Seeing and Believing 258 | Dave Franco’s The Rental and Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place
Seeing & Believing kicks off a new series on film noir starting with Humphrey Bogart in a Lonely Place and Dave Franco’s directorial debut with The Rental.
Seeing & Believing kicks off a new series on film noir starting with Humphrey Bogart in a Lonely Place and Dave Franco’s directorial debut with The Rental.
Reveling, then recognizing the same enthusiasm in us, Shea Serrano delights to share these experiences.
In Star Trek: Discovery, Captain Pike shows an unswerving commitment to goodness and willing sacrifice that isn’t just refreshing, it’s downright inspirational.
Even though How to Train Your Dragon should be a very silly story, sometimes very silly stories manage to say the very best things.
Wade and Kevin sit down with Netflix’s superhero-adjacent action flick The Old Guard, and the documentary Flannery about the renowned 20th Century author.
One of the reasons Christian influencers make videos about their newly minted sex lives is almost certainly to get views, which begets both more followers—more impact for Jesus, naturally—and also more money.
Many things can bring relief, connect us with each other, and reveal our faults, but laughter does these things with playfulness and joy.
So-called cephalomania first took off in France, where it suddenly became fashionable to host octopus- and squid-themed parties, and for a few years, squid-shaped hats were considered to be the height of fashion among French women.
Alexander is redeemed, not because he deserves it, but because Eliza grants redemption to him.
Kelly Reichardt’s latest film about two friends milking a rich man’s cow on the sly, and why Wade and Kevin also like Palm Springs, the Hulu original film.
The issue of reopening schools has raised a question we’ve been putting off for far too long: what is the purpose of public education?
This is a story of getting burned out on comedy and learning to love it again with an enjoyment story that comes through accepting limits.
Why do something so frivolous as telling stories when human lives may be at stake? Shouldn’t we be in the business of… well, surviving?
Tomi Adeyemi’s success with Children of Blood and Bone is especially important for our cultural moment.
Jesus and John Wayne is history as confession, history as lament, a type of history that hopes in a God who never puts us to shame, even as hope in America does.
Wade and Kevin see what Rom Hanks serves up with Greyhound, then turn their attentionAndrew Patterson’s 1950s-set sci-fi flick The Vast of Night.
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