Seeing and Believing 315 | Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story
Kevin and Sarah close out 2021 with a new film and genre from Steven Spielberg with a remake of West Side Story.
Seeing and Believing 298 | Edson Oda’s Nine Days
“Nine Days” is a story about the spiritual realm and the souls that populate it, from Japanese-Brazilian director Edson Oda.
Seeing and Believing 292 | Craig Gillespie’s “Cruella”
Disney tries to drum up some sympathy for the devil with their latest live-action film to delve into the background of Cruella de Vil.
Fatman: The Sleigh, the Truth, and the Life
In Fatman, we root for depressed and weary Santa as the underdog, unaware a highly trained assassin is coming for him; yet we’re given hope through hints of his supernatural powers to fight injustice.
Episode 272: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewarts’s Wolfwalkers and Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield
Wolfwalkers uses stunning animation to tell a story of myth and magic. After that, Wade and Kevin tackle The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Seeing and Believing 269 | Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches and Spike Lee’s David Byrne’s American Utopia
First up is Robert Zemeckis’s remake of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book The Witches. Finally Spike Lee’s American Utopia.
Seeing and Believing 251 | Netflix’s Space Force and Josephine Decker’s Shirley
Buckle up for terrible space puns asWade and Kevin tackle Space Force, and go on a voyage into the mind of famed writer Shirley Jackson.
Seeing and Believing 238 | Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Dee Rees’s The Last Thing He Wanted
Two women filmmakers are highlighted on the show this week! Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Dee Rees’ The Last Thing He Wanted.
On the Second Day of Christmas, CAPC Gave to Me: Two Movie Soundtracks
Both A Star Is Born and Black Panther: The Album accomplished feats of carrying the emotions of their respective films beyond the movie screen.
Family Matters in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp
In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Marvel reveals the importance of intact families—wherever we might find them.
Finding the Church in the Horror Masterpiece A Quiet Place
Instead of viewing each other as only possessing weaknesses to be overcome, in A Quiet Place the Abbott family reminds us that our weaknesses can make each other stronger, and the strength of community is only possible because of its vulnerability.
Kill Bill, #MeToo, and the Violence of Justice
It’s a far cry from the “redeeming blood” spoken about in scriptures, but the crimson founts in ‘Kill Bill’ are redemptive in the way they represent purifying the world of misogyny, which is still one of our undeniable dominant cultural attitudes.
In Hostiles, Our Worst Enemies Are Also Our Neighbors
Perhaps we don’t have arch-nemeses like Joe Blocker, or a “war bag full of reasons” to hate an entire people group, as he says he does in the film, but just by virtue of being human, our natural state toward each other is hostility.
Seeing and Believing 122: Andy Muschietti’s It and Netflix’s The Defenders
Wade and Kevin are welcomed back by a sharp-toothed monster clown as they dive into the new adaptation of Stephen King’s It and The Defenders.
Seeing and Believing Episode 102: Terrence Malick’s Song to Song and Oz Perkins’ The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Wade and Kevin review the latest from Terrance Malick, ‘Song to Song’ and then into light fair with Oz Perkin’s horror film, ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter.’
