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Films for Today — 259 episodes · page 1 of 3
Are you good at love? | "500 Days of Summer" (2009)
Is life ever tragic? | "Life Itself" (2018)
Are you a loser? | "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013)
Does ordinary life have an underlying narrative? | "Dazed and Confused" (1993)
Do you know how to chill? | "A Summer's Tale" (1996)
Will AI kill us all? | "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)
Should you get divorced? | "Is This Thing On?" (2025)
Where is God? | "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961)
How far-reaching is everyday irresponsibility? | The Ice Storm (1997)
What is the true value of the soul? | "Angel Heart" (1987)
Should we fear "the end"? | "The Life of Chuck" (2024)
Are we destined to be cheated? | "Touki Bouki" (1973)
What is the true power of fiction? | "The Odyssey" (2026) d. Christopher Nolan
Is there a meaningful distinction between moderate and extreme desire? | "Obsession" (2026) d. Curry Barker
What is the future of AI filmmaking? | OMNI “HYPERPHANTASIA” International AI Film Festival w/ Aryeh Sternberg & Travis Rice
Is life invariably predictable? | "The Commitments" (1991) d. Alan Parker
How should we conserve? | WALL·E (2008) d. Andrew Stanton
Can we break free of deviance? | "Catch Me if You Can" (2002) d. Steven Spielberg
Should storytellers strive for authenticity? | "Blue Heron" (2025) d. Sophy Romvari w/ Sophy Romvari
What does evolution have in store for modern man? | "Jurassic Park" (1993) d. Steven Spielberg
Can you outgrow evil? | "Forbidden Planet" (1956) d. Fred M. Wilcox
What does it take to be a real man? | "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986) d. Frank Oz
Is violence ever justifiable? | "Tyrannosaur" (2011) d. Paddy Considine
What is the truest form of love? | "Breaking the Waves" (1996) d. Lars von Trier
Does personal ambition have a limit? | "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011) d. Lynne Ramsay
Who triggers societal collapse? | "Escape from New York" (1981) d. John Carpenter
How can we get what we want? | "Groundhog Day" (1993) d. Harold Ramis
Does everything need to be solved? | "Under the Silver Lake" (2018) d. David Robert Mitchell
Where might overthinking lead us? | "The End of the Tour" (2015) d. James Ponsoldt
Who should we listen to? | "Donnie Darko" (2001) d. Richard Kelly
Are you The One? | "The Fisher King" (1991) d. Terry Gilliam
What is the participatory aspect of cinema and reality itself? | "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968) d. William Greaves w/ Bhenn Tonks
How do you overcome the alpha male? | "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004) d. Rawson Marshall Thurber
What is the fate of the basic man? | "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) d. Joel Coen
How might we respond to an uninspiring world? | "The Shining" (1980) d. Stanley Kubrick
2025: A Year in Review
What is the fate of the exceptional? | "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) d. Tim Burton
Do we truly see what we already have? | "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) d. Stanley Kubrick
Can a lot come from a little? | "Fantasia" (1940) d. Various
What is the paradoxical nature of rebellion? | "Patterns" (1956) d. Fielder Cook
Is happiness more available than most of us think? | "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) d. Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton
Is it possible to outrun a timeless sense of duty? | "The Wild Bunch" (1969) d. Sam Peckinpah
Are we getting too crazy? | "Bugonia" (2025) d. Yorgos Lanthimos
What are the vulnerabilities of democracy? | "Jaws" (1975) d. Steven Spielberg
What are the effects of modern discourse? | "Party Animal" (2025) d. Ali Gill w/ Ali Gill and Aimie Sullivan
Can worn-out relationships be renovated? | "Sentimental Value" (2025) d. Joachim Trier | LFF 2025 Special
Why do healthy relationships feel impossible to achieve? | "Possession" (1981) d. Andrzej Żuławski
What is the power of performed intellect? | "The Master" (2012) d. Paul Thomas Anderson
