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Oct 22, 20223 min75th Edinburgh International Film Festival: The Closing GalaOriginally published in The Film Dispatch on 5th September 2022. “The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said: What the caterpillar...
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Mar 26, 20207 minCan Film Really Carry Philosophy?A study of the ways in which film and philosophy overlap, using the Wachowski's 1999 blockbuster The Matrix as a case in point. David...