Mind Theater

Mind Theater

Archive of Mind Theater audio essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New video essays on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 18, 2023 2 mins

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Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/Um5s1yAO02A

Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.

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Music:
"Now ...

Mark as Played
November 27, 2023 10 mins

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/gM4b5_h_PgU

Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.

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Music:
Waltz of t...

Mark as Played
October 30, 2023 2 mins
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Music:
'Toofpick', Blue Wednesday
'Dusk', Blue Wednesday

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Mark as Played
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/Y0gwY04s1WA

Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry.

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Music:
'Cylind...

Mark as Played
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/FfyVq8ar_H8

Exploring the similarities between filmmaking and art curation, historical french female painters, and the queer cinematic gaze in Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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Mark as Played
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Exploring how Colson Whitehead's Depiction of 1960s Harlem Exposes America's Foundational Crookedness

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Mark as Played
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/jaZefs91fSM

Exploring Hitchcock's groundbreaking work in both the silent film and early talkie mediums

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Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/crVJMH7z1z0

Exploring the cosmic visions of the USSR through its space and retro futuristic artwork

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Sebring
Dognell
Burham Street

Sources/References:

  • Aleksandra Sanʹkova, and Moskovskiĭ Muzeĭ Dizaĭna (Russia. Soviet Space Gra...
Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/A3zzYBTjZMM

Exploring Barry Jenkins' love through color and lighting in Moonlight and Beale Street

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Sebring
Dognell
Burham Street

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Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/3bejYIUw63I

Exploring the comedy of the Coen Brothers

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Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
 
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Tarte Tatin
Cicle Ariel
Dolly and Pad

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Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/hHAwW_CWIiM

Exploring the tragic beauty through which Paul Thomas Anderson depicts his characters.

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Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
 
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Caseco
Sals Place
Uncertain Ground

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Mark as Played
February 6, 2023 4 mins

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/64769ax-FdE

Exploring how food is depicted in cinema

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Music:
Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
 
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Leptias

Sources/References:
https://www.academia.edu/44358709/THE_CONNECTION_BETWEEN_FOOD_AND_CINEMA

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Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/JLXz7iJtjtU

Exploring Bong Joon-ho's Unmistakable Directorial Rhythm

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Vernouillet
Hotel Calafat
La Troga
Rosino Reverie

Sources/References:
https://filmustage.com/blog/the-mastery-of-transnational-directing/
https:/...

Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/wW7EpxPbthM

Exploring the otherworldly world design and visual beauty of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2022).

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

  • Tell What You Know
  • On the Hour
  • Our Ears, Deceivers

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  • Tartini-Violin Sonata in G minor Devil's Trill Sonata

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Mark as Played

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/--GEcMXrXes

Analyzing Danish Painter Carl Bloch's Fourth Wall Breaking Masterpiece; In a Roman Osteria

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Mark as Played
November 14, 2022 9 mins

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/IdAtkRLrCNo

Exploring how Martin Scorsese depicts his Catholic faith through cinema.

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Music:

  • Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Mov. III (Anitra's Dance), Op 46
  • Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Scottish), MOVEMENT III, Op. 56


Music by Blue ...

Mark as Played
October 31, 2022 7 mins

Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/V6YNWxYcbNQ

Exploring Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave of French cinema.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

  • Plum King
  • Caprese
  • Warm Fingers

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Mark as Played
Exploring the singular wacky Twilight World of Ultimate Smoothness and the power of obscure media.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

  • Hickory Interlude
  • Calgary Sweeps
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Mark as Played
Video Link: https://youtu.be/XuXBf8dquHU

Exploring the level of resilience required to maintain love while under fascist turmoil in the 6th issue of V for Vendetta (1982).

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

  • Gambrel
  • Lunette
  • Order of Entrance
  • Dolly and Pad
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