On this Popcorce Eschaton, Scott and John take a look at two drastically different, but complimentary, prison films: the raging ember of empathy for inmates, 1947's 'Brute Force,' directed by Jules Dassin, and Claire Denis's 'High Life,' a sci-fi meditation on the battle between despair and hope.

Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)

Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/

Song clip at the end is "Willow" by Tindersticks feat. Robert Pattinson, available on

'Music for Claire Denis’ 'High Life‘'