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Robin Williams – In Motion
Baby Driver | Introversion Done Right
Okja | Understanding the (Im)Morality of Animal Consumption
The Tree of Life | Crafting an Existential Masterpiece
Vancouver Never Plays Itself
Mother (2009) – The Telephoto Profile Shot
F for Fake (1973) – How to Structure a Video Essay
Knight of Cups | Our Eternal Quest for Meaning – Kierkegaard’s Existentialism
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Overcoming Maladaptive Daydreaming
The Philosophy of Sense8 | Emotion and Connection
The Lover Within | How Moonlight Relates to ALL Men
Gladiator | Turning Spectacle into a Meaningful Story
The Fantasy of Ultimate Purpose – How Our Entertainment Reveals Our Deepest Desire
Stoicism in The Shawshank Redemption – Meditations I.
In Search of the Distinctively Human | The Philosophy of Blade Runner 2049
Not Just About Superheroes – The Hidden Metaphor In Glass
Memories of Murder (2003) – Ensemble Staging
First Man – A Sobering Look at Human Greatness
Anatomy of the Dreamlike Romance – Call Me By Your Name vs. Before Sunrise
Lynne Ramsay – The Poetry of Details
The Silence of the Lambs – Who Wins the Scene?
The Philosophy of The Fountain – Escaping Our Mental Prisons
Exploring Consciousness in Film: The Cognitive Revolution
The Philosophy of Mr. Nobody – How To Make Meaningful Choices
Hollywood Scores & Soundtracks: What Do They Sound Like? Do They Sound Like Things?? Let’s Find Out!
Snowpiercer – Left or Right
The Essence of Faith – What Signs Was Really About
The Revenant – An Odyssey Through America’s Purgatory
Hostiles and Wind River – America’s Unresolved Grief
Transcending Heidegger – The Cinema Of Terrence Malick
How Does an Editor Think and Feel?
Martin Scorsese – The Art of Silence
Your Name – What Makes Us Happy?
Chernobyl – How The World Became A Risk Society
Venturing into Sacred Space | Archetype of the Magician
Joel & Ethan Coen – Shot | Reverse Shot
Edgar Wright – How to Do Visual Comedy
In Praise of Chairs
Prometheus & Covenant | Building a Mythos of Savage Creation
David Fincher – And the Other Way is Wrong
Creating The Ultimate Post-9/11 Allegory: The Dark Knight on Risk and Terror
A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film
The Real Implications Of Ex Machina’s Turing Test
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) – The Geometry of a Scene
Drive (2011) – The Quadrant System
Artificial Truths For Real Happiness – Werner Herzog’s Family Romance, LLC
Get Out | White Fragility as a Movie Trope
The Philosophy of Cloud Atlas | How Beauty Will Save the World
Everyday Virtue | Paterson & David Foster Wallace
Wolf Children (2012) – The Lateral Tracking Shot
The Perilous Journey of a Truly Beautiful Soul – Hacksaw Ridge
The Before Trilogy | Portraying a Real Relationship
Unraveling Death Stranding’s Existentialist Themes | Complete Review
Contagion – Anatomy of a Global Pandemic
The Spielberg Oner
How Stories Can Save Us – The Philosophy of The Fall
The Office – How Michael Scott Makes a Sale
After Life – An Answer to Nihilism
Sunshine – A Visceral Experience of Life, Death and Meaning
The New World | The Lost Art of Grief
Your Life is Not a Hero’s Journey
The Absurdist Philosophy Of Synecdoche, New York
Heroism and Moral Victory – The Lord of the Rings (part 1)
The Ultimate Antidote for Cynicism: It’s a Wonderful Life
Satoshi Kon – Editing Space & Time
A Mythology of Hope – The Lord of the Rings (part 2)
The Unexplored Depths of Spider-Man 3 – Facing the Dragon of Grandiosity
Dunkirk re-edited as a Silent Film – The Power of Visual Storytelling
Chuck Jones – The Evolution of an Artist
Arrival | Facing the Fear of Existence
Praying Through Cinema – Understanding Andrei Tarkovsky
Beowulf – Adapting the Oldest Story in English Literature
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