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Back to SearchBlade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 (episode 61)
This episode we look at Blade Runner (1982) (dir. Ridley Scott) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) (dir. Denis Villeneuve), two films that imagi…
7 hours ago
Erin Brockovich (2000) (Guest: Dror Ladin) (episode 60)
Erin Brockovich (2000) (directed by Steven Soderbergh) is based on the true story of Erin Brockovich, a legal assistant without formal training, who …
3 weeks ago
Monster (2003) (Guest: Mara Malagodi) (episode 59)
This episode examines a case that sits at the uneasy boundary between criminal adjudication, media power, and moral authority: the prosecution and ex…
1 month, 1 week ago
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow (2024) (Russian) (Guests: Rachel Denber & Anna Nemzer) (episode 58)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I—Last Air in Moscow (2024) is Russian-language American documentary film written and directed by Julia Loktev (with co-…
2 months ago
Small Things Like These (2024) (Guest: Sean Patrick Donlan) (episode 57)
Small Things Like These (2024), adapted by Edna Walsh from Claire Keegan’s 2021 novel, tells the story of how coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Mur…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Syriana (2005): Special Commentary (Guest: Peggy McGuiness)
We return to Syriana, a film we discussed previously in Episode 40, but one that feels newly urgent in light of the current war with Iran. When it wa…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Lives of Others (2006) (Guests: Mark Drumbl & Barbora Hola) (episode 56)
This episode looks at The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s haunting exploration of surveillance, complicity, and the brittle archi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Killing Fields (1984) (Guest: Alexandra Meise) (episode 55)
The Killing Fields (1984), directed by Roland Joffe, depicts the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia and the genocide that followed, which resulted in t…
4 months ago
Conclave (2024) (Guest: Monsignor Raymond Kupke) (episode 54)
In Conclave (2024), Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) organizes a conclave to elect a new pope. Key candidates and factions vie with one anoth…
5 months ago
Inglourious Basterds (2009) (Guest Renana Keydar) (episode 53)
Inglourious Basterds (2009), written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, revolves around two plots to assassinate Nazi leaders during the closing year…
5 months, 3 weeks ago