Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden explore cinema as memory, and discuss the complex emotions that arise when trying to put together the fragmented pieces of one’s past, in Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun. Aftersun is available exclusively on MUBI in select countries, including UK, Italy, and Latin America. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https...
Feb 02, 2023•57 min•Ep. 48
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; and examine its puzzling structure, its controversial ending, and what it has to say about billionaires and other questionable cultural figures. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.co...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 47
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the Sight and Sound #1 movie of all time; the groundbreaking and voyeuristic portrait of a lonely woman trapped in a monotonous life of routine: Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patr...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 46
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the conflicted relation to art; the value and harm of critics, and the importance of passion, in Mark Mylod’s The Menu. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out on YouTube: Thomas Flight: https://www.youtu...
Jan 05, 2023•56 min•Ep. 45
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the deconstruction of individualism, the tension between dreams and responsibility, and the timeless legacy of Frank Capra’s surprisingly prescient classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Be...
Dec 29, 2022•47 min•Ep. 44
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the anatomy of great adventure stories, humanity’s strange relation to nature, and the power of emotional storytelling, in James Cameron’s Avatar. Listen to the bonus episode about Avatar: The Way Of Water on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out on YouTube: Thomas Flight: htt...
Dec 22, 2022•55 min•Ep. 43
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the complex dynamics between money, gender and class, the art of satire, and the question of what really happens when a social hierarchy collapses, in Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinem...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 42
Can you tell a monster? Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the meticulous craft of the murder mystery story, the consequences of police brutality, and the aesthetics of evil, in Bong Joon Ho’s Memories of Murder. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30-day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Bec...
Dec 08, 2022•50 min•Ep. 41
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the implications of Wakanda entering the world stage and upsetting the global status quo, Marvel’s reluctance to really dig into revolutionary and post-colonial politics, and the struggle to continue the Black Panther story after the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, in Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using ...
Dec 01, 2022•56 min•Ep. 40
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the harm that happens when principles turn into empty facades, how they nevertheless can become entrenched in existing power dynamics, and to what extent individuals can stand up to them, in Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up...
Nov 24, 2022•45 min•Ep. 39
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the gender dynamics of stranger danger, social commentary in horror movies, and the nature of predatory men, in Zach Cregger’s Barbarian. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out on YouTube: Thomas Flight:...
Nov 17, 2022•54 min•Ep. 38
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss questions of fate and evil in the Coen Brothers’ surprisingly existentialist western No Country for Old Men. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning - Watch Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin, now on MUBI in the US. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast...
Nov 10, 2022•56 min•Ep. 37
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss grief, relationship struggles, and the differences between individualistic and collectivist cultures, in Ari Aster’s Midsommar. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out on YouTube: Thomas Flight: https://w...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 36
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the beauty of low-budget, independent filmmaking, the intricacies of time travel, and how to navigate and appreciate challenging films, in Shane Carruth’s Primer. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning - Watch Shane Carruth's second film Upstream Color on MUBI in the Netherlands and other select countries. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebu...
Oct 27, 2022•57 min•Ep. 35
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss different notions of heroic masculinity, the conflicting excitement of stylized violence, and enjoying movies with ideas you don’t agree with, in Zack Snyder’s 300. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 34
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the fever dream that is Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, and examine how it created such a distinctive atmosphere, how it used a passive protagonist to offer a unique perspective, and how it invoked absurdity to navigate complicated issues of war and evil. Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI. Get ad-f...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 33
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the 1942 classic Casablanca and examine both its specific meanings as a war story coming out in wartime, as well as its general meanings as a timeless story of heartbreak, apathy and reengagement. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon....
Oct 06, 2022•51 min•Ep. 32
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the ever expanding cosmology of the Alien series, the struggle for existential answers, and the savage act of creation, in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Sig...
Sep 29, 2022•54 min•Ep. 31
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the power of perspective in storytelling, the real meaning of faith, and the lost art of setups and payoffs, in M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs. Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Watch Thomas' recommendation TAMING THE GARDEN, now showing almost globally on MUBI. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up us...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 30
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss humanity’s complicated relation to spectacle and horror, how we cope with trauma, and how to tell a layered story that allows for multiple different perspectives, in Jordan Peele’s Nope. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinema...
Sep 15, 2022•58 min•Ep. 29
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the pros and cons of citizens’ juries, how prejudice affects judgment, and how to conduct oneself in the face of fundamental uncertainty, in Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check u...
Sep 08, 2022•57 min•Ep. 28
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the purpose of deconstructive storytelling, why stories are so different from reality, and the struggle to truly break free from convention, in Spike Jonze’s Adaptation. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check u...
Sep 01, 2022•53 min•Ep. 27
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the surprising and subversive power of atmosphere-based filmmaking, the purpose of changing history through fiction, and the anatomy of a successful bromance, in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 26
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the role and purpose of suffering in the quest for greatness, the challenge of thematic clarity, and cultural differences regarding the real meaning of success, in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/c...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 25
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the art of contained sci-fi storytelling, humanity’s relation to deep time, and the challenges of reaching back into history, in Richard Schenkman’s The Man From Earth. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us...
Aug 11, 2022•58 min•Ep. 24
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the tropes of the romantic comedy, the dynamics of attraction, and the differences between love stories and real-life relationships, in Marc Webb’s 500 Days of Summer. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us ...
Aug 04, 2022•52 min•Ep. 23
In this special episode, Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss a variety of experimental documentaries; and classify them into distinct categories to explore what they are, why they are worth watching, and what the best ways are to engage with them. All Light Everywhere (2021); Baraka (1992); Bells from the Deep (1993); Cameraperson (2016); Chronicle of a Summer (1961); Cow (2021); F For Fake (1973); Fata Morgana (1971); Free Solo (2018); Grizzly Man (2005); Gunda (2020); Koyaanisqatsi (1...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 22
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss “Spielbergian” filmmaking, how to position ourselves against the inevitability of progress, and the deeper implications of our inability to ‘control’ nature, in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.co...
Jul 21, 2022•53 min•Ep. 21
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss guilt, purgatory, and redemption in Martin McDonagh's dark comedy "In Bruges. Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast). Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning ...
Jul 14, 2022•52 min•Ep. 20
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss RRR; the Indian blockbuster that is taking the world by storm, and examine how it tells a universally appealing story in a unique way, how it portrays the power of friendship, and how historic tales of heroism and liberation relate to present day politics. Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.t...
Jul 07, 2022•51 min•Ep. 19
