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A weekly show about bringing attention to forgotten and orphaned movies where a bunch of like-minded individuals dive head first into the septic tank of cinema in search for disregarded masterpieces.
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In this episode of the show we are formally closing our conversations about Kelly Reichardt and her collaborations with Michelle Williams with a great chat about Showing Up. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Reichardt's movie touches on the unspoken horrors of life as a creative, how mundanity creeps in to undermine creative process and how life is a struggle to find balance between chores and expression. We also talk about the importance of showing up for others, the pathology of suffering in silence, and how difficult it is to navigate life around self-absorbed people.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
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In this podcast we are tying into our April conversations about the cinema of Kelly Reichardt with a conversation about a seminal work of another great female director Agnès Varda titled Vagabond. Over the course of our chat you will hear us try to break down this complex tapestry of episodic fiction and isolate its many meanings. We talk about visual symbolism in support of feminist expression, the French landscape depicted as hostile to women, the role of on-screen nudity in Varda's movie and the readings behind female-female interactions the filmmaker pays close attention to. We also talk about the dangers of travelling alone in winter, the etiquette of meddling with other people's car radio, taking phone calls in the bath and much more!
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In this episode of the show our conversations on the minimalist cinema of Kelly Reichardt continue with Certain Women. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about whether the anthology format modifies Reichardt's cinematic language, how the theme of loneliness ties the three stories together and how they are all subtly permeated with a feminist gaze. We also talk about the logic of putting a bulletproof vest on a civilian, how quietly enraging the behavior of certain men in the film can be and just how difficult it is to drive into anything if you fall asleep behind the wheel in Montana.
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Featuring: Carson Timar
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In the April instalment of our 2025 50-30 series where we talk about notable movies from 1975 and 1995 we are turning our attention to Apollo 13, a Ron Howard-directed account of the unfortunate mission to the Moon cut short by a series of malfunctions that left the trio of astronauts stranded in space. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about what we think this movie touched on and how it spoke to audiences at the time, how we argue if it is a space survival thriller or a disaster movie and how much of this movie's success is owed to Tom Hanks and his post-Oscar clout. We also talk about the allure of procedural authenticity, the genius of encapsulating complex science within simple visual ideas, and the body horror of having three men locked for a week in a box the size of a phone booth. Tune in and enjoy!
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In this episode of the show we continue our journey West together with Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams as we discuss her 2010 anti-western Meek's Cutoff. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Reichardt subverting the expectations of a typical western and how critics at the time clearly didn't get it, how the movie gives its women protagonists agency and how it functions as a takedown of the American Dream. We also talk about how expensive cheap films probably are, how important it is to take a chair to a lookout and just how unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood was in his trapper getup.
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In this episode of our Mike Nichols Marathon we are joined by a very special guest, Neil LaBute, who is here with us to talk about the fourth movie in this filmmaker's catalogue, namely the 1971 Carnal Knowledge. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Nichols bounced back after Catch-22 was poorly received by going back to basics, how the genius of this movie lies somewhere between casting, writing direction and singular performances from the entire cast and how this movie holds immense value today. We also touch on the ways in which Carnal Knowledge informed Neil LaBute's own work in In the Company of Men and Your Friends & Neighbors, how Nichols sneaks in elements of humor into an otherwise a terrifying set of scenarios and who would have been the next best cast if the foursome Nichols cast hadn't been available at the time.
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In this episode of the show we are making a sudden shift, after five months of discussing action directors, and begin a month of quiet reflection with the cinema of Kelly Reichardt, and we begin with her 2008 masterpiece Wendy and Lucy. Over the course of our great chat you will hear us talk about the many ways Reichardt tackles the strife of displaced people, the pursuit of a better tomorrow elsewhere and the forgotten victims of capitalist growth. We also talk about the power of image over the spoken word, Michelle Williams' performance and much more!
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In this episode we are closing our March debates on Andrew Davis movies with his 2002 Arnie vehicle Collateral Damage. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the troubled history of this movie's release, how it was slightly out of step with the changing times and how it looked like a 90s movie released a few years too late. We also talk about Schwarzenegger's fading star, his attempt to act and imbue his character with dramatic depth, Andrew Davis mailing it in as a gun for hire and much, much more!
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In this show we are tying into our March conversations about the cinema of Andrew Davis with a great debate on his biggest success, which is The Fugitive. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how an action movie made its way to the Oscar conversation, how Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford shared some great chemistry and whether Ford himself was at the time more of a blockbuster icon or a prestige performer, or maybe someone in need of reinvention. We also talk about how a well-grown beard adds to gravitas and charisma, how a medical conspiracy written on the lap might undermine a perfectly good movie and whether The Fugitive, for all it does, is just a tiny bit too long.
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In this episode of the show our March Madness with Andrew Davis continues with a conversation about his 1996 outing Chain Reaction. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Davis going back to the well to recapture the success of The Fugitive and why we think it was a bad idea. We talk about how this movie fits into the shifting landscape of star-driven action entertainment, Morgan Freeman in unexpected roles, the idea of capturing science-derived concepts on film without ever thinking them through and how important it is to remember your grammar while trying to sound villainous.
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In this show we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how The Forman movie treats Ken Kesey's book, how the filmmaker uses his kitchen sink realism lens in support of authenticity and why this movie earned its many accolades. We also try to diagnose McMurphy, wonder if Nurse Ratched was correctly seen as the villain of the movie, and much much more!
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In this episode of the show we are discussing one of the most successful movies Andrew Davis Directed and one that most definitely was the biggest success in Steven Seagal's acting career, the 1992 Under Siege. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the peculiar place Steven Seagal holds in the canon of 80s and 90s action heroes, how Under Siege slots into the post-Die Hard template and how it perhaps adds to it, and how Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey truly add colour to this entire spectacle. We also talk about the infamous Erika Eleniak cake scene, the many fables surrounding Seagal and his ego, Casey Ryback's cooking skills and much much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our March with Andrew Davis and we are talking about his 1989 conspiracy thriller The Package. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Davis was possibly enamored with the 70s, both in terms of aesthetic and thematic aspirations, and how this movie owes a whole lot to the post-Nixon wave of paranoid thrillers. We also talk about Gene Hackman as a presence in an action movie at the tail end of the 80s, Tommy Lee Jones as a subtle chameleon, The Package as a protoplast of The Fugitive and just how nice it is to see Pam Grier on the screen, even if for just a few minutes.
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In this month's instalment of our Mike Nichols marathon, we are putting our thinking caps on as we discuss his first official box office disappointment, which is the adaptation of Joseph Heller's irreverent post-war novel Catch-22. You will hear us talk about how this movie came together with its lavish production, editing woes and having to deal with Orson Welles on set, how it was a truly Herculean attempt at filming the unfilmable and how despite all the script changes and diversions from the novel the author still liked the output. We also talk about how Altman's MASH beat Nichols to the punch and how Kubrick's Dr Strangelove and 2001 gave him permission to think big, how the movie might be a dream and how it is equally funny as it is frightening.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning a brand new month, which means we are switching gears and biting into the work of a new director. In March, we will spend some time talking about Andrew Davis and we begin with his 1985 Chuck Norris vehicle Code of Silence. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to position Chuck Norris in the canon of action heroes as well as attempt to contextualize his journey through movies. We also talk about Andrew Davis behind the camera and whether the movie has enough of an aesthetic to be able to talk about a directorial style. Additionally, we talk about the mid-80s idea of adding robots to movies, jazzy scores in action films and the idea of making a Clint Eastwood movies without Clint Eastwood being there to star in it.
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In this episode of the show we are putting a finishing touch on our February with Antoine Fuqua with a conversation about Shooter. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many years it took to adapt this story into a movie, how Mark Wahlberg and Antoine Fuqua made it happen and how (and perhaps why) the movie left a minimal cultural footprint behind it. We also talk about Mark Wahlberg as a post-Bourne action hero and how Shooter may have been an attempt to spawn a series, the many genre cliches peppered throughout the film and how confessing to conspiracies in broad daylight in an office setting is probably not a good idea at all. Oh, and we also spare a few words about the intricate ways government officials take to frame patsies and sweep crimes under the carpet.
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In this podcast we are tying into our February theme surrounding the early cinema of one Antoine Fuqua and we are discussing his most highly acclaimed feature Training Day. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Denzel Washington may have helped Fuqua make this movie, how David Ayer's script is brimming with authenticity and how some people find this brand of writing provocative and whether this movie has two leads or just one. We also talk about seemingly real ramifications of holding a gun sideways, whether Alonso was an undercover cop at all and just how anxiety-inducing it must be to play a hand of poker with a bunch of gangbangers.
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In this episode of the show Fuqua February continues with a discussion about his 2003 outing Tears of the Sun. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to understand what the mission behind this movie was, whether it was appropriate to transplant a real story into a whole new setting and whether the story in this new setting deserved to be treated as a cross between a prestige war drama and an actioner of the Rambo variety. We also talk about Bruce Willis's pull factor, Antoine Fuqua leaning into a post-Black Hawk Down aesthetic and how in the eyes of Hollywood producers Canadian special forces clearly look way less cooler than Navy Seals.
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In this episode of our 50-30 Series we turn our attention to the movie which swept the Oscars in 1995, Mel Gibson'sBraveheart. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about howBraveheartcontributed to the eventual comeback of the canonical historical epic, bolstered with realistic violence and attention to tone and atmosphere, how the historical epic veers from history for the benefit of entertainment and how it probably didn't need to be as long as it was. We also talk about Gibson behind the camera, his way into developing a Scottish accent, the intricacies of personal hygiene in the middle ages and how Mel Gibson owes us five bucks for spotting a fake horse.
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In this episode of the show our February trip through the early outings of Antoine Fuqua continues with a conversation about his sophomore movie Bait. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how Bait fits into the landscape of movie entertainment at the turn of the century, how much it owes to a whole bunch of 90s movies and filmmakers and how it proves that Hollywood studios can often be terminally inflexible in the face of impending change. We also talk about Jamie Foxx as a comedic presence, Doug Hutchison's finger gloves, the movie's MTV sets and how it suggests that hiding gold in public places is a trifle for those who know what's what.
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In the second episode of our new Mike Nichols Marathon, we are following up our last month's conversation with a chat about a movie Mike Nichols was planning to direct as his debut before Edward Albee's adaptation came across his lap, which is The Graduate. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Nichols "graduating" from stage directing into bona fide movie work, the many ways in which The Graduate upsets the 1960s status quo and how it is subtly cinematic in contrast to the studio fare of the time. We also talk about what we think about Ben Braddock's alleged listlessness, Mrs Robinson's grooming behavior and how the movie as a whole struck a chord with young audiences who also felt like locking their parents in a church and taking a bus to nowhere.
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In this episode of the show, we are beginning what will be our February mini-survey of the cinema of Antoine Fuqua, which also coincides with Black History Month celebrated in America and Canada. And we begin this journey with a conversation about his debut feature The Replacement Killers. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the way this movie attempts to transplant Hong Kong action movies into a Hollywood setting, the likely influence of John Woo on the production and on the star power of Chow Yun-Fat. We also talk about what Antoine Fuqua brings to the table, Mira Sorvino's True Romance vibes and the many bombastic moments The Replacement Killers is filled with.
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In this episode of the show we are finishing our January survey of the professional relationship between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg and we are doing so with a double bill of Mile 22 and Spenser Confidential. Over the course of our chat you will hear us debate whether the critics were right about these movies or if they couldn't see the forest for the trees and whether it's appropriate to call these movies "movies" instead of cinematic TV pilots. We also talk about Iko Uwais 80s-throwback as an athlete-turned-actor, dramatic chops of stand-up comedians playing against titans of comedic flair, John Malkovich with hair and much more!
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In this month's bonus tie-in show we chose to discuss one of the arguable progenitors of the modern docu-drama, the Paul Greengrass-directed Bloody Sunday. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the incredible immediacy baked into this film, Paul Greengrass's journalistic background lending added realism to the movie and the many subtle ways in which the movie adds humanity and urgency to its otherwise slim narrative framework. We also talk a little bit about the Northern Irish history, the horror of watching an atrocity unfold in real time and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about the third collaboration between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg, which is Patriots Day. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk at length about the power of Berg's Mann-esque realism and how it is additionally bolstered by the emotional honesty smuggled by the characters, whether Wahlberg's composite character is a detractor or not, and how occasionally Hollywood may creep into the movie after all. We also talk about the difficult balancing act of depicting a real terrorist attack in a tactful way, how the movie blends in real footage with its fictionalized narrative for added immersion and much more!
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In this inaugural show of our brand new 50-30 series where we will be talking about great movies turning 50 and 30 this year we are getting together for a chat about Hal Ashby's Shampoo. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how we thought this movie fits in the 1975 landscape, what it was that elevated it to the status of the third-biggest box office success of its year and whether it may have been a little bit too late to the New Hollywood party. We also spend some time looking for a meaning in this film, try to connect its themes to the conversation about the generational clash at the time of its release and also wonder if there is a plane of symmetry with the current era. On top of that, we do scratch our heads quite a bit wondering if we find Shampoo funny at all too.
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In this episode of the show our trip through the professional collaborations of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg continues with a conversation about Deepwater Horizon. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many problems getting this movie off the ground, the place of a disaster movie genre in the modern landscape of entertainment and the problem of sensitivity when depicting recent events. We also talk about Berg's attempt at workplace realism, Wahlberg's swagger, John Malkovich's sweat stains and how important it is to give a big blockbuster a beating heart.
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We are officially launching our brand new comprehensive director marathon where each month we will discuss one movie directed by Mike Nichols. As we all know, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step and the step we take today is a conversation about Nichols's feature debut, the 1967 adaptation of the Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Over the course of our great chat you will hear us talk about how a young and unassuming Nichols became a Broadway sensation even before stepping behind the camera, how his adaptation of Albee's play was an example of his unique ability to find the heart in the material he was working with and how the decision to cast a real high-profile power couple in the lead roles only added extra depth to the story. We also talk about the many ways in which this movie shifted the culture of the late 60s, how Hollywood had no other choice but to evolve after its premiere and how this simple play scratches at a whole host of problems viewers could easily identify as familiar.
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In this first episode of 2025 we are launching our Berg-Wahlberg January, a month where we will talk about the collaborations between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg, and we begin this journey by talking about Lone Survivor. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how the harrowing true story of Marcus Luttrell translated to the screen and how reality met Hollywood, what Peter Berg brought to the table and what his style is in our estimation, and how it is after all possible to imbue a fundamentally rah-rah patriotic piece of flag-waving with emotional oomph and visceral immediacy. We also talk about how toy helicopters are always useful at work briefings, the many vagaries of trying to grow a respectable beard and whether rattlesnakes belong in Afghanistan.
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In this final podcast of 2024 we conclude the December Shane Black Christmas series with a conversation about the Renny Harlin-directed The Long Kiss Goodnight. Over the course of our chat you will hear us try to make sense of the action movie landscape in 1996 and how The Long Kiss Goodnight fit or didn't fit into the changing times, Shane Black's crassness and its interplay with Harlin's innate directorial trashiness, the way Harlin needed a win after he quite literally brought down a studio and whether Geena Davis had what it takes to join the ranks of powerful female leads of the 80s and 90s. We also talk about Sam Jackson's zingers, Geena Davis' chopping skills and just how adept she was at putting on ice skates while pursuing a car.
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In this special Christmas Bonus episode of our podcast we are loosely tying into our Black Christmas operations by way of talking about an action movie set at Christmas, but most importantly, we are tying into one of the foremost movie Christmas traditions out there. We are talking about Die Hard! Over the course of our amazing chat you will hear us recount the oral history of how this movie was made, how Die Hard changed the action movie narrative and reinvented the canonical action hero to make him fit for the 90s. We also talk about Bruce Willis as a funny everyman, the many instances of levity Die Hard is peppered with, the iconic lines and unforgettable scenes and we also discuss just how soulful and tightly knit this movie is.
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In this episode of the show, our December series of Shane Black Christmas continues with Black's directorial debut, the 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Over the course of our sprawling discussion you will hear us talk about how important it was to watch this movie around the time of its release to get on board with its vibes, how it struggles to match Black's crass humor with the story reliant on truly dark noir and how Black has continued developing the formula for a buddy movie over the years. We also talk about RDJ and Kilmer's chemistry, the many thematic facets hiding underneath this movie's epidermis and how it may be best to watch this movie wearing your baseball cap backwards.
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In this December Bonus Tie-in podcast we are linking to our main show conversations about Shane Black movies by talking about the breakout hit that blew open the door to Hollywood fame for him: the 1987 Richard Donner-directed Lethal Weapon. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the 80s buddy cop movies and how Shane Black both capitalizes on the 70s Hollywood while charting ways for others to follow, the chemistry between Danny Glover and Mel Gibson and the unique allure of using real helicopters on film sets. We also talk about the etiquette of barging into bathrooms to wish someone happy birthday, the very idea of taking a morning bath instead of a shower and whether Martin Riggs being slightly unhinged was merely Mel Gibson being himself.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our December series of (Shane) Black Christmas where we will go through a few movies Shane Black wrote and/or directed in reverse chronological order but in order of increasing Christmasiness. This week we begin with The Nice Guys, an action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many reasons why this movie didn't hit it big with audiences as well as the reasons it should have. We also talk about Black's attempt at recapturing the Lethal Weapon formula, Gosling and Crowe's impeccable chemistry and the fact this movie is frequently hijacked by incredibly powerful sidekick performers.
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In this special episode of the show we are putting a bow on our year-long journey through the cinema of Spike Lee. Over the course of this conversation you will hear us talk about what we learned by looking at Lee's movies through a magnifying glass, how much more we ended up appreciating his style, his film IQ and his political animus and just how much we are looking forward to what he does next. We also share some of the highlights from this odyssey, briefly talk about some of his documentaries and also share the movies we liked the most, as well as those which fell a bit short of our expectations.
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In this episode of our 2024 Spike Lee project we are finally getting together to discuss the last (as of now) feature directed by Spike Lee, the 2020 Da 5 Bloods. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the density and business of the movie, the many references to classic cinema hidden within it and whether it is once again using the past to talk about the present. We also talk about its relationship with Miracle at St. Anna, Delroy Lindo's powerhouse performance, crass moments of levity, Chadwick Boseman's presence and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are finishing the main show part of our Spike Lee Joint-a-Thon as we discuss the final minor joint of this retrospective, the 2015 Chi-Raq. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Spike Lee once again getting on his soap box and delivering a dense and busy treaty underpinned by political ire. We talk about the filmmaker speaking to women as opposed to on behalf of them, the idea of delivering a heightened satire inspired by an ancient Greek play and the many complex notions permeating the movie. We also spare a few thoughts about John Cusack's monologue, the many crass and innuendo-laden moments of the movie and the fundamental controversy of wearing Confederate speedos.