Can we trust our ordinary senses of self and reality? | "Perfect Blue" (1997) d. Satoshi Kon
How might we liberate ourselves from oppressive regimes? | "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) d. Frank Darabont
How political are we qualified to be? | "Eddington" (2025) d. Ari Aster
Is there such a thing as dignified rebellion? | "Killer of Sheep" (1978) d. Charles Burnett
How might passive attention impact the world? | "Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003) d. Thom Andersen
Will anyone ever understand your existential plight? | "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) d. Nicholas Ray
How powerless are we as individuals in the face of existential threats? | "First Reformed" (2017) d. Paul Schrader w/ Christopher Smol
Why make art? | "Sideways" (2004) d. Alexander Payne
How deep can human connections go? | "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991) d. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter
What is truly at stake in the cinema? | 'Babylon' (2022) d. Damien Chazelle
How should we view claims to innocence? | 'The White Ribbon' (2009) d. Michael Haneke
Can love actually be found in a hopeless place? | 'Mud' (2012) d. Jeff Nichols
How can we know when to speak the truth? | "On the Waterfront" (1954) d. Elia Kazan
What is the ultimate consequence of integrating the shadow? | "Youth in Revolt" (2009) d. Miguel Arteta
Are there stages of true toughness? | "Good Will Hunting" (1997) d. Gus Van Sant
What does criticism look like in a postmodern world? | 'Ratatouille' (2007) d. Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava
Are we content with our treatment of beauty? | "Parthenope" (2024) d. Paolo Sorrentino
How available are our deepest emotions? | "American Beauty" (1999) d. Sam Mendes
How should we navigate subjective experience in a world of "objects"? | "Withnail & I" (1987) d. Bruce Robinson
What might be the antidote to fascism? | "Hot Fuzz" (2007) d. Edgar Wright
How are we to make sense of artistic ambition? | "Paterson" (2016) d. Jim Jarmusch
What does it mean to give our true selves to those we love? | "Wings of Desire" (1987) d. Wim Wenders
Are we on track to see the end of cinema? | "The Second Act" (2024) d. Quentin Dupieux
How dangerous is the romanticisation of modern life? | "The End" (2024) d. Joshua Oppenheimer
How might a simple life constrain us more than we think? | "Pather Panchali" (1955) d. Satyajit Ray
What is the value of privacy? | "The Conversation" (1974) d. Francis Ford Coppola
What does noble desire look like? | "Malena" (2000) d. Giuseppe Tornatore
Why should we care about the end of humanity? | "On the Beach" (1959) d. Stanley Kramer
How far away are we from transformative experiences? | "Night on Earth" (1991) d. Jim Jarmusch
Does anyone have chance at a decent life? | "Stand By Me" (1986) d. Rob Reiner
What do we desire in an ideal companion? | "Wallace and Gromit" (Various) d. Nick Park et al
How can we transcend life's inevitable tragedies? | "The Elephant Man" (1980) d. David Lynch
What kinds of people should we open up to? | "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945) d. John M. Stahl
What does a true commitment to science really look like? | "I Origins" (2014) d. Mike Cahill
'Big Fish' (2003) d. Tim Burton
'The Innocents' (1961) d. Jack Clayton
'A Complete Unknown' (2024) d. James Mangold
2024: A Year in Review
'The Day of the Beast' (1995) d. Álex de la Iglesia
'Bad Santa' (2003) d. Terry Zwigoff w/ Eddie Bernasconi
'Anora' (2024) d. Sean Baker w/ Henry Bretz
'The Remains of the Day' (1993) d. James Ivory w/ Christopher Smol
'The Taste of Mango' (2023) d. Chloe Abrahams w/ Chloe Abrahams
'Like My Brother' (2024) d. Sal Balharrie w/ Archie Chew
'Sofa, So Good' (2024) d. The Thiele Brothers w/ The Thiele Brothers
'Joker: Folie à Deux' (2024) d. Todd Phillips
Special Early Release - 'Halloween' (1978) d. John Carpenter w/ Matthew T. Price
'Crocodile Tears' (2024) d. Tumpal Tampubolon w/ Tumpal Tampubolon
'Trainspotting' (1996) d. Danny Boyle
'A Real Pain' (2024) d. Jesse Eisenberg
'When the Wind Blows' (1986) d. Jimmy T. Murakami