Uncut Gems

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September 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 24: Uncut Gems

When I first watched Uncut Gems it stayed with me. That first viewing stays with me still. But I’ve recently watched it a few more times. And I’ve bought the soundtrack on vinyl. And I’ve realised this modern classic is a big part of my life. I think about it often. It might be going […]

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November 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Oneohtrix Point Never: Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Warp Records As Oneohtrix Point Never, bedsit electronica composer Daniel Lopatin has made over a dozen records now – including film soundtracks, and maybe he truly broke big under his own name with the soundtrack to Uncut Gems; one of those rare movies where Adam Sandler is ‘good’ […]

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April 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Daniel Lopatin Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warp Records A strange adrenalin pushes the movie Uncut Gems – but then its anti-hero Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is compelled by a very strange adrenalin: For him it’s less about winning than it is not completely losing. In his gambler’s mind if he doesn’t lose […]

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March 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Uncut Gems: Film

Uncut Gems Directors: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Elara Pictures / IAC Films / Sikelia Productions / Netflix The Safdie Brothers wowed people with 2017’s Good Time – which was basically Dog Day Afternoon re-cut amongst millennial angst and the pressures of the steely-grey world of today, yet it had – entirely – its own […]