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In this episode of the show we are putting a finishing touch on our November exploration of the professional partnership between Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham with a double bill of Wrath of Man and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Jason Statham's career trajectory as a latter day action star, Wrath of Man as a temporally complex ode to Michael Mann and Ridley Scott, and Operation Fortune as a movie you get when you want to make a Mission: Impossible movie without spending big money. We also talk about the resurgence of Josh Hartnett, the subtle art of nicknaming, and whether Ancient Greeks knew what a polar bear looked like.
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In this final instalment of our year-long journey through the cinema of Kathryn Bigelow, we are discussing her last directorial effort to date, the 2017 Detroit. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Bigelow telling stories she cares about, the responsibility of the storyteller towards the material and the nuances of telling socially relevant stories in today's climate. We also talk about the complex structure of the movie working to its benefit and detriment, the idea of letting characters exist enabling viewer's personal engagement and the visceral horror depicted in the movie. Finally, we share some thoughts on Bigelow's filmography, list our favourite movies of hers and wonder about movies we'd like to see her direct next.
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We did it! In the 200th episode of the show we gathered together with a panel of all-star co-hosts to talk about the namesake of the show, the Safdie Brothers' Uncut Gems. In this show we reminisce for a little while about our journey with this podcast, reveal some of our plans for the future and also, naturally, talk about the movie. We talk about Adam Sandler in "serious" movies, how the film's frenetic style makes Uncut Gems and experience, how difficult it is to keep Sandler and Kevin Garnett in the frame together, and how this is the remake of The Gambler the world deserved. We also talk about Howard keeping a change of clothes in his car in case he ends up locked in the trunk naked, Lakeith Stanfield in his glow-in-the-dark hoodie as a visual standout and how it is definitely a red flag when your girlfriend gets your name tattooed on her ass as a surprise.
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In this episode of the show we are taking our Ritchie-Statham conversations into a whole new dimension as the universe of crime comedies complicated by their plot-related shenanigans make space for faux-philosophical musings about the nature of the self in the 2005 Revolver. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Guy Ritchie trying to lean into Lynchian filmmaking and coming across as a little bit pretentions, Jason Statham rocking long hair in an act of artistic denial and just how much hiring philosophers to talk over the end credits can do to a movie. We also talk about Ray Liotta lounging in speedos, Ritchie looking past Tarantino and perhaps finding Seijun Suzuki against his better judgment and whether Revolver is an abstract painting or an exercise in waterboarding.
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In this Bonus Tie-in podcast we are adding to our November conversations about the partnership between Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie with a great chat about their arguably biggest hit, Snatch. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the growth of Ritchie and how this movie differs from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels while remaining largely symmetrical in structure and tone. We also talk about the rise of Brad Pitt, the allure of working class gangsters and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our November exploration of the professional partnership between Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie. Thus, we begin with their debut, the 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the influence of Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez making a mark on British cinema, the complexity of the film's plot and the ridiculousness of its comedy. We also talk about Statham's straight man energy, the many differences between US and UK cinema and much more!
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In this episode of our ongoing 2024 comprehensive Spike Lee feature retrospective, we are slowly inching close to the finish line and we are now taking on one of Lee's most resounding recent successes, the 2018 BlacKkKlansman. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Spike Lee not mincing his words any more, how this movie uses history to comment on current times, and how racial divisions in America are a interwoven with class and other issues. We also talk about the film using outright entertainment and nods to cinema to make its case, John David Washington and Adam Driver pulling out all the stops and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are touching base with Spike Lee again and this time we are taking on a double bill of Red Hook Summer and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Red Hook Summer functioning as a spiritual sequel to Do The Right Thing, how it's a dense sermon spanning gentrification, cultural homelessness of working class America, false prophets and the fallacy of American Dream and how it is the most personal film Spike Lee made since the late 90s. We also talk about how Da Sweet Blood of Jesus uses an existing genre movie to take the temperature of American upper classes, how Spike Lee uses the themes of vampirism to discuss greed and detachment and how this movie forms a duet with Red Hook Summer.
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In this very special show, we are tying into our Carpentober conversations with a great chat about the movie that put John Carpenter on the map and became his biggest success, namely the 1978 Halloween. Over the course of our conversation, you will hear us talk about the enduring legacy of this movie, how it skillfully upsets the viewer in multiple ways and how its horrific ambiguity sets it apart from the era of slashers it helped to usher in the 80s. We also talk about Jamie Lee Curtis's line readings, how this movie's many imperfections give it its charm and how nobody in their right mind would leave their kids with babysitters on Halloween these days.
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In this episode of the show we are closing the main strand of our Carpentober operation with a conversation about Vampires and Ghosts of Mars. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how both of these movies still carry out the main mission of a western, how Vampires refreshes the stale lore surrounding the canonical vampire and how Ghosts of Mars maybe has always been taken at face value, as opposed to being treated as a trashy exploitation flick with a tongue pressed into its cheek. We also talk Carpenter losing steam in the 90s, James Woods trying to hard, Sheryl Lee's screaming prowess, Ice Cube's battle face and Big Daddy Mars sounding like a cross between the Cookie Monster and Timmy from South Park.
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In this episode of the show, Carpentober revs up as we talk about John Carpenter's 1983 adaptation of the Stephen King novel Christine. Joined by the phenomenal dynamic duo of Kevin and Erin of The Podcast That Wouldn't Die we talk about the many changes the movie made to the original novel, John Carpenter's nostalgia for the 50s fitting the thematic sphere and his continuing effort to make exploitation movies that look A-grade as well. We also talk about hiring thirty-somethings to play teenagers, Arnie Cunningham as an obnoxious nerd who can't take out the trash correctly and how a lot of the movie takes place off camera and how it may be not OK for some of us while being an invitation to read between the lines for others.
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We are slowly closing in on the conclusion of our 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon. With only two movies to go, we are this time setting our sights on Zero Dark Thirty. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many controversies surrounding this movie, from the portrayal of torture and alleged endorsement of right-wing politics to the filmmakers' choices to introduce composite characters into the narrative, thus altering the portrayal of otherwise historical events. We also talk about Jessica Chastain as a veritable tour de force, Bigelow's life reflected in the character of Maya and that blood-curdling final act action set piece.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning John Carpentober, our October journey through the cinema of John Carpenter. And we go back in time to 1976 to examine Assault on Precinct 13, Carpenter's auspicious take on a siege movies and a gritty love letter to the works of Howard Hawks like Rio Bravo. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the elements of the movie demarcating it as a western, ones that push the genre forward and ones that simply belong to the filmmaker's catalogue of quirkiness. We also dissect the movie's score, read it as a pro-feminist text and share a few thoughts about the way John Carpenter was able to give a nice sheen to what otherwise would have been an exploitation film.
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In this episode of the show we are once more catching up with our ongoing Spike Lee project and this time we are talking about his 2013 remake of the cult classic Oldboy. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many possible reasons why Spike Lee would end up attracted to this project, how his vision may have differed from what we received and how we might never find out if this movie had a fighting chance, and just how convenient the script is on too many occasions. We also talk about it functioning as a comic book movie, Josh Brolin's hygiene, Elizabeth Olsen's t-shirt, Sam Jackson's knitting habits, and Sharlto Copley's many mannerisms and outbursts that either bring down the movie as a whole or bring it up to a level inaccessible to mortal viewers.
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In this episode of our sprawling Spike Lee Retrospective we are talking about Miracle at St. Anna. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this movie signifies a shift in Spike Lee's interests, how it could be seen as Lee's The Longest Day and whether it functions as a pre-eminent war drama capable of standing toe to toe with some of the classics of the genre. We also talk about the little known history of the Buffalo Soldiers, the many hats the director is trying on while working with an incredibly dense script and whether the story makes rudimentary sense at all.
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In this episode of the show we conclude our September journey through John Wayne's post=Western career by talking about Brannigan. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how after resisting for so long, The Duke decided to lean into the Dirty Harry craze, how getting him out of the country might have given him an opportunity to act outside of his comfort zone and how this movie is still secretly a western anyway. We also talk about John Wayne trying to fit into a small European car, American ideas about following the British rule of law and whether The Duke perhaps walks a little bit like a T-Rex.
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In this episode of our 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon we are finally touching base with arguably the biggest success in her career, The Hurt Locker. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about whether this movie is Bigelow unfiltered, how her views on masculinity and genre have evolved over time and how her professional relationship with Mark Boal may have supercharged her own artistic interests. We also talk about renegade men who cannot be controlled, how the movie quietly comments on a lot of issues without giving any of them a straight prescription and how a POV filmmaking can enhance a verite aesthetic.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing the 1968 Hellfighters starring John Wayne. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder about John Wayne trying to find new avenues for himself in an increasingly post-western movie landscape, sticking to an all-American hero in a red onesie, and going out on location for a change to put out some fires. We also talk about the highly problematic relationship this movie has with its female characters, the idea of having a landline on a plane and whether Hellfighters can be seen as a protoplast for the disaster movie genre.
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In this special bonus episode we are joined by our great friend Hillary to talk about John Wayne and his two westerns, True Grit and Rooster Cogburn. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about John Wayne making movies of the old while the world was moving on, whether True Grit is even a western and if Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper add any spice to the movie. We also talk about both movies carrying some potential for comedy, the woes of carrying nitroglycerine and whether John Wayne indeed was acting well enough to earn that Oscar.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our September with the Old Duke, a short survey of movies John Wayne made when he got older. This week we talk about McQ, a movie where The Duke tried to catch up to the stoic silent cop movies like Dirty Harry and Bullitt. In our conversation you will hear us talk about movies being written around John Wayne and whether he needed to move on with the times, the allure of a police procedural and whether the intense plotting in this movie makes it a bit more forgettable. We also talk about the logistics of firing lots of rounds in six seconds, maintaining a low profile in a muscle car and much more!
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In this episode of our 2024 Spike Lee Retrospective we are touching base with Inside Man. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk at length about Spike Lee in the mid-2000s, Denzel Washington and Chiwetel Ejiofor playing good cop-bad cop, Clive Owen's brief moment in the limelight and the idea of bringing New York together as a melting pot. We also talk about hiring easily recognizable sidekicks, getting a shave in weird basements, and the idea of spending a week behind a wall with only a hole in the ground as company.
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In this episode of the show we are once again reconnecting with Spike Lee as we are talking about She Hate Me. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to deconstruct this movie and identify its beating heart within in its complex structure. So, we talk about paranoid corporate thrillers, sex comedies, Frank Capra movies and everything else that adds up to this movie. We talk about John Turturro playing a mobster fan of Mario Puzo, Anthony Mackie as a Mr. Smith-type who doesn't go to Washington but starts a sperm donor business, issues of fatherhood resurfacing again in Spike Lee's cinema and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are marking Jakub's 40th birthday by talking about one of his favourite movies, James Cameron's True Lies. Over the course of our sprawling conversation you will hear us talk about how one of the highest-grossing movies of its year is somehow forgotten and whether its troubled hi-def release has had something to do with it. We also ask if its an action comedy or a comedic actioner as we deconstruct its framework, opine over Jamie Lee Curtis and her performance, exchange thoughts about Bill Paxton and comment on Arnie's self-awareness. We also wonder how this movie fits in the landscape of ever-changing blockbuster universe, how its set pieces stack up against other Hollywood stalwarts and we also spare a few words on James Cameron's unconventional relationship with film grain.
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In this episode of our ongoing 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon we are talking about her submarine movie K-19: The Widowmaker. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk - after we dispense with attempting Russian accents, that is - about Bigelow making a turn towards prestige filmmaking, the parameters of a submarine movie and the conventions of portraying Russians by giving Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford poorly researched accents. We also talk about whether the movie lacks dramatic momentum, how it stacks up against other submarine movies and we also scratch our heads as to how it ended up produced by National Geographic.
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In this episode of the show we are wrapping up our August deliberations about Ben Stiller in 1998 with a conversation about Jake Kasdan's Zero Effect. Over the course of our chat you will hear us bicker over whether this movie is a great gem or if it indeed has zero effect on the viewer, whether Jake Kasdan is a glorified nepo-baby and if Bill Pullman is as funny as he seems to be. We also talk about Sherlock Holmes energy this movie goes after, importance of stakes in a noir movie, Soderberghian vibes and more!
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In this very special episode of our show we have the immense pleasure to interview Neil LaBute, the writer and director of many great films, one of which happens to be Your Friends & Neighbors. We talk to him about the ins and outs of making an indie film in the 90s, the importance of rehearsing and the little annoyances of trying to get a movie made with no major studio backing. We also talk about what it was like to work with such stunning performers, how much of the movie was found in the writing and how much in performance, where the infamous sauna scene came from and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our August conversations about Ben Stiller in 1998 and we are talking about the mostly forgotten gem written and directed by Neil LaBute, Your Friends & Neighbors. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many ways in which this movie fits (or does not) in the 90s indie Hollywood scene, how much it owes to Woody Allen, Mike Nichols and Steven Soderbergh and just how much can be accomplished with four people in a room and not much in terms of production value. We also talk Ben Stiller's facial hair, Catherine Keener's sense of humour and how one scene can pound the viewer into the ground.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show.
In this podcast we are tying into our August conversations about movies Ben Stiller made in 1998 with a chat about his arguably biggest hit of the time, There's Something About Mary. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about where exactly the Farrelly Brothers fit in the landscape of comedy, how they apply genital-based humour to classic concepts, and how the movie aged over the following decades. We also talk about Cameron Diaz becoming the biggest star of her time, Ben Stiller's normie energy, Matt Dillon's comedic chops and just how much comedy one can extract out of a dog being punted out the window.
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In this episode of the show we are joined by two great guests, Hillary and Tony, to talk about Permanent Midnight, the first of four conversations about Ben Stiller movies from 1998. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the way this movie handles the theme of addiction, how it could have leaned into one of its potentially interesting thematic ideas and how its brisk format perhaps undoes a lot of its power. We also talk about the movie's contentious framing device, the nuances of Ben Stiller's performances and whether this movie was ghost-directed by Bob Zemeckis.
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In this episode of our ongoing 2024 Spike-a-Thon we are finally getting to his 2002 joint 25th Hour. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many reasons why Spike Lee would have gravitated to David Benioff's book, how this movie tries to grapple with the looming spectre of 9/11 and how it speaks to all New Yorkers with whom Spike Lee feels immense kinship. We also talk about Edward Norton's method acting and old man makeup, Barry Pepper as a criminally underrated character actor, whether it's a good idea to attend night clubs where your students hang out and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our great buddy Jak to talk about Spike Lee's Bamboozled. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Spike Lee embracing consumer-based filmmaking tools, the film's complex satire on Hollywood and how it has been mostly misunderstood and hidden from view. We also talk about making radical aesthetic choices to upset the viewer, the film's incredibly dense messaging, Lee's feud with Tarantino and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are concluding our month-long male therapy session as we talk about Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Ferrara's stylistic and thematic relationship with Martin Scorsese, the movie being a journey towards spiritual catharsis, and rogue filmmaking. We also talk about Harvey Keitel's audacious role choices, his many infamous scenes and that for some reason this movie is a formative experience for Jakub who has watched it more often than it is perhaps healthy for the human brain.
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Featuring: Nicolò Grasso
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In this episode of the 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon we are joined by our good buddy Jak to talk about The Weight of Water. Over the course of our conversation, which is arguably more interesting than the movie itself, you will hear us talk about possible reasons why this film came to exist in the first place, what may have drawn Bigelow to the project and why it was initially shelved for a year, only to be dumped into cinemas with very little marketing behind it. We also talk about doing research on a boat, the many problems with how this movie weaves historical fiction with present-day pretentious romance, and how Liz Hurley's presence may be the only saving grace for this film.
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our July debate about Men in Crisis as we take on a real humdinger of a movie, Steve McQueen's Shame. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie is equally something everyone should see and something everyone will wish to never see again, how Steve McQueen's meticulous and relentless directorial choices influence the thematic sphere of the movie and how Michael Fassbender embodies his main character and plumbs the depths of his death spiral. We also talk about addiction, searching for connection and meaning and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show.
In this podcast we are tying into our month-long conversation about male mental health and men in crisis and we are talking about David Fincher's Fight Club. Over the course of our sprawling and amazingly varied conversation you will hear us talk about the magic of Chuck Palahniuk's writing, the anatomy of this movie's central twist and the slick allure of a late-90s cult classic. We also talk about how its alleged toxicity can be easily dismantled, how the movie smuggles a difficult conversation about Gen-X and elder Millennial men, how it speaks to fundamental concepts of stoic masculinity and how it shows them warped into a cult and more, all in addition to unpacking this movie's cultural legacy, correcting its scientific errors and trying to make sense of its ending.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our July conversations on Men in Crisis, jumping directly off a month on Distressed Dads, and we commence with a great chat about The Art of Self-Defense. Over the course of our debate you will hear us talk about this movie fitting in the legacy of David Fincher's Fight Club, Jesse Eisenberg's awkward presence and the story's potentially divisive take on depicting toxic influences. We also talk about how much this movie owes to Wes Anderson, the kinds of metal Jesse Eisenberg listens to and whether it is appropriate to charge fifteen dollars for a lost belt.
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In this episode of our ongoing 2024 Spike Lee project, we are diving deep into the 1999 Summer of Sam. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us speculate as to why Spike Lee chose to make this movie in particular, how it relates to his ongoing interests and whether it pauses the filmmaker's streak of activist black cinema, or maybe if it continues it by assuming a different perspective. We also talk about Adrien Brody's accent, Son of Sam as a societal lightning rod, talking dogs and the whether the movie itself is a tacit acknowledgment that America as Lee saw it was going through an identity crisis.
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In this episode of the show we are adding a notch to our Spike Lee belt by talking about his mostly forgotten 90s piece, Get on the Bus. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Spike Lee playing with form, advancing his concepts of cinematic activism and whether a single-location movie like this could ever be conceived as a commercial endeavor. We also talk about Lee's ongoing theme of absentee fatherhood, using slick conceptual metaphors to encapsulate archetypal storytelling, that Randy Quaid cameo and more. And naturally, Randy finds an opportunity to talk about Homicide: Life on the Street.
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In this episode of the show we are closing our Distressed Father's Day month with a conversation about the 1977 revenge opus Rolling Thunder. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about dangers of pressing down one's emotional state, the power of a monosyllabic hero and how much meaning can possibly fit into a single line of dialogue. We also talk about changes to the original Paul Schrader script, the prowess of William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones and the many ways in which this movie connects to other well-known pieces of its era.
