The cows go back to Titanic and explore how Cameron weaves together themes of love, memory, duty, and class into a massive scale disaster flick. Is Titanic, which was at the time the most expensive and highest grossing movie ever, secretly an anti-capitalist propaganda piece? Or is it just the pinnacle of Hollywood bombast? Tune in to find out!
Nov 21
153. Grave of the Fireflies (w/ Sam Liao)
<p>We are joined by Sam Liao (Philosophy, University of Puget Sound) to discuss our first animated film on the show: Isao Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies! We discuss childhood, innocence, war, societal collapse, and much more! </p>
1h 9m
Nov 7
152. Parasite (w/ Rachel Fraser)
We sit down with Rachel Fraser (MIT, Philosophy) to discuss Bong Joon Ho's Academy Award winning movie PARASITE! What do Freud, Jane Eyre, and Marx have to do with a movie about three families in South Korea? Psychoanalysis, transgression, class consciousness, ideology, ghosts, H ... Show More
1h 59m
Oct 25
151. Rec (w/ Pete Turner)
Continuing spooky season, we sit down with Pete Turner (Oxford Brookes University) to discuss found footage horror and the now-classic entry into the genre, REC! We discuss why this isn't "found footage"(!) although it is diegetic camera horror, and how the film uses the limited ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 2024
CULTURE - "Titanic" : pourquoi le film de Cameron reste mythique
REDIFF - Triomphe insoupçonné, "Titanic", revient sur grand écran à l'occasion de ses 25 ans. Entre les coulisses du tournage compliqué et le pari du casting pas encore banquable, personne ne misait sur ce film, encore moins Céline Dion, qui a bien failli ne pas enregistrer l'un ... Show More
16m 26s
Apr 2022
TITANIC: The Unsinkable Ship
<p>On April 10th, 1912, RMS Titanic cast off from Southampton, England, on her maiden voyage. The largest of its kind, full of grandeur and the most sophisticated technology for the time, Titanic was determined “practically unsinkable” in admiring reviews of the ship beforehand. ... Show More
34m 32s