Screen of Consciousness

Dmitri and Jonathan discuss the films they watched in 2021, including Dune, Old, Luca, Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto. They also discuss movie classics such as Moonstruck, Die Hard with a Vengeance and The Sum of All Fears. 

In their first episode of season 4, Jonathan and Dmitri discuss James Bond's latest (and possibly last?) outing as 007 in No Time To Die. WARNING - there will be spoilers!

In the final episode of season 3, Dmitri and Jonathan discuss the importance of locations, especially how locations can compliment the narrative and become a character in their own right.  They discuss films and television shows such as: King Kong (1933); Rome Open City; La Dolce Vita; Southland; The Wire; Bosch; Dexter; Braquo; Creep (2004); Cube (1997); Das Boot; Alien; Dark City; Underworld (2003); Legend of the Seeker; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Chronicles of Narnia (1998 -1990); Pride and Prejudice (1995) and many more.

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss the enduring appeal of 1990s action movies such as: Arnold Scwarzenegger vehicles Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Total Recall and Last Action Hero; Tony Scott's films including Days of Thunder and Crimson Tide; Speed; Steven Sommer's The Mummy and Deep Rising; Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible and Nicholas Cage's many action efforts. 

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss why romantic movies have been so popular since the birth of cinema, with a particular focus on the films made in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. They discuss movies such as: Pretty Woman; Nora Ephron's and her works such as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle; As Good As It Gets; Jerry Maguire; Adam Sandler vehicles The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates; The Notebook; 500 Days of Summer; Netflix produced When We First Met and Crazy Rich Asians. 

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss the films released by Dreamworks Animation Studio including their big film franchises such as Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon and Madagascar and their one-ff films such as Turbo, Megamind, Home and Rise of the Guardians.

Dmitri interviews Jonathan about the enduring popularity of the James Bond film franchise as they discuss its origins and its potential future.

Also known as the Bechdel-Wallace Test, Jonathan and Dmitri discuss this famous measure of the representation of women in fiction, now a staple in feminist film theory. Films and television shows they talk about include: Gravity; The African Queen; Doubt; Sister Act; Clueless; Legend of the Seeker; Lifeboat and other Hitchcock films; Ordinary People; Silence of the Lambs; Star Wars; Who Framed Roger Rabbit and many more. 

Jonathan and Dmitri continue their controversial discussion of Steven Spielberg, this time covering his movies from the 1990s to the present day. They talk about: Hook; Jurrassic Park and its first sequel; Schindler's List; Saving Private Ryan; A.I. Artificial Intelligence; Minority Report; Munich; Bridge of Spies; The BFG; The Post; Ready Player One and others. 

In the first episode of the third season, Jonathan and Dmitri unleash some controversial opinions as they discuss the films of Steven Spielberg from the 1970s and 1980s including: Duel; Jaws; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; 1941; the Indiana Jones films; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; The Color Purple and Empire of the Sun.

In this episode, Jonathan and Dmitri talk about the films and television shows scheduled to release in 2021.  They discuss Clint Eastwood's newest film Cry Macho; the potential Friends Reunion movie; the newest James Bond film No Time to Die; Denis Villeneuve's interpretation of Dune; the three Fear Street films coming to Netflix; all the newest Marvel TV shows and films coming to Disney+ and many more.

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss the films and TV shows released in 2020 that they were able to watch in spite of the lockdown, including: Danish smash hit 'Another Round'; Netflix drama 'Mank'; Disney Pixar films 'Onward' and 'Soul'; Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet'; Season 4 of 'The Crown'; Guy Ritchie's 'The Gentlemen' and Viggo Mortensen's directorial debut 'Falling'.

In a surprise Special Episode, Jonathan and Dmitri disucss the films they watch on Christmas Eve: The Muppet Christmas Carol, While You Were Sleeping and The Lord of the Rings.

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss their favourite Christmas films, have the Die Hard debate, and answer the age old question: The Holiday vs Love Actually. They also talk about: Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; Call Me Claus, The Associate; Cool Runnings; Holiday in Handcuffs; 12 Dates of Christmas; Christmas Getaway; White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life. 

Jonathan and Dmitri return to the world of Disney Pixar to discuss their most recent movies - and the ones they forgot to talk about in the first episode - including: The Incredibles; WALL-E; Up; Inside Out; Coco and revisit Finding Dory and Onward.

Jonathan and Dmitri discuss movies, filmmakers and actors they feel were unfairly snubbed by the Academy Awards including: Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple; The Butler; Captain Phillips; Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures; Ava DuVernay and Seven.

Jonathan and Dmitri dicuss 'Mise-en-scène'  - the idea that everything in front of the camera has a reason to be there and can tell us a lot more than we might think. Films that are critiqued include: Back to the Future; Star Wars; The Truman Show; Inside Out; The Matrix and Marvel's The Avengers. 

Dmitri tells Jonathan why Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy means so much to him, and also provides insight and trivia on the celebrated Academy Award winning film franchise. 

In their fourth and final episode of their Halloween themed 'Tetralogy of Terror', Jonathan and Dmitri discuss their favourite 2000s horror films such as: Identity (2003); The Mist (2007); The Skeleton Key (2005); 28 Days Later (2002); The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); The Ring (2002); Trick 'r Treat (2007) and The Orphanage (2007). 

In the third of their Halloween-themed podversations, Jonathan and  Dmitri discuss their favourite 1990s horror films, such as: The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Scream (1996) and Scream 2 (1997); The People Under the Stairs (1991); The Faculty (1998); The Blair Witch Project (1999) and many many more as one presenter tries his best to squeeze in as many films as he can!