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79 episodes
2019 to present
Average episode: 103 minutes
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Podcaster's summary: Do you like movies and philosophy? If so then "Philosophy In Film" is the podcast for you. We are three almost cool dudes who like talking about the philosophical dimensions of film. Two of us have PhDs in philosophy, while our show producer helps to keep us grounded with his wry humor and "man behind the glass" insights. Each episode draws upon a well-known movie in order to help animate and illuminate a basic philosophical theme or question. We also like to enjoy a feature "episode beer" to help deepen our philosophical thoughts. Come join our conversation at "Philosophy in Film."
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| 2024-Mar-24 • 122 minutes Philosophy In Film - 079 - Oppenheimer Episode 79: Oppenheimer This week on Philosophy in Film, the gang takes on Christopher Nolan’s explosive biographical thriller, Oppenheimer. With an all-star cast including Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., and many others, this film... |
| 2024-Feb-15 • 117 minutes Philosophy In Film - 078 - Ghost Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the gang at Philosophy in Film explores love and the afterlife in 1990’s surprise Box Office smash, Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, and Whoopi Goldberg. Tag along this journey of... |
| 2024-Jan-31 • 115 minutes Philosophy In Film - 077 - Leave the World Behind Philosophy in Film brings in the new year with Netflix’s 2023 thriller Leave the World Behind. Directed by Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail and based on the 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, the gang prepares for cataclysmic crisis by cracking this week’s featured... |
| 2023-Dec-16 • 128 minutes Philosophy In Film - 076 - Love, Actually In this heartwarming episode, we unravel the magic of "Love, Actually" (2003), a romantic masterpiece directed by Richard Curtis. Producer's Notes (7:05) set the scene, with insights into the Bonnie Doon moments that shape the Christmas narrative. The... |
| 2023-Dec-04 • 122 minutes Philosophy In Film - 075 - Into the Wild In this introspective episode, we delve into "Into the Wild" (2007), a cinematic journey directed by Sean Penn. Producer's Notes (6:30) kick off our exploration, providing unique insights into local interests and the film's creation. The Beauclair... |
| 2023-Oct-29 • 117 minutes Philosophy In Film - 074 - Final Destination In this riveting episode, we dissect "Final Destination" (2000), a mind-bending creation by director James Wong. Producer's Notes (8:40) kick off our exploration, revealing Rube Goldberg-like behind-the-scenes details. The Beauclair Synopsis (20:50)... |
| 2023-Oct-24 • 97 minutes Philosophy In Film - 073 - Straight Story Episode 73 of Philosphy in Film marks the start of Season 4! In this episode, we explore Straight Story (1999), a cinematic gem by director David Lynch. We start with intriguing insights behind the scenes with Producer's Notes (8:15). Next, we meander... |
| 2023-Aug-10 • 117 minutes Philosophy In Film - 072 - Barbie Philosophy in Film wraps up our 3rd season in style with this very special episode featuring the summer smash hit: Barbie! In this episode, the gang dives into their old toy chest to delve into the decades-popular toy as she hits the big screen.... |
| 2023-Jul-10 • 106 minutes Philosophy In Film - 071 - Cool Hand Luke What…we’ve got here is…Episode 71 of Philosophy in Film! Returning with 1967’s touchstone classic: ‘Cool Hand Luke’, guided by the Oscar-winning performances of Paul Newman and George Kennedy, the gang digs away at the highly decorated... |
| 2023-Jun-27 • 92 minutes Philosophy In Film - 070 - Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark The 70th installment of Philosophy in Film features our heroes traveling back to 1936, with Steven Speilberg’s blockbuster 1981 film: Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark! With the beloved archeologist at their side, the gang embarks on a... |
