The Essential Cut

By Up Left Media

Cinema history is bloated. Most "must-watch" lists are just prestige taxidermy—movies people respect but nobody actually wants to watch.

The Essential Cut is an audit designe

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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.

The Essential Cut episodes:

July 22, 2025 Bonus Episode: Superman (2025)
Ian and Michael give the Time Machine a week off and check out a current blockbuster: James Gunn's SUPERMAN.
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34min
July 15, 2025 1989's Headliner: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
After catching FIELD OF DREAMS and ROAD HOUSE during their visit to 1989, Ian and Michael see the movie they came for: Steven Spielberg's INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
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1h 7min
July 08, 2025 Road House (1989)
Continuing their visit to 1989 to see INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, Ian and Michael spend a night with Patrick Swayze at the Double Deuce as they watch Rowdy Harrington's ROAD HOUSE.
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58min
July 01, 2025 Field of Dreams (1989)
Ian and Michael visit Memorial Day Weekend of 1989 to watch INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, but tickets are sold out. Instead, they see Phil Alden Robinson's baseball classic, FIELD OF DREAMS.
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51min
June 24, 2025 Rollerball (1975)
In the premiere episode of SOLD OUT, Ian and Michael travel to 1975 to watch the movie that created the summer blockbuster, JAWS. Alas, such a hit is sold out at the box office, so they check out Norman Jewison's dystopian sci-fi sports flick, ROLLERBALL, instead.
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51min
June 24, 2025 Love and Death (1975)
Continuing their quest to see JAWS, Ian and Michael discuss another movie from the summer of '75, Woody Allen's LOVE AND DEATH.
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49min
June 24, 2025 1975's Headliner: JAWS
Success! Ian and Michael finally get to see, and review, the movie that started it all, the first ever summer tentpole: JAWS.
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57min
May 27, 2025 Welcome to SOLD OUT
Join Ian and Michael as they revisit the biggest movie events of the last 50 years, and some of the movies overshadowed by those blockbusters.
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3min

FAQs about The Essential Cut:

How many episodes does The Essential Cut have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.