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Mundane Malevolence - 'Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' (1975) d. Chantal Akerman, 'Little Children' (2006) d. Todd Field & 'The Zone of Interest' (2023) d. Jonathan Glazer
How vulnerable are we to becoming entranced by the mundane? How sensitive are we to injustice in our ordinary lives? What does the permitting of evil…
2 years, 5 months ago
Under the Wing - 'The Last Detail' (1973) d. Hal Ashby, 'Malcolm' (1986) d. Nadia Tass & 'The Holdovers' (2023) d. Alexander Payne
Can we be free without the presence of external control? Is there more than one set of rules under which we can play? Can imprisonment ever be the me…
2 years, 5 months ago
Motherhood Now - 'The End We Start From' (2023) d. Mahalia Belo, 'Poor Things' (2023) d. Yorgos Lanthimos & 'The Boy and the Heron' (2023) d. Hayao Miyazaki
What does motherhood feel like on both the personal and global level? How should we view the power to give life? Is our mother a fixed thing? Focusin…
2 years, 6 months ago
Fight For Your Life - 'A Matter of Life and Death' (1946) d. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 'A Hidden Life' (2019) d. Terrence Malick & 'One Life' (2023) d. James Hawes
Is it difficult to choose a life path? Is it harder to live out the life we choose? Why should we endure through relatively insignificant acts of sac…
2 years, 6 months ago
Salvation by Sedation - 'Life is Beautiful' (1997) d. Roberto Benigni, 'Shutter Island' (2010) d. Martin Scorsese & 'Leave the World Behind' (2023) d. Sam Esmail
How are the horrors of reality communicated to the vulnerable? How do we escape from the aspects of ourselves that we want to ignore? Is anyone actua…
2 years, 6 months ago
2023: A Year in Review
In the final episode of Sacred Cinema for 2023 we're taking a look at your favourite films of the year and what they can tell us about human history'…
2 years, 6 months ago
Home for the Holidays (Early Release) - 'It's a Wonderful Life' (1946) d. Frank Capra, 'Black Christmas' (1974) d. Bob Clark & 'Home Alone' (1990) d. Chris Columbus
How can we affect the world from home? Is the home easy to defend? How is the home like a battleground? Christmas has come early, as we release this …
2 years, 7 months ago
Requesting Your Favourite Films of 2023
Please let us know what your favourite film of the year was via either:
-the poll below (if listening on Spotify)
-emailing us at contact@jimmybernas…
2 years, 7 months ago
Final Solutions - 'Toy Story' (1995) d. John Lasseter, 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) d. Quentin Tarantino, 'How to Have Sex' (2023) d. Molly Manning Walker
How does history unfold? How do certain states of affairs become commonsensical? How should we prescribe new social norms? Drawing on some key philos…
2 years, 7 months ago
Delayed Anonymous Romance - 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin' (2005) d. Judd Apatow, 'Last Tango in Paris' (1972) d. Bernardo Bertolucci & 'Fallen Leaves' (2023) d. Aki Kaurismäki
Is it ever desirable to delay romantic gratification? Is it ever desirable to completely avoid serious romance? How can discipline both help and hind…
2 years, 7 months ago