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Ayo Akingbade
Essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New episodes every other Monday.
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Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.
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Music:
"Now is the Time to Leave," August Whilhelmsson
"Her Eyes the Stars," Patrik Berg Almkvisth, LUCHS
"Night Arr. For Cello and Felt Piano," Limelight Glow
"The Inventor," David Celeste
"Middle School," Blue Wednesday
Sources/References:
- https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1866-toulmouche-hesitant-fiancee/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/style/auguste-toulmouche-hesitant-fiancee-tiktok.html
- https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=403&sold=1
- https://anthropology-of-weddings.org.uk/athens-greece-wedding-symbols/#:~:text=Wedding%20wreaths%20also%20refer%20to,of%20the%20wreaths%20tightly%20together.
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Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/gM4b5_h_PgU
Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.
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Music:
Waltz of the Moscow Strings, Rafael KRux
The Hidden Library, Joshua Kyan Aalampour
Yumeji's Thheme, Shigeru Umebayashi
Bloom, Blue Wednesday & Shopan
Sources/References:
- https://theconversation.com/a-cinema-of-intimacy-the-enduring-beauty-of-wong-kar-wai-170217
- https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/watch-30-minute-making-of-documentary-on-in-the-mood-for-love-plus-new-the-grandmaster-featurette-94632/
- https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/3084877/how-wong-kar-wais-mood-love-became-modern-masterpiece-20-years
- https://niceasheck.com/blogs/news/exploring-the-visual-poetry-of-wong-kar-wais-films#:~:text=What%20sets%20song%20%20Kar%Wai,memory%20with%20a%20melancholic%20tone.
- https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/52956/1/in-the-mood-for-love-remains-a-spellbinding-introduction-to-wong-kar-wai
- https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3190104/what-they-said-about-mood-love-director-wong-kar-wai-and
- https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/cteq/in-the-mood-for-love/
- https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wong-kar-wai-masterpiece-in-the-mood-for-love/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677Gb9D5Vjc
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'Toofpick', Blue Wednesday
'Dusk', Blue Wednesday
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Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry.
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Music:
'Cylinder Two', Chris Zabriskie
'A Fond Farewell', David Celeste
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/
Rainday Textile
Sources/References:
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-siken
- https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://poets.org/book/war-foxes
- https://30northblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/review-of-war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363140793_On_the_Relationship_Between_Poetry_and_Painting_from_the_Perspective_of_Chinese_and_Western_Culture
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/868190?typeAccessWorkflow=login
- https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-9/doomchin/
- https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=urj
- https://poets.org/text/how-read-poem-0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6OA3QBRLM
- https://www.songtell.com/richard-siken/turpentine
- https://tinhouse.com/the-doubling-of-self-an-interview-with-richard-siken/
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Exploring the similarities between filmmaking and art curation, historical french female painters, and the queer cinematic gaze in Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/
Etude 11 Charles
Other Music
"The Lowest", Martin Gauffin
"Dusk, Blue Wednesday
Sources/References:
- https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/2/73
- https://smarthistory.org/royal-academy-france/
- https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/international-womens-day-elisabeth-louise-vigee-le-brun
- https://www.rogerebert.com/features/book-excerpt-portraits-of-resistance-the-cinema-of-c%C3%A9line-sciamma\
- https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7084-the-brush-behind-the-film-how-painter-hlne-delmaire-created-our-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-cover#:~:text=Art%20speaks%20volumes%20in,thanks%20to%20painter%20H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne%20Delmaire
- https://www.slashfilm.com/1161765/creating-the-titular-paintings-for-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-was-a-massive-undertaking/
- http://unpolishedmagazine.com/helene-delmaire-painting-the-loss-of-the-ego/
- https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/%C3%89lisabeth-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/m02q0w
- https://www.theartstory.org/artist/vigee-le-brun-elisabeth-louise/
- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-scandalous-portraits-of-%C3%A9lisabeth-louise-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/ZAICJhgvKCCoLw
- https://galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/story-behind-the-four-seasons-by-vivaldi
- https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-ending-explained
- https://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-celine-sciamma-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire/
- https://cdimatteo.com/italian/sonnets-vivaldi-four-seasons/
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Exploring how Colson Whitehead's Depiction of 1960s Harlem Exposes America's Foundational Crookedness
