We found 10 episodes of Weird Studies with the tag “cinema”.
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Episode 157: Long Live the New Flesh: On David Cronenberg's 'Videodrome'
Episode | November 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
cinema, horror, media theory, metaphysics, politics
Phil and JF discuss David Cronenberg's 1983 masterpiece of body horror.
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Episode 155: Dispatches From the Inside: On Planet Weird's 'The Unbinding'
Episode | October 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 30 mins
cinema, ethics, investigation, magic, paranormal
Phil and JF discuss Planet Weird's latest paranormal documentary, "The Unbinding."
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Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3
Episode | June 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
aesthetics, cinema, late style, metaphysics, myth, twin peaks
JF and Phil discuss the aesthetics and metaphysics of David Lynch's landmark series.
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Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib
Episode | April 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 42 mins
cinema, clive barker, conner habib, guest episode, horror, literature
Conner Habib joins Phil and JF to discuss Clive Barker's classic horror film, and the novella it was based on.
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Episode 142: The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Last and First Men"
Episode | March 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
brutalism, cinema, extinction, music, science fiction
Phil and JF discuss the Icelandic's composer posthumous science fiction film.
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Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael
Episode | February 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
animation, cinema, fiction, guest episode, meredith michael, narrativity
Meredith joins Phil and JF to discuss the 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece.
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Episode 136: The Things That Were And Shall Be Again: On 'Evil Dead II'
Episode | November 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
animism, baroque, cinema, comedy, horror, puppets
Phil and JF discuss Sam Raimi's "splatstick" classic, Evil Dead II.
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Episode 132: Art Is an Alien Technology: Live at the Supernormal Festival
Episode | October 5th, 2022 | 1 hr 21 mins
archeology, art, cinema, live recordings, werner herzog
Phil and JF discuss Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" at the 2022 Supernormal Festival in England.
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Episode 121: Dream Theater: On 'Mandy' and 'The Band Wagon'
Episode | April 27th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
cinema, dance, dreams, horror, metaphysics
Phil and JF discuss the film musical comedy "The Band Wagon" and the psychedelic horror film "Mandy" and discover that these films actually have a lot in common.
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Episode 116: On 'Blade Runner'
Episode | February 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 28 mins
cinema, philosophy, science fiction, technology
JF and Phil discuss philosophical ideas in Ridley Scott's 1982 film.