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In this episode of our 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon we are discussing her follow-up to Point Break, an audacious and wildly misunderstood Sci-Fi opus Strange Days. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder why audiences failed to connect with this movie, how its immersive aesthetic works both in favour and against the idea of accessibility and how the movie is a bit like a burrito. We also talk Angela Bassett's skills in driving flaming cars, Vincent D'Onofrio looking a bit like Orson Wells, and of course, Tom Sizemore's epic hair.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing the 1972 film Rage directed and starring George C. Scott. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many ways in which this film fits in the microtrend of revenge fantasies which sprouted across cinema of the 70s, how it adds to the legacy of anti-establishment paranoid thriller and whether it is a de facto libertarian fantasy owing a lot to Lonely Are the Brave while anticipating First Blood by a decade. We also talk about George C. Scott behind the camera, the idea of filming cats in slow motion and how important it is to depict CPR properly.
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In this episode of the show we are embarking on a June trip through movies about distressed dads and all the bad decisions they make. And so we begin with the 1970 Joe and the 1974 Death Wish. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Peter Boyle's unique talent to look fifty-five when he was merely thirty-five, Charles Bronson's sleeper physique, and the many messages hidden within these two movies. We also talk about how Joe comments on dangers of populist worldviews, how Death Wish leans into its conservative fantasies to become an offshoot of Batman and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show.
In this episode of the show we are working our way to Father's Day in connection to the entire month of 70s dads making bad decisions which we will be exploring on the main show, However, in this wholesome podcast we are cutting through the richness and talking about Pixar's Finding Nemo. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about this movie belonging as a Father's Day staple, how it stacks up against other Pixar productions and whether it succeeds as a dramatic narrative or as a slickly designed product. We also identify the Pixar model for generating family-friendly blockbusters, come up with our own "nouns with feelings" titles and wonder what it would be like if William H. Macy hadn't been replaced by Albert Brooks as Marlin.
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In this episode of the show we are talking about Spike Lee's 1996 movie Girl 6. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Spike Lee fits in the grand design of the 90s Indie Revival, what the movie has to say about Hollywood and whether some of the more recent scandals that shook the world are already touched on in detail in here. We also talk about how this movie is a veritable advertisement for Black Cinema, what it says about female agency in the landscape of the entertainment industry, and whether Spike Lee's frequent deployment of heightened style and magical realism brings him to par with Steven Soderbergh.
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This month we are discussing Spike Lee's 1998 outing He Got Game starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Spike Lee's directorial style meshing with the raw talent of athletes in front of the camera, Denzel Washington's fatherly mission and the importance of basketball as a social mobility vehicle. We also about magical realism having its place in every Spike Lee movie, the many ways in which the director reminds the viewer about how unfair life can be in America and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our great friend Sarah Buddery to talk about 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's eponymous 2001: A Space Odyssey. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the perils and woes of making a sequel to one of the greatest films of all time, adding context to greatness and walking the tightrope between homage rip-off. We also talk about Roy Scheider as Hollywood's unsung underdog, Peter Hyams' functional direction, the film as an important node on the map of science-fiction and much more!
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In this podcast we are talking about the Stanley Kubrick-directed magnum opus 2001: A Space Odyssey in connection to our upcoming show about its 1984 sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about just how much of an influential piece this movie is for us, how it changed the world of science-fiction and the many meanings baked into its fabric. We also talk about the power of visual storytelling, the perils of AI and the disturbing visage of Star-Child, aka Space Chucky.
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In this episode of the show we are once again joined by our buddy Rich Foster to talk about the third and final collaboration between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Peter Hyams - Enemies Closer. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about JCVD as an ageing action hero, the obscure universe of direct-to-video filmmaking and the many reasons a seasoned filmmaker could take on a project like Enemies Closer. We also talk about that goose story in the film, how the movie in general barely makes sense and, of course, about JCVD's outstanding hair.
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In this episode of the show we are joined by the great Kevin and Erin from The Podcast That Wouldn't Die to talk about JCVD's second collaboration with Peter Hyams - Sudden Death. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie fits into the legacy of Die Hard, how JCVD wants to abandon his martial artist garb in favour of an everyman outfit and how Powers Boothe functions as a Hans Gruber facsimile. We also talk about the ridiculousness of the film's central conceit, JCVD's ninja firefighter skills, the dangers of leaving a professional kitchen without powering down the equipment and much more!
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This month we are tying into our main show conversations about Peter Hyams by talking about his arguably first hit, Capricorn One. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Hyams' background in TV carrying over into his movie, how much it owes to All the President's Men and whether it is a bit too convoluted for its own good. We also talk about Hyams reflecting in his movies what he finds cool, Elliott Gould as an underrated lead and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are opening our May triptych of JCVD collaborations with Peter Hyams and we begin our deliberations by travelling back in time to 1994 to talk about Timecop. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Van Damme's drive to establish himself as an A-list action star, Ron Silver's villainous take owing a lot to Blue Steel and Peter Hyams leaning into inspirations drawn from James Cameron and Ridley Scott. We also talk about reasons why you want to put a wall in front of your time machine on rails, doing splits in the kitchen, how a police officer could afford a massive mansion, or how it seems that watching VR porn at work is not a firing offense in this version of the future.
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In this episode of the show we are again touching base with our hero of the year, Spike Lee, as we talk about his 1995 outing Clockers. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Lee taking his cinema close to Martin Scorsese, whether this movie is a continuation of film activism the filmmaker has been advancing his entire career and whether it attempts to have a difficult conversation with the viewer about the problem of fatherlessness in American communities. We also talk about the movie's literary connection to trains, distance between Penn Station and Port Authority and much more.
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This month we are devoting our Spike Lee conversation to Crooklyn, a semiautobiographical piece co-authored by Spike and his sisters. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about whether this movie strays from Lee's mission of cinematic activism or if it indeed harbours a message of societal appeal, how much of what we see on screen is filtered through the optics of a young child and just how great Delroy Lindo's performance truly is. We also talk about fake dogs jumping out of hide-a-beds, the power of perspective, and much more.
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our good friend Hillary to talk about Leave No Trace, Debra Granik's drama about a man and his daughter living off the grid. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Granik's filmmaking being rooted in sociopolitical activism, Ben Foster's performance as a traumatized vet and Thomasin McKenzie's understated brilliance., as well as the fact the general audiences did not respond to this film as well as critics did. We also talk again about PTSD, how state-backed safety nets have flaws, the importance of socialized upbringing of children and how a single visual may be worth more than a scene full of dialogue.
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In the fourth episode of our 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon, we look at her 1991 outing, Point Break. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Bigelow's moody aesthetic translates into the movie and perhaps enriches it, whether Keanu Reeves could have been replaced by Brandon Lee and if Gary Busey eating a meatball sandwich is an iconic image full of meaning. We also talk about epiphanies sparked by seeing bare asses, Tom Sizemore's brief appearance, differences between a queer reading and the female gaze, and the idea of living vicariously through Patrick Swayze.
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our trek off the grid as we talk the 2016 indie darling Captain Fantastic. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the quirky recipe for a Sundance drama, what the film is trying to say about parenting and whether it is interested in practicing what it preaches. We also talk about the unsettling quality of witnessing Viggo Mortensen having his morning coffee in the nude, upper middle class liberals going camping and the idea of keeping pictures of Pol Pot on your bedroom wall.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of the show tying into this month's theme of April Off The Grid, we are talking about Ted Kotcheff's First Blood. Joined by a special guest and friend of the show Rich Foster we are discussing how The New Hollywood invented the action hero, whether Stallone needs to be thanked for the 80s and how a survival thriller about PTSD and authorities on a power trip spawned one of the most well-known franchises in Hollywood. We also talk about the importance of keeping your knife sharp in the forest, the many subtle differences between the book and the film and whether trying to shave a man who refuses to be shaved is a good idea in the first place.
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In this episode of the show we are heading to the forest to begin our April Off The Grid together with William Friedkin's The Hunted. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about possible reasons why Friedkin decided to direct this movie, what it possibly owes to First Blood and whether it has a metaphorical connotation with the culture at large. We also talk about it being a vestige of the 90s, Tommy Lee Jones' running skills and whether the story problems can get in the way of entertainment.
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In this episode of our 2024 Spike Lee Joint-a-thon, we are gearing up for a serious discussion about Spike Lee's take on a prestige biopic, Malcolm X. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Lee reinvents the biopic formula while adhering to it, how Denzel Washington embodies the titular character and how this movie had to be as long as it was to allow the filmmaker to bring his point home. We also talk about narrative shorthand, Malcolm X's journey from a criminal to a radical activist and to a reformed preacher, and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, a dense societal diorama that begins with a premise of an elevated screwball rom-com and descends into deep and heavy thematic deliberations on race, relationships, drugs and familial sins. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Spike Lee finding his footing as a cinematic preacher, workplace racism, Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra owning the screen, and Samuel L. Jackson spreading his wings. We also talk about how men and women talk about their sexual relationships differently, the NYPD response time being incredibly quick when it is convenient, and how many people can one reasonably expect to dwell in a single crack house.
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In this episode of the show, we are closing our Spring Clinging series with a homerun as we are talking about Tony Scott's The Fan! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how much Nine Inch Nails music is too much, whether this movie gets baseball right and if there is a point to it in the first place only a few short years after Cape Fear. We also talk about positioning this movie as Tony Scott's middle child, the logistics of shaving your body hair as a marketing pitch and whether it is a good idea to bring a car door to a sales meeting.
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In the third episode of our 2024 Kathryn Bigelow Marathon we are entering the 90s together with her police procedural Blue Steel. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Jamie Lee Curtis and whether Roger Ebert was right to call her character the next iteration of Laurie Strode, Bigelow's continuing fascination with John Carpenter and James Cameron, and how her own personal life may have been reflected in the movie. We also talk about Clancy Brown's perm, Tom Sizemore's appearance and Ron Silver's workout routine.
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our exploration of obsession and stalking, aka Spring Clinging, as we are talking about the 1993 The Crush. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Alan Shapiro as a filmmaker, his attempt at meshing real life experience with Lolita, his writing acumen or lack thereof, and whether he knew what to do with Cary Elwes's acting prowess... or lack thereof. We also talk about the logistics of building carousels in the attic, how to distinguish bees from yellowjackets and whether the filmmakers asked anyone what forensic scientists actually do.
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our conversations about obsession and lack of personal boundaries, as we talk about The Fanatic. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this universally panned movie can be salvaged, whether John Travolta's performance is overblown, by how much and why, as well as what we think about Fred Durst as a filmmaker. We also talk about on-the-nose references to film-bro movies, the ego behind playing your own music in the car and if the movie is smarter than it makes it look.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this show, which is tied into our month's conversations about obsession and people who don't know where the boundaries are, we are talking about one of the most iconic obsessed stalker fan movies of all time, Rob Reiner's Misery. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Stephen King's unique way of writing quirky characters, how the movie improves occasionally on the novel and how James Caan and Kathy Bates truly bring their A-game to the set. We also talk about the logic of driving muscle cars in a blizzard, the suspense of waving a piss-filled pitcher around and just how disturbed we were by the "hobbling" scene.
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about Ingrid Goes West as we begin our March bout of Spring Clinging. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Aubrey Plaza's troll deadpan, the dangers of social media and how reality is warped by looking at carefully curated lives online. We also talk about Hollywood's fake-it-till-you-make-it toxicity, how the movie continues a much longer tradition, how nowadays teenage bullying is seemingly inescapable and whether asking what your biggest emotional wound is a good line to open when you're greeting customers at a restaurant.
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In this episode of our 2024 Spike Lee Joint-a-thon, we are talking about Lee's magnum opus, Do the Right Thing. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to deconvolute the intricate cultural mosaic that is this movie, understand Lee's political convictions and map them over the cyclical nature of American history. We also talk about racial relations as depicted in the movie, the idea that the characters ought to be decoded as entire communities, police brutality and what exactly Lee wanted us to learn by showing us quotes from Martin Luther King and Malcolm X back-to-back.
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In this episode of the show, making our monthly stop at the Spike Lee Station to talk about his fourth feature, Mo' Better Blues. Joined by our two great buddies, Jak and Carson, we dig into this dense movie to find out whether it should be faulted for its archetypal storytelling or applauded for its symbolic richness. We also talk about Lee's place in the pantheon of filmmakers at the time of its release, his potential anguish at the state of Hollywood, the problem with the film's bookends, its many controversies and more!
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In the second episode of our Kathryn Bigelow Marathon, we are talking about her vampire western sophomore, Near Dark. Joined by our great friend Hillary, we talk about Bigelow meshing genre, taking inspiration from James Cameron and John Carpenter, and wonder how much one can refresh the vampire canon. We also talk about her becoming an action director in the world dominated by men, the pros and cons of poaching the cast of Aliens and that any vampire who isn't wealthy is a failure.
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In this episode of the show, we are taking a slow and steady blimp trip as we talk about Robert Wise's The Hindenburg. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the genre of disaster movies slowly reaching its climax and fizzling out towards the latter half of the 70s, how nice it is to see George C. Scott in shape and how the movie may have been built around a great idea for an ending. We also talk about whether James Cameron's Titanic does a better job at what The Hindenburg is trying, how awkward it is to root for a Nazi Colombo and what we think about spectacles unfolding in slow motion.
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In this jumbo jet-sized episode we are joined by our great buddy Jak to talk about the three movies that followed the 1970 Airport: Airport '75, Airport '77 and The Concorde... Airport 1979. Over the course of our conversation you will hear what we think about the early days of Hollywood franchising, how the Airport movies are either B-movies or Bond movies without Bond, and whether their titles reflect reality. We also talk about giving old stars stuff to do, Charlton Heston as a 60s Superman, monetizing The New Hollywood and whether it is a good idea to open the window in a supersonic jet flying at super-high altitudes, even if you're being chased by a stray rocket.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this show, tied to our February theme of Terror in the Sky, we are talking about the 1970 Airport! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie paved the way for the disaster movie genre to come into existence, how in 1970 it looks a decade out of place, and how the genre itself may have become a refuge for ageing stars. We also talk about insecure men, model airplanes as special effects, George Kennedy's cigar diet and the fact of all people Helen Hayes got an Oscar for her role in this film.
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In this episode of the show we are getting jacked in the sky as we are talking Skyjacked to kick off our February theme of Terror in the Sky (or T-air-or?). Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the ripples that Airport made in 1970, how the big studio heads grappled with the advent of The New Hollywood and how this movie maybe belongs in the 60s more than in the 70s. We also talk Charlton Heston's intimidating kissing regimen, airport security, the movie's many outdated proclivities and whether on some level it was maybe a forebearer of the post-Vietnam conversation that materialized towards the end of the decade.
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In this inaugural episode of our Patreon side of the 2024 Spike Lee retrospective, we are looking at his sophomore feature School Daze. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the sophomore ego, the surprise of this movie being a musical and the perils of stuffing a musical template with too much content. We also talk about Spike Lee's acting chops or lack thereof, the movie as a conversation about intracommunal animosities, the college privilege and whether School Daze would have been better placed as a later entry in Spike Lee's filmography.Tune in and enjoy!
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In this episode of the show we are officially beginning our new long-term project where we will comprehensively go through the cinema of Spike Lee and there's only one way to begin such a journey, which is with his debut She's Gotta Have It. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie, short as it may be, fosters a truly nuanced discussion, how it comments on different shades of feminism and how Spike Lee begins his lifelong mission of bringing the black experience to the cultural foreground. We also talk about Wizard of Oz, black-and-white cinematography as a vessel for people to connect with art and that Spike Lee's films may be better received if you pay very close attention to them.
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In this episode of the show we are concluding our brief journey through Liam Neeson movies confined to different modes of transportation and we are taking off into the skies to talk about Non-Stop! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder why this movie was as successful as it was, the woes of making action movies in the Marvel era and the idea of staying busy in times of grief. We also touch on Jaume Collet-Serra's directorial proclivities, the implicit benefits of setting movies on a plane and whether the ending of Non-Stop makes any sense at all.
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The time has come for us to get on our bikes and launch a brand new director marathon and for this year we decided to shadow Kathryn Bigelow and chart the course of her career as she went from indie obscurity to genre re-invention and all the way to the highest echelons of prestige filmmaking! We begin our escapade by talking about her indie debut The Loveless! Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about biker movies, how this movie homages (or doesn't) The Wild One, how Jim Jarmusch may have influenced the NY indie scene and whether young Willem Dafoe was a hot hunk or not. We also talk about pretentiousness in film, men being trash and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are going on a road trip with Liam Neeson while trying not to be left out in the cold, as we talk The Ice Road! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to understand what makes this movie work way better than it perhaps should, how important it is to anchor an action movie in the classics of the genre and whether it would have worked even half as well without the film's central character dynamic. Surprisingly enough, in a conversation about a disposable direct-to-streaming actioner we end up talking about 90s blockbusters, The Wages of Fear and even John Steinbeck himself!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are talking about Taken, the movie which recalibrated Liam Neeson's career and transformed him from an aging prestige thespian into a latter-day superhero. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about this surprising late-career shift, the meme of Bryan Mills, the legacy of Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne and the moral panic of setting Albanian human traffickers as the villains. We also talk making movies set in Europe, Bryan Mills' scruples, and Maggie Grace's graceless running. Enjoy!
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our January theme of Liam Neeson's Planes, Trains and Automobiles (transitioning from our recent chat on Terror Train) and we begin with his train-bound thriller The Commuter. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Neeson fully embracing his action stardom, the question whether this movie is perhaps too complex for its own good and if it is a good idea to hire Patrick Wilson for what looks like a cameo. We also talk guitar fights, safety sticker locations and whether The Commuter is secretly an indictment of the financial crisis.
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In this episode of the show we are finally coming to an end of our epic journey through the cinema of Steven Soderbergh we have been on for the last thirteen months! We are also plugging a few blind spots here by discussing the two Spalding Gray movies he made (Gray's Anatomy and And Everything Is Going Fine), just to make sure we have covered his entire feature output. We also share our reflections on this journey, opine on what we learned about Soderbergh, how our appreciation for this man developed over the course of this past year, all in addition to sharing our top 10 Soderbergh movies!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This is it! We have come to the end of our Soderbergh project and on this occasion we are discussing the last movie he directed thus far, Magic Mike's Last Dance. Over the course of this chat you will hear us talk about the mindboggling allure of the series, how it works or doesn't work as a rom-com and if Channing Tatum still has the chops. We also talk about what drives Soderbergh to make these movies, whether he still wants to continue making escapist entertainment and whether Magic Mike and Magic Steve are in fact the same person and those movies are a reflection of Hollywood.
