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In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Kelly Reichardt's latest movie, Showing Up , in which Michelle Williams plays an artist trying to hold it together as she prepares for a show. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the Seeing & Believing Patre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

Sarah is watching Aliens in the Big Apple so Kevin and special guest Chris Williams cover the 10th entry in the The Fast and the Furious saga, Fast X . After the high octane review the pair return to 1947 for the watch list segment to discuss Jacques Tourneur's film noir classic, Out of the Past . All this, plus listener feedback in episode 382. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

In Episode 5, Claude and Austin continue the discussion of “Gabriel’s Prayer” in James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain . In this discussion they explore the concept and practice of forgiveness and how Gabriel's domineering and toxic character is influenced by forgiveness. Whether you are reading along with us or simply want to know more about this important novel, join us as we journey throug...

Sarah and Kevin dive back in to the MCU with their review of James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Is it a worthy capper to the trilogy? Then, they take on another colorful dystopia, this time in the form of Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 anime film Akira . Tickets for Sarah's screening of Aliens at the IFC Center in New York City Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follo...

In Episode 4, Claude and Austin discuss religious power, toxic faith, and the complications of conversion by looking at “Gabriel’s Prayer” in James Baldwin’s Go Tell in on the Mountain.  Whether you are reading along with us or simply want to know more about this important novel, join us as we journey through this novel. Be sure to check out our Lit Pulpit Facebook group where you can ask question...

Kevin and Sarah clash over Nida Manzoor's action/heist/drama mash-up Polite Society ! When the dust settles, they take the time to explore societal clashes of a different flavor with the 1936 romantic comedy My Man Godfrey , starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support...

Cornelius "Neal" Plantinga Jr. joins Austin to discuss one of the most celebrated novels in American history, The Grapes of Wrath . The pair discuss the ability of John Steinbeck's novel to comment on systemic corruption and evil in the American dream during the Great Depression of the 1930's. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Scandal of Reading  is sponsored by  Brazos Press . Information...

Kevin and Sarah never read Judy Blume's beloved 1970 book Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret when they were kids. Now that they've had the opportunity to catch up with the story via Kelly Fremon Craig's adaptation, was it worth the wait? Then, Sarah introduces Kevin to Agnes Varda's beloved film, Cléo from 5 to 7 . Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitt...

This week, Sarah and Kevin review Ari Aster's newest film, Beau Is Afraid , starring Joaquin Phoenix. Then, Kevin and Sarah discuss Henry Selick's masterpiece Coraline . Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Alan Noble joins Jessica to discuss the 20th century Elliot's process of looking back into his tradition as the means of of writing poetry. The pair focus on The Four Quartets with an emphasis on the final of the four poems, Little Gidding while setting the stage of T.S. Elliot's life and situation during the writing of what is considered by many, including Elliot, to be his finest work. " For us,...

Kevin and Sarah sink their teeth into a pair of vampire movies. First up is Renfield , which is loosely based on characters from Bram Stoker's Dracula , and which features Nicolas Cage as the vampire. Then, Sarah introduces Kevin to one of her favorite movies, Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 vampire/Western film Near Dark. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter...

Associate Professor of Sociology Angel Adams Parham joins Claude to provide historical context to the life of poet Phillis Wheatley. The pair take a fresh look at Wheatley's most influential work, On Being Brought from Africa to America and discuss why a widely held perception of the poem's meaning may not be as accurate when put into the context of Wheatley's life and other works. On Being Brough...

Kevin and Sarah take the opportunity to let their nerd flags fly as they review Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves . They continue the swordplay with their Watchlist pick, the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro . Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your...

In Episode 3, Claude and Austin discuss Part 2 “Florence’s Prayer” and the way that time functions in Baldwin’s novel, drawing out the intergenerational dynamics that move people towards or away from God’s grace.   Whether you are reading along with us or simply want to know more about this important novel, join us as journey through this novel. Be sure to check out our Lit Pulpit Facebook group w...

Do video games count as good art? That's what Kevin and Sarah want to know as they review Tetris , a dramatization of the efforts to purchase the rights to distribute the game of the same name. Then, they review a Patreon pick, the Oscar-winning 1984 film Amadeus . Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the...

Mary W. McCampbell joins the show to talk about Graham Greene's novel, The Power and the Glory. Themes discussed by Jessica and Mary in the show revolve around the "Whiskey" priest's overt sinfulness as well as the gifting to be able to see the wretchedness of other human beings with the ability to love them. Books Referenced: The Power and the Glory , by Graham Greene The Brothers Karamazov , by...

Sarah and returning guest Abby Olcese find themselves reviewing not one but two adrenaline-soaked action movies this week. First, they take on John Wick: Chapter 4 , the latest in the action/revenge franchise starring Keanu Reeves as a lone assassin against the rest of the world. For the Watchlist segment, Abby and Sarah discuss Walter Hill's 1979 film The Warriors , in which a gang must fight the...

Writer, Author, and ThD student Kaitlyn Schiess joins Jessica to talk about their love for Dorothy L. Sayers' Zeal of Thy House and her works on human flourishing. Topics the duo discuss within Sayers works include how we relate to our vocations with the labels of "Christian" applied to a brand, the dignity of vocation that is not expressly "ministry", and the value of those who do work in the wor...

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin sit down with Chris Staron of Truce Podcast to discuss Inherit the Wind , a 1960 drama about the Scopes Monkey Trial. This episode is part of the Truce Podcast's ongoing series about Christian fundamentalism. Click to find out more about the Truce Podcast Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow...

Sarah and Kevin find themselves in survival situations this week. First up is the new movie 65 , starring Adam Driver as a space traveler who crash lands on Earth...in the time of dinosaurs. For the Watchlist segment, Kevin introduces Sarah to Robert Redford's solo outing as a desperate, resourceful sailor in the 2013 film All Is Lost . Kevin and Sarah also take a moment to share their thoughts ab...

Claude and Austin discuss their impressions of the Baldwin’s cast of characters and the critical importance of setting–the world, the church, and streets–in the opening sections of the novel. Is Baldwin’s depiction of a toxic Christianity a fatal critique of the faith or a critical gesture toward true religion? How does place and setting factor into the novel’s message? Whether you are reading alo...

Kevin and Sarah spend this week contending with morality and the heavy questions of faith...which, to be honest, they do every week, but this time both movies they're reviewing are explicitly about religion. First up, they journey to the heart of Iceland in Hlynur Pálmason's new film Godland . For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin have a conversation about Éric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's . S...

On this special episode, co-host Claude Atcho turns the tables and interviews Jessica Hooten Wilson regarding her forthcoming book, Reading for the Love of God . Jessica recounts her love and unique way of consuming literature in her formative years while she was attending college for theology and literature and how the two disciplines influenced how she consumed both. In this book Jessica relates...

Kevin and Sarah strap on their boxing gloves and go a few rounds with the latest Rocky sequel, Creed III . For the Watchlist segment, Kevin and Sarah discuss one of Kevin's favorite movies, Raging Bull , and the ways that it demonstrates Martin Scorsese's ability to make sophisticated religious films. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePO...

D.L. Mayfield joins host Jessica Hooten Wilson to discuss the life and writings of the self proclaimed anarchist writer and social worker who renounced material possessions to live a life of a pacifist activist for the poor along with her opposition to capitalism and communism. Books Referenced: Unruly Saint : Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and its Challenge for our Times by D.L. Mayfield The Long L...