Slavoj Žižek is back. The Slovenian Marxist philosopher and leftie provocateur, who has become the internet’s most unlikely social media star, returns to cinemas with The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias, the third documentary from director Sophie Fiennes — after The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (2012) — that seeks to filter Žižek’s thinking through the lens of cinema. In her new documentary, which will have its world premiere in Venice on Sept. 7, Fiennes again stages Žižek in re-creations of scenes from the films and TV series being discussed, dropping the philosopher into the cinematic frame, so to…
