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Is violence ever justifiable? | "Tyrannosaur" (2011) d. Paddy Considine
29 mins; March 29, 2026
What is the truest form of love? | "Breaking the Waves" (1996) d. Lars von Trier
29 mins; March 22, 2026
Does personal ambition have a limit? | "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011) d. Lynne Ramsay
29 mins; March 15, 2026
Who triggers societal collapse? | "Escape from New York" (1981) d. John Carpenter
29 mins; March 08, 2026
How can we get what we want? | "Groundhog Day" (1993) d. Harold Ramis
29 mins; March 01, 2026
Does everything need to be solved? | "Under the Silver Lake" (2018) d. David Robert Mitchell
29 mins; February 22, 2026
Where might overthinking lead us? | "The End of the Tour" (2015) d. James Ponsoldt
29 mins; February 15, 2026
Who should we listen to? | "Donnie Darko" (2001) d. Richard Kelly
29 mins; February 08, 2026
Are you The One? | "The Fisher King" (1991) d. Terry Gilliam
29 mins; February 01, 2026
What is the participatory aspect of cinema and reality itself? | "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968) d. William Greaves w/ Bhenn Tonks
29 mins; January 25, 2026
How do you overcome the alpha male? | "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004) d. Rawson Marshall Thurber
29 mins; January 18, 2026
What is the fate of the basic man? | "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) d. Joel Coen
29 mins; January 11, 2026
How might we respond to an uninspiring world? | "The Shining" (1980) d. Stanley Kubrick
29 mins; January 04, 2026
2025: A Year in Review
29 mins; December 28, 2025
What is the fate of the exceptional? | "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) d. Tim Burton
29 mins; December 21, 2025
Do we truly see what we already have? | "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) d. Stanley Kubrick
29 mins; December 14, 2025
Can a lot come from a little? | "Fantasia" (1940) d. Various
29 mins; December 07, 2025
What is the paradoxical nature of rebellion? | "Patterns" (1956) d. Fielder Cook
29 mins; November 30, 2025
Is happiness more available than most of us think? | "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) d. Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton
29 mins; November 23, 2025
Is it possible to outrun a timeless sense of duty? | "The Wild Bunch" (1969) d. Sam Peckinpah
29 mins; November 16, 2025
Are we getting too crazy? | "Bugonia" (2025) d. Yorgos Lanthimos
29 mins; November 09, 2025
What are the vulnerabilities of democracy? | "Jaws" (1975) d. Steven Spielberg
29 mins; November 02, 2025
What are the effects of modern discourse? | "Party Animal" (2025) d. Ali Gill w/ Ali Gill and Aimie Sullivan
29 mins; October 26, 2025
Can worn-out relationships be renovated? | "Sentimental Value" (2025) d. Joachim Trier | LFF 2025 Special
29 mins; October 19, 2025
Why do healthy relationships feel impossible to achieve? | "Possession" (1981) d. Andrzej Żuławski
29 mins; October 11, 2025
What is the power of performed intellect? | "The Master" (2012) d. Paul Thomas Anderson
29 mins; October 05, 2025
Can we trust our ordinary senses of self and reality? | "Perfect Blue" (1997) d. Satoshi Kon
29 mins; September 28, 2025
How might we liberate ourselves from oppressive regimes? | "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) d. Frank Darabont
29 mins; September 21, 2025
How political are we qualified to be? | "Eddington" (2025) d. Ari Aster
29 mins; September 07, 2025
Is there such a thing as dignified rebellion? | "Killer of Sheep" (1978) d. Charles Burnett
29 mins; August 31, 2025
How might passive attention impact the world? | "Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003) d. Thom Andersen
29 mins; August 24, 2025
Will anyone ever understand your existential plight? | "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) d. Nicholas Ray
29 mins; August 17, 2025
How powerless are we as individuals in the face of existential threats? | "First Reformed" (2017) d. Paul Schrader w/ Christopher Smol
29 mins; August 10, 2025
Why make art? | "Sideways" (2004) d. Alexander Payne
29 mins; August 03, 2025
How deep can human connections go? | "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991) d. Krzysztof Kieślowski
29 mins; July 27, 2025
Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter
29 mins; July 20, 2025
What is truly at stake in the cinema? | 'Babylon' (2022) d. Damien Chazelle
29 mins; July 13, 2025
How should we view claims to innocence? | 'The White Ribbon' (2009) d. Michael Haneke
