WWII – Cows in the Field

GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988)

We are joined by Sam Liao (Philosophy, University of Puget Sound) to discuss our first animated film on the show: Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies! We discuss childhood, innocence, war, societal collapse, and much more! You must also eat to build a strong body and go to war. Aunt Yokokawa

OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Join us and Bilge Ebiri (New York Magazine / Vulture) to discuss Christopher Nolan’s deconstructed biopic about the man who birthed a very big bomb. Deconstructed narratives, quantum mechanics, moral dilemmas, subjective inflection, brilliant and sure-handed intercutting… and we set the record straight on whether Nolan’s films are funny and whether his female characters areContinue reading “OPPENHEIMER (2023)”

THE MASTER (2012)

The cows are joined this week by Dan Harris (Philosophy, Hunter College) on their journey through past lives to uncover and exorcise a few trillion-year-old traumas. We consider how Paul Thomas Anderson depicts a divided soul across three individuals struggling to find order and humanity in a chaotic, animalistic, world, and explore how trauma andContinue reading “THE MASTER (2012)”