In this episode, we discuss the 2017 film 'A Fantastic Woman', directed by Sebastián Lelio and starring Daniela Vega. Our discussion focuses on the question, what is gender? We begin with a critique of the biological essentialist understanding of gender. Here, our conversation references Talia Mae Bettcher, Gloria Anzaldúa, Immanuel Kant, and Sandy Stone. The second half of this episode analyses Judith Bulter's understanding of gender as performativity. These reflections are accompanied by a couple of beers from 9 White Deer Brewery and Kissmeyer Brewing. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

We're back for Season 2 of Two Philosophers Drink Beer & Discuss Film, with Episode 21 on 'The Matrix' from 1999, directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Our discussion focuses on the philosophical question, what is reality? Toward the conclusion of this discussion, we also offer some reflections on Robert Nozick's famous 'experience machine' thought experiment. Our conversation is accompanied by some beers from Svaneke Bryghus and The Foxes Rock. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

This is the final episode of Season 1 of Two Philosophers Drink Beer & Discuss Film. In it, we consider the 1982 film 'Blade Runner', directed by Ridley Scott. Our discussion identifies, as central to the film, a dramatic examination of the philosophical question, 'What does it mean to be human?' We thus demonstrate how the film problematises this question through its replicant characters who, owing to their existential condition, challenge many of the answers given to it throughout the history of philosophy. Included in our discussion are explorations of the stoic and scholastic definitions of the human being, Nietzsche's account of the human being as the Übermensch, Heidegger's description of the human being as a 'being-for-death', the modern philosophical idea that empathy constitutes the essence of the human being, as well as Descartes's defense of the human being as a 'thinking thing'. This conversation is accompanied by some beers from Amager Bryghus and Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg. Thanks so much for listening and getting involved during Season 1. We'll keep you all updated about when we'll return for Season 2 on twitter.com/twophilpodcast and instagram.com/twophilpodcast.

In this episode, we consider the 1998 film 'The Big Lebowski', directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Jeff Bridges with Julianne Moore. We start by contextualising the film in relation to the Gulf War, before outlining and assessing the idleness of The Dude as a critique of American imperialism. We conclude by analysing the character of Walter with respect to the different political elites of the film as well as America's general international policy of military interventionism. These reflections are accompanied by some rather underwhelming beers by Miller Brewing Company and Hüfi Beer. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we consider the 2015 film 'Room', directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson with Jacob Tremblay. We start by drawing some parallels between the film and Plato's famous allegory of the cave, before exploring some of the ways that the film critiques this understanding of reality. We conclude by highlighting the difference between abstract geometric space and our concrete lived experience of space in order to make sense of Jack's claim that room, the small shed where he was imprisoned for the vast majority of his life, constitutes a place of boundless possibility. These reflections are accompanied by some beers by Mikkeller and Crabbie's. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we discuss the 2018 film 'Woman At War', directed by Benedikt Erlingsson and starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir. We start by highlighting the dangers involved with the Western appropriation of Buddhism as a response to injustice and suffering, before considering how the issue of climate change makes us reassess the legal principle on which modern democratic republics are founded. We conclude by considering the musical accompaniment of the film in line with the ancient Greek idea of the muses as well as the dramatic chorus of Greek tragedy. These reflections are accompanied by some beers by Einstök Brewery and 9 White Deer Brewery. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we examine the 2015 film 'The Lobster', directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell with Rachel Weisz. We begin by consulting Hannah Arendt to help us understand how bureaucracy can easily transform into tyranny, before considering how the film relates to three different stories from ancient Greek mythology: Echo & Narcissus, Oedipus, and Icarus. We conclude with some reflections on veganism and animal rights. This conversation is accompanied by beers from 9 White Deer Brewery and Brouwerij de Molen. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we consider the 1994 film 'Pulp Fiction', directed by Quentin Tarantino. Our discussion highlights the lack of a stable source of meaning in the film with reference to Jean-François Lyotard's description of the postmodern condition, before contemplating the ethical possibilities of this contemporary situation in relation to the famous scene at Jack Rabbit Slim's diner. We also evaluate the character of Jules Winnfield's reformation in the film relative to Max Weber's views on the protestant work ethic as being a prerequisite for the development of modern capitalism. These reflections are accompanied by some beers by Foxes Rock Brewery and Skovlyst Brewery. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we consider Spike Lee's 1989 classic 'Do The Right Thing'. Our discussion begins by highlighting the historical and pedagogical issues between philosophy and race, before continuing to explore the different ways that white supremacy manifests itself throughout the film. We reference several thinkers in this episode, including Archie Mafeje, Kwame Nkrumah, Enrique Dussel, Akala, Charles W. Mills, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Angela Davis, and James Baldwin. These reflections are accompanied by beers from Ørbæk Brewery and Station Works Brewery. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.

In this episode, we consider the 1971 film 'A Clockwork Orange', directed by Stanley Kubrick. Our discussion comments on the violence depicted in the film with reference to the work of Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, before contemplating the relationship between morality and freedom in consultation with Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. We accompany these reflections with some beers from To Øl and 9 White Deer Brewery. Follow us on twitter.com/twophilpodcast or instagram.com/twophilpodcast to get involved with the discussion.