29 mins; July 06, 2025
Can love actually be found in a hopeless place? | 'Mud' (2012) d. Jeff Nichols
29 mins; June 29, 2025
How can we know when to speak the truth? | "On the Waterfront" (1954) d. Elia Kazan
29 mins; June 22, 2025
What is the ultimate consequence of integrating the shadow? | "Youth in Revolt" (2009) d. Miguel Arteta
29 mins; June 15, 2025
Are there stages of true toughness? | "Good Will Hunting" (1997) d. Gus Van Sant
29 mins; June 08, 2025
What does criticism look like in a postmodern world? | 'Ratatouille' (2007) d. Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava
29 mins; June 01, 2025
Are we content with our treatment of beauty? | "Parthenope" (2024) d. Paolo Sorrentino
29 mins; May 25, 2025
How available are our deepest emotions? | "American Beauty" (1999) d. Sam Mendes
29 mins; May 18, 2025
How should we navigate subjective experience in a world of "objects"? | "Withnail & I" (1987) d. Bruce Robinson
29 mins; May 11, 2025
What might be the antidote to fascism? | "Hot Fuzz" (2007) d. Edgar Wright
29 mins; May 04, 2025
How are we to make sense of artistic ambition? | "Paterson" (2016) d. Jim Jarmusch
29 mins; April 27, 2025
What does it mean to give our true selves to those we love? | "Wings of Desire" (1987) d. Wim Wenders
29 mins; April 20, 2025
Are we on track to see the end of cinema? | "The Second Act" (2024) d. Quentin Dupieux
29 mins; April 13, 2025
How dangerous is the romanticisation of modern life? | "The End" (2024) d. Joshua Oppenheimer
29 mins; April 06, 2025
How might a simple life constrain us more than we think? | "Pather Panchali" (1955) d. Satyajit Ray
29 mins; March 30, 2025
What is the value of privacy? | "The Conversation" (1974) d. Francis Ford Coppola
29 mins; March 23, 2025
What does noble desire look like? | "Malena" (2000) d. Giuseppe Tornatore
29 mins; March 16, 2025
Why should we care about the end of humanity? | "On the Beach" (1959) d. Stanley Kramer
29 mins; March 09, 2025
How far away are we from transformative experiences? | "Night on Earth" (1991) d. Jim Jarmusch
29 mins; March 02, 2025
Does anyone have chance at a decent life? | "Stand By Me" (1986) d. Rob Reiner
29 mins; February 23, 2025
What do we desire in an ideal companion? | "Wallace and Gromit" (Various) d. Nick Park et al
29 mins; February 16, 2025
How can we transcend life's inevitable tragedies? | "The Elephant Man" (1980) d. David Lynch
29 mins; February 09, 2025
What kinds of people should we open up to? | "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945) d. John M. Stahl
29 mins; February 02, 2025
What does a true commitment to science really look like? | "I Origins" (2014) d. Mike Cahill
29 mins; January 26, 2025
'Big Fish' (2003) d. Tim Burton
29 mins; January 19, 2025
'The Innocents' (1961) d. Jack Clayton
29 mins; January 12, 2025
'A Complete Unknown' (2024) d. James Mangold
29 mins; January 05, 2025
2024: A Year in Review
29 mins; December 29, 2024
'The Day of the Beast' (1995) d. Álex de la Iglesia
29 mins; December 22, 2024
'Bad Santa' (2003) d. Terry Zwigoff w/ Eddie Bernasconi
29 mins; December 15, 2024
'Anora' (2024) d. Sean Baker w/ Henry Bretz
29 mins; December 08, 2024
'The Remains of the Day' (1993) d. James Ivory w/ Christopher Smol
29 mins; December 01, 2024
'The Taste of Mango' (2023) d. Chloe Abrahams w/ Chloe Abrahams
29 mins; November 24, 2024
'Like My Brother' (2024) d. Sal Balharrie w/ Archie Chew
29 mins; November 17, 2024
'Sofa, So Good' (2024) d. The Thiele Brothers w/ The Thiele Brothers
29 mins; November 09, 2024
'Joker: Folie à Deux' (2024) d. Todd Phillips
29 mins; November 02, 2024
Special Early Release - 'Halloween' (1978) d. John Carpenter w/ Matthew T. Price
29 mins; October 24, 2024
'Crocodile Tears' (2024) d. Tumpal Tampubolon w/ Tumpal Tampubolon
29 mins; October 20, 2024
'Trainspotting' (1996) d. Danny Boyle
29 mins; October 13, 2024
'A Real Pain' (2024) d. Jesse Eisenberg
29 mins; October 06, 2024
'When the Wind Blows' (1986) d. Jimmy T. Murakami
29 mins; October 05, 2024
'Watership Down' (1978) d. Martin Rosen & John Hubley
29 mins; October 05, 2024
'The Leopard' (1963) d. Luchino Visconti
29 mins; October 05, 2024
'Amadeus' (1984) d. Miloš Forman
29 mins; September 29, 2024
'The Browning Version' (1951) d. Anthony Asquith
29 mins; September 22, 2024
'2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) d. Stanley Kubrick
29 mins; September 15, 2024
'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (1985) d. Woody Allen
29 mins; September 08, 2024
The End of Sacred Cinema...
