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Substance: On Masochism or Hollywood’s Self-Hatred

As the name suggests, the Enlightenment evoked light—the light of nations that, through science, found happiness in the highest motives of the human spirit: love and fraternity. However, in stark contrast, the…

The Turin Horse, Nietzsche, and Madness

Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse is a meticulous and desolate exploration of life in its most raw and essential state. Through the lens of this sad and philosophical film, we can consider…

“No Dogs or Italians Allowed”

The film enriches both Alain's life and ours by conveying that understanding the present entails more than mere recollection—it requires active engagement with our memories.…

Photo frame from Everything Everywhere All At Once

Oscars 2023: The philosophy of Everything Everywhere All at Once explained

Beyond its witty, ludicrous humour, the film successfully transmits profound philosophical contemplation, enlightening a global audience through the ancient Chinese thought of Daoism, that has so much to offer to the contemporary…

Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla sworn in as president at the Casa Rosada on March 29, 1976.

Democracies don’t just bounce back after dictatorships

Santiago Mitre's film details the complex judicial process against members of the military junta…

‘The Whale’ is a horror film that taps into our fear of fatness

But if empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another, why was I left with the idea of my own body as an irredeemable monstrosity?…

Heart Valley: Life Lessons from a Shepherd, 2022. Christian Cargill - The New Yorker Documentary

Heart Valley: The authenticity of the routine

It's all about the timeless clash between authenticity and inauthenticity, a theme the documentary skillfully brings to the forefront.…

Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro. Netflix, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a culmination of the director’s artistic preoccupation with the abandoned and unwanted child. In del Toro’s oeuvre, these children become symbolic of the future of a world…

The Matrix Resurrections: A Philosophical Review

It makes perfect sense that The Matrix Resurrections offers no solution at all. It was never meant to do it. Matrix was never a political plan, but the artistic expression of the…

The Matrix or the Two Sides of Perversion

When I saw The Matrix at a local theatre in Slovenia, I had the unique opportunity of sitting close to the ideal spectator of the film - namely, to an idiot.…

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