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In this episode of the show we are inching ever closer to the end of our Steven Soderbergh journey as we talk about one his most recent efforts, Kimi. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how reliant Soderbergh has become on the quality of the scripts he directs, David Koepp's magic touch, and how a well-paced story can hide a lot of exposition using visuals alone. We also talk about pandemic cinema, know-it-all youngsters, the idea of bugging your own house and that we are all happy to see Devin Ratray aka Buzz from Home Alone in a movie again.
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In this episode of the show we close the year with a New Year's Party aboard the Terror Train! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us argue the question if this movie is more a slasher or a whodunnit, if its central gimmick of "Halloween on a train" is enough to set the film apart from other movies in the genre and if there is anything special about Jamie Lee Curtis' run as the 1980s Scream Queen. We also talk about magic, David Copperfield's acting, the many opportunities this movie squanders and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the twelfth and final episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. We are finally coming to a close of our year-long journey through the cinema of John Cassavetes and we finish with Big Trouble. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about this movie being a job for hire, whether it carries some Cassavetes DNA in it, if Alan Arkin and Peter Falk had enough chemistry to make the movie a success, and how Beverly D'Angelo is a comedic gem. We also spend some time looking back upon our time watching all Cassavetes films, reflect on what we learned in the process, and share our top moments too.
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In this episode of the show we are getting ready for a Christmas zombie apocalypse together with the cast of Anna and the Apocalypse. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many ways one could execute a gimmick, the idea of mashing up genres, how much this movie owes to Edgar Wright and whether it would have been better off if it had committed to either of the elements it was trying to mash together! Merry Zombie Christmas!
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our December theme of Holiday Horror with the 2015 Krampus. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this movie is a Christmas film, a dark fairy tale, a horror or a combination of all three, how much it owes to Joe Dante and Guillermo Del Toro, whether it is actually scary and if if even matters in the first place. We also talk about the film's dysfunctional family dynamic, the woes of raising bilingual children, Toni Collette's feng shui skills and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are talking about Black Christmas in connection to the theme of Holiday Horror we are exploring on the main show. Joined by our great friend Jak, we are exploring the boundaries of the slasher template, wondering how Bob Clark draws from Hitchcock and giallo, and how his movie was an inspiration for John Carpenter. We also talk about moral panics of the time, hippies, Margo Kidder and the logistics of leaving dead bodies in the attic.
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In this episode of the show we are beginning our December theme of Holiday Horror with the 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night. Over the course of our chat you will hear us go into the controversy that saw this movie pulled from cinemas, the many ways it induced a moral panic, the idea of using a Christmas icon as an axe murderer, church methods for raising orphans, the legacy of this movie and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month we are digging into Steven Soderbergh's quite recent outing, No Sudden Move. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about whether Soderbergh is looking to break new ground or if he is happy revisiting the well, how dependent he might have become on the quality of the scripts he directs, the vagaries of using fisheye lenses, oversaturating the narrative with plot and characters and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are catching up once more with one of the heroes of our 2023 conversations, Steven Soderbergh, as we talk about Let Them All Talk. Over the course of our chat you will hear us come back to the old questions of whether Soderbergh is making movies on autopilot, if he's revisiting modes of his youth, how the movie works as a film critic's film, what it says about the responsibilities of a storyteller and more. We also talk about biological clocks, the etiquette of wearing baseball caps indoors and that Lucas Hedges really needs a haircut.
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Here's a short teaser of the eleventh episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes Marathon, we are talking about arguably the last great movie John Cassavetes directed, Love Streams. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the finality of this movie, its relationship with the filmmaker's entire body of work, Gena Rowlands climbing to new heights, and how Cassavetes himself was trying to bid the world farewell from behind the camera.
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Here's a short teaser of the tenth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes Marathon, we are talking about Gloria. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Cassavetes brushing shoulders with mainstream Hollywood, operating on the fringes of the New Hollywood, how the movie inspired Leon: The Professional and many other films, how Gena Rowlands was a John Wick of her time and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are closing our November Bob Fosse retrospective with Fosse's final film, Star 80. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about why Fosse would make a movie like that, the symmetry between Dorothy Stratten and Sharon Tate. Eric Roberts' turn as a sleazy psychopath, the sleaze of Hollywood, the 80s iconography and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show, we gather to celebrate a momentous occasion, Randy's birthday, and as luck would have it, we are talking about his favourite film ever - All That Jazz! Flanked by a duet of very special guests, Sarah and Jak, we discuss Bob Fosse's New Wave ways, Roy Scheider's phenomenal acting range and the movie's many meta-musical moments. We also spare a thought or two on the subject of film critics not being able to recognize Fosse's genius, the film's many metaphorical planes of interpretation, its subtle sense of humour and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are gathering to talk about Cabaret, arguably Bob Fosse's most universally acclaimed directorial effort. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if it is a musical, an evolved musical or an anti-musical, how it comments on world history and whether it is still just as timely as it was when it was released. We also talk about the chemistry (or lack thereof) between Liza Minelli and Michael York, the revolutionary idea of taking the camera onto the stage and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we assemble as The Fosse Posse to gallop through the cinema of one Bob Fosse. We begin with Sweet Charity, his 1969 musical with Shirley MacLaine, and Lenny, his 1974 new wave biopic of Lenny Bruce and his crusade against censorship. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Fosse needing to fail in 1969 to become the master that he needed to be, his inability to kill his darlings in 1969 as well as his acute sense of the visual art just a few years later, his take on cinema verité, Dustin Hoffman's funny bone, free speech absolutism and that you should never show up to an interview without a resume.
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies.
This month, as we are slowly nearing completion of our year-long journey through Steven Soderbergh's movies, we are talking about his 2019 movie High Flying Bird. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about whether Soderbergh was the right man for the job, if it is his Moneyball or Jerry Maguire, how it opens a difficult conversation about racial politics in American sports, and whether it is acceptable to leave boogers in a sauna.
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In this episode of the show, we add another notch to our Soderbergh belt as we talk The Laundromat. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to find something to latch onto in this string of vignettes, make fun of Mossack and Fonseca, stipulate that the movie would have been better if Meryl Streep played all the roles and that Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns maybe just couldn't decide if they wanted to make a serious investigative thriller or a me-too The Big Short.
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In this episode of the show, we put a bow on our William Peter Blatty's Demonic-Tober by talking about The Ninth Configuration. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us pontificate over how this movie is potentially related to The Exorcist, whether its farcical underpinnings do the story any good, how Blatty may be a bit too pretentious for its own good and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we decided against our better judgment to take a close look at Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to find a reason why these movies exist at all, what propelled Paul Schrader to step behind the camera in this instance, whether it is even possible to stage a prequel to The Exorcist and if this franchise has anything to stand on. We also talk about Renny Harlin's directorial talents or lack thereof, Gabriel Mann's background acting, the ability of these movies to slow down time and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are discussing a pair of sequels to the iconic 1973 The Exorcist, namely the 1977 Exorcist 2: The Heretic and the 1990 The Exorcist 3: Legion. Over the course of our chat you will hear us wonder how exactly one is supposed to follow up a cinematic singularity that was the William Friedkin masterpiece, whether John Boorman was the right man to do it and if William Peter Blatty's movie needed an exorcism at all. We also talk about Richard Burton's detective skills, Pazuzu as a villain, carp as a Christmas staple in Poland and George C. Scott's gas.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this special bonus episode of our show, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Friedkin's The Exorcist. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how The Exorcist was a unique singularity that transcended the genre, how its horror works, and how its legacy continues to this day. We also talk about bridging the gap between science and religion, the horrors of medicine, Friedkin's rogue directorial methods, and most importantly, how this movie affects everyone who ever attempts to watch it.
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about Unsane, Steven Soderbergh's little indie side hustle he shot on an iPhone after coming out of his extremely busy retirement. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Soderbergh's experimentalist approach finding artistic elevation in a phone camera, Claire Foy's acting chops, the movie as a politically charge piece of genre storytelling and how it also, on top of being quite poignant, makes very little sense.
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are talking about West Virginia, NASCAR, one-armed charmers and John Denver singalongs because we take a look at Logan Lucky. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how hard it must have been for Soderbergh to stay retired, how difficult to swallow it must have been for Seth MacFarlane to realize Daniel Craig was way funnier than him and how Riley Keough's driving was just about good enough for her to qualify as a NASCAR driver. We also chat about the movie's Coen-esque vibes, Soderbergh's americana and whether George R.R. Martin is worth organizing a prison riot over.
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In this episode of the show, we are concluding our September series on Arnie's less like 80s movies, all of which start with the letter 'R' by talking about Red Heat. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Walter Hill's idea to take Arnie into original territories, the anatomy of a buddy cop movie, whether Walter Hill makes stealth comic book movies or westerns, and you will also hear a thing or two about what we think of James Belushi as a comedic presence.
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our ongoing marathon we are talking about John Cassavetes' ninth film, Opening Night. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Gena Rowlands' unbridled talent and the tender way in which her husband filmed her, the movie as a conversation on ageing and a complex tirade on what makes performing arts work. We also revisit some of our own traumas and stories from the past, as we wrestle with mortality and the fact nobody seemed to notice Cassavetes' filmmaking genius when he was around.
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In this episode of the show we are talking about another Arnie cult classic from the 80s starting (sort of) with the letter R - The Running Man! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us argue about whether this movie is amazing or just a bit too much, how it functions as an Arnie best-of mixtape and how it may have marked an inflection point in the 80s as a whole. We also talk dystopian future, dangers of adapting Stephen King and straying away from the source material, the movie's prescience with regard to consumerism and addiction to media, and how nobody taught Jesse Ventura how to swallow pills correctly.
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our journey through Arnold Schwarzenegger's underseen 80s movies starting with the letter R, as we talk Raw Deal. In the course of our chat you will hear us talk about what happens when Arnie is asked to take the character seriously, the idea of making a gritty gangster movie in the 80s, Schwarzenegger's relationship with Stallone and his own growing legacy, the dangers of going overboard with pyrotechnics and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month, in connection to a selection of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 80s oddities we explore on the main show, we are tying in with a conversation about Conan the Barbarian, the movie that catapulted him into stardom. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about John Milius as the legendary badass of the New Hollywood, the genesis of 80s action man, this movie's peculiar approach to fantasy storytelling, flammable witches, stiffened snakes and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are launching our brief expedition into the 80s to investigate some of Arnold Schwarzenegger lesser liked ventures and we begin with 1985's Red Sonja. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the legacy of Conan the Barbarian, 80s romance with fantasy movies, Arnold's ability to know his place, Brigitte Nielsen's onscreen energy, the movie as a feminist protoplast of Xena and Wonder Woman and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are talking about a perhaps a bit underrated, but nonetheless important entry in Steven Soderbergh's catalogue - his 2013 Side Effects. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about this film's connection to De Palma, Hitchcock, Clouzot and paranoid thrillers of the 70s, Scott Burns' passion for socially relevant cinema and Soderbergh's strange relationship with genre. We also talk about leadless narratives, Jude Law's likeability, and whether this movie would have been better with Matt Damon.
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In this episode of the show we peek Behind the Candelabra and talk about Steven Soderbergh's last film before his short-lived retirement. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about what exactly drew Soderbergh to the project, how well Michael Douglas played Liberace, the idea of Matt Damon as the underrated movie star, and the truly dark side of celebrity.
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes Marathon, we are discussing The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, a film Cassavetes directed immediately after A Woman Under the Influence. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many reasons the world (and some of us too) did not connect with the movie the way they did with his previous film, how it is a stylistic departure from his MO, how it functions as a metaphorically autobiographical piece and that its anti-genre allure is definitely not for everyone.
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In this episode of the show we try to find our voice as we talk Mute Witness. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how much this movie owes to Brian De Palma, John Carpenter and Alfred Hitchcock, how it fires on all cylinders until it doesn't, and how its setting in early 90s Moscow gives the movie its unique sheen. We also talk about how much one can accomplish on a shoestring budget, the prowess of the film's central performers and whether it is a blessing or a curse to have a cameo with Alec Guinness in your back pocket.
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In this episode of the show we "dance with the devil, but the devil don't change" as we talk 8MM. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the pros and cons of getting a hot box office star to be in your movie, Joel Schumacher's run of late 90s oddities, the idea of remaking Hardcore, and what happens when you get the writer of Se7en to write your movie and then try to make it palatable for general audiences.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are tying into our August porn-adjacent explorations by talking about the one and only Boogie Nights. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Paul Thomas Anderson as a wunderkind of the 90s Indie Revolution, the challenge of doing a Scorsese-esque epic about the world of pornography, Mark Wahlberg's dramatic chops, Don Cheadle's cowboy energy and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about Paul Schrader's Hardcore as we begin our August journey through porn-adjacent days of summer. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how much this movie owes to The Searchers, how hard it must be for Paul Schrader to shake off Taxi Driver, how the movie might be autobiographical in places and how it would have been a different beast if the original ending was kept. We also talk about Schrader's lens he uses to portray the lurid nightlife of LA, the perils of religiosity, the horror of sitting down in a grindhouse cinema, and that Peter Boyle plays the best private detective in the world!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are continuing our Soderbergh journey by talking about Magic Mike. Over the course of our chat you will hear us wonder about the differences between a male and female gaze, the idea of hiding a solemn story about the American Dream under the guise of a glitzy romp, Matthew McConaughey's devotion to his craft, Channing Tatum's charm, and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are touching base with our ongoing Soderbergh project by talking about Haywire. Over the course of our chat you will hear us try to figure out if this is Soderbergh's The Bourne Ultimatum or The Ipcress File, marvel at Gina Carano's athletic prowess, and share a few comments about her acting skills, too. We also talk about exposition-free plotting, Bill Paxton's alpha energy, Ewan McGregor's chops as a villain and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are putting a bow on our short exploration of the professional partnership between Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner by talking about the 1995 Waterworld! Joined by our special guest Jackson Boren, the widely recognized defender of this movie, we discuss the lore surrounding this film's troubled production, the story of how the two Kevins fell out of love with each other and how this movie functions as a western, a Mad Max ripoff and an environmentalist cautionary tale. We also talk about how to correctly pee into a cup, opine on the Ulysses Cut, share some hot takes about world-building and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our ongoing 2023 John Cassavetes, we are finally talking about this filmmaker's most acclaimed work, the 1974 A Woman Under The Influence. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about capturing life on film using documentary techniques, the many imperfections of human relationships, the horrors of toxic family members, how this movie broke Cassavetes, and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are discussing the first collaboration between Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner, which was also Reynolds' feature debut, the 1985 Fandango! Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how this movie fits within the grand legacy of Hollywood hangout movies, how it relates the Vietnam War-era anxieties, and how it also may have something to say about the filmmaker's own life experiences. We also touch on the genesis of Costner as a maverick star, rogue filmmaking and the crazy idea of expanding a short movie in two directions at once!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are pairing our Bonus podcast to a complement this month's theme on the professional partnership between Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner. Therefore, it is only logical to take a stab (or maybe fire an arrow at it) at their biggest box office success, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Kevin Costner being out of shape, Kevin Reynolds maybe being out of his depth, the accent debacle, Alan Rickman unhinged, and a possibility this movie owes more to Return of the Jedi than meets the eye.
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In this episode of the show we are preparing for the upcoming theatrical release of Oppenheimer by talking by Christopher Nolan's arguably most underappreciated movie, the 2022 Insomnia. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about what potentially drew Nolan to the project, why Steven Soderbergh may have passed on it, Robin Williams' era of playing against type, the movie as a second cousin to Heat, the setting giving the story an upside-down feel, and much more!
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In this episode of the show we take on a duo of Steven Soderbergh's underrated 2009 releases - The Girlfriend Experience and The Informant! Over the course of our chat - which turned out to be a massive reunion recording - you will hear us talk about the thematic depth of an otherwise lean indie film, Sasha Grey's dramatic range, Matt Damon's comedic chops, Richard Lester, movies about people who think they are in movies, subtle winks at cinephiles and more!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, our Soderbergh project leads us to re-open the pandemic wounds as we discuss Contagion. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how this movie got a lot of stuff right, the idea of making science a thrilling subject, the success of a lead-less narrative, Jude Law as an early example of a Rogan-esque influencer and much more!
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In this episode of the show, our June Jaunt through Michael Crichton work comes to a close with a discussion on his 1978 medical thriller Coma. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder why this movie wasn't a bigger hit, whether star power is what Crichton needed, if the movie functions as a feminist metaphor for dismantling the patriarchy, an indictment of a for-profit healthcare model, or both and if it is even remotely acceptable to eat a sandwich during an autopsy.
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our ongoing 2023 John Cassavetes, at its halfway point to be exact, we are talking about Minnie and Moskowitz. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how this movie came together as a rebound after Husbands, how it functions as an antithetic romantic comedy and how it dismantles the Hollywood fakery. We also wonder what Minnie sees in Seymour, whether he is an obnoxious bum or a loveable rogue and what it is exactly that endears some of us to this movie more than others.
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In this episode of the show, Michael Cricht-June continues with The Andromeda Strain, a Robert Wise-directed first-ever adaptation Crichton's debut novel. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the shifting sands of science-fiction, Wise putting himself outside of his comfort zone, the idea of science-fact as an alternative to science-fiction, how the movie connects to the COVID pandemic, how it depicts scientific processes in cinematic way, our thoughts on the frequent deployment of split diopters and if lasers can give you a concussion!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this bonus bonus tie-in episode we are piggy-backing off of our last week's celebratory Jurassic Park chat and jumping into some more Spielberg in anticipation of the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. We are talking about Raiders of the Lost Ark, the anatomy of a set piece driven spectacle, Harrison Ford's charisma, snakes, Nazis and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are opening what we jokingly call Michael Cricht-June, a short series of episodes devoted to the work of Michael Crichton. Therefore, it only makes sense to start with his directorial feature debut Westworld, as well as the 1976 follow-up to this movie, Futureworld. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Westworld as a protoplast to Jurassic Park, you will hear us wonder if this is a disaster movie, a speculative fiction, a proto-slasher or a combination of all three, and also how its inventiveness filtered into the culture and inspired many other filmmakers. In addition, we also talk Futureworld and its doomed mission to follow up an instant classic, Peter Fonda's hair, Yul Brynner invading your dreams and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month, we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the release of Jurassic Park by, well, talking about it. This episode ties together with our main show conversation about the other dinosaur cloning movie released in the same year, Carnosaur. Over the course of our chat you will hear us marvel at Spielberg's directorial flair, ponder about the popularity of dinosaurs in general, explore the science beneath the movie and even poke a few holes in this otherwise perfect cinematic spectacle.
