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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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02:56:30

Episode 229 - 3 Women

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2025/06/14

In this episode of the show our Alt-June continues with a discussion about Altman's 1977 3 Women. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to get to the bottom of what exactly this movie is about, whether it can be interpreted in a logical manner and if its symbolism carries some depth. We also talk about Altman imitating Bergman and anticipating David Lynch, the concept of staying in your lane, Shelley Duvall's unconventional beauty and the logic of dreams as a tool for

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02:40:09

Episode 228 - The Long Goodbye

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2025/06/07

In this episode of the show we are continuing our June celebration of Robert Altman's centenary with a great discussion about The Long Goodbye. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Altman chose to deconstruct film noir, chiefly by stripping it of its iconography and by treating his protagonist as a fish out of water. We dig into how this movie still tries to fulfil its own genre obligations and whether it might be a bit muddy for its own good. We also talk about

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00:15:47

Mike Nichols Marathon 06 - The Fortune (teaser)

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2025/06/04

In this instalment of our ongoing Mike Nichols Marathon we are setting sights on The Fortune, a movie that nearly ended its director's career. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie came together as a package deal with Warren Beatty's passion project Shampoo, how it carried an immense promise because of the talent attached to it, and how it all came apart in the end. We also talk about the difficulty to get over an unfunny comedy, how some filmmakers

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03:22:02

Episode 227 - McCabe and Mrs Miller

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2025/05/31

In this episode of the show we are beginning, albeit a little bit prematurely, our June excursion into the cinema of Robert Altman who would be celebrating his 100th birthday if he was still with us. And we are starting off with his anti-western McCabe and Mrs Miller. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Altman fits into the landscape of New Hollywood, how he set out to deconstruct the form and bury the star under his aesthetic and perhaps the reasons why he did so. We

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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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