to soap operas.
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Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods by Mariana Alessandri
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:39 Introducing Don't Look Back
05:21 General reactions
15:17 Context
17:55 Comparing with In My Skin
21:59 What the heck is happening in this movie
28:06 Performances
31:34 De Van career arc
33:52 De Van's filmmaking
38:51 Wrapping up De Van... for now?
42:20 Outro
131. Marina de Van: In My Skin
Not for the faint of heart, Marina de Van’s film In My Skin challenges our stomachs, hearts and minds. While Wilson squirms, Ben gets to the heart of why Eli loves sicko mode movies. Can one of the most …
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Not for the faint of heart, Marina de Van’s film In My Skin challenges our stomachs, hearts and minds. While Wilson squirms, Ben gets to the heart of why Eli loves sicko mode movies. Can one of the most underrated New French Extremism films secretly be deeply empathetic?
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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson
“The Goon Squad” by Daniel Kolitz (Harpers Magazine, 2025)
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:23 Introducing In My Skin
00:06:13 General reactions
00:11:29 Body fascination
00:14:37 Is it horror?
00:18:34 Eli goes sicko mode
00:26:04 Director background
00:32:12 Addiction / self-discovery
00:40:38 Characters
00:46:08 Female horror
00:49:45 Splitscreens and artmaking
00:55:12 The ending
01:00:28 g00ning
01:04:44 Dinner scene
01:12:16 Additional crew on In My Skin
01:16:31 Closing ideas
130. HKIFF50 Dispatch (The Drama, Blue Heron, Silent Friend, We’re Nothing at All, and MORE!)
哈囉 from Hong Kong! Wilson recaps a busy edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, including meeting and interviewing the one and only Tony Leung Chiu Wai for SILENT FRIEND. Wilson also chats about …
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哈囉 from Hong Kong! Wilson recaps a busy edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, including meeting and interviewing the one and only Tony Leung Chiu Wai for SILENT FRIEND. Wilson also chats about the seven(!) soon to come director interviews he conducted for the podcast, and some interesting classic films shown at this year’s edition of HKIFF. The trio also discuss some exciting new releases including new films from Hong Sang-soo, Carla Simon, and Anthony Chen.
Links:
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Timestamps:
00:00:00: Intro
00:07:34 Meeting Tony Leung
00:14:23 Silent Friend (2025) dir. Ildiko Enyedi
00:16:27 Sleep No More (2026) dir. Edwin
00:20:04 Ah Girl (2026) dir. Ang Geck Geck
00:23:33 Memory (2025) dir. Vladlena Sandu
00:30:48 Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (2025) dir. Mary Stephen
00:36:37 Mare’s Nest (2025) dir. Ben Rivers
00:39:40 Vive L’amour (1994) dir. Tsai Ming Liang
00:43:48 Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981) dir. Věra Chytilová
00:45:54 Ah Ying (1983) dir. Allen Fong
00:49:13 The Horse Thief (1986)dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
00:51:03 Unknown Pleasures (2002) dir. Jia Zhangke
00:53:30 Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) dir. Satyajit Ray
00:54:55 Final Victory (1987) dir. Patrick Tam
00:59:20 We Are All Strangers (2026) dir. Anthony Chen
01:06:37 We’re Nothing at All (2026) dir. Herman Yau
01:10:40 My Father’s Shadow (2025) dir. Akinola Davies Jr.
01:11:45 The Day She Returns (2026) dir. Hong Sang Soo
01:18:20 Magellan (2025) dir. Lav Diaz
01:22:15 Romeria (2025) dir. Carla Simon
01:24:40 The Voice of Hind Rijab (2025) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
01:27:50 Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students (2025) dir. Claire Simon
01:31:00 Blue Heron (2025) dir. Sophy Romvari
01:36:00 The Drama (2026) dir. Kristoffer Borgli
01:40:15 Outro
129. Kelly Reichardt: The Mastermind
“[Reichardt] makes you love these dicks.” – WilsonHow on earth does she do that? Does she have the mind of a master? Join us as we find out how Reichardt’s idiosyncratic style in The Mastermind helps you love …
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“[Reichardt] makes you love these dicks.” – Wilson
How on earth does she do that? Does she have the mind of a master? Join us as we find out how Reichardt’s idiosyncratic style in The Mastermind helps you love this one dick despite all the hairy situations he’s entangled in. We debate the film’s reception during the AMC secret screening debacle, Reichardt's constantly zagging career, and her place in the American cinema landscape amidst dwindling cultural literacy.
Links:
Filmstage interviewMind of a master video
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:18 General reactions
13:55 The ending
19:28 Reichardt films and public reactions
28:19 Parts we liked about the movie
32:24 Josh O’Connor
36:03 More on the public’s reaction
44:16 Alana Haim
49:51 Outro
128. Lynne Ramsay: Die My Love
After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest feature, Die My Love, and we're here to keep up with the Scottish auteur!After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest …
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After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest feature, Die My Love, and we're here to keep up with the Scottish auteur!
After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest feature, Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. On this Deep Cut Upkeep episode, we find out if it was worth the wait and consider what’s next for the Scottish auteur. Eli helps define the subgenre of “mommy horror,” Ben questions the depth of the movie’s characters, and Wilson draws comparisons to Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch and Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!.