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In this episode of the show, we are marking the impending 30th anniversary of the release of Jurassic Park by talking about a movie that kinda ripped it off... a month ahead of its release, no less - Carnosaur. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about why this movie even exists, the business savvy of one Roger Corman, the career choices of one Diane Ladd, doing practical effects on the cheap, our nostalgic connection to video store schlock and of course, how Carnosaur connects to Spielberg's juggernaut!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are taking on the epic saga of Che that once again brought together Steven Soderbergh and Benicio del Toro. As we discuss this beast of a movie, conveniently divided into two parts, we talk about its doomed theatrical release, the intricacies of its production, Soderbergh's idea of a big prestige spectacle, reinventing the biopic and wondering how exactly this movie connects to the larger body of cinema.
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In this episode of the show, we are stopping over at the Soderbergh Station to talk about The Good German. Over the course of our chat you will hear us wonder why this movie was made, if it is an elaborate experiment and a directorial challenge or a genuine attempt to tell a compelling story, George Clooney's classic leading man appeal, Cate Blanchett as a modern-day Marlene Dietrich, Tobey Maguire's cheeky energy and much more!
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In this very special bonus episode of our show we had a pleasure to talk with Michael Lehmann, the director of Hudson Hawk, Heathers, Airheads and many other movies and TV shows! Over the course of our conversation you will hear him talk about how Hudson Hawk came together, what it was like to work with Bruce Willis and why perhaps people didn't get the movie at the time. We also talk about his most recent project The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, his take on comedy, inspirations, recollections of what Hollywood was like back in the day and what it's like now and much, much more! We had an absolute blast speaking with Michael and we hope you will have as much fun listening to this too!
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In this episode of the show, we are robbing auction houses to the tune of elevator jazz as we talk Hudson Hawk! Over the course of our chat you will hear us wonder how this movie came together and how nobody got it at the time. We also try to figure out what this movie is at its core, identify its comedic roots, applaud Bruce Willis' timing, the wackiness of the movie's ideas and how it purposefully undercuts itself with serious action when you least expect it. We also give a final verdict on whether Andie McDowell should pretend she's a dolphin ever again and if mailing yourself to the Vatican is a good idea.
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Here's a short teaser of the fifth episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes Marathon we are talking about Husbands, his 1970 follow-up to Faces. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie came together, how the world rejected it and... how the world was wrong to do so. We also talk about midlife crises, getting to grip with your own mortality, finding a place in the world as a man and if we could be friends with any of these three bozos.
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our journey through 90s capers as we are talking about Sneakers. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this genre mishmash works in the first place, we comment on the ensemble comedy aspect of the film, its dense plotting, Ben Kingsley's running skills, David Strathairn's superpowers and more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month, we are bolstering our little journey through 90s heist movies by talking about perhaps the definitive caper of the decade, Michael Mann's Heat. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us recount our personal stories connected to the movie, talk about the iconic showdown of talent between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, wax poetic about the realism in Mann's cinema, ponder about woes of masculinity and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are beginning our May mini-journey through 90s heist movies with Wes Anderson's debut Bottle Rocket. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Wes Anderson's artistic collaboration with Owen Wilson, how his style developed and where it began, whether the move is a heist movie at all, whether it is autobiographical in nature and - most importantly - you will hear us theorize about what the title of the movie even means in the first place.
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, are taking on the trifecta of Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, three of Soderbergh's most profitable movies! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Soderbergh's approach to constructing set pieces, the idea of freshening up the blockbuster landscape with an ensemble piece, the free-wheeling chemistry between its leads, breakdancing through lasers, the difficult art of generating suspense by way of a procedural, Don Cheadle's infamous accent and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our journey through the cinema of Steven Soderbergh as we talk his 2002 re-adaptation of Solaris. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the allure of making a sci-fi spectacle and rubbing shoulders with Tarkovsky, using a genre template as a vehicle for a psychological drama, the idea of Solaris as a fully functional allegory the viewers did not appreciate at the time, the place of spirituality in a scientist's life, George Clooney as an introspective lead and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are blasting into the stratosphere together with Joe Johnston's The Rocketeer! Listen as we put a bow on our April trek through 90s superheroes, marvel at this film's Spielbergian energy, talk about Nazi blimps in America and the technical accuracy of flying with a rocket strapped to your back, Howard Hughes, The Rocketeer as a family-friendly piece of Americana, the woes of making a Disney movie a bit more edgy and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the second episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes marathon, we talk about Faces, John Cassavetes' return to indie filmmaking. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us marvel at the believability of the character work, the nuanced portrayal of a disintegrating marriage, the vagaries of a midlife crisis, the subtle art of communication and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about The Shadow and The Phantom, two 90s adaptations of comic strips from the 1930s. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Tim Burton's Batman incentivized Hollywood to look for other superheroes from the past, Alec Baldwin as a Bruce Wayne-esque leading man, the tonal shifts in The Shadow, the idea of wearing a purple onesie in the jungle, Billy Zane's short stint at the top of the world, the idea of 90s oddities inspiring Christopher Nolan, ripping off Spielberg and much more!
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Featuring: Hillary White
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In this episode of the show, we are embarking on our April journey through 90s superheroes as we talk about Sam Raimi's Darkman. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Raimi as a studio filmmaker, Liam Neeson as a leading man, Darkman as a synthesis of Universal Monsters and Tim Burton's Batman, the difficulty of manufacturing an icon and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month, in connection to our theme of 90s superheroes explored on the main show, we decided to tie into it with a conversation about Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, the movie without which the 90s superhero craze wouldn't have taken off the ground at all. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Batman as a movie rooted in expressionism and noir, Jack Nicholson's comedic genius, Tim Burton's idiosyncratic singularity that gives the movie its unique charm, Michael Keaton as a superhero material and much more!
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It's the first Friday of the month so we are checking in at the Soderbergh Hotel to talk about some of his less well known films. In this episode we are taking a look at Full Frontal, Bubble and Eros, in which Soderbergh contributed a vignette to accompany one from Wong Kar Wai and one from Michelangelo Antonioni. Over the course of our rich and meandering conversation you will hear us talk about Soderbergh revisiting his absurdist ideas in Full Frontal, consolidating his directorial voice as an cinematic experimentalist, Bubble as a soulful piece of social realism, stepping up to the challenge of working with non-actors, subverting the expectations of a horny short with his work on Eros, and much more.
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are trying to stay on top of the tightly woven labyrinth of stories that make up Traffic, Soderbergh's most acclaimed movie to date. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about colour-coding a movie, Soderbergh consolidating his filmmaking voice, the idea of transcending the remit of an afterschool special, the wonderful talents of Miguel Ferrer and Benicio del Toro and the many addictions we can fall victim to!
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In this episode of the show, we are marking the 30th anniversary of Brandon Lee's untimely passing by talking about his final film, The Crow. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the movie as a mixture of a cathartic revenge fantasy and a gothic love story, Brandon Lee's iconic portrayal of Eric Draven as compared to Heath Ledger's take on Joker in The Dark Knight, Alex Proyas' knack for visual storytelling, The Crow as related to Tim Burton's Batman, The Matrix and John Wick and much more. We hope that with this conversation combined with a whole month devoted to his work, we will have given Brandon Lee a salute he is owed by the world.
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Here's a short teaser of the second episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes marathon, we take a look at the other of Cassavetes' early studio efforts, A Child Is Waiting starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland and Gena Rowlands. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the naturalism of the kids hired to be in the film, the parental woes of boomers, the glee of watching kids perform in a school play, the different approaches to care and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are taking our Brandon Lee journey to the next level as we talk his 1992 Rapid Fire. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Brandon Lee channeling Jackie Chan, his maturation to become a bona fide action star, the film's meta connection with real life, Powers Boothe playing a good guy for a change, the oddity of navel kissing to the tune of 80s rock, the sheer talent needed to sketch a full-on dragon to complement a nude live subject in art class, and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are continuing our trek through the cinema of Brandon Lee as we talk about Showdown in Little Tokyo. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the buddy cop energy of this movie, Brandon channeling Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren as an underrated action man, the latent homoerotic energy of the movie, the idea of Showdown in Little Tokyo being a parody of itself and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are beginning our March journey through the cinema of Brandon Lee, the 30th anniversary of whose death we will be marking at the end of the month. Therefore, we start by talking about his first two feature films, Legacy of Rage and Laser Mission. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Brandon desiring not to live in his father's shadow, how Bolo Yeung anointed him for greatness, Hong Kong cinema as an outlet for passionate amateurs wishing they were doing Hollywood movies, Brandon Lee as a master of disguise, his appeal as a James Bond stand-in, a proper way to test a guillotine and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are blowing the whistle on Erin Brockovich, a prestige drama married to an investigative thriller that earned Julia Roberts a Best Actress Oscar. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Soderbergh's time in the spotlight, the importance of knowing when to let the actors do their thing, the parenting drama at the core of this story and whether this movie is Soderbergh's All The President's Men, his Rocky, or both.
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In this episode of the show, we are making our monthly stop over at the Soderbergh station to talk about The Limey, a visually audacious take on an archetypal revenge thriller starring Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Soderbergh settling into a groove, the notion of experimenting with a revenge narrative, Terence Stamp's magnificent hair and if the movie as a whole is a touching (or maybe dark) commentary on paternal abandonment.
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In this episode of the show, we are putting a lid on our February theme of sequels to Best Picture winners by talking about The Evening Star, the sequel to the 1983 Terms of Endearment. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about what makes a movie an Oscar Bait, whether Terms of Endearment required a sequel in the first place, who the character of Aurora can appeal to, the importance of authenticity in trying to tell stories about human drama and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the second episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this episode of our 2023 John Cassavetes marathon, we continue our odyssey through the work of this maverick director by talking about his sophomore feature Too Late Blues. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Cassavetes going to Hollywood, the idea of trying to bring freshness into the stale studio filmmaking, the vagaries of dealing with producers, the movie as an autobiographical confessional, Cassavetes learning visual direction and the crisis of masculinity.
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In this episode of the show, joined by a special guest Ian Schultz to talk about French Connection II, the sequel to one of the best movies of all time. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about, following up true greatness, John Frankenheimer's directorial style, his relationship with William Friedkin, the idea of making movies by going places and doing stuff, and if you hang out for long enough you may also hear a think or two about Captain Ahab and Brian Wilson, too.
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In this episode of the show, we are starting our February series on sequels to Best Picture winners by talking about They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!, a sequel to the 1967 In the Heat of the Night. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder why and how this movie came together in the first place, whether Virgil Tibbs is enough of a Columbo to sustain a franchise, if the people who made this movie knew what made the original great in the first place and more. We also opine over Tibbs' parenting skills, his pillow talk and whether prestige movies deserve sequels in the first place.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our monthly Tie-in series, we are heading to the Deep South to explore the racial tensions of the late 1960s in the Best Picture-winning In the Heat of the Night in connection to our February series on sequels to Oscar-winning movies. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the iconic stature of Sidney Poitier, the film as an example of cinema in transition, the slap heard around the world, Chief Gillespie's insecurities and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are again cutting deep into Soderbergh's filmography as we talk about his two mid-90s movies The Underneath and Schizopolis. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about deconstructing noir, following the post-QT trends, the importance of characters in a template-based story, New Wave deconstructionism, Richard Lester as a comedy genius, Soderbergh's high-IQ self-awareness and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are continuing our journey through Steven Soderbergh's filmography by stopping over at Prestige Station and talking about King of the Hill. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the allure of coming-of-age stories, Soderbergh's decision to do a period piece about The Great Depression, the dangers of imitating Spielberg and eating pictures of food.
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about Space Rage, a microbudget space western from 1985 starring Richard Farnsworth. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about what makes cheap trashy movies likeable and equally what makes some of them unappealing, the power of passion behind the camera making up for budgetary shortcomings, the long tradition of low-fi knock-offs of big blockbusters and how - if at all - Space Rage fits within the legacy of Mad Max.
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Here's a short teaser of the first episode of the 2023 edition of Uncut Gems Marathons where we will - one by one - re-trace the directorial career of John Cassavetes. In this show, we are officially starting with his 1959 debut feature, Shadows. Over the course of our conversation, you will hear us talk about Cassavetes as a cultural icon, the movie as an early example of indie filmmaking, the guerilla style of how it was made, the pros and cons of improvising a script and why - at least to some of us - this movie is like jazz.
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In this episode of the show, we are talking about Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as part of our 80s space western January expedition. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie fits into the legacy of Star Wars, how it borrows a thing or two from The Road Warrior, and how it sets up a few things for Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome to draw from. We also talk about Ernie Hudson's muscles, Peter Strauss as Harrison Ford you can afford and the problematic nature of aggressive shampooing your sidekicks among other things.
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In this episode of the show, we are opening our short January series on 80s space westerns by talking about Outland. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Sean Connery transitioning from the leading man to a stately old man, Peter Hyams as an underrated voice in the genre space, the idea of staging a western in space, the film's characteristically organic approach to world-building, the allure of space racquetball and more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our Bonus Tie-in series we are connecting our conversation to the upcoming show about Outland by talking about its predecessor, the 1952 High Noon. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the art of building suspense and the science of successfully releasing it, the idea of revisionist western before such a term existed, the many thematic templates one can map onto this movie, Gary Cooper as a leading man and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are cutting deep into Soderbergh's filmography and examining one of his more underrated movies, the sophomore feature Kafka. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this movie can function as a biopic, how its structure relates to Franz Kafka's real life, the inspirations drawn from Orson Welles and Terry Gilliam and how, if at all, Kafka can be enjoyed by anyone.
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Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. And where else should we start if not at the beginning? Therefore, we are talking about his ground-breaking debut Sex, Lies and Videotape! Over the course of our chat you will hear us wonder about the importance of this movie coming out at the end of 1980s, Steven Soderbergh's process, the breadth of thematic space hiding in what amounts to ah homage to Mike Nichols and much more!
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We are closing the year by talking about Ghostbusters 2! Join us and hear us discuss whether this movie can hold the candle to the 1984 original, if Vigo is a better villain than Gozer, whether the chemistry between the boys is still there and if the comedy lands the way it did. We also discuss the thematic relevance of the brand, the logistics of having the Statue of Liberty become a Godzilla for one hour, argue over Peter MacNicol's vibe and openly disagree about one particular joke!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our Bonus Tie-in series - the last one in 2022 - we are charging our proton packs and balming up on our Tobin's Spirit Guide as we are talking about the 1984 Ghostbusters! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the lightning in a bottle that was the early 80s SNL crew, the miraculous taming of Dan Aykroyd's writing, Ivan Reitman's knack for knowing when to let the camera roll, the importance of Winston as the everyman, the movie's Republican vibe mixed with a Taxi Driver energy and more!
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Here's a short teaser of the twelfth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. With this episode, our year-long adventure is coming to a close! To cap off the twelve months of comprehensively discussing David Lynch's filmography we are driving back to the misty forests of Twin Peaks to talk about the 2017 addition to the series, namely Twin Peaks: The Return! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about David Lynch reinventing television again, successfully introducing cinema into an episodic format, the satire within the series, the multitude of themes critiquing the world around us, Laura Palmer as a biblical figure, The Wizard of Oz connections, David Lynch's horny input and much more!
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In this landmark 100th episode of the show we are talking about Joe Dante's Gremlins 2! Joined by a special guest we wonder what makes Joe Dante tick, marvel at the insanity of this movie, ask if Gremlins 2 is the last 80s comedy or the first 90s comedy and wonder where in the film the line lies, the crossing of which will leave the viewer desensitized to the mayhem on the screen!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our Bonus Tie-in series we are getting into a Christmas spirit by talking about Joe Dante's Gremlins! Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the difficult balancing act of making a horror comedy, the ridiculousness of the Gremlin rules, the movie as a satire on consumerism and what makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie!
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In this episode of the show we are discussing the 1989 Leviathan, a George P. Cosmatos-directed addition to the short run of horrors set under water. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us compare this movie to Deepstar Six and The Abyss, discuss Peter Weller's allure, debate which of these Alien knock-offs works better, wonder if the score isn't a bit too Christmasy for its own good and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our Bonus Tie-in series we are talking about The Abyss in connection to our short series of podcasts about thrills under the sea. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us opine over the infamously difficult production of this movie, James Cameron's ego, the many problems of the unfinished director's cat, the drama behind the spectacle and the ramifications of getting cats to breathe under water.
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In this episode of the show we are snorkelling in Bermuda together with Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw as we talk about The Deep. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder about what could potentially have made this story a bit more compelling, if it is a result of Peter Benchley's post-Jaws ego, if it is in fact a fantasy prequel to Jaws about Quint's stay in the Bermuda, and if there is a possibility a Bond film is taking place wherever the camera isn't pointed.
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In this episode of the show we are diving into the depths of underwater cinema as we are launching a miniseries on thrillers set against the backdrop of oceanic expanses. And we are starting off with Deepstar Six. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the film's obvious connection to Alien and Aliens, how its lived-in sets aid in audience immersion, the importance of designing a memorable creature, Miguel Ferrer as the MVP of the film and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the twelfth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. In this episode of our 2022 David Lynch Marathon we are diving head first down the rabbit hole of David Lynch's nightmarish thoughtscape as we talk about Inland Empire. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Lynch's newfound fascination with digital filmmaking, taking complete control over his process, shooting in Poland, whether the movie is an epilogue to his career and whether it is perhaps too impenetrable and personal to be interrogated by an unprepared viewer.
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In this episode of the show we are joined once again by our good buddy Jackson Boren to talk about Toy Soldiers!!! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about why we think this movie has disappeared from the popular consciousness despite being engineered to resonate with young adults, the short-lived directorial career of Daniel Petrie Jr., the romantic allure of the 80s and 90s villains, practical effects, squibs and military hardware, Sean Astin's Samwise Gamgee energy, the importance of having a switched-on henchman and much more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Jackson Boren (@JacksonBoren)
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. In this episode of our Bonus Tie-in series we are talking about Dead Poets Society in connection to our upcoming show on Toy Soldiers. Join us as together with a very special guest we decode the poetry between the lines of this movie, marvel at Robin Williams' singular acting chops, attempt to re-evaluate Mr Perry's parenting skills, wonder if it isn't too dangerous to open teenage minds too much and whether this 30-year-old movie can speak to younger audiences today.
