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Kevin and Sarah test the limits of friendship in their review of The Banshees of Inisherin , Martin McDonagh's movie about a friendship that suddenly vanishes. Sarah gives a capsule review of the latest Marvel movie, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Finally, for the Watchlist segment, Kevin introduces Sarah to the 1991 comic book movie, The Rocketeer. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBeliev...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Chris Smith to discuss Georges Bernanos' 1936 novel  Diary of a Country Priest   .  Together they talk about the way the novel draws upon the literary history of historic individualism.  Works referenced: Diary of a Country Priest  by Georges Bernanos Information on the Host:  Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visi...

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review the 2021 horror-drama movie Agnes , directed by Mickey Reece. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin and Sarah take a trip down memory lane with two deeply personal movies. First up is Armageddon Time , James Gray's memoir about growing up in New York City in the early 1980's. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to Andrei Tarkovsky's own semi-memoir film Mirror . Mirror can be watched on YouTube Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Lea...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Jack Heller to discuss Ernest Gaines' 8th novel published in 1993, A Lesson Before Dying. Together they discuss the themes of preparing ourselves for our own deaths and what is a person worth. Works referenced: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visi...

Kevin and Sarah take on a super-anti-hero in their review of  Black Adam , the DC Comics passion project of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Then, in the spirit of Halloween, Kevin introduces Sarah to the Danny Boyle zombie movie  28 Days Later  for the Watchlist segment. Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho to discuss Zora Neale Hurston's 1938 novel, Moses, Man of the Mountain which Claude discussed in his work Reading Black Books which promotes conversations about African-American literature and life with Christian theology, faith, and how these two worlds enrich one another. Works referenced: Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston...

Kevin and Sarah spend some time with two spectacular performances in two separate movies about two singular women. First is Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in Todd Field's new film TÁR , which centers around a composer-conductor whose star is rising, but whose past might be catching up with her. For the Watchlist, Kevin and Sarah dissects Gena Rowlands' performance as aging actress Myrtle in the 1977...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Joy Clarkson to discuss Eugene Vodolazkin's. Together they discuss the themes of trauma, imitation of Christ, and living as a Holy fool. Works referenced: Laurus  by Eugene Vodalaskin . Information on Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University, and the author o...

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Andrew Dominik's Blonde , which adapts Joyce Carol Oates' 2000 novel of the same name. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Kevin and Sarah review Chinonye Chukwu's film  Till , about Mamie Till-Mobley's pursuit of justice after the 1955 lynching of her son Emmett. Then for the Watchlist, Kevin introduces Sarah to Charles Burnett's debut feature film,  Killer of Sheep . Watch Killer of Sheep on  Archive.org Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your...

Whodunnit? And are these movies any good? Kevin and Sarah investigate David O. Russell's latest,  Amsterdam , in which three friends (played by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington) who delve deep into a conspiracy that mostly actually happened. Then for the Watchlist, Sarah and Kevin talk about Robert Altman's  The Long Goodbye . Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBelievePOD Support th...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Andrew Peterson to discuss The Book of the Dun Cow . Together they discuss the themes of "creation care" and how Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s fantasy novel from 1978 teaches us how to love the earth we have been blessed with better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's War Movie Week on the podcast. First up, Kevin and Sarah review  The Woman King , a historical epic about the all-women Agojie warriors of the Dahomey Kingdom in 19th century West Africa. For the watchlist, they take on more recent fare, as they sort through Kathryn Bigelow's controversial 2012 movie  Zero Dark Thirty . Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing P...

Kevin and Sarah take on two historical dramas this week. First, they look into Olivia Wilde's thriller movie  Don't Worry Darling , starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine. Along the way, they discuss the power of writing and metaphor, and whether or not  Don't Worry Darling  manages to maintain the tension in the midst of its gorgeous setting. For the Watchlist, Kevin and Sarah go ex...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho and Austin Carty to discuss the purpose and future of the podcast. Why should we be reading and thinking about great fiction? What are the questions we get about reading fiction? How’ll the podcast change to bring people into this community? Join us for this podcast and be a part of the Scandal of Reading! Works referenced:  Moses, Man of t...

Sarah and Kevin dive into the creative lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, the women at the center of the new biopic  The Silent Twins . But does the movie do justice to its subjects? For the Watchlist segment, Kevin introduces Sarah to Tamara Jenkins' 2007 movie  The Savages , in which two siblings played by Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly caring...

Sarah and Kevin, two unabashed Tolkien nerds, discuss the first two episodes of the new Lord of the Rings TV series,  The Rings of Power . Then, they embark on a journey into the Cartoon Network TV miniseries  Over the Garden Wall . Along the way, they talk about the importance of myth and fairy stories, and whether or not the two TV shows live up to Tolkien's ideals. Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBel...

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin count down the movies they're most looking forward to in the upcoming awards season. Follow us on Twitter  @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sarah is joined by guest host Abby Olcese to talk about George Miller's fantasia Three Thousand Years of Longing , in which a narratologist played by Tilda Swinton meets a djinn played by Idris Elba. For the Watchlist segment, Abby introduces Sarah to the 1977 Peter Weir film The Last Wave . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad cho...

Lions, no tigers, and bears, oh my. Kevin and Sarah take on Beast , a movie in which Idris Elba fights a lion. After tangling with the latest blockbuster (and each other), they then turn their attention to the Werner Herzog documentary Grizzly Man . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin and Sarah tackle Bodies Bodies Bodies , Halina Reijn's Gen-Z satire about 20-somethings at odds with each other… but will Kevin and Sarah split over their review too? Next up, Sarah introduces Kevin to Peter Weir's 1975 film, Picnic at Hanging Rock . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Kevin and Sarah return from a restful vacation to review a high-octane action movie, Bullet Train . Will the movie hit its target, or is it really a slow train to nowhere? Then, Kevin and Sarah turn their sights toward another high-adrenaline movie premise for the Watchlist segment. This time, it's the bank robbery in Sydney Lumet's 1975 movie Dog Day Afternoon . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePO...

Kevin and Sarah saddle up and get spooky with Jordan Peele's latest movie, Nope , about two ranch caretakers played by Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer who investigate mysterious goings-on with their horses. Then, our intrepid hosts follow a wagon train west as they discuss Sidney Poitier's 1972 western, Buck and the Preacher . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing P...

Kevin and Sarah take on a pair of buddy movies this week. First up: the Tollywood smash hit RRR , which features a friendship for the ages at the center of India's fight for independence. Then they discuss Shane Black's 2005 movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , a black comedy noir set at Christmastime in L.A. Along the way, Kevin and Sarah ask themselves: which one of the hosts is the straight man, and whi...