Psyop Cinema

Thomas Millary

Psyop Cinema is a podcast about the film industry and its intimate connections to mass manipulation, conspiracy, and the occult. Hosts Thomas Millary and Brett Carollo explore film from a deep politics perspective, demonstrating how the artistry of cinema combines with psychological and technological knowledge to engineer culture in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways— making each of us the subject of the greatest mind control experiment in history.

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August 21 · 3 hr 33 min
Disclosure Day, with the Collins Brothers
We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins for a deep dive into Steven Spielberg's psy-op flop Disclosure Day. The Collins brothers have documented and analyzed the long-running 'UFO disclosure' psy-op in more detail than any other cultural engineering...
July 27 · 3 hr 30 min
The Doors, with Dr. Hans Utter (Oliver Stone 7)
Musician and musicologist Dr. Hans Utter joins Brett to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1991 musical biopic The Doors, a “trip movie” that is the first full-on showcase of Stone’s signature frenetic-psychedelic style which helped define the media zeitgeist of...
June 12 · 2 hr 33 min
The Firm, with Dr. Steven DeLay (Surveillance Cinema 3)
Steven Delay returns to our Surveillance Cinema series for a discussion of Sydney Pollack's 1993 legal thriller The Firm, starring Tom Cruise. We first spend some time on Pollack's background, including his established Mossad connections and the...
June 5 · 2 hr 28 min
Eddington, Bugonia, and Beau is Afraid, with Travis Mateer
After many requests for this analysis, Thomas is joined by Travis Mateer to cover Eddington, Ari Aster's 2025 neo-Western political satire and early-Covid period piece. We break down the film's portrayal of technology, social media, conspiracy...
April 29 · 2 hr 14 min
Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone 6)
After his hyper-sus digression of Talk Radio (1988), we return to the thematic focus that defined this era of Olive Stone's career. He continues to explore the ghosts of the 1960s with Born on the Fourth of July, his 1989 anti-war drama starring Tom...
April 17 · 4 min
Suddenly (Research Report 8, Preview)
A preview clip from Brett's recent deep dive into the 1954 film Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra as a mob hitman hired to assassinate a US president. The full Patreon-exclusive episode is a supplement to both our Joker Cycle series and our recent...
March 13 · 1 hr 58 min
True Detective: Night Country, with Jamie Hanshaw Dyer
Returning to True Detective, Thomas is joined by Jamie Hanshaw Dyer to analyze the controversial fourth season, Night Country, which takes a much less subtle approach in its psy-op messaging than any previous season. They describe its occult feminist...
March 10 · 2 hr 29 min
Clint Eastwood and The Outlaw Josey Wales, with Jason McGinty
Brett and Thomas are joined by Jason McGinty, author of The Unsung Substack, for a discussion of both Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales and Eastwood's broader persona. We talk about the movie's use of the Lost Cause narrative about the...
January 26 · 3 hr 4 min
Sneakers, with Travis Mateer (Surveillance Cinema 2)
In the second installment of our Surveillance Cinema series, we are joined by citizen journalist Travis Mateer for a discussion of Sneakers, a 1992 comedy heist thriller, directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Robert Redford and Ben Kingsley....
January 12 · 8 min
Legend (Preview)
A couple preview clips from our recent Patreon-exclusive in-depth analysis of Ridley Scott's 1985 film Legend. The full-length discussion continues our research into 1980s MK-fantasy films, with Brett previously having offered comprehensive looks at...
Dec 15, 2025 · 2 hr 58 min
Talk Radio (Oliver Stone 5)
Continuing our Oliver Stone series, we analyze the psy-ops within his 1988 film Talk Radio. Starring and co-written by Eric Bogossian, this film is strangely out of place in this era of Stone's filmography, and we discuss why Stone was led to direct...
Oct 11, 2025 · 2 hr
The Manchurian Candidate, with William Ramsey
Brett and Thomas have William Ramsey on to discuss The Manchurian Candidate, one of the most iconic cinematic depictions of mind control. We analyze the movie's abundant revelation of the method and misdirection. Other topics of discussion include the...
Oct 4, 2025 · 2 hr 23 min
Wall Street (Oliver Stone 4)
With Wall Street (1987), Oliver Stone continues both his search for the figure of the "good father" and his consideration of the legacy of 1960s idealism, this time through a critique of 1980s economic greed. We discuss those themes and how the movie...
Sep 18, 2025 · 2 hr 52 min
True Detective Season 3, with Dr. Steven DeLay
Thomas and Steven return to True Detective, analyzing season 3, where the series goes full psyop. Despite the positive and ambiguous qualities of the first two seasons, this one is filled with MK-culture tropes, featuring a narrative that blends mind...
Aug 7, 2025 · 6 min
Labyrinth (Monarch 15), Preview
A section analyzing David Bowie, from the 15th installment of Brett's Patreon-exclusive series on Monarch films. Full description of the episode below, along with our Patreon link, if you're interested in the full episode. In this 15th installment...
Jul 31, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min
Platoon (Oliver Stone 3)
Continuing our Oliver Stone series, we turn to Platoon (1986), the film that established Stone as a superstar director and inaugurated the most celebrated phase of his career, revolving around the ghosts of the 1960s. Brett discusses the reception of...
Jul 24, 2025 · 1 hr
NASA and Hollywood, Part 2 (on William Ramsey Investigates)
In his latest appearance on William Ramsey Investigates, Brett discusses Part 2 of his Hollywood-NASA research report, which appeared this June in the second issue of Cultural Engineering Studies. After giving an overview of his groundbreaking...
Jul 22, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
Drive, with Dr. Steven DeLay
Steven DeLay joins Thomas for a conversation about the 2011 film Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling. Analyzing the subversive and psyop-heavy intentions behind the movie, they conclude that Drive retains some profoundly...
Jun 23, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
The Writer With No Hands, with Matthew Alford (on William Ramsey Investigates)
Brett recently made an appearance on William Ramsey Investigates with top Hollywood-DC researcher and writer Matthew Alford to discuss the murder of deep state-connected Hollywood screenwriter Gary DeVore. Brett interviewed Alford about his 2016 book...
Jun 21, 2025 · 2 hr 45 min
Fantasy Mind Control, with Monarch Survivor Carrie Olaje
A discussion with Carrie Olaje, a survivor of ritual abuse and trauma-based mind control. Carrie provides names, dates, and locations, as she describes how she was primed from a young age for Monarch slavery, with a former Sergeant Major of the US...

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