Depth Perception Movie Podcast

This episode, Mr Vozly and KMax use movies to discuss grief. Here's the talking points: What does grief mean to us? List of movies that display grief only as deep sorrow. List of movies that display someone finding peace after the grieving process. Overlap with (season 2) vengeance, justice, and forgiveness. Overlap with (season 1 and 2) faith, family/friends, and culture. The boundary between adv...

Mr Vozly and KMax talk about The Ritual (2017), available on Netflix. It is the movie portion of the chapter on the tribute to our friend Ralph Fitzgerald. Talking points include: Initial reactions Use of cinematography/other visual tools Use of the monster Topics of Pain, Guilt, Regret, Friendship, and Acceptance in the movie (For those who knew Ralph, stick around for a small extra bit at the ve...

Originally, season 3 of Depth Perception Movie Podcast was going to be about The Power of Passion . Since that plan, several things have occurred or have been set in motion that have allowed me to see the agenda for a future season 4 is far more suited for times like now. Personal issues like the loss of a family member, anniversaries of losing loved ones, or broader issues like assassinations, na...

The last episode of season 2 comes in the form of discussing Disney Pixar's Incredibles 2. The discussion relates to our episode on appreciating mothers and spouses- our partners in life. We talk about how the movie defends parents and depicts the role as a heroic act. The three of us also briefly conclude with the overall theme from season 2, and our favorite movies from it. For close followers o...

Happy belated Mother's Day! The guys watch 2020's Relic and discuss the importance of loving our mothers. We get a little personal this episode, sharing some stories that relate to how health- whether it be physical, mental, or neurological- affects our relationships with loved ones.

Kmax returns for this second part to the Happy Mother's Day chapter, where we talk about moms' portrayal in movies from a son's point of view. We discuss the traits we valued from our moms, how our view of moms in movies changed as we got older, favorite on screen mothers, the evolution of mothers portrayed in movies, and whether we relate to movie moms of the past or present. Movies mentioned in...

Tin Man gets the spotlight this episode as he goes 1 on 1 with Mr Vozly to talk about Mothers in movies. This is a two-part chapter. This episode, the duo talk about moms in movies from the perspective of fathers and spouses. We touch on the amount of single parenthood in movies (including so many Disney movies), the importance of parents working together, the complexities of marriage in movies, h...

2017's Coco is the topic for this episode. We relate it both to the concept of forgiveness, as well as to our own lives from a cultural point of view. We call back to our episodes on indigenous representation throughout the episode. The discussion covers theme, reactions, use of music, symbolism, scene perception, and plenty of personal takes.

We discussed justice and vengeance. Now we talk forgiveness. A considerable amount of time is spent debating the intricacies of forgiveness and what it means personally. Forgiveness in movies is then broken down into forgiveness of: self, others, God/universe, and false forgiveness. We weave a plethora of movies into the mix including: Godzilla Minus One, The Lion King, Good Will Hunting, Everythi...

Tim Burton's 2007 adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street serves as our movie portion of the chapter on Vengeance. It also serves as a compliment to the earlier chapter of Justice and Les Miserables. We talk about color, music/lyric, theme, symbolism, favorite scenes, and of course vengeance. We also debate whether we are impacted more by the cautionary message or...

MrVozly, Kmax and the Tin Man reference seemingly dozens of movies that pertain to themes about vengeance. Movies like Falling Down, X Men First Class, The Prestige, The Princess Bride, Nocturnal Animals, Edge of Darkness, Taken, Unforgiven, The Mask of Zorro, How the Grinch Stole Christmas... and many more. We also callback our discussion on justice in relation to several of these movies, as they...

The guys are back to full power, and bring their Lens of Justice in this discussion of 2012's adaptation of Les Misérables. Though there are many contexts to analyze this movie, we stick (mostly) to our chapter on Justice. We give our usual themes and reactions, but also get caught up on what justice means to the Tin Man. We talk about how the movie portrays justice as well as fairness. There is a...