| 2023-Jun-12 • 114 minutes Philosophy In Film - 069 - Signs For the 69th episode of Philosophy In Film Podcast, the gang takes a swing at M. Night Shyamalan's 2002 sci-fi horror, 'Signs'. This week, we explore the dark phenomenons of the podcast, including Producers' Notes (10:39), the Beauclair Synopsis... |
| 2023-Jun-05 • 121 minutes Philosophy In Film - 068 - The Menu This week in episode 68 of Philosophy In Film Podcast, the gang dines on the thrilling comedy horror, 'The Menu'. Once again, we feast our way through all your favorite and less favorite courses of the podcast, including Producers' Notes (5:56), the... |
| 2023-May-10 • 95 minutes Philosophy In Film - 067 - Wall-E Wall-E: Plato's Cave |
| 2023-Apr-27 • 114 minutes Philosophy In Film - 066 - Triangle of Sadness Triangle of Sadness: Marxism |
| 2023-Mar-06 • 115 minutes Philosophy In Film - 065 - Avatar 2: The Way of Water Avatar 2: The Way of Water |
| 2022-Dec-26 • 123 minutes Philosophy In Film - 064 - A Charlie Brown Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas |
| 2022-Dec-23 • 82 minutes Philosophy In Film - 063 - Inherent Vice Inherent Vice: Epistemic Merit of Halucinogens |
| 2022-Dec-21 • 104 minutes Philosophy In Film - 062 - All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front: War Realism in Film |
| 2022-Nov-30 • 126 minutes Philosophy In Film - 061 - Top Gun Maverick Top Gun: Maverick - War Fantasy and Propoganda |
| 2022-Oct-31 • 115 minutes Philosophy In Film - 060 - Candyman 2021 Candyman: Intergenerational Trauma |
| 2022-Oct-09 • 102 minutes Philosophy In Film - 059 - Tombstone Tombstone: Legend and Myth |
| 2022-Sep-20 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 058 - Everything Everywhere All At Once Everything Everywhere All At Once: Existential Anxiety |
| 2022-Aug-28 • 89 minutes Philosophy In Film - 057 - The Goonies The Goonies: Sexual Awakening and Loss of Innocence |
| 2022-Jul-26 • 108 minutes Philosophy In Film - 054 - Don't Look Up Don't Look Up: Critical Thinking |
| 2022-Jun-02 • 118 minutes Philosophy In Film - 056 - Shawshank Redemption Shawshank Redemption: Freedom |
| 2022-May-14 • 97 minutes Philosophy In Film - 055 - The Power of the Dog The Power of the Dog: Wokeism |
| 2022-Feb-23 • 101 minutes Philosophy In Film - 053 - The Matrix The Matrix: Plato's Cave |
| 2022-Jan-20 • 99 minutes Philosophy In Film - 052 - iGilbert iGilbert: Human Connection, Ethics, and Morality |
| 2021-Dec-16 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 051 - White Christmas White Christmas: Nostalgia |
| 2021-Dec-06 • 90 minutes Philosophy In Film - 050 - Dune 2021 Dune: Fear and Stoicism |
| 2021-Nov-17 • 103 minutes Philosophy In Film - 049 - Dune 1984 Dune: Reality and Ecological Interconnectedness |
| 2021-Jul-16 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 048 - Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing: Masculinity and the Gaze |
| 2021-Jun-22 • 105 minutes Philosophy In Film - 047 - The Truman Show The Truman Show: Utilitarianism |
| 2021-May-17 • 107 minutes Philosophy In Film - 046 - Nomadland Nomadland: Oikonomia |
| 2021-May-03 • 111 minutes Philosophy In Film - 045 - Rear Window Rear Window: Scopophilia & The Male Gaze |
| 2021-Apr-14 • 134 minutes Philosophy In Film - 044 - Zack Snyder's Justice League Justice League: Freedom and the Will To Live |
| 2021-Mar-27 • 125 minutes Philosophy In FIlm - 043 - Minority Report Minority Report: Free WIll and Determinism |
| 2021-Mar-22 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 042 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Questioning |
| 2021-Mar-04 • 119 minutes Philosophy In Film - 041 - Palm Springs Palm Springs: Nihilism |
| 2021-Feb-19 • 131 minutes Philosophy In Film - 040 - V For Vendetta V For Vendetta: The Justification of Coercive Institutions |
| 2021-Feb-05 • 118 minutes Philosophy In Film - 039 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Aesthetics |
