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Reviews: Films
The Politics of Education
Judith Suissa considers the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of education in Alan Bennett’s new film The History Boys.
[Issue 63: September/October 2007]
Just Ask The Dust
Existentialism goes to the movies. Nick DiChario finds that the novel fills spaces the film doesn’t even have.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007]
The Western as Philosophy
Revisiting the Western convinces Thomas Wartenberg that historical progress is not just a simple question of good heroically triumphing over evil.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007]
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Francis Akpata argues that Shakespeare would be a film director not a playwright in today’s high-media world.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007]
Leon
Is Leon a good guy? Mike Parker analyses the character of the eponymous anti-hero through the moral philosophy of Schopenhauer.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]
9/11 and World Trade Center
Thomas Wartenberg sees two films about 9-11 and muses that sometimes more than courage is called for.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]
Philosophical Twist
Thomas Wartenberg tells us his hunch about a cunning plan to market DVDs. Is turning epistemology into showbiz a good thing or a bad thing?
[Issue 57: September/October 2006]
Slacker
Colin Bartie digs the countercultural theme in Slacker and other films by Richard Linklater.
[Issue 56: July/August 2006]
Seven Samurai
See a cinematic classic from a post-Hegelian perspective. Danny O’Donnell reviews Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006]
King Kong
What are the dangers when a director monkeys around with a classic film? Thomas Wartenberg on the remake of King Kong.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]
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