Synopsis
A podcast exploring the film Annihilation one minute of screentime per episode
Episodes
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![to be on a level with ordinary experience]()
to be on a level with ordinary experience
26/07/2019 Duration: 11mintattoos, foreshadowing, black bears, motivations, and dying husbands in #annihilation minute 18
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![ruin approached, chaos approached]()
ruin approached, chaos approached
19/07/2019 Duration: 18minwhen did the shimmer come to earth? what are ventress' plans? is she recruiting lena or will lena volunteer? what about hypnosis? and, why this film does not take place in florida, in #annihilation minute 17.
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![she must escape somehow, be alone somewhere]()
she must escape somehow, be alone somewhere
12/07/2019 Duration: 28min#sciencefiction eschews stereotypical heroes and extra-terrestrials, as #annihilation minute 16 eschews an escape attempt.
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![she knew the end of that story]()
she knew the end of that story
05/07/2019 Duration: 10minfbi, cia, what is ventress and why is she questioning lena in #annihilation minute 15?
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![she was tyrannical, domineering, masterful]()
she was tyrannical, domineering, masterful
28/06/2019 Duration: 20minin area x ventress questions lena, as i discuss the political purpose of film, and the unsettling purpose of #annihilation, minute 14
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![subduing all her impressions as a woman]()
subduing all her impressions as a woman
21/06/2019 Duration: 11mina strange hospital room, lena meets #drventress and we meet #jenniferjasonleigh in #annihilation minute 13
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![wake up and find the sun shining and the birds singing]()
wake up and find the sun shining and the birds singing
14/06/2019 Duration: 16min#tvtropes, #vaninblack, #meninblack, #unmarkedhelicopters, and waking up in a secret government facility in #annihilation minute 12
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![for he had slipped into his glass at lunch a few drops of something]()
for he had slipped into his glass at lunch a few drops of something
07/06/2019 Duration: 32min#bloodfromthemouth, ambulances, kane as he has changed, the staff of aesculapius, obsessing about a location, and the meaning of well in #annihilation minute 11
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![the symbolical outline which transcended the real figures]()
the symbolical outline which transcended the real figures
31/05/2019 Duration: 15mininfidelity, a dimly understood fear, the character of kane, and whether anything matters in annihilation, minute 10
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![in the chambers of the mind and heart of the woman]()
in the chambers of the mind and heart of the woman
24/05/2019 Duration: 23minemotional numbing, doppelgangers, fingers tapping, and the quality of insanity in annihilation, minute 9
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![his own house, full of comfort]()
his own house, full of comfort
17/05/2019 Duration: 14minmadness, girl interrupted, ptsd, odysseus, and the sum of our experiences in annihilation, minute 8
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![one could not say what one meant]()
one could not say what one meant
10/05/2019 Duration: 11mingrief, memory, self-destruction, oscar isaac, and the return of kane in annihilation, minute 7
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![the house would become so shabby that something must be done]()
the house would become so shabby that something must be done
03/05/2019 Duration: 19mincrosby, stills, & nash's 'helplessly hoping', photographs, poetry, and the play of memory and time in annihilation, minute 6
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![the question being one of the relation of masses, of light and shadows]()
the question being one of the relation of masses, of light and shadows
27/04/2019 Duration: 13minthe importance of living, professor sir john sulston and gene sequencing a nematode, david gyasi as daniel, and lena has weekend plans in annihilation, minute 5
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![life, from being made up of little separate incidents which one lived one by one]()
life, from being made up of little separate incidents which one lived one by one
19/04/2019 Duration: 13mina distracted professor, sonoya mizuno as student katie, falling stars, dividing cells, and our relationship with nature in annihilation, minute 4
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![from the worst possible direction for landing at the lighthouse]()
from the worst possible direction for landing at the lighthouse
12/04/2019 Duration: 14minobjects falling from space, self destruction, subjectivity, alien lifeforms within and without in annihilation, minute 3
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![yet even in the moment of discovery]()
yet even in the moment of discovery
05/04/2019 Duration: 20mincharacter names, the ship of theseus paradox, knowledge, identity, life, and the themes of annihilation, minute 2
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![if you look from a mountain-top down]()
if you look from a mountain-top down
29/03/2019 Duration: 09minthe paramount pictures logo and skydance logo offer us stars while lena (natalie portman) sits in a room with scientists looking on in annihilation, minute 1
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![a confirmation of something on the printed page to which one returns, fortified and satisfied]()
a confirmation of something on the printed page to which one returns, fortified and satisfied
22/03/2019 Duration: 07mina reading list and a little controversy before we begin
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![the rhythm of the dividing pair]()
the rhythm of the dividing pair
15/03/2019 Duration: 17minour third and final flashback before we begin
