Monday 25 to Tuesday 26 November, 8pm. £5/4/3 (TTT)
Sophie Fiennes: UK, 2012. 136 minutes, cert 15

As the man who ‘gives voice to an era of absurdity’, Slavoj Žižek is warmly welcomed back to Cube screens for a second dissection of our favourite entertainment as he sees it.

In the company of ample clips from a fascinatingly diverse range of movies, from the mid-30s to the present day, prepare to be ranted out of your seat while Žižek explores the deep-seated powers of ideologies, observing how they resurface in such seemingly unconnected elements as Nazi propaganda films, the London riots and 80s Coke commercials.

Zizek’s lightly humorous touch and endearingly scattershot delivery help keep intellectual fatigue at bay, while ensuring his dense, stimulating ideas seep in and engage where drier academics sometimes fail. This is a sharply delivered, engaging reminder of why Žižek has become famed as the closest the contemporary world has to a ‘celebrity philosopher’.

Look out for a short and sharp selection of related screenings of some of the films featured in the weeks that follow.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUKbhKV7Ia8