Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

127 Episodes

1. “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson

   Published: 31/03/2025
2. The Weight of Memory in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940) – Part 2

   Published: 24/03/2025
3. The Weight of Memory in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940)

   Published: 17/03/2025
4. Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Part 2)

   Published: 17/02/2025
5. Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

   Published: 11/02/2025
6. Irony as Anesthetic in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H” (1970) – Part 2

   Published: 03/02/2025
7. Irony as Anesthetic in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H” (1970)

   Published: 27/01/2025
8. Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa” (Part 2)

   Published: 20/01/2025
9. Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa”

   Published: 12/01/2025
10. Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950) – Part 2

    Published: 06/01/2025
11. Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)

    Published: 29/12/2024
12. The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin” (Part 2)

    Published: 23/12/2024
13. The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin”

    Published: 16/12/2024
14. The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988) (Part 2)

    Published: 09/12/2024
15. The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988)

    Published: 02/12/2024
16. A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 2)

    Published: 25/11/2024
17. A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)

    Published: 18/11/2024
18. Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 2

    Published: 28/10/2024
19. Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 1

    Published: 21/10/2024
20. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 6)

    Published: 14/10/2024