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Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/
Single Still
Rainday Textile
Cran Ras
Some Nights End
Sources/References:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/books/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle.html
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n24/mendez/did-he-leap
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle/619821/
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/crime-in-oliver-twist
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Exploring Hitchcock's groundbreaking work in both the silent film and early talkie mediums
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Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/
Gatheris Stasis
Etude 3 Chessanta
Etude 12 Taminy
Other:
Non-copyright Vintage Jazz and Ragtime Music
No Name Jive - Glen Gray
Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C (DIssonance), Mov. I, K. 465
Gloomy Sunday Instrumental Piano
Borodin's String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Mov. IV
Sources/References:
- https://us.ukessays.com/essays/film-studies/alfred-hitchcocks-use-of-sound-film-studies-essay.php
- http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour2.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/21/the-talkies-silent-film-british-cinema-alfred-hitchcock
- https://vimeo.com/431937966#art
- https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-british-silent-films
- http://www.londonssilentcinemas.com/history/
- https://silentlondon.co.uk/2015/01/19/the-10-best-silent-film-posters/
- https://lonelybrand.com/blog/picture-palaces-of-the-silent-film-era/
- https://talkfilmsociety.com/columns/beginners-guide-to-alfred-hitchcock-the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog-1927
- https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/hitchcock-9-why-people-talking-about-silent-movies
- https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/871-blackmail#:~:text=Hitchcock%20shot%20the%20film%20in,RCA%20equipment%20imported%20from%20America
- https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/01/harvard-film-archive-to-screen-hitchcocks-silent-era-films/#:~:text=GAZETTE%3A%20In%20a%20series%20of,he%20think%20talking%20pictures%20missed%3F
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDVATU7-yuw
- http://www.historyoffilm.net/movie-eras/silent-black-and-white-movies/
- https://www.
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Exploring the cosmic visions of the USSR through its space and retro futuristic artwork
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsSebring
Dognell
Burham Street
Sources/References:
- Aleksandra Sanʹkova, and Moskovskiĭ Muzeĭ Dizaĭna (Russia. Soviet Space Graphics : Cosmic Visions from the USSR. London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2020.
- https://comradekiev.com/blog/cosmonauts-and-communism-soviet-propaganda-posters-and-the-space-race/
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210426-how-the-space-race-changed-soviet-art
- https://www.marxist.com/the-role-of-the-state-in-the-space-race.htm
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-space-graphics
- https://comradekiev.com/blog/ten-must-read-books-on-soviet-art-design-and-culture/
- https://daily.jstor.org/the-birth-of-the-soviet-union-and-the-death-of-the-russian-revolution
- https://hero-magazine.com/article/169502/soviet-space-graphics
- https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/book_report/educate-encourage-dream-popular-science-in-the-soviet-space-age-56390
- https://www.thecollector.com/russian-revolution-in-5-great-paintings/
- https://www.rbth.com/arts/333753-soviet-artists-need-know
- https://blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/art-in-the-land-of-soviets/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-PfLRyvxI
- https://www.rbth.com/arts/332595-aesthetic-soviet-art
- https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/soviet-space-posters/
- https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/tekinkia-molodezhi-russian-sci-fi-barbican-into-the-unknown-160517
- https://neverwasmag.com/2020/02/the-art-of-andrei-sokolov/
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Exploring Barry Jenkins' love through color and lighting in Moonlight and Beale Street
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsSebring
Dognell
Burham Street
Sources/References:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0ZbueIaks&list=PLfgAd5NFB64v2cwDgC9EK9yTEJ9BdGztc&index=1
- https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=googlescholar&id=GALE|A584329726&v=2.1=r&sid=AONE&asid=416a3102
- https://indiefilmhustle.com/ultimate-guide-to-barry-jenkins-and-his-directing-techniques/
- https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/dpdfilm/chapter/moonlight-2016/
- https://www.polygon.com/22510959/barry-jenkins-films
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/21/its-lit-how-film-finally-learned-how-to-light-black-skin
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17VKpoLJUbA
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Exploring the comedy of the Coen Brothers
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsTarte Tatin
Cicle Ariel
Dolly and Pad
Sources/References:
- https://the-take.com/watch/what-is-the-underlying-philosophy-of-the-coen-brothers-films
- https://nofilmschool.com/2018/06/how-coen-brothers-use-repetition-create-comedy
- https://anthempress.com/the-whole-durn-human-comedy-life-according-to-the-coen-brothers-pb
- https://medium.com/@heathkillen/the-united-states-of-coen-80e0912239fe
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/hHAwW_CWIiM
Exploring the tragic beauty through which Paul Thomas Anderson depicts his characters.
