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Episode 6 – Whisper of the Heart with Moctezuma Seth Gonzalez

This week I’ll trade you film talk for some book talk. Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1996) puts us in a cozy mood to reminisce and share origin stories. Antiquarian bookseller, and owner of Livra Books, Moctezuma Seth Gonzalez, talks about his quest to learn more about the people and objects around him, and […]

Episode 5 – LSD 2 with Eleni Palis

When authenticity is marketed like a brand and “reality” is performed for the camera, LSD 2 asks: what happens when we can’t trust what we see? Replicating the visual language of news broadcasts, reality TV, and social media feeds, Dibakar Banerjee’s LSD 2 drops us into a reality shaped by deepfakes, AI-generated images, and constant […]

Episode 4 – Portrait of a Lady on Fire with Deborah Beck

Can we escape our fate? Why do we go back to a story we know well? In this episode of Watch Next, we revisit the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as depicted in Céline Sciama’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Professor of Classics Deborah Beck talks to us about our human failings: doubt, temptation, […]

Episode 3 – Gully Boy with Yuki Ueda and Koya Edoho-Eket

From the streets of Mumbai to the royal courts of Hindustan, poetry has always found its voice. What do the rap battles of Gully Boy have in common with the royal qawwali mehfil in Mughal-e-Azam? In this episode of Watch Next, we explore the rhythm and rebellion of Gully Boy with the cohosts of the […]

Episode 2 – Battle of Algiers with David Salkowski

From the rousing sounds that fuel resistance to the elegiac music that reminds us of our shared humanity, in this episode of Watch Next we take a closer look at the music in Battle of Algiers composed by Gillo Pontecorvo and Ennio Morricone. Even when all else is taken away, you still have your voice. […]