Robin and Carolina discuss the best samurai film of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954). The bandits are mean, our heroes are heroic, and the farmers are just trying to survive.Politics include: how Jaws and Star Wars blatant...

Carolina and Robin discuss two of Wallace & Gromit's fabulous films: The Wrong Trousers (1993) and Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), two films that confirm that dogs really are better than human beings.Politics include: a murderous penguin...

Carolina and Robin discuss The Shining, the terrifying (but always beautiful) tale of a family falling apart in a remote Colorado hotel in the 1970s.Politics include: the hotel owner who looks like a young Trump, the grim reality of the ...

Carolina and Robin discuss Cleo from 5 to 7, an outrageously French film about a young woman who may or may not be terminally ill in 1950s Paris. While she waits for her diagnosis, she discovers who she is and her place in the world, politics a...

Carolina and Robin discuss The Substance, a very modern classic about a Hollywood actress who will do anything to be young and beautiful again.Politics include: the late-stage capitalism of beauty standards, how not having an inner life...

Carolina and Robin go from discussing the pre-modern world (see our previous episode on Barry Lyndon) to deciphering the futuristic messaging of 1927's Metropolis.Politics include: why authoritarianism may not actually be that great, th...

In 2025's first episode, Carolina and Robin discuss the film that best depicts the pre-modern world, Barry Lyndon.Politics include: how a conman acquires wealth and status, the utter boredom of aristocratic women, and how to understand ...

Happy holidays! Carolina and Robin discuss the historical drama The Lion in Winter, a film that takes place during Christmas, but with more backstabbing than giftgiving. Politics include: the nature of power, legacy and the politic...

Carolina and Robin talk about the heart-warming, surreal post-war romcom A Matter of Life and Death. Politics include: the bureaucracy of the afterlife, capital E Empire, women riding bikes during the war, and David Niven's Conservative...

Carolina and Robin talk about brilliantly clever parody of nineties suburbia, The Truman Show.Politics include: the fantastical dystopia of Hollywood (sorry Hollywood), the individualist American dream and Foucault's nightmarish panopti...

Carolina and Robin sit down to discuss Pixar's Ratatouille (2007), in which a country rat turns out to be a Michelin-star-worthy chef. Politics include: the politics of a kitchen, the politics of Parisian real estate, the politics ...

Hello! It's our very first episode! Today Carolina and Robin talk about FW Murnau's thoroughly nasty vampire horror from 1922.Politics include: the sheer horror of Count Orlok killing his way through Eastern Europe, the plague and early...