| 2021-Jan-20 • 97 minutes Philosophy In Film - 038 - Moon Moon: Personal Identity |
| 2020-Dec-24 • 103 minutes Philosophy In Film - 037 - Christmas Vacation Christmas Vacation: Idealism |
| 2020-Dec-11 • 108 minutes Philosophy In FIlm - 036 - Die Hard Die Hard: Masculinity |
| 2020-Dec-04 • 99 minutes Philosophy In Film - 035 - Amelie Amelie: Moral Happiness |
| 2020-Nov-27 • 103 minutes Philosophy In Film - 034 - Bug Bug: Philosophy and Conspiracy Theories |
| 2020-Nov-17 • 84 minutes Philosophy In Film - 033 - Rocky Rocky: Demystification of the American Dream |
| 2020-Oct-30 • 112 minutes Philosophy In Film - 032 - The Shining The Shining: Dominion, Determinism and Hidden Meaning |
| 2020-Oct-21 • 100 minutes Philosophy In Film - 031 - Mother! Mother! Environmental Stewardship and the Excluded Feminine in the Book of Genesis |
| 2020-Oct-14 • 102 minutes Philosophy In Film - 030 - Midsommar Midsommar: Suffering, Community and Relationships |
| 2020-Sep-18 • 86 minutes Philosophy In Film - 029 - The Grey The Grey: Life, Death & Existentialism |
| 2020-Sep-01 • 116 minutes Philosophy In Film - 028 - Avengers Endgame Avengers Endgame: the Philosophy of Time Travel |
| 2020-Aug-25 • 87 minutes Philosophy In Film - 027 - Infinity War Infinity War: Utilitarianism and Deontology |
| 2020-Aug-14 • 80 minutes Philosophy In Film - 026 - Spirited Away Spirited Away: Growth, Consumerism and Labour |
| 2020-Aug-01 • 80 minutes Philosophy In Film - 025 - Lost Highway Lost HIghway: Trauma and Disassociation |
| 2020-Jul-14 • 126 minutes Philosophy In Film - 024 - Alien Covenant Alien Covenant: Alien Saga Retrospective |
| 2020-Jul-07 • 108 minutes Philosophy In Film - 023 - Prometheus Prometheus: Alien Saga Retrospective |
| 2020-Jun-30 • 135 minutes Philosophy In Film - 022 - Alien 4 Resurrection Alien 4 Resurrection: Alien Saga Retrospective |
| 2020-Jun-24 • 122 minutes Philosophy In Film - 021 - Get Out Get Out: Racism |
| 2020-Jun-09 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 020 - Alien 3 Alien 3: Alien Saga Retrospective |
| 2020-May-29 • 110 minutes Philosophy In Film - 019 - Aliens Aliens: Part 2 of the Alien Saga Retrospective |
| 2020-May-24 • 112 minutes Philosophy in Film - 018 - Alien Alien: Sexuality in Film |
| 2020-May-08 • 98 minutes Philosophy In Film - 017 - Groundhog Day Groundhog Day: The Limits of Egoism for Human Fulfillment |
| 2020-May-01 • 99 minutes Philosophy In Film - 016 - Watchmen Watchmen and Moral Ideologies |
| 2020-Apr-17 • 125 minutes Philosophy In Film - 015 - Pontypool Pontypool: The Philosophy of Language |
| 2020-Apr-15 • 87 minutes Philosophy In Film - 014 - Uncut Gems Uncut Gems: Morality & Humanity |
| 2020-Apr-04 • 87 minutes Philosophy In Film - 013 - Knives Out Knives Out: Family and Social Inequality |
| 2020-Mar-29 • 95 minutes Philosophy In Film - 012 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Humanity's Animality |
| 2020-Mar-19 • 117 minutes Philosophy in Film - 011 - Contagion Contagion: Pandemic |
| 2020-Mar-06 • 92 minutes Philosophy In Film - 010 - Robocop Robocop: Capitalist Ideology |
| 2020-Feb-21 • 82 minutes Philosophy In Film - 009 - Parasite Parasite: Social Stratification |
| 2020-Feb-06 • 121 minutes Philosophy In Film - 008 - Joker Joker |
| 2020-Feb-05 • 87 minutes Philosophy In Film - 007 - Once Upon A TIme in Hollywood Once Upon A Time in Hollywood: Masculinity |
| 2020-Jan-30 • 81 minutes Philosophy In Film - 006 - The Big Lebowski The Big Lebowski: Stoicism |
| 2019-Dec-18 • 47 minutes Philosophy In Film - 001 - Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive: Fantasy and Reality |
| 2019-Dec-18 • 52 minutes Philosophy In Film - 002 - Office Space Office Space: Nihilism and Alienation |
| 2019-Dec-17 • 68 minutes Philosophy In Film - 003 - The Dark Knight The Dark Knight: Law and Chaos |
| 2019-Dec-17 • 91 minutes Philosophy in Film - 004 - 2001 A Space Odyssey 2001 A Space Odyssey: Humanity and Technology |
| 2019-Dec-17 • 66 minutes Philosophy In Film - 005 - It's A Wonderful Life It's A Wonderful Life - Friendship and the Meaning of Life |