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsCaseco
Sals Place
Uncertain Ground
Sources/References:
- https://themaneater.com/paul-thomas-anderson-the-king-of-broken-characters-and-immersive-period-pieces/
- https://nofilmschool.com/2017/03/watch-pt-anderson-and-search-purpose
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356578789_THE_CHARACTERS_OF_PAUL_THOMAS_ANDERSON
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMjQrXvcKnc
- https://pilerats.com/written/light-easy/cinepile-5-underrated-performances-in-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson/
- https://www.bookforum.com/print/2704/paul-thomas-anderson-thrives-in-toxic-hollywood-24260
- https://www.thefilmagazine.com/where-to-start-paul-thomas-anderson/
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/JLXz7iJtjtU
Exploring how food is depicted in cinema
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsLeptias
Sources/References:https://www.academia.edu/44358709/THE_CONNECTION_BETWEEN_FOOD_AND_CINEMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxp_JEjyh2E
https://erajournal.co.uk/thoughts/food-on-film/
https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/food-in-film-and-tv-the-importance-of-eating/
https://thenewgastronome.com/animating-the-alimentary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7WEfAjbHy0
https://www.varsity.co.uk/film-and-tv/23782
https://www.t4.ai/industry/fast-food-market-share
https://www.voxmagazine.com/food/food-films-2020/article_ab1adb6c-7a9f-11ea-80ec-13a373367772.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313810384_Celluloid_Flavours_A_Brief_History_of_Food_in_Film
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/JLXz7iJtjtU
Exploring Bong Joon-ho's Unmistakable Directorial Rhythm
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Music by Blue Dot SessionsVernouillet
Hotel Calafat
La Troga
Rosino Reverie
Sources/References:https://filmustage.com/blog/the-mastery-of-transnational-directing/
https://www.slashfilm.com/862611/when-bong-joon-ho-is-behind-the-camera-nothing-is-left-up-to-chance/
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200214000536
https://walkerart.org/magazine/bong-joon-ho-dialogue
https://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue5/HTML/ReviewMellamphy.html
The Directors Project Trailer:https://youtu.be/ilbExWqTQK4
12 Directors. 12 Video Essays. Mind Theater 2023.
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- Belt of Faith (Parasite OST)
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/wW7EpxPbthM
Exploring the otherworldly world design and visual beauty of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2022).
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Tell What You Know
- On the Hour
- Our Ears, Deceivers
Other Music:
- Tartini-Violin Sonata in G minor Devil's Trill Sonata
Sources/References:
- https://ascmag.com/articles/the-tragedy-of-macbeth
- https://www.archdaily.com/975286/the-environments-needed-to-be-abstracted-stefan-dechant-on-the-tragedy-of-macbeth
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qshtrQIpTdI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJAL_hThTVw
- https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/gego-lgdr
- https://theartling.com/en/artzine/famous-abstract-art/
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/--GEcMXrXes
Analyzing Danish Painter Carl Bloch's Fourth Wall Breaking Masterpiece; In a Roman Osteria
Paintings:
- In a Roman Osteria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria#/media/File:Carl_Bloch_-_In_a_Roman_Osteria_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
- Marstrand's Italian Osteria Scene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria#/media/File:Italian_Osteria_Scene,_Girl_welcoming_a_Person_entering,_by_Wilhelm_Marstrand_-_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek_-_Copenhagen_-_DSC09271.JPG
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Cover Letter
- Song at the End of Times
- Kalsted
- Inventio
Sources/References:
- https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/in-a-roman-osteria/QAFizpSvU6qx6g?hl=enhttps://www.smk.dk/en/highlight/in-a-roman-osteria-1866/
- https://www.carlbloch.org/
- https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-bloch
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Osteria_Scene,_Girl_welcoming_a_Person_entering#/media/File:Italian_Osteria_Scene,_Girl_welcoming_a_Person_entering,_by_Wilhelm_Marstrand_-_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek_-_Copenhagen_-_DSC09271.JPG
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3kL5cdXUtA
- https://vangoyourself.com/paintings/in-a-roman-osteria/
- https://www.the-artinspector.com/post/bloch-in-a-roman-osteria
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/IdAtkRLrCNo
Exploring how Martin Scorsese depicts his Catholic faith through cinema.
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Music:
- Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Mov. III (Anitra's Dance), Op 46
- Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Scottish), MOVEMENT III, Op. 56
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Elude 2 Briar
Sources/References:
- https://www.newsweek.com/brief-history-martin-scorseses-cinematic-obsession-religion-535820#:~:text=The%20inner%20battles%20of%20faith,controversial%20Last%20Temptation%20of%20Christ.
