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Emissaries from the Void

Emissaries from the Void

By: Void Opal
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Emissaries from the Void examines cinema that is odd, obscure, oblique, or opaque, with an eye toward theming. The tone is casual but thoughtful, and commonly analyzes content through feminist and leftist lenses, but there are plenty of jokes and silliness as well. Our goal is to make media literacy accessible for films that often defy easy explanation. Surreality, expressionism, absurdism, dream logic, Layers of Artifice, the uncanny, allegory, and occult themes are all common features of the void, and we invite you to explore it with us. Lose yourself, find yourself, transform yourself in cinema’s mirror, but be warned: When you open yourself up to change, you can never be sure where you'll end up…

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Episodes
  • Pure Black Void (Vide Noir) - S1E19

    Pure Black Void (Vide Noir) - S1E19
    Feb 1 2026

    Vide Noir

    The dark side of romanticism, the virtue of letting go, escapism, art drug, indulging the void, intrusive thought worms, accountability, misery multiplication, Finding Alaska Syndrome, toxic yearning.

    Outro Music is Arcadia by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • So What No Head? (Head) - S1E18

    So What No Head? (Head) - S1E18
    Jan 11 2026

    Head (1968) – Capitalist determinism, artistic dissonance, decency standards, algorithmic pipelines, the information firehose, subliminal messaging, scrambled context, short-form content, white-washed exoticism, Neil Breen and Paul Thomas Anderson are the only free creators, AAA vs indie games, the holocaust can't be filmed, red-washing, fascism, slavery.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • What If We Kissed in the Serial Killer’s Brain (The Cell) - S1E17

    What If We Kissed in the Serial Killer’s Brain (The Cell) - S1E17
    Dec 27 2025

    The Cell (2000) - control, hyper-specific schizophrenia synchronicity, dream logic inside and out, savior complex, lack of consequences, learning the wrong lessons, equine segmentation, corrupted curiosity, religious trauma

    Outro Music is Arcadia by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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    1 hr
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