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our double bill of actors-turned-directors doing a martial arts film with Keanu Reeves' Man of Tai Chi. Joined by our good buddy Jak we wonder what pushed Keanu Reeves to step behind the camera and why he never returned to do another movie. You will also hear us talk about the influences behind the movie, the Wachowski factor, whether the movie is too complex for its own good or if it is perfect the way it is, if it functions as a martial arts Truman Show, and most importantly we ask if Keanu Reeves' direction makes martial artists look cool.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Nicolò Grasso & Randy Burrows
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In this episode of the show we are talking about the JCVD-directed The Quest! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about JCVD as a filmmaker, his feud with Steven Seagal, splits or lack thereof, the movie as a best-of reel of JCVD's career and a summation of his favourite movies, James Remar explaining what's happening on the screen, Roger Moore as a pirate and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are tying our bonus discussion to the upcoming duet of episodes on martial arts movies and one cannot talk about karate chops and weird tournaments in secluded locations without mentioning Enter The Dragon. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about our history with Bruce Lee (or lack thereof), the movie as a James Bond knock-off, Bruce Lee's legendary stature as an inspiration for youngsters to practice kicks and make shuriken in shop class, the iconic final set piece of the movie, emotional content and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show together with our special guest Rafael Felix we are exploring the thematic landscape hiding beneath Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder whether the political context of the film is needed at all, if it is easy to spot Tilda Swinton in an old man make-up, and how this movie relates to Dario Argento's original. We also talk about motherhood, slow-cooked horror, what it means to be a witch, biblical allegories, the power of love and much more!
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Featuring: Rafael Felix (@rjrfelix)
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our good buddy Jak to talk about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the movie's wildly singular energy, how it detaches itself from the iconic predecessor with its tone and approach to violence, the various connotations suggesting it attempts to be a comedy and how Rob Zombie must be in love with this movie! We also wonder how it must have been for Dennis Hopper to star in this movie, if Caroline Williams is Jamie Lee Curtis you can afford, and the notion of putting up Christmas lights in your cannibal lair to make it a bit more homely.
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Here's a short teaser of the eleventh episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. In this episode of our 2022 David Lynch Marathon we are wallowing in our nightmares as we attempt to unpack the horror of Mulholland Drive. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the film's status as one of the most important movies ever made, connections to Lynch's wider body of work, the allure of Naomi Watts, Angelo Badalamenti's table manners and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our good buddy Kyle to talk about the infamous Nothing But Trouble, a movie that quite literally broke Dan Aykroyd's career. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to decide if it is more a comedy or a horror, how it connects to the popculture at large, and how it was perhaps ahead of its time in terms of its comedic sensibilities. We also wonder how little oversight there was on set, how Demi Moore must have felt a bit out of her depth in this scenario, how Chevy Chase's allure may be an acquired taste and how John Candy's everyman energy may or may not be the film's saving grace.
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Featuring: Kyle Krieghbaum (@KyleKrieghbaum) of Kyle & Jordan's Cinema Shakedown (@CinemaShakedown)
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. The second bonus tie-in of this month is dedicated to Dario Argento's Suspiria in connection to our upcoming episode on Luca Guadagnino's notorious remake over on the main show. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the disconnect between the film's popularity abroad and in Italy, whether it functions as an extension of giallo, a fable or something else, and if it has enough meat on the bone to satisfy the desires of a seasoned genre aficionado. You will also hear us opine on Udo Kier's charm (again), weird James Bond connotations and Jessica Harper's convenient sleepiness.
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CONTENT WARNING! This episode contains a conversation about two graphic exploitation movies full of violence, sexual violence and other depravity, and the conversation does not stray away from these subjects. Listener discretion is advised.
In this episode of the show we are joined by our good buddies Kevin and Erin, hosts of The Podcast That Wouldn't Die, to talk about two movies directed by Paul Morrisey and starring Udo Kier, Flesh For Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder whether these folks knew how to make movies, whether they aimed to take inspiration from softcore pornography and whether anyone should pay attention to any and all social commentary embedded within their narratives. We also take stock of Udo Kier's career, wonder why Joe Dallesandro had one to begin with, marvel at the gross-out violence on display and even postulate that a certain Monty Python movie may have ripped off the iconic ending of Blood For Dracula.
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Featuring: Kevin and Erin from The Podcast That Wouldn't Die (@TPodcastTWDie and @QueenErin)
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are tying our bonus episode to the upcoming Halloween when we will talk about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as well as Nothing But Trouble. Therefore, we thought it was high time we discussed Tobe Hooper's classic that redefined the genre of horror for decades to come. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the sub-textual horror of this movie, its immense cultural footprint, Gunnar Hansen's dirty costume, Ed Gein's Sunday hobbies and the dangers of running with a chainsaw!
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In this episode of the show we are taking on Out of Sight, a Steven Soderbergh vehicle starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel of the same name. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the 90s Indie Revival getting some Hollywood polish, George Clooney's boyish charm, the American Dream and its romantic relationship with outlaws, Don Cheadle's accent and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about 52 Pick-Up, a John Frankenheimer-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's pulpy neo-noir starring Roy Scheider. Joined by a very special guest Sarah Buddery, we explore the sleazy underworld of Leonard's prose, we marvel at Roy Scheider's acting range and John Frankenheimer directorial immediacy, comment on the troublesome treatment of female characters, wonder whether Hardcore and Taxi Driver exist in the same universe with this movie and how 52 Pick-Up was perhaps doomed to become a cult film stuck between two eras in genre filmmaking.
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Featuring: Sarah Buddery (Let's Jaws For a Minute Podcast)
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Here's a short teaser of the tenth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. In this episode of our 2022 David Lynch Marathon we are powering up our lawnmowers and ploughing through the fields of reflection and emotional depth as we talk about The Straight Story. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wax poetic about Richard Farnsworth's portrayal of Alvin Straight, David Lynch's connection to small town USA, men's mental health, Wizard of Oz, Lynch's Cinematic Universe and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about the 1994 adventure thriller The River Wild starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn. Joined by a special guest, Jackson Boren, we talked about Meryl Streep as an underrated female action hero, Kevin Bacon ambiguous energy, the intricacy of the screenwriting laying out its exposition, the movie encapsulating a breadth of marriage therapy notes, nature as a villain and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we are tying our retrospective to our September mini-collaboration with Death by Adaptation Podcast where we'll be talking about a bunch of Elmore Leonard adaptations, most of which fall into the sub-genre of neo-noir. Therefore, we thought it would be cool to talk about three other modern neo-noir films and it just so happens that The Coen Brothers have been frequently revisiting this genre themselves. We chose Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing and The Man Who Wasn't There and we spent a good few hours discussing The Coens' visual penchant for fetishizing settings and eras, arguing if Miller's Crossing is a perfect story or if it's perhaps bloated with plot, and wondering if The Man Who Wasn't There may have been a bit too self-indulgent for its own good.
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our little impromptu James Caan commemoration special - in addition to last week's Freebie and the Bean - by talking about another 1974 movie he starred in, The Gambler. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about The New Hollywood making a mark on cinema, Axel Freed as an idle rich kid seeking thrills, Burt Young's casual destructive capabilities, listening to the radio in the cinema, and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are remembering James Caan, who recently passed away, by talking about one of his least talked about starring roles, the 1974 Freebie and the Bean. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the chemistry between Alan Arkin and James Caan, Richard Rush's particular directorial flair, the genesis of a buddy cop movie, what Roger Ebert termed a 'wunza movie' and much more!
This episode is released in collaboration with Classics at City Cinema, with whom Randy will be co-hosting a screening of Freebie and the Bean on 9th September 2022 in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada! If you live in the area, head over there, watch this movie on the big screen and get a chance to win some Uncut Gems swag!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are tying our bonus episode to the upcoming double bill on Elmore Leonard adaptations which will take place on our main show in collaboration with Death By Adaptation Podcast. As such, we decided to review the first Elmore Leonard adaptation, Martin Ritt's Hombre. Join us and listen as we wonder if this is indeed a revisionist western, marvel at Paul Newman's effortless bravado, and try to figure out what this movie is missing to truly take flight.
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In this episode of the show we are tying a bow on the A-Woo-Gust series by talking about the last film John Woo made in Hollywood, namely Paycheck. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Ben Affleck as a leading man, Paycheck as a Hitchcockian thriller, a decade of adapting Philip K. Dick, the long-extinct mid-budget genre counter-programming, Aaron Eckhart as an underwhelming villain and much more!
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In this episode of the show A-Woo-Gust carries on with John Woo's WWII drama Windtalkers! Joined by a special guest, Darryl Edge of the Cage/Rage Podcast, we embarked on a journey to find beauty in the muddy trenches of Saipan. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder whether Woo glorifies or condemns the war, talk about Nic Cage as a brooding veteran tasked with the impossible, the allure of practical pyrotechnics, Oscar-baity sanitized portrayals of racism and much more.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Nicolò Grasso
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Here's a short teaser of the ninth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. In this episode of our David Lynch Marathon, we are getting lost in the symbolism of Lost Highway, talk about the abundant noir iconography, listening to new jazz as a controversial pastime, the dread of personalized darkness through Peter Deming's lens and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of an older recording of ours we made for Clapper's old Patreon account in August 2021 to commemorate the anniversary of Tony Scott's untimely passing. We are now making it available for our patrons so head over there to listen to the whole recording and join us as we talk about Tony Scott's movies (Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide, True Romance and Domino) and celebrate the memory of the true uncut gem of cinema.
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In this episode of the show we are taking A-Woo-Gust into overdrive as we are talking Face/Off, John Woo's wild and unhinged take on Freaky Friday with doves, Mexican stand-offs and planes crashed into hangars well before Christopher Nolan arrived at the scene. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the allegories embedded in the film, the duality of men, practical stunts in Hollywood, Michael Bay as a John Woo disciple, Nicolas Cage as meme material and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are tying into the A-Woo-Gust series on our regular show by tackling arguable the biggest success in John Woo's career and the movie which paved the way for his arrival in Hollywood - Hard Boiled. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about Woo's approach to violence, whether it is a personal movie in any respect, the unhinged magic of Hong Kong cinema, the idea of remaking this movie in Hollywood and whether it would look any good and much, much more!
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A-Woo-Gust, a month-long series of episodes where we will talk about John Woo and the movies he made in Hollywood, continues in this week's episode! We are talking about the 1996 Broken Arrow! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Travolta's brief stint at the top of the food chain, the importance of hooks in a blockbuster narrative, doves and lack thereof, spaghetti westerns, Travolta's thermonuclear peepee and more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Nicolò Grasso & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Cordero Meznarich
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we are tying our retrospective to the A-Woo-Gust series currently ongoing on our regular show, where we devoted the month of August to talk about John Woo's Hollywood movies. In here, we decided to round up three movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme directed by Hong Kong filmmakers. Thus, we chose Maximum Risk, Double Team and Knock Off. Over the course of this conversation you will hear us dive deep into JCVD's career, transplanting Hong Kong cinema into Hollywood, the allure of Rob Schneider, the post-Space Jam era of hiring high profile athletes to star in action movies and more!
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In this episode of the show we are launching A-Woo-Gust, a month-long series of episodes where we will talk about John Woo and the movies he made in Hollywood! We are starting with the iconic Hard Target starring the iconic JCVD and his iconic greasy mullet! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Hong Kong cinema, spaghetti westerns, Lance Henriksen on fire, JCVD as a detective, punching snakes, surfing on bikes, roundhouse kicks, dismantling grenades and much more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Nicolò Grasso & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Kevin and Erin from The Podcast That Wouldn't Die (@TPodcastTWDie and @QueenErin)
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In this episode of the show we are going on a mission into space to stop a comet from hitting our planet... while following a paranoid conspiracy thriller... and watching Elijah Wood get married way too young. That is we are talking Deep Impact, a Mimi Leder-directed less talked about competitor to the 1998 Armageddon! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about injecting drama into disaster movies, injecting disasters into dramas, the idea of stretching the narrative too thin, Bobby Duvall as an absolute scene-stealer and much more!
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In this behemoth of a show we are putting a bow on our Animal Attack Summer series by talking about not one, not two, not three, but four movies, including ALL Jaws sequels (Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and Jaws: The Revenge) as well as one of the earliest and most direct ripoffs of the 1975 classic, the 1977 Orca - The Killer Whale. Joined by a special guest MJ Smith, host of Let's Jaws For a Minute podcast, we talked about the legacy of Jaws, the pitfalls of pandering to the original, the ridiculousness of the 3D gimmick, roaring sharks, an orca John Wick, and much more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: MJ Smith (Let's Jaws For a Minute)
Bonus: At the end of the episode you will find a special dispatch from the road our good buddy Jak-Luke Sharp recorded in lieu of appearing on the podcast, as he ended up stuck in traffic for countless hours and could not be there with us to discuss those movies.
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Animal Attack Summer continues as we talk about the 1978 Piranha and the 1982 Piranha 2: The Spawning. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the arcane art of ripping off Jaws, the idea of throwing the kitchen sink at a movie, Joe Dante making an exploitation film, James Cameron's woes directing (or not) Piranha 2, the inferiority of large amounts of small fish in comparison with one large fish, the camp of Italian filmmaking and much, much more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Jak-Luke Sharp
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In this episode of the show we are continuing Animal Attack Summer and we talk reptiles. This week we are discussing the 1980 Alligator and the 1999 Lake Placid. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us opine on the legacy of Jaws yet again, the Corman-adjacent filmmakers carrying the animal attack torch, the pitfalls of corporate villains, Robert Forster as a Bullitt wannabe, Bridget Fonda's potty mouth, Betty White's potty mouth, Oliver Platt's potty mouth, Brendan Gleeson's creepy pick-up lines and that croc that - as tradition requires - would not work half the time. Join us and get ready to croc and roll!
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch. In this episode of our David Lynch Marathon, we are expanding our conversation on Twin Peaks by talking about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, a feature prequel to the show recounting the final days of Laura Palmer... among other things. Joined by a wonderful guest Joel Bocko (of lostinthemovies.com) we traverse the universe of Twin Peaks, discuss the horror of trauma and abuse hiding beneath the story, opine over the film's connection to the show, the lore it sets up for the future and the multitude of interpretations it invites.
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Featuring: Joel bocko (lostinthemovies.com)
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In this episode of the show we are launching our brand new four-episode series titled Animal Attack Summer where each week we will talk about at least two movies about dangerous animals squaring off against unsuspecting people! This week we are talking about snakes (and a little bit about crocodiles) as we are taking on the 1997 Anaconda together with the fifth sequel in this franchise, a crossover with the Lake Placid series, a made-for-Syfy Lake Placid vs Anaconda. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us talk about Jon Voight's accent, the legacy of Jaws making its way into the 90s, J-Lo's budding acting career, the notion of so-bad-it's-good filmmaking, half-nude women screaming in a forest, Robert Englund's late-career stints and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in June we are taking on the original run of Twin Peaks. In this episode of our David Lynch Marathon, we are continuing the conversation about Twin Peaks by diving head first into Season 2 of this show. Over the course of our chat you will hear us argue whether the show jumped the shark after the mystery of Laura Palmer's death was revealed, which of the myriad tangential subplots we like the most (or dislike the least), what we think about Windom Earle and whether the show took a wrong turn when David Lynch got busy doing other things.
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In this episode of the show we are joined by a fellow kindred spirit Jackson Boren to talk about Judgment Night! Over the course of our long and sprawling conversation you will hear us talk about genre filmmaking in the 90s, Stephen Hopkins as an overlooked genre director of that era, Alan Silvestri borrowing from himself, the famous crossover soundtrack, the idea of making an ensemble piece in the era of an action star and much, much more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Jackson Boren
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Here's a short teaser of the sixth episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in June we are taking on the original run of Twin Peaks. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about our history with Twin Peaks, the tapestry of quirky characters making up the cast of the show, Lynch's return to the dark side of suburbia, and much more! Stay tuned for next week where the discussion will continue with the second season of Twin Peaks. And also look out for our July instalment where we'll devote an entire episode to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me! Tune in and enjoy!
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Here's a short teaser of an older recording of ours we made for Clapper's old Patreon account way back in 2021, where we no longer post any new content. Therefore, we thought it would be a good idea to give this podcast a new home, where it is available to listen for FREE! We talked about four films tied inextricably to The Matrix, i.e. Ghost in the Shell, Dark City, Existenz and The Thirteenth Floor as an added bonus to our then-ongoing series of episodes on the main show. Have a peek here and head over to our Patreon to listen to this conversation and, of course, subscribe for more podcasts and support our passion for movies!
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In this episode of the show we are joined by our good buddy Ewan Gleadow to talk about not one but two movies directed by Uwe Boll: House of the Dead and Postal. Over the course of our wild and totally unhinged conversation you will hear us talk about the vagaries of adapting video games, Uwe Boll's directorial ego and his ability to convince high-flying names to star in his movies, his sense of comedy, whether it is pushing the envelope and if so if it is pushing the envelope down the stairs and much more! Also, if you listen closely you will hear quite a few hot takes that left some of our hosts speechless!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Nicolò Grasso & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Ewan Gleadow
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we are dedicating our mini-retrospective to the memory of Ennio Morricone as we talk about three movies directed by Sergio Corbucci for which he wrote music. These are Navajo Joe, The Mercenary and The Great Silence. Over the course of our sprawling conversation you will hear us talk about how Morricone's music helped to define spaghetti western, how Corbucci brought grit and violence to the genre in a way never seen before him, how these movies use their genre templates to tell stories about modern times and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are finishing our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about the the mostly forgotten 1987 sci-fi thriller The Hidden. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Kyle MacLachlan as an alien, the 80s action as a state of mind, the vagaries of making science-fiction on the cheap, the movie's infrequent yet suggestive special effects, why this movie ended up completely side-lined by popular culture despite both the audiences and the critics liking it at the time and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we are reaching the apex of our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers marathon by talking about the 1982 The Thing, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of its original premiere. Over the course of our wonderful conversation you will hear us talk about the ingenious simplicity of this film, John Carpenter's austere direction, Kurt Russell's beard, environmental storytelling, the breadth of world-building this movie invites the viewer to invest in, Ennio Morricone's terse score and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about the 2011 prequel/stealth remake of John Carpenter's The Thing. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about whether this movie needed to exist in the first place, how it fits in the lore of its predecessor and whether it succeeds in enriching it in any way. We also spend a few minutes talking about the controversial choice to replace the iconic practical special effects with CGI, opine over the film's need to stage a Hollywood ending and that the cast in its own right was too big for its own good. We also wonder who Lars is.
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about The Faculty, a Robert Rodriguez-directed pastiche of science-fiction and horror. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to hash out who had more influence on this project, Robert Rodriguez or Kevin Williamson, whether the trend of 'screamifying' different genres works in the context of a body-snatching romp, if Josh Hartnett's hair is just a bit too distracting for its own good, and much more!
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Host: Jakub Flasz
Featuring Randy Burrows
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In this episode of the show we are continuing our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about Species, a 1995 merger of science-fiction with an erotic thriller. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how much effort and money was spent on this movie and what the return on this investment ended up being, Natasha Henstridge spending most of her time on the screen nude, Alfred Molina's pillow talk, empathy as a superpower, hotel elevators leading straight to hell, Michael Madsen's flashy professionalism and whether Species is closer to Alien or Terminator 2.