- https://www.rogerebert.com/features/silence-guilt-christ-and-martin-scorsese
- https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/11/26/20975991/scorsese-career-god-sacred-profane-irishman-netflix-streets-bull-innocence-last-temptation
- https://eyemythfilm.com/2017/03/15/martin-scorsese-catholic-guilt-and-strength-of-spirit/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kB3HxHXF-0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bY9bTPYxEo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06jzTc1Vtp8
- https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-catholic-guilt.htm
- https://www.avclub.com/whos-that-knocking-at-my-door-1798199879
- https://vimeo.com/135543996
- https://lithiumagazine.com/2021/01/20/catholic-guilt-is-complicated/
- https://www.highonfilms.com/how-martin-scorseses-mean-streets-explores-the-themes-of-penance-and-salvation/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqw_9E-6gWU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPIPCrPTDrA
Exploring Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave of French cinema.
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Plum King
- Caprese
- Warm Fingers
Sources/References:
- http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/jean-luc-godard.shtml
- https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/18/the-french-new-wave-how-jean-luc-godard-pioneered-a-revolution-in-cinema
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R7R0JHvvgo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hA0OjAEMA
- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/how-jean-luc-godard-s-breathless-reinvented-the-movies.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kek2OPIHU4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByqKHyiTK0
Exploring the singular wacky Twilight World of Ultimate Smoothness and the power of obscure media. Links:Support Mind Theater on Ko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Hickory Interlude
- Calgary Sweeps
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Exploring the level of resilience required to maintain love while under fascist turmoil in the 6th issue of V for Vendetta (1982).
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Gambrel
- Lunette
- Order of Entrance
- Dolly and Pad
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Exploring the quiet beauty of Eastward (2021) and my personal history with games like it.
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Music:The Past (Royalty Free) - 8 Bit Lofi Hip Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjHyUnBYLM
Songs from the Eastward OST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTulPeUwtP-dqMI07VK7dQ
Eastward
Game Over
Island Ester
Tale
Iron Carbine
Exploring the modern workday and compartmentalization under capitalism in the tv series Severance (2022)
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- Arctic Draba
- Santo Apure
- In the Box
Exploring the similarities between acting and hired killing, self obsession, and performance in HBO's **Barry.
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- Hanging Rock
- Gilly Wash
- Symphony 40. in G Minor
Exploring Breaking Bad's choose your own adventure ending in the series final two episodes, Granite Stateand **Felina.
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- Bangolet
- Spot Peter
- Small World Reveals
- Le Marais
Video Link: https://youtu.be/kc3SzJveKwQ
Exploring troubled kings, mythical cities, and the power of dreams in The Sandman Issue 50: Ramadan, by Neil Gaiman.
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- Night Light
References/Sources:
- http://sequart.org/magazine/18668/the-other-egg-of-the-phoenix-understanding-the-50th-issue-of-sandman/
- https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2011/10/just-a-thing-in-our-dream/
- http://arche-arc.blogspot.com/2019/01/mythcomics-ramadan-sandman-50-1993.html
- http://covenantarthistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/orientalism-portraying-east-as-exotic.html
- https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/19/pers-m19.html
Exploring chicanery and doing "the right thing" in Better Call Saul (2015 - 2022).
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- Vine Crawler
- Greycase
- Cornicob
- The Broker
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/f92rkZaFlPs
Exploring the dynamic work of Archibald Motley, the greatest artist of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/iYOvAO1rAM0
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I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/iYOvAO1rAM0
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions
- Clouds at the Gap
- Cloudbank
- Snowmelt
References/Sources:
- https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/01/09/he-painted-the-feverish-nights-of-the-harlem-renaissance/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6aWbNCugeA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OYExFQGHs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWEA5qf8yIk
- https://www.theartstory.org/artist/motley-archibald/life-and-legacy/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Motley
- https://www.wikiart.org/en/archibald-motley
- https://collection.artbridgesfoundation.org/objects/8522/bronzeville-at-night
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40645511.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A2929e963650c452b53b5bc5695b472cb&ab_segments=&origin=
- https://black-artists-in-the-museum.com/2018/02/14/archibald-motley-jr/
- https://www.culturetype.com/2018/05/11/archibald-motleys-favorite-painting-a-portrait-of-his-grandmother-has-entered-the-collection-of-the-national-gallery-of-art/
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/rChKYG2j4t0
Exploringauterism and David Fincher's evolution of style from the 90s, to the 2000s, to the 2010s and now.
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- Building the Sled
- Slider
- Tartaruga
- The Caspian Sea
- Hedgeliner
References/Sources:
- https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/david-fincher/biography.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqD5WqChUY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAloq5MCUA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIyNOBq8cnI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ZSX3D1dUI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dljfMoCXnSkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChWIFi8fOY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP9BrtvBIY0
- https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/david-fincher/biography.html
- https://fincherfanatic.blogspot.com/p/biography.html
- https://thefincheranalyst.com/tag/essay/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/2jlo4n/if_david_fincher_never_writes_any_of_his_films/
- https://www.insider.com/how-screenwriter-aaron-sorkin-creates-musical-dialogue-social-network-2020-6#:~:text=Screenwriter%20Aaron%20Sorkin%20layers%20his,pause%20in%20his%20characters'%20conversation.