It ought to be brought to you by the word "Irony" as our officer of the law, Tin Man is absent this episode. Kmax and MrVozly go one on one talking about justice in film. It starts by reference a quote about justice in The Hateful 8. Our talking points include: Lawful and moral punishment Lawful and moral fairness Our personal favorite cinematic moments and movies of justice Whether a general audi...

Continuing 'Western's Versatility,' Depth Perception discusses 1995's Dead Man, directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, and an underrated supporting cast. On the agenda for this episode: reactions, our individual perceptions of theme, scene perceptions, use of music, plot structure, and civilization vs savagery. Other movies referenced or discussed include: The 6th Sense, T...

The guys discuss Tarantino's 8th movie, including themes, symbols, western tropes, storytelling and premise. We also work in the movie's connections to other westerns and non westerns like The Thing, and Clue.

The gang tries to see just how expansive the Western movie can get- from multiple genres, to the tropes being used in other movies, to the Neo-Western. We talk about several examples throughout our discussion including Tombstone (and can't help but quoting the entire episode), Unforgiven, Brimstone, Hell or High Water, 310 to Yuma, Book of Eli, Mad Max Fury Road, The Magnificent Seven, and many ot...

Mr Vozly changed the course and watched 2025's Sinners instead of Avatar. Sinners? In a chapter about Indigenous Representation? Flying solo this episode, he analyzes the movie and relates major aspects of it to previous discussion points in Indigenous Representation episodes.

Up next in our chapter on Indigenous Representation is the Academy Award nominated documentary Sugarcane. We talk about the tragedies that Sugarcane sheds light on, and how impactful they are even to today in native communities. We discuss other hardships depicted in the movie that aren't as exclusive as one may have thought. In an episode full of harsh topics, we also make sure we highlight what...

The first movie in the Indigenous Representation chapter is 1992's Thunderheart (RIP Val Kilmer). This movie finds its way into the hosts' top favorite movies about indigenous people, but how universal are its topics? We discuss our history of viewing, whether it was a stereotypical portrayal of natives or not, whether this is a fair representation of indigenous people, what we were proud to see i...

The three native guys continue their conversation about natives in movies. They left off at depictions in the modern age and just finished discussing Smoke Singals... The rest of the agenda includes: depictions in the modern age, relation to our own communities and others, things in movies that makes us proud as indigenous folk, and our own personal favorite movies with indigenous representation....

The three native guys finally talk about natives in movies. There was so much to say, this chapter had to be released in 2 parts. The agenda includes: Our own brief indigenous background, historical vs stereotypical portrayals, depictions in the modern age, relation to our own communities and others, things in movies that makes us proud as indigenous folk, and our own personal favorite movies with...

The guys try to navigate through ethical question after ethical question as presented by Fritz Lang's 1931 film M. Real life experience makes its way into the conversation to give depth to the morality in this story. This is the only film in the Ethical Question chapter, but boy does it have ethical questions.

This episode reviews how movies ask us about ethical dilemmas- how they make us reflect on the morality of certain topics or circumstances. It happens more than we may realize... Movies discussed in this episode include but are not limited to A Few Good Men, Oppenheimer, Schindler's List, Captain America Civil War, Cabin in the Woods, Funny Games, Gone Baby Gone, Trainspotting, Nightcrawler and On...

The final episode in the Class and Poverty Chapter includes the 2019 Best Picture Parasite. Like always we talk about reactions, themes, and favorite scenes. We also have extended time addressing the amount of symbolism throughout the movie. The guys then merge the discussion to include Bicycle Thieves and even The Florida Project when relating to our initial discussion on class and poverty in fil...

Mr Vozly challenges Kmax and Tin Man to not only a foreign film, but a black and white foreign film. We watch the 1948 Italian Neorealist masterpiece Ladri di biciclette. This movie is part of the class and poverty chapter this season. Perceptions differ on the views of poverty in this discussion. As always we talk about our favorite scenes, impressions, and themes. Scene perception comes to us in...