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In Search of the Distinctively Human | The Philosophy of Blade Runner 2049
Fight Club – How (Not) To Become A Space Monkey
Martin Scorsese – The Art of Silence
Michael Bay – What is Bayhem?
Artificial Truths For Real Happiness – Werner Herzog’s Family Romance, LLC
Mother (2009) – The Telephoto Profile Shot
Your Life is Not a Hero’s Journey
Wolf Children (2012) – The Lateral Tracking Shot
The Unfulfilled Potential of Minecraft – Assuming a Different Perspective
After Life – An Answer to Nihilism
The Office – How Michael Scott Makes a Sale
The Philosophy of Cloud Atlas | How Beauty Will Save the World
Creating The Ultimate Post-9/11 Allegory: The Dark Knight on Risk and Terror
Snowpiercer – Left or Right
Kingdom of Heaven | A Kingdom of Conscience, or Nothing – Kant’s Moral Philosophy
The Inner Chronicle of What We Are – Understanding Werner Herzog
How Stories Can Save Us – The Philosophy of The Fall
The New World | The Lost Art of Grief
Arrival | Facing the Fear of Existence
Jackie Chan – How to Do Action Comedy
A Mythology of Hope – The Lord of the Rings (part 2)
The Real Implications Of Ex Machina’s Turing Test
The Perilous Journey of a Truly Beautiful Soul – Hacksaw Ridge
Lynne Ramsay – The Poetry of Details
Gladiator | Turning Spectacle into a Meaningful Story
A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film
The Absurdist Philosophy Of Synecdoche, New York
Drive (2011) – The Quadrant System
Hostiles and Wind River – America’s Unresolved Grief
The Philosophy of The Fountain – Escaping Our Mental Prisons
The Metaphysics of Inception – Engaging Ontological Uncertainty
Logan vs. Metal Gear Solid | Telling the Story of a Hero’s Departure
Praying Through Cinema – Understanding Andrei Tarkovsky
Prometheus & Covenant | Building a Mythos of Savage Creation
Venturing into Sacred Space | Archetype of the Magician
Edgar Wright – How to Do Visual Comedy
F for Fake (1973) – How to Structure a Video Essay
Your Name – What Makes Us Happy?
Who Are We Without Storytelling?
Heroism and Moral Victory – The Lord of the Rings (part 1)
Chuck Jones – The Evolution of an Artist
The Marvel Symphonic Universe
Ethical Behavior in Modern Society – Can We Still Get Into The Good Place?
Joel & Ethan Coen – Shot | Reverse Shot
Light versus Dark – The Philosophy of Doctor Sleep
Contagion – Anatomy of a Global Pandemic
First Man – A Sobering Look at Human Greatness
Satoshi Kon – Editing Space & Time
Everyday Virtue | Paterson & David Foster Wallace
The Unexplored Depths of Spider-Man 3 – Facing the Dragon of Grandiosity
Vancouver Never Plays Itself
The Fundamental Difference Between Stories And Reality
Memories of Murder (2003) – Ensemble Staging
Stoicism in Gladiator – Meditations II.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Overcoming Maladaptive Daydreaming
The Imposter (2012) – Looking into the Lens
What Makes a Great King? Exploring the Archetype of the King in Movies and Television
Unraveling Death Stranding’s Existentialist Themes | Complete Review
Okja | Understanding the (Im)Morality of Animal Consumption
Not Just About Superheroes – The Hidden Metaphor In Glass
The Lover Within | How Moonlight Relates to ALL Men
How Ken Burns Captures History (And Why That Matters)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) – The Geometry of a Scene
Robin Williams – In Motion
In Praise of Chairs
The Essence of Faith – What Signs Was Really About
Dunkirk re-edited as a Silent Film – The Power of Visual Storytelling
Knight of Cups | Our Eternal Quest for Meaning – Kierkegaard’s Existentialism
Chernobyl – How The World Became A Risk Society
Beowulf – Adapting the Oldest Story in English Literature
The Spielberg Oner
Get Out | White Fragility as a Movie Trope
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