Episode 58: 'Warfare' & 'Paths of Glory' with Rose Media

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Rosa is joined by Xiyn from Rose Media to talk about 2025's 'Warfare' a 2025 war film written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza's experiences during the Iraq War as a U.S. Navy SEAL, the film depicts an encounter he and his platoon experienced on November 19, 2006 in the wake of the Battle of Ramadi. To maintain historical accuracy, the film's material is exclusively taken from the testimonies of the platoon members, and is presented in real time. It stars an ensemble cast that includes D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Mendoza, alongside Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Noah Centineo, and Michael Gandolfini.

We then talk about 'Paths of Glory' a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson. It is adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, which was in turn was based on the Souain corporals affair during World War I. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax defends them against charges of cowardice in a court-martial.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

28:56 'Warfare' (2025) Review & Analysis

43:28 Scoring & Ranking 'Warfare'

45:05 'Paths of Glory' (1957) Review & Analysis

1:17:41 Scoring and Ranking 'Paths of Glory'

1:18:13 Q&A

1:19:13 Where do you get your Ideas?

1:24:38 Contemporary Movements & Praxis

1:36:41 Humanist Marxism

1:39:52 Favorite Gran Turismo?

1:41:17 Favorite Weird Pizza Topping?

1:43:42 Muscle Girls or Chubby Girls

1:46:07 Next Week's Films/ Outro