May 30, 2019
Persuasion 167 | Podcastin’ in the Rain, with Gina Dalfonzo
Gina Dalfonzo joins Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson to discuss Singin’ in the Rain and the cultural narratives it tells.
May 24, 2019
Seeing and Believing 201 | Chad Stahelski’s John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum and Patrick Creadon’s Hesburgh
Seeing & Believing starts season three with the third chapter of the John Wick action franchise, Parabellum and Patrick Creadon’s documentary, Hesburgh.
May 23, 2019
Persuasion 166 | Get in, Losers. We’re Talking Mean Girls.
Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson continue their Never Seen series discussing Mean Girls and the social narratives it tells.
May 17, 2019
Seeing and Believing 200 | Our Five Cardinal Virtues of Cinema
To celebrate the 200th episode of Seeing & Believing, Wade and Kevin answer one deceptively simple question: what are their five cardinal virtues of cinema?
May 16, 2019
Persuasion 165 | Here’s Looking at You, Casablanca
Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson continue their Never Seen series discussing Casablanca in all its silver screen glory.
May 10, 2019
Seeing and Believing 199: Dome Karukoski’s Tolkien and Zhang Yimou’s Shadow
Wade and Kevin’s fellowship is reunited for this week’s review of Tolkien, and Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest film, Shadow.
May 8, 2019
Persuasion 164 | Behind the Silver Screen, with Alissa Wilkinson
Alissa Wilkinson joins Erin and Hannah to kick off a new series, Never Seen, exploring key movies your hosts have never seen and the role movies play in our lives.
May 6, 2019
Seeing and Believing 198: Claire Denis’s High Life and Penny Lane’s Hail, Satan?
Dave Canfield of Screen Anarchy joins Kevin to help him review: Claire Denis’s sci-fi experiment High Life and Penny Lane’s documentary, Hail, Satan?
Apr 26, 2019
Seeing and Believing 197: Joe and Anthony Russo’s Avengers: Endgame and a Retro Review of The Matrix
After 11 years and 21 films, Avengers: Endgame is here and we have a spoiler-free review for you along with a 20th Anniversary retro review of The Matix.
Apr 19, 2019
Seeing and Believing 196: Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and CBS’s The Twilight Zone
Seeing and Believing takes a journey to Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote dream world and Jordan Peele-produced revamp of The Twilight Zone.
Apr 12, 2019
Seeing and Believing 195: David Sandberg’s Shazam! and Garth Davis’s Mary Magdalene
DC takes another stab at the whole superhero-franchise thing this week with Shazam!, They also review the long-awaited Mary Mageline movie with Rooney Mara.
Apr 5, 2019
Seeing and Believing 194: Tim Burton’s Dumbo and A Conversation with Authors Kutter Callaway and Craig Detweiler
Tune in this week to hear our interview with authors Kutter Callaway and Craig Detweiler and a review of Tim Burton’s live-action remake of Dumbo.
Apr 2, 2019
Persuasion 163 | Holy Week 101, with Anne Kennedy
Anne Kennedy joins Persuasion for an overview of Holy Week happenings and ways Christians can more meaningfully celebrate the resurrection.
Mar 29, 2019
Seeing and Believing 193: Jordan Peele’s Us and Chris Caldwell/Zeek Earl’s Prospect
Two genre films are up for consideration this week: one set in the farthest reaches of space, and one that hits uncomfortably close to home: Us and Prospect
Mar 22, 2019
Seeing and Believing 192 | J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier and Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces
The guys lean into the rule of threes with this week’s pair of films. Triple Frontier, and the new film from Iranian master Jafar Panahi, 3 Faces.
Mar 19, 2019
Persuasion 162 | Renewed Thinking
Our mental frames can lock us into patterns and ruts, but that doesn’t mean we are stuck with the same thinking for life.