- https://filmlifestyle.com/david-fincher-directing-style/#:~:text=David%20Fincher's%20Directing%20Style,looking%20down%20at%20their%20subject.
- https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-screenplay-read-jack-fincher-script-netflix-movie-david-fincher-1234696675/
- https://www.moviemaker.com/david-fincher-perfectionism-is-a-term-thats-thrown-about-mostly-by-people-who-are-lazy/
Exploring communication in Drive My Car (2021) directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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- Awaiting an Arrival
- I Recall
References/Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_movie#:~:text=The%20road%20film%20is%20a,journey%20rather%20than%20the%20goal.
- https://www.filmsite.org/roadfilms.html
- https://people.southwestern.edu/~bednarb/road-movies/articles/morris.pdf
- https://www.cinematary.com/writing/2022/1/3/drive-my-car-2021-by-ryusuke-hamaguchi
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/cetuC4098R4
Video essay exploring magician Ricky Jay's brilliant use of patter.
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- Pinky
Sources/References:
- https://blog.magicshop.co.uk/2014/05/effective-magicians-patter-different-types-patter-within-magic-tricks.html#:~:text=Magicians%20Patter%20is%20the%20name,one%20or%20more%20different%20purposes
- https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a4688/the-pledge-the-turn-the-prestige/**
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/secrets-of-the-magus
Watch on YouTube!: https://youtu.be/ONkpbgjawrs
Video Essay exploring cigarette cool in Rebel Without a Cause, The Maltese Falcon, Goodfellas, and many more.
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- Detailing
Sources/References:
- Video on Cigarettes in movies by PlumLite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhVml6h7x8
- https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/8h4nx4/cigarette_smoking_in_film/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcF_1dWsFc
Exploring mysticism, mystery, and the macabre in The Raven (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.Links:Support Mind Theater on Ko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTokMusic byBlue Dot Sessions
- Where it All Happened
- Emmit Sprak
- Sixmile
References/Sources:
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5two65m1QE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w
- https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-allan-poe/the-raven/
Exploring drug addiction, personal relationships, and fleeting happiness in Euphoria (2019).Links:Support Mind Theater on Ko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTokMusic byBlue Dot Sessions
- La Naranja Borriana
- Kovd Lask
- Our Only Uplift
- Cobweb Transit
- Lacrimose (Piano Solo)
References/Sources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62FYNwd-8Jo&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=1
- Woodworth, R. S. (1921). Psychology: A study of mental life. Henry Holt and Co. https://doi.org/10.1037/13976-000
- Phillips, E., Kersey, J. (1720). The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. United Kingdom: J. Philips.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria#History_of_the_term
Exploring Shakespeare's influence, memory and trauma, and the cyclical nature of art in Station Eleven (2021).
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- Scals Derby
- Transit Chrysl
Other Music:
- Interpolation of Excursions (A Tribe Called Quest)
References/Sources:
- https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/12/21/station-eleven-shakespeare-artists-pandemic/
- https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/08/27/speaking-what-we-feel-shakespeares-plague-plays/
- https://www.cbr.com/station-eleven-shakespeare-obsession-explained/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTBdSyqzMI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoPIcBwR1vA
- https://www.mytutor.co.uk/answers/5913/GCSE/English-Literature/What-are-the-typical-recurring-themes-in-Shakespeare-s-plays/
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/in-station-eleven-all-art-is-adaptation
Image Source:
- https://media.wnyc.org/i/1600/900/l/80/2021/04/Shakespeare.png
Exploring jury bias, hot tempers, and the value of human life in 12 Angry Men (1957) by Sidney Lumet.
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- Krok
- Just Tuning Up
- Castillo
- Club Moka
References/Sources:
- https://medium.com/cinemania/12-angry-men-review-and-analysis-92d513db8a03
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwPNMiQFf8&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=2
- https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/12_angry_men.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFeLV9QS-8&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=3
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Tm-7DvR2c
Exploring the role of vigilantes, public and private heroes, and the people's faith that good will prevail in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight(2008).
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- Four Count
- Rainday Textile
- Slimheart (Clarinet Leader)
Essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New episodes every other Monday.
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Exploring mafia texts, identity crises, and character arcs in The Sopranos through it's series deuteragonist Christopher Moltisanti.
