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What is the truest form of love? | "Breaking the Waves" (1996) d. Lars von Trier
Following last week's contemplations about the inevitably communal aspect of moral life, this week's episode contemplates the inevitable difficulties…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Does personal ambition have a limit? | "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011) d. Lynne Ramsay
Following recent discussions about edgy young men and in light of a recent trend in movies depicting high-strung mothers, this week's episode conside…
4 months ago
Who triggers societal collapse? | "Escape from New York" (1981) d. John Carpenter
Following recent discussions about the precariousness of elaborate abstract human thought, this week's episode examines the hypocrisies that seem inh…
4 months, 1 week ago
How can we get what we want? | "Groundhog Day" (1993) d. Harold Ramis
Following recent discussions about the pursuit of attachments and idols, this week's episode centres on Harold Ramis' iconic 1993 comedy, Groundhog D…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Does everything need to be solved? | "Under the Silver Lake" (2018) d. David Robert Mitchell
Following recent discussions about accumulating wisdom, particularly through the consumption of art and cinema, this week's episode centres on David …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Where might overthinking lead us? | "The End of the Tour" (2015) d. James Ponsoldt
Following recent conversations about the difference between thoughts and deeper intuition, this week's episode contemplates the profoundly dangerous …
5 months ago
Who should we listen to? | "Donnie Darko" (2001) d. Richard Kelly
Following recent conversations about the trickiness of listening to one's conscience and the appeal of the alien and in a oppressively absurd world, …
5 months, 1 week ago
Are you The One? | "The Fisher King" (1991) d. Terry Gilliam
Following recent conversations about the disposability of material attachments and the generative aspect of consciousness, this week's episode examin…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What is the participatory aspect of cinema and reality itself? | "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968) d. William Greaves w/ Bhenn Tonks
In this week's episode, we are joined by special guest Bhenn Tonks to contemplate the relationship between the observer and the observed in examining…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
How do you overcome the alpha male? | "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004) d. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Following recent conversations about ambition and masculinity, this week's episode compares the pop psychology archetypes of the alpha and omega male…
6 months ago