Links:
Kelsey E. Henry, “Monstrous Motherhood” from The Point
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:30 General reactions
14:03 Maternal madness pictures
19:14 Linearity
22:19 Why Ramsay for this film
26:02 Comparing with Ramsay's other works
28:31 A good trailer
29:58 The ending
32:07 Mommy horror
40:34 "A crazy love story"
44:26 Last words / outro127. Interview with Kani Releasing: Ariel Esteban Cayer and Pearl Chan
Wilson takes a trip to Peng Chau to visit Ariel and Pearl of Kani Releasing, a North American film distribution company specializing in Asian cinema, to chat about their work, the films in their catalog and the …
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Wilson takes a trip to Peng Chau to visit Ariel and Pearl of Kani Releasing, a North American film distribution company specializing in Asian cinema, to chat about their work, the films in their catalog and the changing film landscape for theatrical/physical media distribution.
Wilson takes a trip to Peng Chau to visit Ariel and Pearl of Kani Releasing, a North American film distribution company specializing in Asian cinema, to chat about their work, the films in their catalog and the changing film landscape for theatrical/physical media distribution. The chat about select titles in the Kani library, including Deep Cut favorite Marilou Diaz Abaya’s Moral (Ep 71) and Karnal, Patrick Tam’s My Heart is That Eternal Rose, and Nao Yoshigai’s Shari.
Links:
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:42 Introducing Kani Releasing
00:10:37 Path to Kani Releasing
00:20:01 Karnal / Moral (dir. Marilou Diaz-Abaya)
00:30:06 Archiving in the Philippines
00:33:19 Bona (dir. Lino Brocka)
00:38:17 Kisapmata (dir. Mike de Leon)
00:44:13 Changing Filipino film culture
00:50:07 Kani's geography
00:53:07 Shari (dir. Nao Yoshigai)
01:02:21 My Heart is That Eternal Rose (dir. Patrick Tam)
01:11:47 Bye Bye Love (dir. Isao Fujisawa)
01:14:16 Looking for an Angel (dir. Akihiro Suzuki)
01:15:46 Amiko / Desert of Namibia (dir. Yoko Yamanaka)
01:21:00 Batang West Side (dir. Lav Diaz)
01:22:48 What's next for Kani Releasing
126. Hong Sang-soo: What Does That Nature Say To You?
Flowers bloom at night… it’s not scary. With our first of presumably many Deep Cut Upkeeps on prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo, we explore What Does That Nature Say to You? We flesh out our theory of …
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Flowers bloom at night… it’s not scary. With our first of presumably many Deep Cut Upkeeps on prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo, we explore What Does That Nature Say to You? We flesh out our theory of how Hong achieves authenticity and immediacy while eliding simple meaning, unpack the latest Hong male lead, and catch Hong’s reference to 6-7.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:12 General reactions
12:20 Glazing the boyfriend
14:30 Context
20:50 Dong-hwa as a Hong man
29:50 Girlfriend's family
38:58 Hong surrogacy: where is he in WDTNSTY?
44:12 Hong's image quality (or lack thereof)
51:22 Other notable scenes
57:35 Last words on Hong for now
125. Hong Sang-soo: Hill of Freedom (featuring Ryan Swen)
Film critic and Events Chair of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Ryan Swen joins us to discuss his Hong Sang-soo Deep Cut Pick, Hill of Freedom. Swen has had a huge hand in shaping our Hong series …
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Film critic and Events Chair of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Ryan Swen joins us to discuss his Hong Sang-soo Deep Cut Pick, Hill of Freedom. Swen has had a huge hand in shaping our Hong series through his ongoing criticism project, Hong Sang-soo Notarized. We all take a look at the non-chronological narrative of Hong’s meditation on misogyny, Japan and Korea, and the unsurprising consequences of drinking too much.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:40 Ryan Swen introduction
00:04:29 Hong Sang Soo Notarized Project
00:12:21 Hill of Freedom introduction and general reactions
00:21:29 Lost (and Found) in translation
00:27:21 Japan and Korea
00:32:53 Narrative structure
00:39:41 Mori and Misogyny
00:45:47 Hongisms
00:52:57 The ending
01:00:40 Actors
01:03:11 Outro
124. Hong Sang-soo: The Novelist’s Film (featuring Dennis Lim)
Writer, film curator, and leading Hong Sang-soo scholar Dennis Lim brings a personal favorite from Hong’s oeuvre–– 2022’s The Novelist’s Film–– to Deep Cut. As the DC trio and their esteemed guest enjoy the …
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Writer, film curator, and leading Hong Sang-soo scholar Dennis Lim brings a personal favorite from Hong’s oeuvre–– 2022’s The Novelist’s Film–– to Deep Cut. As the DC trio and their esteemed guest enjoy the luxuriate in Hong’s complex, joyous depiction of collaborating artists-in-exile, Dennis shares his background with Hong, this film’s shape, and the model Hong sets for young, independent filmmakers.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:08 Introducing guest
03:47 Lim's background with Hong
11:15 DC trio's current thoughts on Hong
15:41 Why the Novelist's Film / general reactions
26:13 Hong's regular actors
28:04 Formal discussion
38:33 Shapes
41:16 Lee Hye-young
46:25 Ha song-guk
47:06 Waste, exile, potential
50:19 Hong's business, life, and art model (good for young filmmakers)
55:53 Outro
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