Reviews: Films

Brimstone and Treacle

Thomas R. Morgan notes a diabolical, and angelic, case of anti-realism.
[Issue 145: August/September 2021]

Casablanca

Brian McCusker looks and leaps into Casablanca with Søren Kierkegaard.
[Issue 144: June/July 2021]

Sci Fi & The Meaning of Life

Shai Tubali sees how non-human minds mirror our condition back to us. [CONTAINS SPOILERS!]
[Issue 143: April/May 2021]

Cuties (Mignonnes)

Majalli Fatah rips apart a so-called ‘feminist’ critique of an uncomfortable feminist film.
[Issue 142: February/March 2021]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Siobhain Lash argues that you can sometimes be to blame even when you couldn’t have done differently.
[Issue 141: December 2020 / January 2021]

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Terri Murray gets to the core of ethics with Socrates and Woody Allen [CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERS!].
[Issue 139: August/September 2020]

A Few Good Men

Matt Qvortrup casts Tom Cruise as a Kantian and Jack Nicholson as a utilitarian in this Cold War courtroom ethics epic.
[Issue 138: June/July 2020]

Zombies

Chris Ferbrache wonders why zombie movies have remained so popular for almost a century.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Joker

Ștefan Bolea meditates on madness at the movies.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Thomas E. Wartenberg sees current concerns about truth in the news spotlighted by a classic Western.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019]

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