Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka Embody Hope for the Rest of Us
These two Jedi offer a helpful corrective, both to “Chosen One” heroes and to the opposing swing towards darker antiheroes.
Seeing & Believing 400 | An Ethos of Faithful Filmgoing
Before we go, Kevin and Sarah have a conversation about their ethos of faithful movie criticism, bringing the podcast full circle.
The Wrestling of Gods and Monsters: Myth and Morality in Lucha Underground
Lucha Underground is less about sweat, muscles, and tights than about mythic storytelling—archetypal tales of heroes and villains, loss and redemption.
Indian Matchmaking: What’s It Like to Look for Love the Old-Fashioned Way?
Netflix’s hit reality TV series reveals how many of our beliefs and practices regarding marriage are time-bound historical phenomena, not unchanging universal ideals.
How Succession Leaves Us Pondering Our Pursuit of Power
Succession helps us evaluate our preconceived notions about influence and control, exposing our abandonment of Christ-like formation.
Our Culture’s Dark Journey From The Twilight Zone to “The Midnight Zone”
When a culture loses its imagination, it loses more than just quality “content” or good “entertainment.” It loses a bit of its soul.
“I’ve Never Been So Happy to See So Many Wrinkles”: How Star Trek: Picard Aged Gracefully
Star Trek: Picard emphasizes the value and wisdom that only age and experience can provide.
The Horror of Human Consumption: How The Stepford Wives and Severance Invite Us to the Greater Vision of Loving Thy Neighbor
In The Stepford Wives and Severance we’re left wondering: where is the alternative vision to the mercenary hellscapes provided?
Seeing and Believing 374 | John Wick: Chapter 4 & The Warriors (1979)
Sarah and returning guest Abby Olcese find themselves reviewing not one but two adrenaline-soaked action movies this week.
Seeing and Believing 373 | 65 & All Is Lost
Sarah and Kevin find themselves in survival situations this week with Adam Driver in “65”, and Robert Redford in “All is Lost.”
Tales of the Jedi Reveals the Pitfalls of Religious Institutions
The recent Star Wars series reveals the dark side of institutions caring only for their power and status.
The Creature Rhythms of Hulu’s The Bear
The Bear poses the question: Does structure itself cause fractures? Or does it only do so when divorced from love?
Seeing and Believing 371 | Creed III & Raging Bull
Kevin and Sarah strap on their boxing gloves and go a few rounds with the latest Rocky sequel, Creed III and Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull.
Seeing and Believing 369 | Magic Mike’s Last Dance & The Swimmer (1968)
It’s raining men! Kevin and Sarah review Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance and Frank Perry’s The Swimmer.
Finding a New Glorious Purpose: Loki and the Failure of Materialism
Materialism mesmerizes us, as it does Loki, because it’s a way to place ourselves at the center of our own little universe composed of people and products that exist to serve us.
Seeing and Believing 366 | No Bears & All That Jazz
This week on the podcast: two movies about the cost of making art. Jafar Panahi’s latest film No Bears and Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz.