29 mins; August 11, 2024
The Formidable-Facing Feminine - 'The Birds' (1963) d. Alfred Hitchcock, 'Contact' (1997) d. Robert Zemeckis & 'Twisters' (2024) d. Lee Isaac Chung
29 mins; August 04, 2024
F(eminine) B(udding) I(nvestigator)s - 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) d. Jonathan Demme, 'Wind River' (2017) d. Taylor Sheridan & 'Longlegs' (2024) d. Oz Perkins
29 mins; July 28, 2024
Adult Entertainers - 'Showgirls' (1995) d. Paul Verhoeven, 'Boogie Nights' (1997) d. Paul Thomas Anderson & 'MaXXXine' (2024) d. Ti West
29 mins; July 21, 2024
Dreams - 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) d. Victor Fleming & King Vidor, 'Waking Life' (2001) d. Richard Linklater & 'Kinds of Kindness' (2024) d. Yorgos Lanthimos
29 mins; July 14, 2024
Modern Japan - 'Tokyo Story' (1953) d. Yasujirô Ozu, 'Sans Soleil' (1983) d. Chris Marker & 'Godzilla Minus One' (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki
29 mins; July 07, 2024
Primates - 'King Kong' (1933) d. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 'Twelve Monkeys' (1995) d. Terry Gilliam & 'Sasquatch Sunset' (2024) d. David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
29 mins; June 30, 2024
Buried Treasure - 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948) d. John Huston, 'National Treasure' (2004) d. Jon Turteltaub & 'La Chimera' (2023) d. Alice Rohrwacher
29 mins; June 23, 2024
Seductive Alter Egos - 'The Nutty Professor' (1963) d. Jerry Lewis, 'The Mask' (1994) d. Chuck Russell & 'Hit Man' (2024) d. Richard Linklater
29 mins; June 16, 2024
Fall Guys - 'Angels with Dirty Faces' (1938) d. Michael Curtiz, 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' (1988) d. Robert Zemeckis & 'The Fall Guy' (2024) d. David Leitch
29 mins; June 09, 2024
Avenging the Feminine - 'Lady Snowblood' (1973) d. Toshiya Fujita, 'Irreversible' (2002) d. Gaspar Noé & 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' (2024) d. George Miller
29 mins; June 02, 2024
Clingers - 'Play Misty for Me' (1971) d. Clint Eastwood, 'The Cable Guy' (1996) d. Ben Stiller & 'The Piano Teacher' (2001) d. Michael Haneke
29 mins; May 26, 2024
Private Investigators - 'The Long Goodbye' (1973) d. Robert Altman, 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' (1994) d. Tom Shadyac & 'I Heart Huckabees' (2004) d. David O. Russell
29 mins; May 19, 2024
Side-Switchers - 'The Bridges of Madison County' (1995) d. Clint Eastwood, 'Match Point' (2005) d. Woody Allen, 'Challengers' (2024) d. Luca Guadagnino
29 mins; May 12, 2024
Shooting Violence - 'Peeping Tom' (1960) d. Michael Powell, 'Nightcrawler' (2014) d. Dan Gilroy & 'Civil War' (2024) d. Alex Garland
29 mins; May 05, 2024
Bohemian Triangles - 'Jules and Jim' (1962) d. François Truffaut, 'The Dreamers' (2003) d. Bernardo Bertolucci & 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (2008) d. Woody Allen
29 mins; April 28, 2024
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