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Young Love - 'Fish Tank' (2009), 'It Felt Like Love' (2013) & 'Pauline at the Beach' (1983)
Season 2 Episode 5
When do we start falling in love? Why we take risks in love? Do we ever grow out of our immaturity? Each of this week's films centre on a fifteen yea…
4 years, 9 months ago
Beauties & Beasts - 'Beauty and the Beast' (1946), 'The Beast' (1975) & 'The Babadook' (2014)
Season 2 Episode 4
How has cinema enhanced the 'Beauty and the Beast' fairytale? What is true beastly behaviour? To what extent should beauties embrace (or reject) beas…
4 years, 9 months ago
Werewolves - 'The Wolf Man' (1941), 'The Wolfman' (2010) & 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981)
Season 2 Episode 3
What do werewolves symbolise? Can we outlive our inner demons? What are the consequences of indulging pure evil? In this episode, we discuss the vary…
4 years, 9 months ago
Manhunting - 'Manhunter' (1986), 'The Fugitive' (1993) & 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (1920)
Season 2 Episode 2
Why do we hunt each other down? What does a manhunt ultimately achieve? Is it ever dangerous to embark on a manhunt? In this episode, we look at thre…
4 years, 9 months ago
Hollywood - 'Swingers' (1996), 'Under the Silver Lake' (2018) & 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)
Season 2 Episode 1
What does the Hollywood pilgrimage require? What is the power of Hollywood? How does one succeed on the big stage? Often the subject of its own creat…
4 years, 10 months ago
Creation - 'The Golem' (1920), '8½' (1963) & 'Ed Wood' (1994)
Season 1 Episode 12
What does it take to create something? What is the life of a creator? How should we respond to art and creative expressions? In this episode, we disc…
4 years, 10 months ago
Men with Gravity - 'Fatal Attraction' (1987), 'Misery' (1990) & 'Cape Fear' (1991)
Season 1 Episode 11
What kinds of men attract attention? How do we justify our obsessions? What are the ultimate sources of betrayal and vengeance? Following a past epis…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Modern Quest - 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' (1972), 'Stalker' (1979) & 'Old Joy' (2006)
Season 1 Episode 10
What are we the ultimate goals of modernity? Is it dangerous to abandon modernity? Can we live in harmony with nature? In this episode, we discuss th…
4 years, 10 months ago
Women with Gravity - 'The Collector' (1967), 'Shiva Baby' (2020) & 'Ema' (2019)
Season 1 Episode 9
Why do women often feel suffocated? Is idolatry inevitable? How should we view others? In this episode, we discuss multiple cinematic depictions of w…
4 years, 10 months ago
Female Victimhood - 'La Strada' (1954), 'Requiem for a Dream' (2000) & 'Rashomon' (1950)
Season 1 Episode 8
Is victimhood gender-specific? How should we attribute blame? Are claims to victimhood universal? Following a past episode on 'Male Victimhood', this…
4 years, 10 months ago