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 . Sarah also delivers a special report on the state of the True/False film festival. Have thoughts abou...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 372
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 @SeeBelievePOD Follow us on Letterboxd Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Music provided by TakeTones. Fr...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 371
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 trapped in a time loop during an alien invasion of Earth. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email ! Follow us on Twitter @SeeBeliev...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 370
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 backyard pool, across an increasingly strange county. Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed? Send us an email at seeingandbelievingcapc@gmail.com . ...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 369
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 Bad Times at the El Royale , a movie concerned with the nature of truth and identity starring a murderer's row of excellent actors. Dave Courtney's Le...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 368
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/adchoices...
Feb 08, 2023•33 min
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 Take Shelter , Jeff Nichols's intimate psychological drama about a man who dreams about the end of the world. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Fo...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 367
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 Fosse's All That Jazz , in which Roy Scheider plays a lightly fictionalized version of Bob Fosse at the height of his career…and perhaps the end of ...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 366
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 original? Or is it simply populated with a lot of boxes that need to be checked? Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believ...
Jan 20, 2023•44 min•Ep. 365
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 Yang for Bright Wall/Dark Room Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 364
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 Patreon ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 363
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 & Believing Patreon ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 359
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/adchoices
Dec 14, 2022•34 min
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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 361
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 segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to Jacques Demy's musical take on Hollywood with a French twist, The Young Girls of Rochefort . Follow us on Twitter @S...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 360
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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 359
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 student film of the same name. Both of this week's movies interrogate power imbalances and the places where women are made unwelcome in film; Kevin...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 358
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 @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 357
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
Nov 09, 2022•33 min
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 352
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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 355
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 John Cassavetes film Opening Night . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Be...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 354
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...
Oct 19, 2022•44 min
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 ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 14, 2022•58 min•Ep. 353
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 the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 352
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 Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 351
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 exploring with Michael Mann's 1992 historical epic The Last of the Mohicans . Follow us on Twitter @SeeBe...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 350
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 for their aging father. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 349
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 @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 348
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
Sep 07, 2022•45 min
