Bethany Sparkle

Sunday School Cinema

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Long ago in the now distant year of 2009, two relatively earnest Christian siblings started a small group to talk about movies and try to have better conversations about complex stories than it seemed like were currently happening. The group ran for a couple years, 100 movies. Now, older, wiser, and much more atheist, Bethany Sparkle and Joel Krahn revisit the movies and discuss why they chose them then, what they think of them now, and how their views have changed. Follow the podcast @SSCinemaPod

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Rabbit-Proof Fence 13.09.2022 1:20:00

Joel – Been Watching: Three Thousand Years of Longing available in theaters The Blair Witch Project available on Amazon Prime and HBO Twitches available on Disney+ Sandman available on Netflix Recommendations from 2012-16: God Loves Uganda available for rental Calvary available for rental Silence available on Paramount+ or for rental Honorable Mentions: The Hunt available for rental Fruitvale Stat...

Atonement 30.08.2022 1:56:44

Movie/TV Recommendations:  Sparkle – A Foreign Affair available on Criterion through 8/31 The Lost Weekend available for rental Prey available on Hulu Bodies Bodies Bodies available in theaters Fantastic Mr. Fox available on Disney+ Lightyear available on Disney+ Spartacus available for rental Sandman available on Netflix Industry available on HBO She Hulk: Attorney at Law available on Disney...

Gone Baby Gone 16.08.2022 1:56:22

Sparkle – Fire of Love available in limited theatrical release Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual available on Netflix Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities available for rental The Harvey Girls available on HBO Freak available on HBO Good Luck to You, Leo Grande available on Hulu The Outfit available on HBO Star 80 available for rental The Pirate available on HBO Easte...

Hell House (2001) 02.08.2022 1:43:29

Sparkle: Air Bud: Golden Receiver available for rent Persuasion available on Netflix Only Lovers Left Alive on HBO All That Jazz unavailable streaming The Gray Man available on Netflix Alpha Wolf available on Amazon Prime The Owl House available on Disney+ Infinity Train available on HBO Joel: The Personal History of David Copperfield available on HBO Ms. Marvel available on Disney+ Akira availabl...

Big Fish 19.07.2022 1:35:34

Media Recs: Joel – Elvis available in theaters Kubo and the Two Strings available for rental Malignant available on HBO Better Call Saul available on Hulu The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel available on Amazon Prime Stranger Things available on Netflix Hacks available on HBO Sparkle – Appropriate Behavior available for rental The Willmar 8 available for rental Marcel the Shell with Shoes On available in th...

Philadelphia 05.07.2022 1:10:56

Joel – The Graduate available for rental Severance available on Apple+ Obi Wan available on Disney+ Ms. Marvel available on Disney+ Better Call Saul available on Netflix Bethany – The Owl House available on Disney+ Rutherford Falls S2 available on Peacock The Circle available on Netflix Sully available for rental Beau Travail available on Criterion Jurassic World: Dominion available in theaters To...

Groundhog Day 21.06.2022 1:43:56

Sparkle – Flesh + Blood available for rental In the Mood for Love available on Criterion and HBO Jurassic World available for rental Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom available for rental Top Gun available on Prime Crimes of the Future available in theaters Top Gun: Maverick available in theaters Fire Island available on Hulu The Bad Guys available in theaters Cha Cha Real Smooth available on Apple+...

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days 07.06.2022 1:25:28

Joel – Ju-on: The Grudge available for rental Top Gun available on Netflix Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers available on Disney+ Superman (1978) available on HBO The Bob’s Burgers Movie available in theaters Time Piece available on Mubi Obi Wan Kenobi available on Disney+ Our Flag Means Death available on HBO Bethany The Battle of Algiers available on Criterion Fresh Kill available on Criterion It’s A...

Conspiracy 24.05.2022 1:56:44

Joel: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent available in theaters Alien available for rental The Wicker Man (1973) available for rental Star Wars: The Force Awakens available on Disney+ Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx available on HBO Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons available on Mubi or for rental Prom Night available on Shudder La Ricotta available on Mubi and Criterio...

The Visitor 10.05.2022 1:29:29

Media Recommendations - Joel: Andrea Arnold short films: Wasp, Milk, and Dog available on Criterion and Mubi The Northman available in theaters Moon Knight available on Disney+ Severance available on Apple+ Sparkle: Maleficent available on Disney+ The Quick and the Dead available for rental Border available for rental The Sisters Brothers available for rental Robin Hood available on Disney+ The Lo...

Children of Men 26.04.2022 1:50:28

What we've been watching: Sparkle – Darkman available for rental In Heaven There Is No Beer? available on Criterion The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love available on Criterion Piranha II: The Spawning not available streaming Please Vote for Me available on Criterion until 5/1 Douglas Sirk movies, All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, & Magnificent Obsession available for r...

Tree of Life 12.04.2022 1:34:50

Sparkle – Robin Robin available on Netflix Please Hold available on HBO The Queen of Basketball available on YouTube The Summer of Soul available on Hulu If Beale Street Could Talk available for rental Beat Girl available on Plex and for rental Ascension available on Paramount+ Harvey available for rental The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor not currently available Elle available for rental X a...

