Mind Theater

Ayo Akingbade
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Mind Theater

Archive of Mind Theater audio essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New video essays on YouTube. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 12/18/2023

    Mind Theater Video Essays on YouTube | Closing the Podcast Chapter

    Watch Mind Theater Video Essays Here: https://www.youtube.com/@mindtheater Links:  Website: https://solo.to/mindtheaterPatreon: https://patreon.com/mindtheater Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 min
  2. How the Reluctant Bride Captures Female Discontent | Video Essay

    12/11/2023

    How the Reluctant Bride Captures Female Discontent | Video Essay

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/Um5s1yAO02A Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses. Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Patreon: https://patreon.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: "Now is the Time to Leave," August Whilhelmsson "Her Eyes the Stars," Patrik Berg Almkvisth, LUCHS "Night Arr. For Cello and Felt Piano," Limelight Glow "The Inventor," David Celeste "Middle School," Blue Wednesday Sources/References: https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1866-toulmouche-hesitant-fiancee/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/style/auguste-toulmouche-hesitant-fiancee-tiktok.htmlhttps://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=403&sold=1https://anthropology-of-weddings.org.uk/athens-greece-wedding-symbols/#:~:text=Wedding%20wreaths%20also%20refer%20to,of%20the%20wreaths%20tightly%20together.Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    10 min
  3. Wong Kar-wai's Mood | The Directors Project

    11/27/2023

    Wong Kar-wai's Mood | The Directors Project

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/gM4b5_h_PgU Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses. Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Patreon: https://patreon.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: Waltz of the Moscow Strings, Rafael KRux The Hidden Library, Joshua Kyan Aalampour Yumeji's Thheme, Shigeru Umebayashi Bloom, Blue Wednesday & Shopan Sources/References: https://theconversation.com/a-cinema-of-intimacy-the-enduring-beauty-of-wong-kar-wai-170217https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/watch-30-minute-making-of-documentary-on-in-the-mood-for-love-plus-new-the-grandmaster-featurette-94632/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/3084877/how-wong-kar-wais-mood-love-became-modern-masterpiece-20-yearshttps://niceasheck.com/blogs/news/exploring-the-visual-poetry-of-wong-kar-wais-films#:~:text=What%20sets%20song%20%20Kar%Wai,memory%20with%20a%20melancholic%20tone.https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/52956/1/in-the-mood-for-love-remains-a-spellbinding-introduction-to-wong-kar-waihttps://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3190104/what-they-said-about-mood-love-director-wong-kar-wai-andhttps://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/cteq/in-the-mood-for-love/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wong-kar-wai-masterpiece-in-the-mood-for-love/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677Gb9D5Vjc Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  4. Support Mind Theater on Patreon

    10/30/2023

    Support Mind Theater on Patreon

    Mind Theater is a video essay series analyzing works of TV, Film, Media, and the Arts revealing what makes them so compelling. Join my patreon to show your support for only $3 a month. Videos release around monthly on YouTube Patreon Website Follow Mind Theater on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok Music: 'Toofpick', Blue Wednesday 'Dusk', Blue Wednesday Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    3 min
  5. Understanding Poetry: Richard Siken | Video Essay

    10/23/2023

    Understanding Poetry: Richard Siken | Video Essay

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/Y0gwY04s1WA Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry. Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Patreon: https://patreon.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: 'Cylinder Two', Chris Zabriskie 'A Fond Farewell', David Celeste Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/ Rainday Textile Sources/References: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-sikenhttps://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/https://poets.org/book/war-foxeshttps://30northblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/review-of-war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363140793_On_the_Relationship_Between_Poetry_and_Painting_from_the_Perspective_of_Chinese_and_Western_Culturehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/868190?typeAccessWorkflow=loginhttps://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-9/doomchin/https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=urjhttps://poets.org/text/how-read-poem-0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6OA3QBRLMhttps://www.songtell.com/richard-siken/turpentinehttps://tinhouse.com/the-doubling-of-self-an-interview-with-richard-siken/Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    12 min
  6. Celine Sciamma’s Gaze | The Directors Project

