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Films for Today
Jimmy Bernasconi | 2XXFM
218 episodes
1 week ago
Hosted by Jimmy Bernasconi (‘Sacred Cinema’, ABC Radio), ‘Films for Today’ explores how the art of cinema can help us understand the social, cultural and political issues that currently trouble us. Each week, Jimmy selects a seminal film and contemplates its profound insights into the most pressing challenges of our time. For questions or enquiries about the show, you can reach Jimmy at contact@jimmybernasconi.com or on Instagram by searching ‘filmsfortoday’.
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Hosted by Jimmy Bernasconi (‘Sacred Cinema’, ABC Radio), ‘Films for Today’ explores how the art of cinema can help us understand the social, cultural and political issues that currently trouble us. Each week, Jimmy selects a seminal film and contemplates its profound insights into the most pressing challenges of our time. For questions or enquiries about the show, you can reach Jimmy at contact@jimmybernasconi.com or on Instagram by searching ‘filmsfortoday’.
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Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter
Films for Today
29 minutes
3 months ago
Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter

Following recent conversations on the prospective emergence of novel formidable entities (namely AI), this week's episode examines John Carpenter's 1983 sci-fi classic The Thing, to contemplate what human societies might do when seamlessly infiltrated by evil.


We also briefly discuss:

Alien (1979) d. Ridley Scott

Videodrome (1983) d. David Cronenberg

Hellraiser (1987) d. Clive Barker

Jurassic Park (1993) d. Steven Spielberg

Oppenheimer (2023) d. Christopher Nolan

Ex Machina (2014) d. Alex Garland

Films for Today
Hosted by Jimmy Bernasconi (‘Sacred Cinema’, ABC Radio), ‘Films for Today’ explores how the art of cinema can help us understand the social, cultural and political issues that currently trouble us. Each week, Jimmy selects a seminal film and contemplates its profound insights into the most pressing challenges of our time. For questions or enquiries about the show, you can reach Jimmy at contact@jimmybernasconi.com or on Instagram by searching ‘filmsfortoday’.