Please Give 29.03.2022 1:31:43

Joel: Cherry Falls available on Shudder I Want You Back available on Amazon Prime The Woman Who Ran available on Mubi Turning Red available on Disney+ Titane available on Hulu The Batman available in theaters High School Musical available on Disney+ The Secret of Kells available for rental Heaven Knows What available on Mubi and for rental Ms. 45 available on Shudder National Treasure available on...

Oscars 2022 22.03.2022 35:15

It's a bonus episode! If you just can't get enough of us, you can listen to 30 minutes of us speculating what will win Oscars and what we wish would win Oscars this next week. For additional fun (at least for us), whoever gets the most correct gets to make the other one watch something. So you'll hear the outcome of that in a few weeks! Happy Oscars, everyone!

God on Trial 15.03.2022 1:21:10

Final speech referenced in podcast - https://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/11/god-on-trial-rabbi-speaks.html Bethany: CODA available on Apple+ Belfast available for rental God Told Me To available for rental Dark Days available for rental Flee available on Hulu Free Guy available on Disney+ Cyrano available for purchase The Art of Self-Defense available on Hulu Sonic the Hedgehog available...

Thank You for Smoking 01.03.2022 1:37:57

Media Picks -  Bethany Old Enough available on Criterion Boyish Girl Interrupted available on HBO Pinocchio available on Disney+ Death on the Nile available in theaters Drive My Car available on HBO as of 3/2 Bright Star available on Netflix The Worst Person in the World available only in select theaters Young Adult available on HBO Blow-Up available for rental The Photograph available for re...

Bloody Sunday 15.02.2022 1:39:19

Joel – Casablanca available on HBO Scream 4 available for rental The Apartment available for rental Jabberwocky available on Amazon Prime The Book of Boba Fett available on Disney+ Search Party available on HBO Bethany – Neptune Frost not available yet Master available on Amazon Prime in March F^¢k ’€m R!ght B@¢k not available yet The Cow that Sang a Song Into the Future not available yet Speak No...

American History X 01.02.2022 1:31:30

Joel Twitter: @joel_krahn Bethany Twitter: @sparkle_heretic Show Twitter: @SSCinemaPod Article referenced in podcast: https://thecjn.ca/arts/the-alt-right-relationship-with-american-history-x/ Bethany: Criterion 2022 Challenge: https://letterboxd.com/bslaby/list/the-criterion-challenge-2022/ Elisabeth Subrin short films available on Criterion Operation Varsity Blues available on Netflix Nobody ava...

Hotel Rwanda and the Top Tens of 2021 18.01.2022 2:39:07

Sparkle – Top 10 of the year list - https://letterboxd.com/bethanysparkle/list/top-10-of-2021/ Letterboxd Year in Review - https://letterboxd.com/bethanysparkle/year/2021/ Green Knight review: https://letterboxd.com/bethanysparkle/film/the-green-knight/reviews/by/activity/ Honorable Mentions: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie available on Amazon Prime Fear Street Trilogy available on Netflix In the...

Rosemary's Baby 04.01.2022 1:56:06

Media recommendations Sparkle – Spider-Man: No Way Home not available for streaming yet Rare Exports available on Hulu Some Kind of Heaven available on Hulu Nightmare Alley not available for streaming yet Black Christmas (2019) available for rental The Innocents unavailable currently The Shop Around the Corner available for rental Tokyo Godfathers available for rental Christmas in Connecticut avai...

Holiday Episode 2: The Ref 21.12.2021 2:24:07

A Note: Joel's audio was particularly bad this episode, I did what I could but it is still crackly! We are working on a better way, we appreciate you sticking with us. Also as a warning, this episode is mostly 2 hours of us talking about what we've been watching. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, see you in the new year! Joel – Twilight available on Netflix Emma (2020) available on HBO Max The L...

Henry Poole Was Here 07.12.2021 51:09

Bethany – Halloween movies available on various platforms Klute available for rental Victor/Victoria available for rental Train to Busan available on Amazon Prime Venom: Let There Be Carnage available for purchase Dawn of the Dead (2004) available on Starz or for rental Nude on the Moon and Bad Girls Go to Hell both available on Criterion Saint Maud available on Hulu and Paramount Ted Lasso availa...

Star Trek (2009) 16.11.2021 1:14:11

Media Recommendations: Bethany – Halloween 3 available for rental Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers available on Shudder The Trial of the Chicago 7 available on Netflix Double Teamed available on Disney+ Ring of Endless Light available on Disney+ Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings available on Disney+ Destination Wedding available on Netflix Sleepless in Seattle available on Hulu Did...

No Country for Old Men 02.11.2021 1:32:25

Note: Bethany mistakenly said that Nine Perfect Strangers was an HBO miniseries, it is a Hulu miniseries.  Media recs:  Bethany – Cool Cat Saves the Kids! available for rental Fireproof available for rental (please don’t though) Halloween available on Shudder What If available on Disney+ The Good Fight available on Paramount+ Mr. Corman available on Apple+ Steven Universe available on HB...

Signs 19.10.2021 2:05:56

Media discussions: Joel – Black Widow available to buy X2 available on Disney+ Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party available on Hulu Pig available to rent Fear Street: 1666 available on Netflix Princess Cyd available on Hulu Old available only in theaters No Sudden Move available on HBO Jungle Cruise available for purchase I Am Not a Witch available on Mubi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs available on...