Views in Paradox Film Club Jon Olson and Rochalle Racine

On the Waterfront runs deeper than expected as it leads us to discuss how films can influence people and affect change. Join Jon, Danielle, and Jose, three filmmakers, as we find out just what made this film was such a contender.

Jon, Danielle, and Jose discuss one of the works of the world's first movie star, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. This anti-nazi propaganda comedy is unlike anything we've ever seen, and feel especially poignant for our panelists viewpoint in late 2020 (when it was recorded).

It's a long episode for a long film as Jon, Danielle, and Jose get into the themes, production, and lasting legacy of Akira Kurosawa's seminal masterpiece Seven Samurai.

In which we examine Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, a film that strikes a chord with our hearts and speaks to the present moment as much as to the past.

This week we tackle Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a sci-fi dystopian blockbuster with untold lasting influence upon both the world of cinema and the world at large.

We start our Classics journey with a century old film, F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. Jon, Jose, and Danielle dive in with deep discussion and fascinating facts on this influential classic.