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- Cold Summers
- Rodney Skopes
- Likin
- Selena Leica
Exploring workplace power dynamics and emotional vulnerability in Mad Men Season 4 Episode 7 titled: **The Suitcase.
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- A Catalog of Seasons
- Passing Station 7
- As Dust Gathers
- Ches Coreu
Exploring loose relationships to death, generational curses, and the strange briefness of life in the 2017 narrative adventure game What Remains of Edith Finchdeveloped by Giant Sparrow.
TW: This episode talks about death and briefly mentions suicide
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- Slimheart (Wash Only)
- Memeti
Exploring the March sisters' search for autonomy and authorship in the world of Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019).
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- Silver Lanyard (Clarinet Leader)
- Pull Beyond Pull
- Trivial Call
Exploring tragedy, vagabonds, and the artistic expression of pain in The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis.Trigger Warning: Mention of suicide, some cursing in clipsLinks:Support Mind Theater on Ko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTokMusic byBlue Dot Sessions- Our Only Lark (Alternate Montuno Melody)
- Cold Summers
- Our Only Lark (Alternate Montuno Slow Spread)
Exploring the world of 80s aerobics, binge eating, and the body as a commodity in Annie Weisman's Apple TV+ showPhysical.
Trigger Warning: Episode covers topics of binge eating
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- Krok
- Alum Drum Solo
- Vela Vela
- Arlan Vale
- Copley Beat
- So Go We
Synthwave Outro Song
Exploring religious guilt, loneliness, and repressed generational trauma in Joachim Trier's 2017 film Thelma.Links:Support Mind Theater onko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, andTikTokMusic byBlue Dot Sessions- Qi
- Vela Vela
- Frank and Poet
- Cold Summer
- Mineral Still
Exploring faith, the futility of mortal life, and the contradictory laws of chivalry in David Lowery's A24 film The Green Knight.Links:Support Mind Theater onko-fiFollow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, andTikTokMusic byBlue Dot Sessions- Tolls Folly
- Awaiting an Arrival
- Passing Station 7
- Swell
- Respite
Exploring animalism, healing, and our human connection to nature in The North Water.Links:Support Mind Theater onko-fi
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- McKrary
- Arlan Vale
- Passing Station 7
Exploring abuse in mentor mentee relationships, the tiring pursuit of perfection, and the apparent need to suffer in order to succeed in Damien Chazelle's 2014 film Whiplash.
*Content Warning*:
Cursing in some clips. Mentions verbal, physical, and emotional abuse.
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions- Calgary Sweeps
- Chai Belltini
- Laisse Valse
- Dearborn
Content Warning: Mentions Self-Harm
Exploring societal beauty standards, clarity from pain, and intellectual courage in an episode of the audio drama podcast The Long Hallway titled (This is My Cue) to Demateralize.Links:Support Mind Theater onko-fi
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- Rainday Textile
- Four Count
- Our Lament
- Skrewsbury
Exploring the art of pickpocketing, the subtleties of subterfuge, and the tragedy of the thief in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959).
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions - Cran Ras
- Lowball
- Chaunce Libertine
- Intermezzo
Exploring William Gibson's world of slipstream chrome and retro futuristic architecture in The Gernsback Continuum, a harrowing portrayal of the American tomorrow that never was.
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions - Median Point
- Cold Summers
- Pastel de Nata
Exploring what The Masterhas to say about animalistic nature, the pain of memory, and cultish figureheads in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 psychological drama.
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions- Our Fingers Cold
- Douglass Stairs
- Drone Pine
Exploring how Aronofsky's Black Swan portrays the ruthlessness, pain, and trauma in ballet that manifests itself in Nina throughout her pursuit of perfection.
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- Krok
- Tarte Tatin
- Fourteen Count
Exploring how Portrait of Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma uses representations of love through art and memory to depict how inevitable heartbreak manifests itself within Marianne and Héloïse.
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- Arlan Vale
- Frank and Poety
- Matamoscas
Music:
Vivladi
- The Four Seasons - Summer - Presto
Exploring what the science fiction short story The Belonging Kind by William Gibson and John Shirley has to say about humans as social beings, the alien language of conversation, and the personification of conformity.
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- Vulcan Street
- Hardtop Rocks
- Glass Stopper
Exploring how the Hayao Miyazaki film Castle in the Sky depicts mythos and the childlike imagination of Pazu and Sheeta.
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Exploring how WandaVision uses the nostalgia of TV to depict the history of the American tv landscape from the 50s to present day.
