Cinema of Meaning

By Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden

Cinema of Meaning is a conversational podcast that seeks to explore the depths of what cinema has to offer. Each week, we discuss an individual film to get a better understanding of its storytellin

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How many episodes does Cinema of Meaning have?

The podcast currently has 79 episodes available.

Cinema of Meaning episodes:

November 17, 2022 Ep: 38: Barbarian
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the gender dynamics of stranger danger, social commentary in horror movies, and the nature of predatory men, in Zach Cregger’s Barbarian.

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55min
November 10, 2022 Ep. 37: No Country for Old Men
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss questions of fate and evil in the Coen Brothers’ surprisingly existentialist western No Country for Old Men.

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Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

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Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

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56min
November 03, 2022 Ep. 36: Midsommar
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss grief, relationship struggles, and the differences between individualistic and collectivist cultures, in Ari Aster’s Midsommar.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

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Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

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1h 2min
October 27, 2022 Ep. 35: Primer
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the beauty of low-budget, independent filmmaking, the intricacies of time travel, and how to navigate and appreciate challenging films, in Shane Carruth’s Primer.

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Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

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Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
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57min
October 20, 2022 Ep. 34: 300
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss different notions of heroic masculinity, the conflicting excitement of stylized violence, and enjoying movies with ideas you don’t agree with, in Zack Snyder’s 300.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
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1h 3min
October 13, 2022 Ep. 33: Apocalypse Now
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the fever dream that is Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, and examine how it created such a distinctive atmosphere, how it used a passive protagonist to offer a unique perspective, and how it invoked absurdity to navigate complicated issues of war and evil.

Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning
Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO
Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight
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1h 8min
October 06, 2022 Ep. 32: Casablanca
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the 1942 classic Casablanca and examine both its specific meanings as a war story coming out in wartime, as well as its general meanings as a timeless story of heartbreak, apathy and reengagement.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
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Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO
Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight
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52min
September 29, 2022 Ep. 31: Prometheus
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the ever expanding cosmology of the Alien series, the struggle for existential answers, and the savage act of creation, in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.

Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning
Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO
Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight
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54min
September 22, 2022 Ep. 30: Signs
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the power of perspective in storytelling, the real meaning of faith, and the lost art of setups and payoffs, in M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs.

Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning
Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO
Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1h 1min
September 15, 2022 Ep. 29: Nope
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss humanity’s complicated relation to spectacle and horror, how we cope with trauma, and how to tell a layered story that allows for multiple different perspectives, in Jordan Peele’s Nope.

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:
Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld
Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:
Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight
Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo
Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:
Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning
Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO
Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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FAQs about Cinema of Meaning:

How many episodes does Cinema of Meaning have?

The podcast currently has 79 episodes available.

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