To See or Not To See

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Grace takes a deep dive into Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Age of Innocence — exploring why this gilded, devastating story of repressed love and social tyranny remains as razor-sharp and painfully relevant today as it was in the 1870s. Topics covered: The mechanics of falling in love as Wharton renders them — not grand declarations but subc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Grace explores Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights ahead of its newest film adaptation, reframing the novel not as a romance, but as a meditation on love in its most elemental and untamed form — fierce, obsessive, and transformative. This conversation examines: Love as a force of nature , portrayed by Brontë not as comfort, but as something feral, destructive, and in...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode, Grace explores Maurice by E.M. Forster as both a novel and a life-altering emotional experience. Beginning with the moment she finishes the book on a summer afternoon, she reflects on how profoundly Maurice’s journey mirrors her own: the suffocation of inauthentic living, the fear of the future, and the ache of unrealised selfhood. The episode trac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Grace demystifies a few common misunderstandings with the movie, Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan. Topics covered include: - What is the 5th and 6th Dimension? - How did Coop survive? What happened in the wormhole? - How did Coop see his daughter? - The positivist outlook of Interstellar (as opposed to the common Nihilism of space movies) *SPOILE...

Send us Fan Mail *MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD* Grace is back (after a long-hiatus) to ramble about her new favourite novel, East of Eden (1952) by Nobel-prize winning author John Steinbeck. This episode gives a general overview of the book, the major plot-points, and the psychological/philosophical implications.  Set in the rich farmland of Salinas Valley, California, East of Eden follows the intertwined...

Send us Fan Mail CHECK OUT THE VIDEOESSAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3rGFoAMbKs&t=35s What is Pop-Art? Why is it significant?  What is all the rage about Andy Warhol? What separates and connects the artists of the era? What differentiates the masters and the present day modern artists? Musings and analysis from the Pop-Masters Exhibition of New York, featuring Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel B...

Send us Fan Mail On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. In this episode, Grace talks about the 2022 (9X Oscar Nom) tragicomedy, 'The Banshees of Inisherin' by Martin McDonagh, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Some of the topics covere...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Grace shares her thoughts on the iconic classic novel 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens, which she just finished reading for the first time. Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Leave a comment and stay tuned.

Send us Fan Mail In response to Grace's James Bond edit reaching 1.5M views,  Grace discusses (quite self-indulgently)  why Daniel Craig is the best James Bond by digging into the psychology behind his Bond, the becoming relationship between him and Vesper, and the qualities that makes him a TRUE "alpha male." Mainly talking about Casino Royale (the best Bond film of all time!) SPOI...

Send us Fan Mail In part 1 of this episode of ‘To See or Not to See,’ Grace finally dives into her favourite films of all time: The Lord of the Rings series. The topics include: We are all the ‘lord of the ring’ What does the One Ring symbolise? Why only Frodo can be the ring bearer, and why Sam cannot What do the main characters symbolise? — The Essence, The Shadow, The Self, and the Higher Self...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of this episode, Grace dives deep into the famous psychology of Carl Jung's 'Theory of Consciousness.' These archetypes include the Persona, Shadow, Anima/Animus, and The Self. Grace dissects how each character in Peter Pan represents a fragment of the Self, personified as these archetypes. Through this exploration, she also touches on the mass unconscious...

Send us Fan Mail In part 1 of this episode, Grace discusses her take on the multi-layered psychology of the childhood classic 'Peter Pan' by J.M Barrie: including concepts of the inner child, how youth is a state of mind, how the self becomes fragmented, leading to everyone becoming a 'lost boy', the irreplaceable love of the mother, and the contradictions of belief. Follow the...

Send us Fan Mail In the 2nd part of the La Dolce Vita episode, Grace explores her interpretation of the film's symbolism through feminine archetypes, perpetuated by Marcello's narcissism and self-loathing; the biblical connotations of such archetypes; and the "Madonna-Whore" complex. Follow the twitter account: @tsornotpod Support the show Thank you for listening! Leave a comme...

Send us Fan Mail WARNING: Spoilers Ahead   In Part 1 of this episode, Grace dissects one of the acclaimed 'greatest films ever made:' La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini. She discusses the recurring themes of the mockery of the sacred, the imitations of happiness, hypocrisy and futility, and the comparisons to Dante's Divine Comedy. As this is one of the most complex and sym...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Grace discusses her take on the controversial writer and philosopher Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and how it has been widely distorted and generalised. She discusses the virtue of selfishness and its misconception, what individualism means, free will, the selfish nature of love, and how all of these concepts have been hijacked, gentrified, and mass distrib...

Send us Fan Mail In this first episode, Grace analyses the 2014 film Whiplash by Damien Chazelle. Whiplash is about an ambitious young man, Andrew, who enrols in a music conservatory to become a drummer. But he is mentored by Terence Fletcher, whose unconventional training methods push him beyond the boundaries of reason and sensibility. Grace mainly discusses the iconic finale scene where Andrew...