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Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two.

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Welcome back to our series on Gangster Cinema through the decades, in which we discuss 5 different gangster movies from 5 different decades in order to get a better understanding of the deeper meanings and evolution of the genre; concluding today in the 2010s with Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

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We discuss facing the fear of existence, the often overlooked quality of language, and our relation to time, in Denis Villeneuve's Arrival.

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We discuss the nobility of servitude, the loss of collective identity, and Wes Anderson’s unique storytelling, in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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We discuss the surprisingly fun absurdism of Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid, and dive into its deeper themes of anxiety, childhood, and parental relations.

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We discuss filmmaking that feels timeless, the enigma of Daniel Plainview’s character, and the erosion of religion and social dynamics in the wake of rising capitalism, in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.

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We try to untangle the absurdist storytelling of Yorgos Lanthimos, the real meaning of justice, and the deeper metaphorical layers of his 2017 film The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

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We discuss the solemn new direction of the Western mythos, the unhealed wounds in US history, and dealing with grief, in Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River.

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We revisit David Fincher’s billionaire origin story The Social Network, discuss whether or not its romanticizing Zuckerberg’s rise to success, and how its surrounding myths about Silicon Valley, technological progress, and genius entrepreneurs have evolved since the movie’s release.

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Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the marvelization of storytelling, the qualities of a perfect B movie, and the successes and shortcomings of translating one of the most influential gaming concepts to cinema, in John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

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