With the release of Ari Aster's highly anticipated intense examination of the contemporary political landscape, Eddington, this week's episode discusses both the justifications for and the potentially detrimental risks of contemporary activism.

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The Sweet East (2023) d. Sean Price Williams

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Following last week's brief mention of the neorealist movement in 1970s Los Angeles, this week's episode focuses on Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep to explore the multidimensionality of social rebellion.

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Following recent conversations on the importance of creating authentic art, this week's episode switches focus in discussing Thom Andersen's 2003 documentary, Los Angeles Plays Itself, and reflecting on how significantly inactive attention can not only obfuscate reality but impact society.

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Bless Their Little Hearts (1983) d. Billy Woodberry

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In light of current intergenerational divides, mixed in with recent conversations about the ever-haunting burden of existential thinking, this week's episode focused on Nicholas Ray's 1955 classic, Rebel Without a Cause, to contemplate how comforting older generations might be when we face objective uncertainty.

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Featuring friend of the show Christopher Smol, this week's episode focuses on Paul Schrader's 2017 psychological drama, First Reformed, among a few others that similarly explore the burden of moral imperatives felt by alienated individuals confronting wide-scale problems.

We also briefly discuss:

Winter Light (1963) d. Ingmar Bergman

Diary of a Country Priest (1952) d. Robert Bresson

Night Moves (2013) d. Kelly Reichardt

Ordet (1955) d. Carl Theodor Dreyer

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In light of Matthias Glasner's new film, Dying, as well as recent conversations on the potentially transcendent nature of human identity, this week's episode focuses on Alexander Payne's 2004 romantic dramedy, Sideways, to contemplate why creative expression might be crucial to our relationships with others.

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Dying (2024) d. Matthias Glasner

Death in Venice (1971) d. Luchino Visconti

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Following recent conversations on love and the elusiveness of fixed human identities, this week's episode focuses on Krzysztof Kieślowski's highly-acclaimed The Double Life of Veronique to contemplate our seemingly inevitable and dynamic interconnectedness.

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The Conversation (1974) d. Francis Ford Coppola

Black Narcissus (1947) d. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

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Following recent conversations on the prospective emergence of novel formidable entities (namely AI), this week's episode examines John Carpenter's 1983 sci-fi classic The Thing, to contemplate what human societies might do when seamlessly infiltrated by evil.

We also briefly discuss:

Alien (1979) d. Ridley Scott

Videodrome (1983) d. David Cronenberg

Hellraiser (1987) d. Clive Barker

Jurassic Park (1993) d. Steven Spielberg

Oppenheimer (2023) d. Christopher Nolan

Ex Machina (2014) d. Alex Garland

Following numerous references to Babylon on various past episodes, it feels necessary to dive deeper into Damien Chazelle's perceptive epic and contemplate how it may prove to be a masterpiece of tomorrow.

We also briefly discuss:

Singin' in the Rain (1952) d. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly

Boogie Nights (1997) d. Paul Thomas Anderson

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) d. Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper and Eleanor Coppola

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Following past discussions on confronting modern life through the eyes of children, this week's episode focuses on Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning film, The White Ribbon, to contemplate the sinister art of making false claims to innocence.

We also briefly discuss:

The Innocents (1961) d. Jack Clayton

Remains of the Day (1993) d. James Ivory

The Zone of Interest (2023) d. Jonathan Glazer

The Conference (2022) d. Matti Geschonneck

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