Deep Cut: A Film Podcast

Let’s, uh, frickin LOOK BACK at Marina De Van’s 2009 psychological thriller / body horror flick, Don’t Look Back. Sophie Marceau turns into Monica Bellucci; meanwhile, Eli tries to piece together the puzzle of De Van’s obscure career, Wilson notices the special effects, and Ben makes comparisons to soap operas.
Links:
Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods by Mariana Alessandri
Interviews with & articles on Marina de Van:
Rotterdam, 2019

Screenslate, 2022

Dread Central, 2022

The French Review, 2010

The Guardian, 2004

Pinnland Empire, 2012

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:39 Introducing Don't Look Back
05:21 General reactions
15:17 Context
17:55 Comparing with In My Skin
21:59 What the heck is happening in this movie
28:06 Performances
31:34 De Van career arc
33:52 De Van's filmmaking
38:51 Wrapping up De Van... for now?
42:20 Outro

Not for the faint of heart, Marina de Van’s film In My Skin challenges our stomachs, hearts and minds. While Wilson squirms, Ben gets to the heart of why Eli loves sicko mode movies. Can one of the most underrated New French Extremism films secretly be deeply empathetic?
Links:
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson
“The Goon Squad” by Daniel Kolitz (Harpers Magazine, 2025)
Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods by Mariana Alessandri
Interviews with & articles on Marina de Van:
Rotterdam, 2019

Screenslate, 2022

Dread Central, 2022

The French Review, 2010

The Guardian, 2004

Pinnland Empire, 2012

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:23 Introducing In My Skin
00:06:13 General reactions
00:11:29 Body fascination
00:14:37 Is it horror?
00:18:34 Eli goes sicko mode
00:26:04 Director background
00:32:12 Addiction / self-discovery
00:40:38 Characters
00:46:08 Female horror
00:49:45 Splitscreens and artmaking
00:55:12 The ending
01:00:28 g00ning
01:04:44 Dinner scene
01:12:16 Additional crew on In My Skin
01:16:31 Closing ideas

哈囉 from Hong Kong! Wilson recaps a busy edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, including meeting and interviewing the one and only Tony Leung Chiu Wai for SILENT FRIEND. Wilson also chats about the seven(!) soon to come director interviews he conducted for the podcast, and some interesting classic films shown at this year’s edition of HKIFF. The trio also discuss some exciting new releases including new films from Hong Sang-soo, Carla Simon, and Anthony Chen. 
Links:
Tony Leung Interview
The Blade Video Essay
Radu Jude on Hong reel
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Timestamps:
00:00:00: Intro
00:07:34 Meeting Tony Leung
00:14:23 Silent Friend (2025) dir. Ildiko Enyedi
00:16:27 Sleep No More (2026) dir. Edwin
00:20:04 Ah Girl (2026) dir. Ang Geck Geck
00:23:33 Memory (2025) dir. Vladlena Sandu
00:30:48 Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (2025) dir. Mary Stephen
00:36:37 Mare’s Nest (2025) dir. Ben Rivers
00:39:40 Vive L’amour (1994) dir. Tsai Ming Liang
00:43:48 Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981) dir. Věra Chytilová 
00:45:54 Ah Ying (1983) dir. Allen Fong 
00:49:13 The Horse Thief (1986)dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang 
00:51:03 Unknown Pleasures (2002) dir. Jia Zhangke
00:53:30 Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) dir. Satyajit Ray 
00:54:55 Final Victory (1987) dir. Patrick Tam 
00:59:20 We Are All Strangers (2026) dir. Anthony Chen
01:06:37 We’re Nothing at All (2026) dir. Herman Yau
01:10:40 My Father’s Shadow (2025) dir. Akinola Davies Jr.
01:11:45 The Day She Returns (2026) dir. Hong Sang Soo
01:18:20 Magellan (2025) dir. Lav Diaz
01:22:15 Romeria (2025) dir. Carla Simon
01:24:40 The Voice of Hind Rijab (2025) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
01:27:50 Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students (2025) dir. Claire Simon
01:31:00 Blue Heron (2025) dir. Sophy Romvari
01:36:00 The Drama (2026) dir. Kristoffer Borgli
01:40:15 Outro

“[Reichardt] makes you love these dicks.” – Wilson
How on earth does she do that? Does she have the mind of a master? Join us as we find out how Reichardt’s idiosyncratic style in The Mastermind helps you love this one dick despite all the hairy situations he’s entangled in. We debate the film’s reception during the AMC secret screening debacle, Reichardt's constantly zagging career, and her place in the American cinema landscape amidst dwindling cultural literacy.
Links:
Filmstage interviewMind of a master video
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:18 General reactions
13:55 The ending
19:28 Reichardt films and public reactions
28:19 Parts we liked about the movie
32:24 Josh O’Connor 
36:03 More on the public’s reaction
44:16 Alana Haim
49:51 Outro

After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest feature, Die My Love, and we're here to keep up with the Scottish auteur!
After an 8-year hiatus, Lynne Ramsay has returned with her latest feature, Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. On this Deep Cut Upkeep episode, we find out if it was worth the wait and consider what’s next for the Scottish auteur. Eli helps define the subgenre of “mommy horror,” Ben questions the depth of the movie’s characters, and Wilson draws comparisons to Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch and Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!.
Links:
Kelsey E. Henry, “Monstrous Motherhood” from The Point
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:30 General reactions
14:03 Maternal madness pictures
19:14 Linearity
22:19 Why Ramsay for this film
26:02 Comparing with Ramsay's other works
28:31 A good trailer
29:58 The ending
32:07 Mommy horror
40:34 "A crazy love story"
44:26 Last words / outro