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Featuring Randy Burrows
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Here's a short teaser of the third episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in May we are continuing this journey by discussing Wild at Heart. Over the course of our conversation - which was in its own way wild at heart and weird on top - you will hear us talk about David Lynch's brand of Americana, Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage as Bonnie and Clyde, The Wizard of Oz references, the utterly frightening Willem Dafoe and much more.
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In this episode of the show we are officially launching our Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about the 1951 classic, The Thing from Another World. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the struggles of early science-fiction with embracing visual storytelling, how the movie carries over some aspects of a screwball comedy perhaps to its own detriment, how it could have been a Universal Monsters movie, how it became a source of inspiration for John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we are tying our retrospective to our upcoming Shapeshifters and Body Snatchers series by talking about three movies playing within the template left behind Invasion of the Body Snatchers. To this end, we are discussing Shivers by David Cronenberg, Invaders from Mars by Tobe Hooper and Body Snatchers by Abel Ferrara. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how differently these three films treat the subgenre they are toying with, how Shivers functions as a zombie movie, how Invaders from Mars falls on its own sword and how Abel Ferrara reinvents this concept using his brand of elevated cinema verite.
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In this episode of the show we are observing May the 4th celebrations (albeit a bit late) by talking about the 1980 Roger Corman-produced knock-off of Star Wars, namely Battle Beyond the Stars. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the film's various connections to Lucas' movie, how it draws directly from Kurosawa, Sturges and even the Greek mythology, all in addition to hearing us praise James Cameron's art direction and James Horner's score! That's in addition to having a lot of fun at the expense of this trashy B-movie that against all odds became a cult darling over the years!
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In this episode of the show we are marking the anniversary of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's passing by talking about one of his arguably lesser known works, namely Lifeboat. Over the course of our deep and meandering conversation you will hear us talk about the film's single-location gimmick, various bits of drama on set, Canada Lee's magnificent performance, the film functioning both as an anti-Nazi propaganda and a bona fide anti-war effort and much, much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about Mandy, a wildly impressionistic revenge thriller directed by Panos Cosmatos. Over the course of our wildly unhinged conversation you will hear us talk about Nicolas Cage's untamed persona, the film functioning as an arthouse horror, the logic of fantasy interweaving with reality, long takes of people walking through forests, forging cool-looking axes, Charles Manson-esque villains, weird connections to Seven and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the third episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in April we are continuing this journey by discussing Blue Velvet. Over the course of our deep and meandering conversation you will hear us talk about the horror of suburbia, David Lynch's attempt at a conventional neo noir, Kyle MacLachlan's voyeurism, Dennis Hopper's potty mouth and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are talking about Cobra, a Stallone-starring violent thriller directed by George P. Cosmatos. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the cheesy goodness that are Cannon films, use of songs whose lyrics describe what's happening on the screen, The Night Slasher as a villain, Stallone's abundant one-liners, earnest comedy permeating the movie and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we are talking about three movies arguably inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, namely Number 37, Disturbia and Body Double. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to determine which elements of Hitchcock's classic have to be retained and which can be taken out for the film to still remain formally inspired by Rear Window, we will chat about Shia LaBeouf's natural talent, Nosipho Dumisa's knack for gritty thrills, and Brian De Palma's gratuitous sleaze... among other things.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing Red Dawn and Invasion USA, two mid-1980s action thrillers about Soviets invading America. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the importance of giving personality to characters in an ensemble, whether Red Dawn is a cult classic or not, pondering whether real-life pyrotechnics are enough to elevate a movie, if Chuck Norris kicking ass is all that you need from a successful actioner, whether the violence in Invasion USA was pushed a bit too far, and much more!
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In this episode of the show we close our EPALMARCH series a.k.a. 4 DECADES OF DE PALMA by talking about The Black Dahlia, a neo noir adaptation of a James Ellroy novel that ultimately led to De Palma leaving Hollywood for good. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the noir elements of the story, its multiple narrative problems, James Ellroy's place in the process of adapting his novel, De Palma's directorial voice amidst the dense plotting, unidimensionality of the characters and much more!
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Here's a short teaser of the third episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in March we are continuing this journey by discussing Dune. Over the course of our awesome chat you will hear us talk about the trials and tribulations involving bringing Frank Herbert's prose to the screen, how the movie is related to Star Wars, whether it continues to be a timely piece of politically charged science-fiction, and much more.
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In this episode of the show we carry on with our DEPALMARCH series a.k.a. 4 DECADES OF DE PALMA by moving up to the 90s to talk about his 1998 outing Snake Eyes. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us talk about De Palma's indulgences, the well-known single-take sequence, Nicolas Cage's energy, subtle Hitchcockian references, Gary Sinise's charisma, the mysteriously missing original ending to the film and much, much more.
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In this episode of the show we continue our DEPALMARCH marathon also known as 4 DECADES OF DE PALMA by moving up a decade from the 70s to the 80s in order to talk about arguably one of Brian De Palma's most controversial movies, Dressed to Kill. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us talk about De Palma's directorial prowess and a knack for crafting memorable set pieces elevate the movie, how much it owes to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, how it is at its core a deeply personal movie, how it functions as an overt giallo film and much, much more!
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we decided to talk about Dario Argento in connection to our Depalmarch marathon. Out of his vast filmography spanning multiple decades we chose three of his giallo films, namely Deep Red, Tenebrae, and Phenomena. Over the course of our conversation we touched on what defines a giallo film, how Argento relates to Brian De Palma, how he draws from Alfred Hitchcock, his use of Goblin's music and much more.
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In this episode of the show we embark on our DEPALMARCH marathon also known as 4 DECADES OF DE PALMA where we will pick four films directed by Brian De Palma and give them a fair shake. We begin with a conversation about his 1974 absurdist horror rock opera Phantom of the Paradise. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the multitude of references embedded in this film, both literary and cinematic, how it functions as a prescient commentary on the rotten culture of Hollywood, how it is above all an ode to storytellers and their artistic integrity, how it is a bona fide oddball in Brian De Palma's filmography and much more!
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Featuring: Cordero Meznarich
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In this episode of the show we once again dive head-first into the dumpster of cinema to look for unwanted treasures, as we talk about Showgirls, a highly controversial cult classic, universally derided upon its release that only recently has gained some much needed attention. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about this movie being a misunderstood satire and a commentary on the fallacy of the American Dream, Paul Verhoeven's brand of cinematic sleaze, Kyle MacLachlan's hair, Elizabeth Berkley's acting chops and much more!
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In this episode of the show we are joined by Carson Timar and Kyle Krieghbaum in what turned out to be one bizarro chat about Tom Hooper's infamous adaptation of Cats. Over the course of our discussion that eventually veers off the rails you will hear us argue about what went wrong with the production of the film, whether it was the right decision to make Cats realistic, if the film should be enjoyed with all its flaws as a camp experience, and whether it was just the right kind of escapism for the difficult times of the pandemic. That's in addition to a multitude of barbs, jibes and taunts that often decorate some of our more heated conversations!
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Here's a short teaser of the second episode of our Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in February we are continuing this journey by discussing The Elephant Man. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us wonder if the film fits within David Lynch's catalogue, if it functions as a conventional biopic, how it succeeds as a horror film, how it is above all an intricate study on humanism and much more.
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In this episode of the show we are joined by Alina Faulds and Carson Timar to talk about Mamma Mia and its sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Over the course of our heated discussion you will hear us spar over the subjective quality of these movies, their objective place in the pantheon of best musicals ever made, the idea of a jukebox musical as a whole, whether these movies are something more than rom-coms elevated by the timelessness of ABBA's music and much more.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Retrospectives, a monthly series where we pick a handful of movies tied around a specific theme, a filmmaker or an actor and have an honest chat about them. This month we chose to talk about musicals (partly in conjunction with an upcoming short series of musical-themed episodes coming to the main show) with a small twist of discussing the idea of subverting conventionality in the context of a musical. Over the course of our in-depth conversation you will hear us talk about Bob Fosse's All That Jazz and how he managed to weave elements of his own autobiography and meta-commentary on the filmmaking process into a vivid musical fantasy, Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark and his mission to warp the perennial escapist intention of a musical to unsettle the viewer, and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd as an example of an expressionist, genre-tilted musical production.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, arguably her most underrated directorial outing. Over the course of our sprawling, deep and layered conversation we comment on the criticism levelled at Coppola every time she makes a movie, her innate talent to show and not tell, and her ability to draw from her own life experiences in an incredibly relatable manner among other things. We also give some much needed attention to the way Somewhere handles the themes of celebrity, fatherhood and loneliness to craft one of the most interesting stories Coppola ever tackled.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month we chose Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, a genre-bending mash-up of noir and romance filled with layered meta commentary, as a tie-in to our upcoming episode on Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, which airs on 11/02/2022.
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In this episode of the show, we are taking a convict-filled plane to the 90s to talk about Con Air. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us wonder how this movie functions as a distillation of the 90s tropes, how it is a quintessential Jerry Bruckheimer production and how it attempts to capitalize on the success of the early Michael Bay movies. We also share quite a few laughs at the expense of the film's writing choices, characterizations and some elements of its aesthetic that perhaps didn't age very well over time.
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In this episode of the show, we are waltzing all the way back to the year 2000 as we discuss the last film Paul Verhoeven made in Hollywood, namely Hollow Man. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us talk about the sleazy exploitation vibes Verhoeven always sneaks into his movies, the mechanics of invisibility, the lengths the filmmakers went to in order to make this movie happen, the film's Hitchcockian roots and much more.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive show Uncut Gems Marathons where each year we will pick one director and, one by one, discuss their entire filmography. For 2022 we have chosen to dive deep into the cinema of David Lynch and in January we are opening by talking about his auspicious debut, Eraserhead. Over the course of our discussion you will hear us wax poetic about the many interpretations one can apply to this highly enigmatic movie, how difficult it was for David Lynch to put it together in the first place and much, much more.
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In this episode of the show, we are marking the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs by talking about one of the more important pieces of inspiration behind his auspicious debut, Ringo Lam's City on Fire. Over the course of our wild conversation you will hear us talk about the rogue Hong Kong filmmaking pilosophy, the many points of symmetry between Lam and Tarantino, the haphazardly innocent direction of Lam's giving the movie a homemade feel, Chow Yun-fat's unsung charisma, the characteristic tonal inconsistencies giving City on Fire its unique character and much more.
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Here's a short teaser of our brand new show Uncut Gems Retrospectives where on a monthly basis we will get together and discuss a bunch of films tied around a specific theme. In this inaugural episode, we are tying our selection to the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Reservoir Dogs and we are talking about three movies whose existence is in no small part owed to the meteoric rise of Quentin Tarantino and other luminaries of the 90s Indie Revolution. Thus, we are discussing Doug Liman's Go, Troy Duffy's The Boondock Saints and Christopher McQuarrie's The Way of the Gun.
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In this episode of the show, we are transported into the 1970s to discuss one of the most underrated masterpieces of its era, William Friedkin's Sorcerer. Joined by a special guest Sarah Buddery who also happens to be the world's foremost Roy Scheider fan, we embark on a journey to talk about the perils of carrying dynamite through a jungle and battling fate both within the narrative and outside it. Over the course of our wild conversation you will hear us talk about how much of a miracle it was for this film to come together, how it was bizarrely disregarded at the time of its release, how it functions as a multi-layered nesting doll of allegorical interpretations, how it substitutes the Hitchcockian slant of The Wages of Fear with suspense conjured by Friedkin's docu-style verite filmmaking, and much, much more!
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In anticipation of our new show on William Friedkin's Sorcerer, which will be released this Friday (14/01/2022), we have recorded a tie-in show where we talked about Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the film's Hitchcockian soul, the ingenuity of its narrative driven both by suspenseful set pieces and compelling characters, its political undertones and elements of social commentary and much more!
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In this episode of the show, we are drenching ourselves in the combination of a sticky atmosphere of the Deep South, the gloom of the occult and unsavoury amounts of chicken blood as we talk about Alan Parker's Angel Heart. Over the course of our crazy conversation you will hear us talk about Alan Parker's approach to adapting a novel, Mickey Rourke as the star of the 80s, the dreadfully subliminal horror of this movie, a possibility that a good chunk of the story doesn't even take place in reality, Robert De Niro's turn as a mysteriously long-haired and long-fingernailed Louis Cyphre and... the many ways one could peel a hard-boiled egg.
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In this episode of the show, we are leaving 2021 behind by battling Satan to the death in a 1999 Arnie vehicle titled End of Days. Over the course of our discussion you'll hear us nit-pick the logic of this movie, talk about the disappearance of the movie star phenomenon, discuss Arnold's turn as a thematic epilogue to an entire era of the action hero supremacy, mention a few things about inspirations driving the filmmakers and, naturally, you will hear us put on our best Arnie impressions as well. And that's not even the half of it...
Happy New Year!
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In this episode of the show, we are marking Christmas by talking about a Christmas movie nobody remembers, Abel Ferrara's R X Mas. As we delve into this forgotten gem, we dissect Ferrara's style and his tactile and obsessive look at New York, gush over Drea De Matteo's performance and make a few choice connections between this movie and other Holiday classics, like Jingle All The Way!
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In this episode of the show, we finally become one with the source and finish our Circling The Matrix marathon by talking about the two movies that followed the iconic The Matrix, namely Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. As we battled over our respective stances towards these two very unique features, we did not leave a stone unturned. We gushed over the Wachowskis' vision and scope for action set pieces, the multitude of philosophical references found in the movies, their alleged self-indulgence, cultural footprint and much, much more. So, take the red pill and join us as on this epic journey!
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In this episode of the show, we are getting closer to The Source in our Circling The Matrix marathon as we train our sights on The Wachowskis' follow-up to The Matrix trilogy, their 2008 adaptation of Speed Racer. Over the course of our typically long and sprawling discussion (which may or may not have become heated at a few places), we talk about the legacy of this movie, wonder if it is actually suitable for children or if it is an infantile movie for a specific sub-strata of adults, gush over its unique aesthetics and ponder some fundamental questions relating to the place of The Wachowskis in the pantheon of filmmakers who push the boundaries of the filmmaking craft and whether the world is not yet ready to understand their importance.
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In this episode of the show, we are circling The Matrix and so we discuss Equilibrium, a movie that definitely happened thanks to the overwhelming success of The Matrix and maybe borrowed a thing or two (or twenty) from it as well. Over the course of our conversation we dig into the stew of literary inspirations lifted and repackaged to form the narrative of this film, talk about the lasting influence of The Matrix on the way fight choreography is executed in Hollywood movies, find connections to other movies hidden within the movie and pore over the possibility that Equilibrium may be smarter than it is usually given credit for.
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In this episode of the show, we are discussing the 1995 cult classic Johnny Mnemonic. Over the course of our conversation we dig deep into William Gibson's source material and how it relates to what's on the screen, the film's eerie prescience which may or may not include references to the ongoing pandemic, we share a few laughs at the expense of Ice-T, Dolph Lundgren and Udo Kier and - naturally - call into question Keanu Reeves' acting range. That's all in addition to simultaneously admiring and critiquing the film's strange aesthetic and its ambition to become a cerebral blockbuster that would cement Reeves as a bona fide action star of the 90s.
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In this episode of the show, we are doing our level best to hack the planet together with the scruffy (or maybe somewhat futuristically over-dressed) protagonists of the 1995 cult classic Hackers. Over the course of our wild and sprawling discussion we comment on the film's production design, its overall aesthetic and the aforementioned spandex-heavy fashion, talk about the idea of visualizing the concept of hacking using completely unrealistic means, the swaths of comedy embedded within the movie, its cultural footprint and much more. We even postulate that maybe it was a bit ahead of its time in many ways and the audiences were simply not ready for it at the time... just as they were not ready to handle Matthew Lillard's insanely contagious on-screen energy!
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In this episode of the show, we are diving deep into our new "Circling The Matrix" series by discussing one of the more recent outings directed by the Wachowskis, namely Jupiter Ascending. Over the course of our conversation, we attempt to figure out why this movie was received negatively upon its initial release, argue over whether its world-building and exposition-heavy writing is an acquired taste or if it is a fundamental detriment to the enjoyment of the movie, comment upon the film's attempt to mesh classical fairy tales with the language of space opera and - among many other things - we spare no expense critiquing Eddie Redmayne's god-awful performance as the story's foremost villain with a hoarse throat.
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In this episode of the show, we are moving on from the spooky season vibes and slowly begin are new episode series casually titled "Circling The Matrix" where - in anticipation of Matrix Resurrections hitting the cinemas this Christmas - we will devote a handful of episodes to movies one way or another connected to The Matrix. Thus, we gently dipping our toes in the world of hackers by discussing Michael Mann's Blackhat, a 2015 thriller that aimed to ensnare the audiences with Mann's signature tactile realism used to bring the threat of cyber-terrorism to the big screens. Over the course of our lengthy discussion among other things we are trying to understand why this movie failed at the box office, identify its many conceptual flaws, discuss whether Mann's subsequent director's cut addressed any of those shortcomings, argue over casting choices and suggest that maybe hacking is just too difficult to faithfully depict on the screen without sacrificing something in return.
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In this episode of the show, to somehow mark the 31st of October, we take aim at Rob Zombie's Halloween and Halloween 2, most likely two of the most controversial entries in the long-running Halloween film franchise. As we sank our teeth into these movies, which in and of themselves are unsettling to watch, we came to a realization that the conversation surrounding these movies ain't easy either. Therefore, we ended up talking not only about whether it is appropriate to humanize Michael Myers and focus the movie around him as though he was the protagonist, but we also came to question Rob Zombie's directorial style as a whole, the place of exploitation cinema in the current zeitgeist, Zombie's gratuitous use of onscreen violence and more. We also spent quite a while taking apart Zombie's 2009 sequel, its relationship to the series at large, the potent social commentary found beneath the narrative and a whole manner of other things as well.
Be warned, the conversation in this episode contains commentary about violence and sexual violence found in the discussed films, which some listeners may find upsetting. Listener discretion is advised.
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In this episode of the show we are revisiting one of the most overlooked movies written and directed by John Carpenter, namely Prince of Darkness. Over the course of our discussion we gush over the craftsmanship of the film, its inventiveness, the overall mood and tone that sets it apart from not only movies of its time but even cinema as a whole and - naturally - delve deep into the thematics underpinning the movie, which is the grinding interface between science and religion. We might also, with our tongues pressed into our cheeks, postulate that Prince of Darkness and Christopher Nolan's Tenet might have more in common than meets the eye.
