Deep Cut is a director-focused film podcast featuring deep-dive discussions about international, art-house, and independent cinema.

Each episode we discuss either a director's most popular film or a "Deep Cut Pick": a personal favorite chosen by one of us: Wilson Lai, Benjamin Yap, and Eli Sands.

 

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Deep Cut Pick

100: Hirokazu Kore-eda: Still Walking

Released as an exclusive Patreon post at the end of 2024, we’re now releasing this video podcast on Kore-eda's Still Walking publicly to commemorate ONE HUNDRED EPISODES! What a milestone. See you at 1000!

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May 18th, 2025
Deep Cut Pick

124. Hong Sang-soo: The Novelist’s Film (featuring Dennis Lim)

Writer, film curator, and leading Hong Sang-soo scholar Dennis Lim brings a personal favorite from Hong’s oeuvre–– 2022’s The Novelist’s Film–– to Deep Cut.

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February 22nd, 2026
Year in Review

123. The Best Movies of 2025, according to Deep Cut

Sorry Baby, but it’s One Battle After Another, as we clash and debate our favorite films of 2025!

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February 17th, 2026
Deep Cut Pick

122. Hong Sang-soo: Yourself and Yours

In this episode, we get into Ben’s favorite Hong film of all time, Yourself and Yours.

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February 8th, 2026
Deep Cut Pick

121. Hong Sang-soo: On the Beach At Night Alone

We go On The Beach At Night Alone (together)

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January 25th, 2026
Deep Cut Pick

120. Chantal Akerman: The Meetings of Anna

Join the Deep Cut trio and Chantal Akerman for another sensitive, lightly autobiographical story of a surrogate character experiencing ennui and/or despair.

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January 11th, 2026
Deep Cut Pick

119. Chantal Akerman: Je Tu Il Elle (featuring Justina Yam)

Justina, our cover art artist, comes on the podcast to take us back to the works of Chantal Akerman, with her first feature Je Tu Il Elle.

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December 28th, 2025
Interview

118. SGIFF36: A Useful Ghost (2025) - Interview with Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

Ben got a chance to interview director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke for his film A Useful Ghost (2025) that played at the 36th Singapore International Film Festival, where it also won the Special Mention Prize for the Asian Feature Film Competition.

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December 22nd, 2025
Festival Dispatches

117. 36th Singapore International Film Festival (2025) Dispatch (Resurrection, Silent Friend, Two Seasons Two Strangers, Amoeba, and MORE!)

We’re back to back with Asian film festivals and Ben returns to Singapore to cover the hottest films from the festival circuit and the region for the 36th Singapore International Film Festival.

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December 14th, 2025
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