We Need to Talk About Kevin - Deliver Us From Eva
From For Your Reference by For Your Reference
February 10, 2026 · 48 min · Season 1 · Episode 405
About this episode
The episode explores the themes of familial ties and psychological complexity in Lynne Ramsay's films, focusing on 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our Reference Degustation where, every February, we explore common and recurring themes of a writer/director's filmography. Month long celebration of rough scrappy familial ties of Lynne Ramsay. Wear the mask created to fool the world and hide from yourself. Shake off the oedipus feelings and find compassion in Soweto with We Need to Talk About Kevin this week. If you'd like to watch along, we plan on covering the below... Ratcatcher (1999) We Need to Talk About Ke...
People in this episode
Host: For Your Reference
Topics covered
- familial ties
- film analysis
- Lynne Ramsay
- psychological themes
- compassion
Keywords
- Lynne Ramsay
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Ratcatcher
- familial ties
- psychological themes
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Ratcatcher
Places: Soweto
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