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions - Slow Line Stomp
- Plate Grayscale
- Our Only Uplift
Sources:
- https://collider.com/wandavision-tv-tropes-sitcom-references-explained/ - https://ew.com/tv/wandavision-easter-eggs-references/ - https://stephens.hosting.nyu.edu/History%20of%20Television%20page.html
Exploring how Renoir views flesh and the role of the artist as a worker in the 2012 film Renoir by Gilles Bourdos.
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- Qi
- Javan
Exploring how Lupin uses the idea of invisibility to portray the character Assane Diop: The Gentleman Burglar.
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- The Onyx
- Watercool Quiet
- Babble Babble Brook
Exploring what the American Dream means for Otis "Cookie" Figowitz and King-Lu in Kelly Riechardt's film **First Cow.
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- Lumber Down
- Lochley Fells
- Feathersoft
Exploring themes of purpose, determinism, and self doubt in the 2020 Pixar film Soul.
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- Diatom
Scott Fields
- Santa on a Segway
Cody ChesnuTT
- Parting Ways
Exploring ambition, exploitation, and the ruthlessness of capitalism in HBO's **Industry.
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Music byBlue Dot Sessions- Lunette
- Crosswire
- A Catalog of Seasons
- Tolls Folly
Exploring how the absurdity of life can leave us feeling like helpless passengers in The Man Who Wasn't There by the Coen Brothers.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Arlan Vale
- Algea Trio
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Quick analysis on the Twilight Zone episode titled The Masks exploring what it reveals about the inner ugliness that exists in humans.
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Exploring Beth Harmon's struggle with addiction and need for control through her rise from chess prodigy to grandmaster in The Queen's Gambit.
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- Curious Case
Exploring what home represents in Greta Gerwig's 2017 film, Lady Bird.
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- Mr Mole and Son
- Greyleaf Willow
- Late Night Reading
- The Terrarium
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Exploring Michael Corleone's loss of innocence as he transforms from family outsider to mafia don in Francis Ford Coppola's, The Godfather.
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- Passing Station 7
- Waltz and Fury
Analyzing how Breaking Bad uses the bottle episode Fly to explore Walt's loss of control and the feeling of being helpless against the randomness of the universe.
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- Scallat
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In this episode I explore some of the history of audio dramas and analyze an episode of The Truth podcast by Jonathan Mitchell to showcase how powerful audio storytelling can be.
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- Gathering Stasis
- Grey Alley
- Rotary Cog
- Snowmelt
The Dark End of the Mall Sources:https://slate.com/technology/2017/07/radio-dramas-still-have-an-important-place-in-the-entertainment-world.htmlhttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-radio-drama-handbook-audio-drama-in-context-and-practice/ch1-a-history-of-radio-drama?from=search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teDXRbx-qHY
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Exploring how Robert Eggers uses mythology and mythical symbolism in his 2019 film The Lighthouse to tell a story about madness, alcoholism, and homo-eroticism.
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- Fever Creep
- Kovd Lask
- Tiny Bottles
Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/Prometheus/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOE
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2103&context=jrf
https://www.rct.uk/collection/800080/the-sea-monster
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-sHSNPG85tUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&dq=greek+mythology+homoerotism
https://miscellanynews.org/2019/11/07/arts/the-lighthouse-fuses-humor-horror-homoeroticism/
https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/poseidon-odysseus/
Exploring the plight of the creative writer and the portrayal of the common man in Barton Fink, by the Coen Brothers.
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- Lacquer Groove
- Szaree
- Warm Fingers
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Exploring the art of performing, what it means to die doing what you love, and the generational divide in the audio drama series, Adventures in New America.
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- This Our Home
- Peacetime
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Exploring artificiality, idolization of media celebrities, and the complicity of audiences in Peter Weir's, The Truman Show.
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- Lick Stick
- Sals Piano Solo
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Exploring what Limmy's Show says about the monotony and artifice inherent in life, and how our personal experiences are all communal parts of the human condition.
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- Millport - Seamus - Marti Pellow - The Picture Frame - Muffit of Tea - Angel - Out Chug Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Cobalt Blue
- Aourourou
- Daymaze
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Is a dream ever just a dream or can our inner most fantasies and desires actively effect our reality? Exploring the symbiotic relationship between dreams and reality in Stanley Kubrick's, Eyes Wide Shut.
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- Lunette (Interlude)
- That Horse Ithica
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Analyzing how the HBO series Watchmen deconstructs the mythos behind superheroes, and explores the long lasting effects of generational trauma in episode 6, This Extraordinary Being.
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- Temporal Slip
- Campanula
- Hickory Shed
- Lacrimose
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Exploring mob ethics, the difference between humans and animals, and the nature of being a gangster in Miller's Crossing by the Coen Brothers.
