Politics on the Plain - 'Sweet Home Alabama' (2002) d. Andy Tennant, 'Alcarràs' (2022) d. Carla Simón & Sonia Castelo & 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) d. Mel Brooks
Is the countryside instinctively alluring? What are the political and economic grievances of the modern farmer? Should our conception of rural culture be static or ever-changing? With the release of '...
23 Juli 202329min
Phantasmic Figures - 'He's Just Not That Into You' (2009) d. Ken Kwapis, 'Run Rabbit Run' (2023) d. Daina Reid & 'Mr. Nobody' (2009) d. Jaco Van Dormael
How do we think of people when their true selves are unobservable? Is the projection of false identities onto others an inevitability? To what extent do people actually have multiple identities? Using...
16 Juli 202329min
Excavating Germans - 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' (2023) d. James Mangold, 'Blind Spot' (1981) d. Claudia von Alemann & 'The Tin Drum' (1979) d. Volker Schlöndorff
What is it dangerous for the past to re-surface? Do we ever feel obliged to pay tribute to those that are no longer with us? How should we conceive the past? This week's episode uses the complex rela...
9 Juli 202329min
The Love Horse - 'American Pie' (1999) d. Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, 'No Hard Feelings' (2023) d. Gene Stupnitsky & 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004) d. Michel Gondry
Can intimacy come before love? Do our circumstances ever force us to demand love? Can people explore the world without love? This week's episode examines the relationship between intimacy and love by ...
2 Juli 202329min
Honour Thy Family - 'Omen' (2023) d. Baloji, 'You Hurt My Feelings' (2023) d. Nicole Holofcener & 'Ordinary People' (1980) d. Robert Redford
How strong are most family ties? Why might people refrain from being honest with their loved ones? Can we ever honour our families too much? In acknowledging the relationship between honour and honest...
25 Juni 202329min
The Multiverse, NY - 'Annie Hall' (1977) d. Woody Allen, 'Synecdoche, New York' (2008) d. Charlie Kaufman & 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' (2023) d. J. Dos Santos, K. Powers & J. K. Thompson
To what extent are the realms constructed by artists part of reality? How much artistic value does reality itself offer? Do archetypal and realist narratives make up for each other's shortcomings? Res...
18 Juni 202329min
Trouble in Paradise - 'L'Avventura' (1960) d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' (2008) d. Nicholas Stoller & 'Infinity Pool' (2023) d. Brandon Cronenberg
Does extreme comfort guarantee us healthy relationships? Are there different forms of human attraction that sit on a sliding scale? How do sex and companionship complement and combat one another? In c...
11 Juni 202329min
A Single Mother's Burden - 'As Good as It Gets' (1997) d. James L. Brooks, 'Erin Brockovich' (2000) d. Steven Soderbergh & 'One Fine Morning' (2022) d. Mia Hansen-Løve
Do all people inevitably yearn for stability in companionship? On whom do the needs of the vulnerable traditionally fall? Is it noble to voluntarily take on other people's burdens? Following recent c...
4 Juni 202329min
