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Do video games count as good art? That's what Kevin and Sarah want to know as they reviewTetris, 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 @See…

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 Glo…

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 f…

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 "minist…

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 e…

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 Sar…

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 int…

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 conver…

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 ho…

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 …

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 Ch…

Kevin and Sarah take on the latest MCU installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The movie is set to launch Phase 5 of the ambitious film franchise, but is it thinking too big? For the Watchlist segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to the 2014 sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise playing against type as a cowardly soldier trap…

Austin and Claude start with a quick overview of James Baldwin’s debut novel then dive into its opening paragraph to explore the novel’s religious context and the psychological dynamics of church life. What happens when we come of age in religious spaces that mean well but do damage? Whether you are reading along with us or simply want to know more…

It's raining men! Kevin and Sarah review Steven Soderbergh's latest movie, Magic Mike's Last Dance. Is it light on its feet, or does it land with a thud? For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin talk about Frank Perry's 1968 adaptation of John Cheever's short story The Swimmer, in which Burt Lancaster attempts to swim home, backyard pool by backy…

Jessica is joined by Patti Callahan Henry to discuss their shared love for C.S. Lewis and how his relationship with Joy Davidman influenced his last fictional work. Books Referenced: The Paris Wife by Paul McLain Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan The Scandal of Reading is sponsored by Brazos Press…

Kevin and Sarah confront the truth in all its forms. First, they take on a rare review of a TV show, the Rian Johnson howcatchem murder mystery starring Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face, about a woman on the run who solves murders with her ability to tell when anyone is lying. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin discuss Drew Goddard's 2018 movie B…

Jessica is joined by Matthew Mullins to discuss their shared love for poetry and Anne Bradstreet. Books Referenced: Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman The Scandal of Reading is sponsored by Brazos Press. Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pe…

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin talk about the movies they're most interested in seeing in the coming year. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesChrist and Pop Culture

Kevin and Sarah take on an apocalypse or two. First up, their review of M. Night Shyamalan's latest outing, Knock at the Cabin, about a family vacation gone wrong when four strangers appear on their doorstep, demanding that the family make a terrible choice in order to prevent the end of the world. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin discuss…

Jessica is joined by poet and pastor, Drew E. Jackson to discuss Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited. Books Referenced: Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman The Scandal of Reading is sponsored by Brazos Press. Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Libera…

This week on the podcast: two movies about the cost of making art. Kevin and Sarah review Jafar Panahi's latest film No Bears, in which a lightly fictionalized version of Jafar Panahi retreats to a remote border village in order to direct a movie based in reality, with very real stakes. Then, Sarah introduces Kevin to her latest watchlist pick, Bob…

We're digging ourself out of the year-end lists and getting back into the swing of things for 2023 with a new release and a watchlist pick. This week, Kevin and Sarah pair their Watchlist review of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru with their review of its 2022 remake Living, written by Kazuo Ishiguro and starring Bill Nighy. Does the remake do justice to the…

It's the triumphant return of Seeing & Believing! After taking careful notes, watching as many movies as we could, and tallying our favorites, we've assembled a list of our favorite films…as well as a few guest voices to help us along the way. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Read Sarah's essay about After …

The season finale of The Scandal of Reading gives a preview for the next season as well as new podcast from co-hosts Claude Atcho and Austin Carty. Here the duo talk about James Baldwin's seminal debut novel Go Tell It On The Mountain. The Scandal of Reading is sponsored by Brazos Press. Information on the Hosts: Claude Atcho serves as the pastor o…

Kevin and Sarah weigh the cost of greatness, and whether or not Damien Chazelle manages to pull off the gargantuan undertaking that is Babylon, his 3-hour epic about the silent era of Hollywood. Then, Sarah and Kevin turn their attention to Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest, Broker. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreo…

Jessica is joined by Austin Carty to discuss Frederick Buechner's Pulitzer Prize nominated novel, Godric. The pair discuss the themes found not only in Godric, but in other of Buechner's novels that hint at his dealings with the history of death in his family. Loosing both his father and grandfather to suicide, Buechner has echoes of this theme alo…

Kevin and Sarah return to Pandora to review James Cameron's long-awaited sequel to Avatar. Was the wait worth it? Or is The Way of Water simply more of the same? Then, Sarah and Kevin get into literary adaptations in Noah Baumach's filmed version of the Don DeLillo novel, White Noise. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believi…

Jessica is joined by Tsh Oxenreider to discuss Walker Percy’s debut novel, The Moviegoer (1961). The pair discuss how the book, as does many of Percy’s following works, wrestles with the suicides of his father and grandfather, how his conversion to Catholicism related to his desire to not meet their fate, and how the book finds new meaning for youn…

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Aftersun, Charlotte Wells' writing and directorial debut. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesChrist and Pop Culture

Kevin and Sarah find themselves in the dark fairytale of Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson's version of the beloved fairy tale reimagined in stop-motion animation. Then, Sarah and Kevin swoon over Park Chan-wook's romantic thriller Decision to Leave. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon! Learn mo…

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson and Professor Abigail Favale discuss feminist utopian novel Herlandby Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Why is this novel still worth reading and reflecting upon today? What does it tell us about how feminism has changed since 1915? How do we form our identities as women and as Christians? Books Referenced: Herland by Charlo…

Movie magic! Musicals! Axe murders! All in a day's work for Sarah and Kevin as they review a pair of movies that revolve around the power of cinema. First up is Steven Spielberg's semiautobiographical The Fabelmans, which presents pieces of Spielberg's legacy alongside a loosely fictionalized version of his own life growing up. For the Watchlist se…

Jessica hosts Haley Stewart to discuss the 1920 novel by Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter. This trilogy of novels described the life of Kristin in 14th Century Norway as she constantly attempted to follow the path of her faith in Christ, but often found herself choosing her own wished more often than not. Jessica and Haley talk about the way th…

This week, we give thanks for whodunnits. Sarah and Kevin assemble in the drawing room to get to the bottom of the mystery at the heart of Rian Johnson's new mystery, Glass Onion. Then, Kevin introduces Sarah to Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece High and Low. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about you…

Sarah and Kevin report on Maria Schrader's film She Said, a dramatization of the investigative journalism by Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) that brought down Harvey Weinstein in 2017. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to Sandi Tan's 2018 Netflix documentary Shirkers, about the creation and loss of her 1992…

Jessica hosts fellow Flannery O'Connor fan, Karen Swallow Prior to discuss the author's final Novel, The Violent Bear It Away. The pair discuss O'Connor's use of her characters as God's friends, or the ones who suffer. They are not treated as a "Pollyana" but as characters that suffer which in turns prepares them to receive grace of God. Learn more…

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…

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 …

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/adchoicesChrist and Pop Culture

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 @SeeBelievePO…

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 …

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 a…

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:…

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'…

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 …

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/adchoicesChrist and Pop Culture

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 & …

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. F…

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 @SeeBe…