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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 Tie-in 48 - Heaven Can Wait (teaser)

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2025/05/28

In this podcast we are tying into our Elaine May May conversations with a chat about a movie she co-wrote and for which she got an Oscar nomination too, namely Heaven Can Wait. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to figure out how and why this movie ended up as successful as it did, if it was a bellwether of the changing times suggesting that the world had had enough of the New Hollywood grime and whether it was a flash in the pan that couldn't have worked at any other point in

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02:48:21

Episode 226 - Ishtar

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2025/05/24

In this episode of the show we are concluding the main part of our Elaine May May with her last directorial outing to date, the 1987 Ishtar. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk, again, about the uphill struggle of getting this movie made, how it may have been out of step with the 80s milieu and maybe how it tried to fit in the landscape of newly reborn comedy. We also talk about the many ways in which May's own legacy folds upon itself in here, how the movie might be so

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02:36:45

Episode 225 - Mikey and Nicky

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2025/05/17

In this episode of the show we are adding the third instalment into our Elaine May May where we talk about her 1976 Mikey and Nicky. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the arduous and crisis-laden production history of this movie, how Elaine May channeled the spirit of rogue indie filmmaking and how her movie works as a bridge between Cassavetes and Scorsese. We also dive deep into the metaphorical plane of the movie and talk about it as an anti-gangster picture, a

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00:15:48

The 50-30 Series 05 - Crimson Tide (teaser)

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2025/05/14

In this podcast we are looking back at the Summer of 95 to talk about the Tony Scott-directed Crimson Tide. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about what makes this movie so immersive and compelling, how an intersection between performance, writing and production design may be the key to its magic and how Tony Scott flawlessly found balance between authenticity and preposterousness. We also talk about how Quentin Tarantino touched up the script and what his work added to the

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01:47:00

Episode 224 - The Heartbreak Kid

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2025/05/10

In this episode of the show our Elaine May May continues with her sophomore directorial effort The Heartbreak Kid. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us dig deep into the movie to find how it subverts the genre and works as a polar reversal of The Graduate, how the many production woes surrounding this movie proved that Hollywood was a hostile environment for female filmmakers at the time and whether there is a metaphorical plane of interpretation for this movie that comments on both

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00:15:48

Mike Nichols Marathon 05 - The Day of the Dolphin...

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2025/05/07

In this episode of our Mike Nichols Marathon we are moving onto the 1973 The Day of the Dolphin. Over the course of our conversation we will attempt to understand how a movie about George C. Scott talking to dolphins fits in the catalogue of someone who brought Hollywood into the new age with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate, whether this movie had a chance of succeeding in the first place and if it should be taken seriously at all. We also talk about the magic of emoting in a

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02:44:40

Episode 223 - A New Leaf

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2025/05/03

In this episode of the show we are beginning a whole new month with a brand new director. In May we will be talking about the entire filmography of Elaine May and are beginning with A New Leaf. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many ways in which this movie is in conversation with the legacy of Hollywood, how it stands as an oddball against the backdrop of New Hollywood and how it subverts the canonical screwball comedy. We also talk about Elaine May's subtle

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01:13:14

Episode 222.5 - A Conversation with Jon Raymond

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2025/04/30

In this special episode of our show we had the immense pleasure to sit down for a conversation with Jon Raymond, who is a novelist short fiction writer and a screenwriter. He is also a lifelong collaborator with Kelly Reichardt, with whom he co-wrote six movies (including three out of four we talked about this month). We talk about his process and his inspirations as a writer and a prominent champion of the American Pacific North West. We also attempt to untangle the complex relationship between a

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02:48:34

Episode 222 - Showing Up

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2025/04/26

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

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00:15:48

BONUS Tie-in 47 - Vagabond (teaser)

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2025/04/23

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

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02:29:46

Episode 221 - Certain Women

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2025/04/19

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

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00:15:48

The 50-30 Series 04 - Apollo 13 (teaser)

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2025/04/16

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

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02:10:15

Episode 220 - Meek's Cutoff

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2025/04/12

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

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02:05:40

Mike Nichols Marathon 04 - Carnal Knowledge (with...

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2025/04/09

THIS EPISODE OF OUR PATREON-ONLY MARATHON SERIES IS AVAILABLE TO LISTEN IN FULL HERE! MORE EPISODES ON PATREON.COM/UNCUTGEMSPOD!!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

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02:20:52

Episode 219 - Wendy and Lucy

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2025/04/05

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

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02:16:28

Episode 218 - Collateral Damage

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2025/03/29

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

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00:15:46

BONUS Tie-in 46 - The Fugitive (teaser)

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2025/03/26

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

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02:10:47

Episode 217 - Chain Reaction

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2025/03/22

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

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00:15:48

The 50-30 Series 03 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest...

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2025/03/19

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!Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy

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02:54:00

Episode 216 - Under Siege

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2025/03/15

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

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