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Uncut Gems Podcast

Uncut Gems Podcast

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. A CLAPPER production.

tv & film film reviews

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00:15:48

BONUS Kathryn Bigelow Marathon 09 - Zero Dark Thirty...

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2024/10/16

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

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02:39:08

Episode 194 - Assault on Precinct 13

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2024/10/12

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

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02:14:26

Episode 193 - Oldboy

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2024/10/05

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

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00:15:48

BONUS Spike Lee Major Joint 09 - Miracle at St. Anna...

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2024/10/02

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

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02:04:12

Episode 192 - Brannigan

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2024/09/28

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

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00:15:48

BONUS Kathryn Bigelow Marathon 08 - The Hurt Locker...

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2024/09/25

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

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02:04:02

Episode 191 - Hellfighters

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2024/09/21

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

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00:15:48

BONUS Tie-in 39 - True Grit and Rooster Cogburn (teaser)

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2024/09/18

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

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02:01:25

Episode 190 - McQ

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2024/09/14

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

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00:15:48

BONUS Spike Lee's Major Joint 08 - Inside Man (teaser)

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2024/09/11

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

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02:31:21

Episode 189 - She Hate Me

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2024/09/07

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

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03:51:06

Episode 188 - True Lies

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2024/08/31

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,

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00:15:47

BONUS Kathryn Bigelow Marathon 07 - K-19: The...

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2024/08/28

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

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01:59:34

Episode 187 - Zero Effect

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2024/08/24

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,

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01:16:56

Episode 186.5 - A Conversation with Neil LaBute

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2024/08/21

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

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02:17:44

Episode 186 - Your Friends & Neighbors

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2024/08/17

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

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00:15:46

BONUS Tie-in 38 - There's Something About Mary (teaser)

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2024/08/14

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

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02:19:14

Episode 185 - Permanent Midnight

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2024/08/10

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

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00:15:47

BONUS Spike Lee's Major Joint 07 - 25th Hour (teaser)

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2024/08/07

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

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02:50:22

Episode 184 - Bamboozled

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2024/08/03

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!Tune in

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