The 2020 Dionysus Awards

Sunday, July 5, 2020

First Aired:

Sunday, March 15, 2020

What Is It

What movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Josh and guest co-host Jeremy Sabol talk to philosophers and listeners as they present their seventh (mostly) annual Dionysus Awards for the most thoughtful films of the past year.

• Most Stimulating and Stressful Vision of today's America
• Most Morally Enthralling and/or Desensitizing Film
• Dopest Doctored Documentary

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Guest

Jinhee Choi, Reader in Film Studies, King's College London

Matthew Strohl, Professor of Philosophy, University of Montana

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flatus

Friday, January 31, 2020 -- 10:28 AM

Terrence Malick's film " A

Terrence Malick's film " A Hidden Life " : monumentally thought provoking

Devon

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 -- 4:38 PM

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Jinhee Choi, Reader in Film Studies, King's College London

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