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In this episode of the show we are travelling to the edges of the solar system together with Brad Pitt as we are discussing the James Gray-directed science-fiction epic Ad Astra. Over the course of our discussion we are commenting on the film's troubled production, wonder if it was marketed to the right audience upon its release, argue over the gravity and meaning of its central themes and locked horns over a question if it is a flawed masterpiece or a pile of pretentious junk. So, join us and take sides in this truly heated debate.
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In this episode of the show we are taking a look at Francis Ford Coppola's conclusion to The Godfather trilogy. Over the course of our discussion we examine the historical context of how this movie came about, we wonder what the recently re-edited Coda adds to the legacy of the series, we comment on the criticisms levelled at the film at the time of its release and - most of all - do our absolute best to examine the film on its own terms as a tale of a man who finally must come to terms with the sins of his past. And as you may imagine, we have a great time while talking about this movie!
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In this episode of the show we are looking at Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, a 2016 comedy that failed to launch theatrically but has since grew a potent cult following. Over the course of our discussion, which mostly consisted of us recounting the funniest moments from the film (and there were plenty), we try to understand why this movie didn't succeed theatrically, deconstruct the legacy it is built upon, tip our hats to various generations of SNL comedians and have a metric tonne of fun while doing so.
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In this episode of the show we are taking a long hard look at two films by Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon. Over the course of our long-winded and sprawling discussion we peek behind the curtain of style to find out what drives (lol) this filmmaker and what his movies are actually about. We slobber over their aesthetics and take apart their thematic aspirations one by one to find out what hides beneath the slick veneer of the pop arthouse cinema where Nicolas Winding Refn has built his resplendent abode.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing a duo of stylized takes on the vampire archetype, Tony Scott's debut The Hunger and Abel Ferrara's The Addiction. Over the course of our chat we touch on Tony Scott's developing directorial style and inspiration taken from his brother Ridley, the music video aesthetic and the unusual take on the vampire lore. In addition, we also praise Abel Ferrara's monochromatic cinematography, his idea to use the vampiric tropes to talk about drug addiction, the documentary approach and the sheer amount of thematic content he managed to squeeze into a tight running time of his movie.
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In this episode of the show we are taking a look at Free Fire, a Ben Wheatley-directed foray into action cinema starring Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley and Armie Hammer. Over the course of our discussion we attempt to deconstruct where the movie succeeds and where it fails with its implementation of the central gimmick of a single-location shootout, have a few jabs at the expense of the period setting and maybe suggest what could have made the movie a bit more cohesive and entertaining in our eyes.
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In this episode of the show we are discussing Ridley Scott's A Good Year, arguably a standout feature in the illustrious catalogue of this iconic filmmaker... but not necessarily in the conventional way. Over the course of our conversation we argue profusely whether this film is successful in what it is attempting to do. In fact, we also try to figure out what it is that it's attempting to do in the first place. We try to figure out if Ridley Scott's kinetic style lends itself to the type of storytelling this movie called for, marvel over the film's organic charm, its cultural self-awareness, and even attempt to identify who would be cast in the lead role if this movie was made today. And as usual, we are having quite a bit of fun as we are busy exchanging barbs and having a bit of a giggle at the expense of good ol'd Sir Ridley himself
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In this episode of the show we are talking about Mission: Impossible 2, perhaps the most maligned and underappreciated entry in this multibillion dollar franchise. Even though it became the biggest financial hit of its year, the John Woo-directed opus is looked down upon by fans the world over and in our discussion we are attempting to find out of there is any credence to this phenomenon. We talk at length about the film's intricate and trouble production, Woo's directorial style and whether Hollywood was simpatico with his way of doing things, the film's convoluted plotting, over-the-top set pieces and much more. We also try to assess if this film was directly responsible for the franchise shifting more towards stunt-driven high octane action and away from Hitchcockian intrigue underpinning De Palma's predecessor.
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In this episode of the show we are observing the ninth anniversary of Tony Scott's untimely passing by talking about perhaps one of his most mature, layered and complete films, Man on Fire. Over the course of our discussion, we delve deep into the fabric of the story, examine Scott's new-found stylized aesthetic, marvel over the amazing chemistry between Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning, and most importantly attempt to elevate the film well above its label of a revenge thriller. Join us and find out what makes this movie so special and what made Tony Scott's filmmaking so unique, singular and unabashedly compelling.
Update: The Tony Scott Retrospective mentioned in the episode is now available through our Patreon (patreon.com/uncutgemspod)!
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In this episode of the show we are discussing Peter Jackson's first official Hollywood movie, The Frighteners. Over the course of this long-winded and meandering conversation we touched on Jackson's roots in splatter horror, where his career went later and what we think he could do in the future. In addition, we identified the multitude of references found in The Frighteners, opined on the film's peculiar special effects, its jarring tonal inconsistencies, how it is much darker than the label 'horror comedy' could possibly indicate and much more.
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In this episode of the show we are going on a mission to save The Sun from dying together with the crew of Icarus II in Sunshine. Over the course of this discussion we talk at length about the film's divisive third act, the idea of using a star as a villain or a god, the multiple pop-cultural connections tethering Sunshine to the canon of the genre, the wonderful chemistry between the cast and much, much more.
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In this episode of the show we are paying a visit to the misty and gothic haunted house of The Others, written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar. Over the course of the discussion we pinpoint how this film is connected to the wave of supernatural horror that swept through cinemas at the turn of the century, analyze its twists and turns, dig deep to find and interrogate whatever the filmmakers hid underneath the plot and maybe even suggest how the movie could be overall improved. And we may or may not suggest that James Wan should remake it as soon as possible.
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In this episode of the show we are venturing into the mystical woods of New England and talking about M. Night Shyamalan's The Village. Over the course of this yet another gargantuan conversation we dig into the film's problematic reception upon its release, comment on the differences between what ended up in the film and what leaked out online during production, find multiple meanings and readings within this story, identify the filmmaker's inspirations, try to figure out whether this film would work better today and who would star in it, if it was about to hit cinemas tomorrow and - as usual - exchange multiple barbs over the most insignificant minutiae while having an absolute ball!
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In this episode of the show we are tying our conversation, albeit loosely, to the previous episode about Duel and discussing two films arguably inspired by Steven Spielberg's breakout hit, Joy Ride and Unhinged. Over the course of our long-winded and multi-faceted conversation you will hear us talk about the dichotomy between what Joy Ride wants to be and what it actually is, the idea of Paul Walker as a leading man, generation of Hitchcockian suspense in the opening of Unhinged, Russell Crowe's imposing character, the social commentary embedded within the film and much more. This nearly five-hour behemoth episode surely led to some truly illuminating observations and striking - perhaps even outrageous - personal confessions!
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In this episode of the show we are taking a close look at Steven Spielberg's auspicious debut Duel, a film that put him on the map and set him on the trajectory to become one of the most successful Hollywood filmmakers. Over the course of the discussion we talk about the film's iconic villain, its multiple connections to Jaws as well as to the works of Alfred Hitchcock and even John Carpenter. We admire both the narrative simplicity of this movie and its thematic complexity hiding beneath the story. And as usual, we are having tonnes of fun!
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In this episode of the show we are discussing Quentin Tarantino's most maligned movie, Death Proof. Over the course of this wildly heated discussion we interrogate Tarantino's style, critique his indulgences, look for social commentary embedded within the character of Stuntman Mike, and naturally tip our hats to the great legacy of stuntmen and stuntwomen of Hollywood. Join for the movie talk, stay for the fisticuffs because in our expanded lineup of hosts we harboured an entire spectrum of opinion on both the film and its controversial creator.
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In this episode of the show we are travelling all the way back to the 70s to discuss Richard C. Sarafian's Vanishing Point, a counterculture cult classic about a man barrelling down the road at breakneck speeds in an iconic white Dodge Challenger. Over the course of our conversation we touch on the unique qualities of the film's main character played by Barry Newman, obsess over the film's vibes and its music and cut into the social commentary running beneath its narrative. And of course, we do end up sliding into a tangent where we try to list the most iconic movie cars in history.
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In this episode of the show we get into our fancy sports cars and race across America together with Burt Reynolds and his friends as we are discussing Hal Needham's 1981 romp The Cannonball Run. Over the course of our discussion we try to figure out whether the movie is about a race or not, we interrogate the quality of its comedy and identify its problems, all in addition to hatching a plan to take part in the modern equivalent of The Cannonball Run - Gumball 3000! Never mind the $100k entry fee, we are determined to do it. We only need a car, a rope, a parachute, some glue, roller skates and of course an alibi. Also, you will be able to hear another one of Ewan's personal confessions and find out what happened to him when his uncle allowed him to steer a lifeboat.
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In this episode of the show we are taking the train to Actionville as we are talking about not one but two train-centered action thrillers, Andrey Konchalovsky's Runaway Train and Tony Scott's Unstoppable. Over the course of this conversation we try to identify the layers of social commentary embedded under the edifice of genre schlock in Runaway Train, actively seek out the vestiges of Akira Kurosawa's involvement and scratch our heads as to why Eric Roberts and Jon Voight have such strange chemistry together. We also pit it against the chemistry shared by Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, deconstruct Tony Scott's characteristic visual aesthetic and discuss Unstoppable as an out-of-time blockbuster that survived well into the era of comic book movies. And of course, we slobber profusely over the magnificent stunts and physical set pieces both films are filled to the brim with. And we are having the time of our life while doing so!
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In this episode of the show we are looking back at 1941, Steven Spielberg's WWII spoof that followed off the heels of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind and became one of the biggest disappointments in the director's filmmaking career. Over the course of the discussion we attempt to interrogate the reasons why this film was so poorly received, figure out if it is a satire, a parody, a spoof, or something completely different, take a few jabs at Spielberg's expense and maybe even pontificate over a possibility that 1941 could have worked if it was made by someone more suited to the material.
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In this episode of the show we continue revisiting Darren Aronofsky's cinema as we dig into his latest opus mother! Supremely controversial upon its release and eventually tragically unsuccessful, this film was powerful enough a catalyst for the gang to argue over its merits for nearly five hours! Over the course of this gargantuan discussion we left no stone unturned as we examined the film's intended meaning, a multitude of meanings Aronofsky did not knew were there in the first place, the film's troubled life span, its controversial imagery, whether it would have fared better if it was released today and much, much more! So, set aside a bit more time this week and join our odyssey of biblical allegories, unsettling symbols and chaotic nightmares!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, , Nicolo Grasso, Jak-Luke Sharp, Hillary White & Kyle Krieghbaum
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we discuss The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to his immensely successful breakthrough hit Requiem For a Dream, which for some reason (and we get into the possible reasons why) ended up swept under the rug of history. We dig into the film's rich thematic headspace, appreciate its filmmaking craft, identify potential strands connecting the film to its creator and his larger body of work and even argue over whether it is a bona fide masterpiece or an over-confident ego trip.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, , Nicolo Grasso & Jak-Luke Sharp
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we venture back to 2006 and re-appraise Michael Mann's Miami Vice. Over the course of this long-winded and nuance-rich discussion we break down Michael Mann's directorial style, opine over his influence on cinema, share our own memories connected to the filmmaker and - most importantly - take a critical look at the film itself. We ponder over its multiple production issues, on-set animosities and other adversities that undoubtedly influenced the shape of the film, we discuss Mann's shift towards digital filmmaking and wonder if it amplifies or detracts from his characteristically immediate filmmaking flavour. For all that and more, tune in to the episode and join our conversation!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Nicolo Grasso, Jak-Luke Sharp, & Kevin Whyte
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we talk about the most maligned and unfortunate entry in the Star Wars franchise, Solo - A Star Wars Story. Over the course of this epic discussion we talk at length about the troubled history of this film and its multiple flaws, though at least some of us try to make a positive case for it anyway. In addition, you will be able to hear us sound off about the trajectory Disney has been on over the last few years and its moral ramifications. So strap yourself in because this episode of The Uncut Gems Podcast is one for the books!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Jak-Luke Sharp, Alina Faulds & Kevin Whyte
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we embark on an epic adventure leading us all the way back to the 1980s when the genre of fantasy was making a rapid resurgence and discuss Krull. We talk about how this film came to be, what possibly inspired it and - most importantly - try to understand why it became a spectacular box office bomb. We obsess over its lush production design, ridicule its ludicrous plotting and messy storytelling, and sing praises for James Horner's epic score adorning the film. And you may also find out what other films this score is secretly tethering Krull to. The answer may surprise you!!!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar & Nicolo Grasso
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are (prematurely) celebrating Alien Day by talking about David Fincher’s directorial debut, Alien 3. We leave no stone unturned as we delve into the intricacies of the film’s production, controversies surrounding the evolution of Ellen Ripley’s character, as well as the way the 2003 Assembly Cut attempted to rectify some of its flaws. As an added bonus, we also talk about David Twohy’s Pitch Black, a low budget science-fiction movie that perhaps owes more to the Alien series than one could care to admit; however, some of us may see this claim as slightly provocative!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Nicolo Grasso & Jak-Luke Sharp
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are taking a deep dive into the world of swashbuckling adventure, corny romance, ancient curses, revived corpses and sand (lots of sand) as we are discussing The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, with a side order of adding our few cents about The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and even a few words on The Scorpion King. We marvel over the chemistry Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz shared on the screen, identify the multitude of Spielbergian references peppered throughout the series, take a few swipes at the way the franchise developed and maybe offer a handful of comments about the way these films aged over time, while stating firmly that at least some of us are capable of seeing through any and all of their flaws thanks to the wonders of childhood nostalgia.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Nicolo Grasso & Alina Faulds
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are indulging in a truly deep dive into Bringing Out The Dead, an underseen and underrated effort from Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader and starring Nicolas Cage. Over the course of this rather long and twisty conversation we attempt to unpack the thematic richness hidden within this film which includes (among others) seeing it as a spiritual successor to Taxi Driver and a precursor to First Reformed, a deeply personal statement from Scorsese himself, a love letter to NY paramedics, a heap of biblical metaphors and much, much more. So join in for the cutting film talk and stay for the ancillary confessions and completely unsolicited tangential conversations that give this podcast its uniquely insane energy!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Jak-Luke Sharp & Hillary White
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we having an absolute ball discussing Frank Marshall's 1995 adventure romp, Congo. Over the course of the discussion, which got heated and eventually went completely off the rails, we tried to get to the bottom of whether this film is great, abysmal or so-bad-it's-awesome. We also pontificated over just how much high calibre talent was found behind the scenes, shared a few laughs at the expense of the film's exquisitely campy writing and (at least some of us) wondered if Amy was a real gorilla after all. So, as you may imagine, the conversation may have turned out just as bizarre and unhinged as the film itself!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Nicolo Grasso & Ewan Gleadow
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are taking a look at Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, an adaptation of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel penned by none other than Alex Garland. Over the course of our discussion we ponder how easy it is for this film to hide its science-fiction high concept backbone, ruminate over the film's multitude of interpretations, hail its great performances and even attempt to view it as a cinematic expression of veganism. Most of all, we scratch our heads as to why Never Let Me Go did not persist in the cultural consciousness for more than a minute despite the fact it would likely be a Film Twitter darling if it was released today.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Nicolo Grasso & Alina Faulds
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are discussing a mostly orphaned western from 1962, Lonely Are the Brave directed by David Miller and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, and Walter Matthau. We are trying to figure out if this film can still be classified as a western despite its modern setting, discuss the impact it had on movies that came after it and see if it can be read as an early tell-tale sign of the Golden Age of Hollywood coming to an end. In addition, we do manage to weave the theme of the currently ongoing pandemic into the conversation, which may or may not add an interesting wrinkle to Carson's difficult relationship with westerns.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar & Nicolo Grasso
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are taking a close look at the 2005 directorial debut of none other than Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, a fragmented neo-Western that harbours much more under its bonnet than meets the eye. We try to unpack its multiple thematic strands embedded in the narrative conjured by Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, Babel), wonder if it is a love story or rather a celebration of male friendship, discuss its political messaging and even wonder if the film functions as a biblical allegory.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar & Hillary White
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are setting our sights on M. Night Shyamalan's conclusion to 'The Eastrail 177 Trilogy' (aka 'The Unbreakable Trilogy'), Glass. We leave no stones unturned as we grapple with the film's status as a potentially misunderstood masterpiece, get to the nitty-gritty of Shyamalan's filmmaking style, screenwriting quirks, indulgences and inspirations, and try to figure out whether the film truly deserves to be remembered as an epic conclusion to a long-gestating passion project, or whether it is an example of style-over-substance filmmaking. Come for the film talk, stay for the fisticuffs (because this particular discussion got heated very quickly)!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Carson Timar, Nicoló Grasso & Jak-Luke Sharp
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show we are taking a look at the 1988 sci-fi buddy cop movie starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin, Alien Nation, and pitting it against a film that could be seen as its spiritual descendant, the David Ayer-directed Bright. We are trying our best to understand why one of these films feels organic, lived-in and fun, while the other comes across as offensive to the senses (you figure out which one is which) in a no-holds-barred discussion about filmmakers' responsibilities, recipes for culturally-impactful genre storytelling, narrative tactfulness and more!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Carson Timar
Featuring: Nicoló Grasso & Ewan Gleadow
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode we stay in the 1970s and take a very close look at John Frankenheimer's forgotten blockbuster, Black Sunday. We dig deep into Frankenheimer's place as an iconic filmmaker of the decade, wax poetic about the film's unique aesthetic, attempt to identify just how much of it has crept into the subconsciousness of popular culture and even try to tease out the connective tissue present in John Williams's epic score!
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Carson Timar
Featuring: Nicoló Grasso & Ewan Gleadow
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In this episode of the show, we are travelling back in time to the seventies and talk about Sam Peckinpah's penultimate directorial effort, Convoy. Together with our guests we try to decide if Kris Kristofferson is hot or not, figure out how the film stacks up to Smokey and the Bandit, try to tease out its convoluted legacy as well as its own identity as a post-western, and dive deep into the nuance of its production, all of which make the film a rather interesting conversation.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Carson Timar
Featuring: Alina Faulds & Nicoló Grasso
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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In the inaugural episode of the show, we take a closer look at the mostly forgotten and disregarded science-fiction epic directed by Brian De Palma, Mission to Mars, try to get to the bottom of whether it is a true De Palma feature, to whom it tips its hat and why it bombed mercilessly at the box office when it was released theatrically over two decades ago. As an added bonus, we also expand the scope of the conversation to cover the film’s immediate competitor, Red Planet, which was released in the same year and similarly ended up completely orphaned.
Host: Jakub Flasz
Featuring: Jak-Luke Sharp & Carson Timar
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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