We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins for a deep dive into Steven Spielberg's psy-op flop Disclosure Day. The Collins brothers have documented and analyzed the long-running 'UFO disclosure' psy-op…
Musician and musicologist Dr. Hans Utter joins Brett to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1991 musical biopic The Doors, a “trip movie” that is the first full-on showcase of Stone’s signature…
Steven Delay returns to our Surveillance Cinema series for a discussion of Sydney Pollack's 1993 legal thriller The Firm, starring Tom Cruise. We first spend some time on Pollack's background,…
After many requests Thomas is joined by Travis Mateer to cover Eddington, Ari Aster's 2025 neo-Western political satire and early-Covid period piece. We break down the film's portrayal of technology,…
After his hyper-sus digression of Talk Radio (1988), we return to the thematic focus that defined this era of Olive Stone's career. He continues to explore the ghosts of the 1960s with Born on the…
A preview clip from Brett's recent deep dive into the 1954 film Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra as a mob hitman hired to assassinate a US president. The full Patreon-exclusive episode is a supplement…
Returning to True Detective, Thomas is joined by Jamie Hanshaw Dyer to analyze the controversial fourth season, Night Country, which takes a much less subtle approach in its psy-op messaging than any…
Brett and Thomas are joined by Jason McGinty, author of The Unsung Substack, for a discussion of both Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales and Eastwood's broader persona. We talk about…
In the second installment of our Surveillance Cinema series, we are joined by citizen journalist Travis Mateer for a discussion of Sneakers, a 1992 comedy heist thriller, directed by Phil Alden…
A couple preview clips from our recent Patreon-exclusive in-depth analysis of Ridley Scott's 1985 film Legend. The full-length discussion continues our research into 1980s MK-fantasy films, with Brett…