    09/25/2023

    Celine Sciamma’s Gaze | The Directors Project

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/FfyVq8ar_H8 Exploring the similarities between filmmaking and art curation, historical french female painters, and the queer cinematic gaze in Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Support Mind Theater on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/ Etude 11 Charles Other Music "The Lowest", Martin Gauffin "Dusk, Blue Wednesday Sources/References: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/2/73https://smarthistory.org/royal-academy-france/https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/international-womens-day-elisabeth-louise-vigee-le-brunhttps://www.rogerebert.com/features/book-excerpt-portraits-of-resistance-the-cinema-of-c%C3%A9line-sciamma\https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7084-the-brush-behind-the-film-how-painter-hlne-delmaire-created-our-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-cover#:~:text=Art%20speaks%20volumes%20in,thanks%20to%20painter%20H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne%20Delmairehttps://www.slashfilm.com/1161765/creating-the-titular-paintings-for-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-was-a-massive-undertaking/http://unpolishedmagazine.com/helene-delmaire-painting-the-loss-of-the-ego/https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/%C3%89lisabeth-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/m02q0whttps://www.theartstory.org/artist/vigee-le-brun-elisabeth-louise/https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-scandalous-portraits-of-%C3%A9lisabeth-louise-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/ZAICJhgvKCCoLwhttps://galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/story-behind-the-four-seasons-by-vivaldihttps://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-ending-explainedhttps://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-celine-sciamma-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire/https://cdimatteo.com/italian/sonnets-vivaldi-four-seasons/Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  7. How Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Exposes America | Video Essay

    09/04/2023

    How Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Exposes America | Video Essay

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/HJGeWIB9_OM Exploring how Colson Whitehead's Depiction of 1960s Harlem Exposes America's Foundational Crookedness Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Support Mind Theater on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/ Single Still Rainday Textile Cran Ras Some Nights End Sources/References: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/books/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle.html https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n24/mendez/did-he-leap https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle/619821/ https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/crime-in-oliver-twist Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min
  8. Alfred Hitchcock's Dual Mastery | The Directors Project

    07/17/2023

    Alfred Hitchcock's Dual Mastery | The Directors Project

    Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/jaZefs91fSM Exploring Hitchcock's groundbreaking work in both the silent film and early talkie mediums Links: Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater Support Mind Theater on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater Music: Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/ Gatheris Stasis Etude 3 Chessanta Etude 12 Taminy Other: Non-copyright Vintage Jazz and Ragtime Music No Name Jive - Glen Gray Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C (DIssonance), Mov. I, K. 465 Gloomy Sunday Instrumental Piano Borodin's String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Mov. IV Sources/References: https://us.ukessays.com/essays/film-studies/alfred-hitchcocks-use-of-sound-film-studies-essay.phphttp://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour2.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/21/the-talkies-silent-film-british-cinema-alfred-hitchcockhttps://vimeo.com/431937966#arthttps://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-british-silent-filmshttp://www.londonssilentcinemas.com/history/https://silentlondon.co.uk/2015/01/19/the-10-best-silent-film-posters/https://lonelybrand.com/blog/picture-palaces-of-the-silent-film-era/https://talkfilmsociety.com/columns/beginners-guide-to-alfred-hitchcock-the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog-1927https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/hitchcock-9-why-people-talking-about-silent-movieshttps://www.criterion.com/current/posts/871-blackmail#:~:text=Hitchcock%20shot%20the%20film%20in,RCA%20equipment%20imported%20from%20Americahttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/01/harvard-film-archive-to-screen-hitchcocks-silent-era-films/#:~:text=GAZETTE%3A%20In%20a%20series%20of,he%20think%20talking%20pictures%20missed%3Fhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDVATU7-yuwhttp://www.historyoffilm.net/movie-eras/silent-black-and-white-movies/https://www.jstor.Support the show Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    14 min
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Archive of Mind Theater audio essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New video essays on YouTube. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Ayo Akingbade
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Mind Theater
  • Show Website
    Mind Theater

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