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- Cymbal Patter
- So Go We
- Grey Grey Joe
- The Cast and Favor
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Today on the show I discussed Fight Club with Jordan and Giffin from That's BS, exploring it's themes of masculinity, consumerism, and spiritual enlightenment.
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That's BS Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Pavement Hack
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Grifters, conmen, swindlers, and hustlers come in all shapes and sizes. One thing's for certain is the fact that they're all driven by greed and self-interest. Exploring how petty tricksters and fraudsters become wealthy businessmen and preachers in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.
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- Bogo
- Tillis County
- Picnic March
- Stilt
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Exploring how a country becomes diseased by fascism from within in David Simon's alternate history drama, The Plot Against America.
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- The Big Ten
- As Dust Gathers
- Curio
- The Coil Winds
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Analyzing the transactional nature of marriage and the cost of pursuing an education vs. marrying rich, in Elena Ferrante and Saverio Costanzo's coming-of-age drama, My Brilliant Friend.
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- Elegant Weasel
- Lonely Stairwell
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Exploring the voyeuristic nature of photography and the ethics of people watching in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.
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- Trailrunner
- Third in Line
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On today's episode I explore the themes of uncertainty, searching for life's answers in religion, and the paradoxical relationship between comedy and tragedy in A Serious Man, by the Coen Brothers.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Sals Place
- Jat Poure
- Uncertain Ground
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On the Season Finale of Mind Theater I explore the character of Michael Ginsberg from Mad Men, revealing what makes him such a fascinating dynamic screen presence, but also diving into the machinations of his mind and the experiences that make him a paragon for the displaced generation.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Evidence Room
- Triana
- Vela Vela
- At Our Best Alone
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Today on the show I take a look at a monologue from the audio drama podcast "Wolf 359", exploring the nature of isolationism and how being alone is attached to our inherent fears as human beings.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Louver
- Vdet
- Gra Landsby
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Today on the show I take look at the Studio Ghibli film, "Princess Mononoke", analyzing the conflict between human industrialization, and nature's need to preserve itself.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- The Crisper
- Lupi
- Topslides
- Tartaruga
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Today on the show I take a look at the episode Nosedive from the the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, exploring the idea of the "authentic self" and the game-ification of social interactions.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Falaal
- Flatlands 2nd
- Matamoscas
- Velvet Ladder
- Donnalee
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Today on the show I analyze the character Rorschach from Alan Moore's 1986 comic Watchmen, exploring how the concept of morality is shaped by our experiences.
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Music: Lennie MooreSoundcloud- Newstand1
- DanWalksHome- DrMonMars
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Today on the show I take a look at the 90s anime Cowboy Bebop and analyze the tropes it borrows from it's composite genres of westerns and science fiction, particularly the themes of masculinity and isolationism.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Pavement Hack
- Tyrano Theme
- Stakes and Things
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Today on the show I take a look at the 1997 mystery thriller film "The Game", and explore how it addresses the trauma the main character endures.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- The Caspian Sea
- Tower of Mirrors- Great Is the Contessa
- Haena
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Mind Theater Season 2 Premieres January 27th
In Season 2 of Mind Theater, through 7 essays on various works of tv, film, and other mediums, I'll be exploring concepts like isolationism, social conformity, and what it means to be truly human.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Falaal
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On the season finale of Mind Theater I take a look at the book that shaped my childhood, "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead, and analyze how she uses time travel in a compelling way that differs from most works of science fiction.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Sunday Lights
- Sylvestor
- In Passage
- Spring Cleaning
- Roundpine
- Lemon and Melon
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In this episode I examine my favorite game of 2018, GRIS and it's world of compelling visuals and soundscapes, making the case for video games as a respected art-form.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- A Certain Lightness
- Heather
- Gullwing Sailor- Town Market
GRIS Soundtrack
- In Your Hands
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In this episode I take a look at the dystopian world of Children of Men, analyzing the major themes to try and understand the many facets of a collapsing society.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Kid Kodi
- Allston Night Owl
- Walking Shoes
- The Yards
- Delamine
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I take a look at 2 of my favorite, easily binge-able series in Russian Doll and Chernobyl, exploring how short form television can be so captivating.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions- Three Stories
- Smooth Stone
- Copley Beat
- Silver Lanyard
Harry Nilson
- Gotta Get Up Licensed under Creative Commons
On the inaugural episode of Mind Theater I share my initial venture into the world of comics and explore what makes “Saga” by Brian K. Vaughan so compelling.
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions From their Album “Skittle”:- Copley Beat
- Pedalrider
- Rodney Skopes
- Walking Shoes
- Elmore Heights
- Greylock
- Boston Landing
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