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'The Browning Version' (1951) d. Anthony Asquith
Do you know how to be kind?
In this week's episode we examine Anthony Asquith's 'The Browning Version' to contemplate how people who rarely receive…
1 year, 9 months ago
'2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) d. Stanley Kubrick
Should we base all of our decisions and actions around a single end goal?
In this week's episode we unpack the rich symbolism employed in Stanley K…
1 year, 10 months ago
'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (1985) d. Woody Allen
Are you in love with the movies?
In the first ever episode of 'Films for Today' we take a look at Woody Allen's 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' to conte…
1 year, 10 months ago
The End of Sacred Cinema...
In this week's episode we bid farewell to Sacred Cinema and preview an exciting new program, also centred on the relationship between cinema and soci…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Formidable-Facing Feminine - 'The Birds' (1963) d. Alfred Hitchcock, 'Contact' (1997) d. Robert Zemeckis & 'Twisters' (2024) d. Lee Isaac Chung
What does intimidation feel like? Can brave curiosity fully solve all of the problems that confront us? What should the meek integrate in order to ov…
1 year, 11 months ago
F(eminine) B(udding) I(nvestigator)s - 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) d. Jonathan Demme, 'Wind River' (2017) d. Taylor Sheridan & 'Longlegs' (2024) d. Oz Perkins
To what extent should the budding feminine integrate the malevolent masculine? Should the feminine-masculine continuum be our sole consideration when…
1 year, 11 months ago
Adult Entertainers - 'Showgirls' (1995) d. Paul Verhoeven, 'Boogie Nights' (1997) d. Paul Thomas Anderson & 'MaXXXine' (2024) d. Ti West
How easy is it to examine adult performances? How fast can we slide into losing our dignity? Can we ever be fully accepting of debauchery? By focusin…
2 years ago
Dreams - 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) d. Victor Fleming & King Vidor, 'Waking Life' (2001) d. Richard Linklater & 'Kinds of Kindness' (2024) d. Yorgos Lanthimos
Can dreams be useful? Can we ever know when we're experiencing real life? Is there ever anything that can guide us when in a state of total confusion…
2 years ago
Modern Japan - 'Tokyo Story' (1953) d. Yasujirô Ozu, 'Sans Soleil' (1983) d. Chris Marker & 'Godzilla Minus One' (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki
How should we relate to past generations? To what extent should we embrace novelty? Is there a way to redeem ourselves without completely self-destru…
2 years ago
Primates - 'King Kong' (1933) d. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 'Twelve Monkeys' (1995) d. Terry Gilliam & 'Sasquatch Sunset' (2024) d. David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
What is our primal nature? What does our primality imply in the grand scheme of things? What is the relative intelligence of our species? Focusing on…
2 years ago