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Mike and Nick step into their kitchen to cook up a mix of delicacy and debauchery. Trần Anh Hùng brings to life an intimate nineteenth century French countryside. Mike espouses the love for food contained in each frame. On the other side of the spectrum, Peter Greenaway grosses audiences out in an antithetical kitchen. Helen Mirren bares the brunt of an unhinged Richard Bohringer as he lambasts every human in his own restaurant. Nick is floored by the formal colour mastery at work in what the duo dubs, "Cook-Thief." Mike reveals the thematic constellation which connects the two films through the juxtapositions of each respective villain. Poetic layers between films are unpeeled thanks to Mike's keen insight. A delicious filmversation.

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Mike and Nick go back to the Soviet Union and explore one their greatest unsung voices. Nick forces Mike into apocalyptic hellscapes baked in Cold War dread, Tarkovskian philosophy, and existential ruin. The lingering question that hangs over both films: where is god at the end of the world? Nick, to the surprise of no one, argues these films emphasize an absent god or a god recused from the universe. Mike pushes back suggesting the onscreen violence is god's voice. Naturally, the hosts address the Tarkovsian elephant in the room. Nick is deeply concerned with what differentiates Lopushansky from Tarkovsky.

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Mike and Nick enter Ingmar Bergman’s imperial era. The two meditate on morality, memory, and the terror of self-realization. Digging into Bergman's internal and visual philosophy, the pair investigate how the director marries and juxtaposes intellectuality and emotional universality. Topics include discussions on dream logic, existential anxieties, and reflections on human fragility. Step into Bergman's world with Filmversation; if we drown in the cinematic abyss, at least we'll drown together :)