Kevin and Sarah talk their juxtaposed feelings on Paul Schrader and his new film, Master Gardener followed by the Watchlist’s Mikey and Nicky

Christ and Pop Culture writers present their reflections on how Timothy Keller’s life and thought informed or shaped their own work.

Sarah and Kevin review Kelly Reichardt’s latest movie, Showing Up, in which Michelle Williams plays an artist trying to hold it together.

Engaging in hockey (or any sport we’re unfamiliar with) is a fantastic exercise in practicing submission and humility.

Horror is a witness to the monstrous we wish we could explain away but cannot.

Kevin and special guest Chris Williams cover examine the family film Fast X. Then Jacques Tourneur’s film noir classic, Out of the Past.

Claude and Austin explore the concept and practice of forgiveness and how Gabriel’s domineering and toxic character is influenced by it.

Sarah Russell’s poem poses as a meditation on love and longing for one’s spouse, but in fact exposes the extent of our culture’s decay with regard to the self-giving necessary to create and sustain romantic relationships.

Sarah and Kevin dive back in to the MCU with James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Then, they take on Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime, Akira.

Claude and Austin discuss religious power, toxic faith, and the complications of conversion in James Baldwin’s novel. 

World Gone Cold seeks to “warm the blood and soothe the soul” in light of society’s isolation and chilly feeling.

Overconfidence mired in egotistical, unrealistic, and disrespectful notions led to the Grizzlies’ demise.

To ignore or even chastise female athleticism—or to tacitly treat it as a lesser form of athleticism by providing inferior treatment—undermines the breadth of creation.

Kevin and Sarah clash over Nida Manzoor’s action/heist/drama mash-up Polite Society and the societal commentary with 1936’s My Man Godfrey.

Neal Plantinga joins Austin to discuss John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and its commentary on systemic corruption and evil in the Dust Bowl.

Star Trek: Picard emphasizes the value and wisdom that only age and experience can provide.