Sunday School Cinema

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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Episodes

Waiting for Superman

Media Things: Joel - Various MCU things - all on Disney+ I May Destroy You - HBO Lovecraft Country - HBO First Cow - available for rental The Great - Hulu Pride and Prejudice (2005) - Netflix Bethany - Selah and the Spades - Amazon Prime Djinn - available for rent mid90s - Amazon Prime The Assistant - Hulu Person of Interest - HBO Max Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic...

Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 12

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Media picks - Bethany Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator - Netflix Serenity (spoilers: 54:24 - 56:35) - Amazon The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia - Netflix Joel Hamilton - Disney+ Moana - Disney+ Family Romance LLC - Mubi or rental Ganja and Hess - Shudder Integration Report 1 - Criterion A Tribute to Malcolm X - Criterion I Am Somebody - Criterion Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic...

Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 11

Walk the Line

Media Picks: Joel - Palm Springs available on Hulu Guardians of the Galaxy 2 available on Disney+ Perry Mason available on HBO I May Destroy You available on HBO I'll Be Gone in the Dark available on HBO Bethany The Great available on Hulu The Babysitter's Club available on Netflix The Old Guard available on Netflix Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic

Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 10

The Matrix

Media Picks: Joel - Betty available on HBO High Maintenance available on HBO Insecure available on HBO The Vast of Night available on Amazon Prime Da 5 Bloods available on Netflix Bethany The Good Fight available on CBS All Access I May Destroy You available on HBO Love Victor available on Hulu Only Yesterday available on HBO Max Shin Godzilla available for rental Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic...

Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 9

Special Episode: It's A Wonderful Life

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a Christmas episode, hooray! Listen to Joel and Bethany have so many thoughts about It's a Wonderful Life. Merry Christmas! Media recommendations: Bethany - Jingle Jangle available on Netflix Saint Frances available on Starz or to rent Crip Camp available on Netflix His House available on Netflix Joel - On the Rocks available on Apple The Hills Have Eyes available on Criterion or Shudder Happiest Season available on Hulu Ted Lasso ava...

Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 8

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers

At one point in this episode I kept saying the word cessationist when I ACTUALLY meant annihilationist. Oops. Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic

Dec 01, 2020•54 min•Ep. 7

Juno

EDIT: This show was released 2 weeks before Elliot Page came out as nonbinary trans and using he/they pronouns. As a result our conversation unfortunately does not reflect that but we are thrilled for Elliot and fully support their ongoing journey! SHOW NOTES - Media Joel recommends: Bad Education, directed by Cory Finley, available on HBO The Fire Next Door by James Baldwin (book) Media Bethany recommends: Studio Ghibli films available on HBO Max The Godfather 2 directed by Francis Ford Coppola...

Nov 17, 2020•55 min•Ep. 6

Gattaca

Show notes: Media from Joel - Blow the Man Down available on Amazon Prime Memoirs of a Geisha available for rental Thor 2 available on Disney+ Betty available on HBO Media from Bethany - La Dolce Vita unavailable to stream The Invitation available on Netflix The Willoughbys available on Netflix John Wick 2 & 3 available on Hulu The Godfather available to rent The Irishman available on Netflix NOTE: We ended up not watching The Stoning of Soraya M., the next episode will be focused on Juno (i...

Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 5

The Counterfeiters

SHOW NOTES - Book that The Counterfeiters was based on - The Devil's Workshop: A Memoir of the Nazi Counterfeiting Operation Media Joel recommends - Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black, available on Disney+ Tales from Loop (series) available on Amazon Prime Media Bethany recommends - Feel Good (series) available on Netflix The Juniper Tree directed by Nietzchka Keene, unavailable streaming currently Contact us anytime! DMs are open. @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic...

Oct 20, 2020•49 min•Ep. 4

Ushpizin

Joel and Bethany talk about the 2004 Israeli film "Ushpizin" as people with absolutely zero credibility to talk about Judaism, followed by raptures over the 2016 film Skate Kitchen. And other movies too. There's always other movies. Follow us on Twitter! @joel_krahn @sparkle_heretic

Oct 06, 2020•44 min•Ep. 3

Religulous

A NOTE: The sound file on this was pretty rough and there was only so much I could do, but I thought it was a good conversation and wanted to share it. Future episodes should sound better! Joel and I discuss the 2008 film Religulous and how frustrating Bill Maher is. Follow us on Twitter @sparkle_heretic @joel_krahn

Sep 22, 2020•52 min•Ep. 2

For the Bible Tells Me So

We talk about what we're doing, why we're doing it, and discuss the 2007 documentary film "For the Bible Tells Me So." Follow us on Twitter @sparkle_heretic @joel_krahn

Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1

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