We sit down with Lydia Tár expert Emily St. James to talk about guilt, repression, cancel culture, subjectivity, moral hazards, the Todd Field Cinematic Universe, and… you guessed it… Oklahoma! How is any of this possible? Tune in to find out! The problem with enrolling yourself as an ultrasonic epistemic dissident is that if Bach’sContinue reading “TÁR (2022)”
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MATCH POINT (2005)
How should we engage with the work of immoral artists? We explore this question through the lens of Woody Allen’s late period masterpiece Match Point. Mary Beth Willard (Philosopher, Weber State, and author of “Why it’s OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists”) joins us to discuss the aesthetic costs of not engaging withContinue reading “MATCH POINT (2005)”
BOTTLE ROCKET / HARD EIGHT (1996)
The cows are joined by Mattia Acetoso to discuss the feature debuts of Wes and Paul Thomas Anderson. What might we learn about these original and influential directors’ first films? Both movies center around misfits who retreat from a random and often harsh reality to form their own surrogate families and find new ways ofContinue reading “BOTTLE ROCKET / HARD EIGHT (1996)”
Cows in the Field 