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  • Ep. 83 – Joker: Folie à Deux

    Our long-awaited analysis of Joker: Folie à Deux, a film so sadistic that even mainstream critics noted its contempt for its audience. In one of the ultimate exercises in Hollywood hypocrisy, the movie seeks to reinforce the psy-op of the 2019 film while simultaneously morally condemning the audience for falling for that psy-op. We analyze…

  • Ep. 82 – Angel Heart, with Sean McCann and Hans Utter

    Brett and Thomas are joined by Sean McCann and Dr. Hans Utter for a deep dive into Angel Heart, a mystery horror movie released in 1987, directed by Alan Parker and starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro. Set in New Orleans in 1955, the film is a Faustian tale about the disappearance of a…

  • Ep. 81 – The Political Turn (Oliver Stone 2)

    Returning from our unofficial hiatus, we continue our series on Oliver Stone. The early 1980s saw the release of a few films written by Stone that centered upon violent antiheroes. We talk about John Milius and his clash of visions with Stone over the approach to mysticism in 1982’s Conan the Barbarian. Next, Scarface and…

  • Ep.80 – Occult Origins (Oliver Stone 1)

    The first episode in an extended series about Oliver Stone. Despite Stone being known for political films that deal with recent American history, his first two directorial efforts are surprisingly strange horror movies. Our discussion of Seizure and The Hand takes us directly into analysis of Hollywood occult ideology about the power of the imagination.…

  • Ep. 79 – The Password Is Fidelio: The Final Secrets of Stanley Kubrick

    Sean McCann returns to Psyop Cinema to unveil the Fidelio Experiment—which, we are quite confident, is not only the state-of-the-art in occult Kubrick studies but the key to unlocking the final secrets of the cinematic master. Sean first takes us through his long investigative journey, including his previous milestone, “The Butterfly Net,” and explains how…

  • Ep. 78 – A Hidden Life, with Steven DeLay (Malick 9)

    The concluding episode of our series with Steven DeLay on the films of Terrence Malick. Thomas gives a speculative explanation for why Voyage of Time (2016) was so unwatchably bad. We have an extended discussion about the beautiful depiction of Christian martyrdom in Malick’s 2019 film A Hidden Life, which portrays the life of Franz…

  • Ep.77 – Donnie Darko, with Luemas

    Joined by Luemas from Chant It Down Radio, we analyze the cult classic Donnie Darko. This 2001 film directed by Richard Kelly includes the involvement of plenty of sus Hollywood figures, including major Monarch actress Drew Barrymore. We talk about time travel mind control, sexual revolution propaganda, and the movie’s countless other dark symbols and…

  • Ukraine as Cultural Engineering Laboratory (on William Ramsey Investigates)

    Thomas goes on William Ramsey Investigates to discuss his essay “A Digital State: Ukraine as Cultural Engineering Laboratory,” written for issue #1 of Cultural Engineering Studies magazine. Thomas describes the dozens of music videos filmed in the last couple decades in Kiev by highly sus Western artists, which frequently feature occult and trauma-based mind control…

  • NASA and Hollywood (on William Ramsey Investigates)

    Brett goes on William Ramsey Investigates to discuss his essay “NASA and Hollywood: A DCF Research Report, Part 1,” written for issue #1 of Cultural Engineering Studies magazine. As Director of Research Operations for the Decoding Culture Foundation, Brett has looked deeply into NASA’s collaborations with Hollywood, through FOIA requests, archives, and direct communication with…

  • Intro to Oliver Stone (Preview)

    A clip of Brett discussing Oliver’s Stone’s autobiography, Chasing the Light, from an extended Patreon-exclusive prelude to our upcoming Oliver Stone series. Check out our Patreon to hear Brett run through Stone’s entire filmography (including many of his writer and producer credits) and give a very personal overview of Stone’s life and work.

  • Ep. 76 – The Killer (Fincher 8)

    In a new installment of their series on David Fincher, Thomas and Brett cover The Killer, Fincher’s 2023 hitman thriller starring Michael Fassbender. They discuss Fincher’s continued preoccupation with psychopathy and the dark self archetype, the film’s hints concerning deep state conspiracies and the Thelemic religion of Hollywood, and its surprising thematic connections to Fincher’s…

  • Ep. 75 – True Detective Season 2, with Jasun Horsley and Steven DeLay

    Thomas and Steven continue their analysis of True Detective, this time joined by Jasun Horsley for a conversation about season two. Finding the season significantly underrated, they talk about its mixed reception and contrast its approach to that of season one. Resuming discussion of Pizzolatto’s treatment of masculinity, family, and sexuality, they also find much…