Is There Ever a Good Reason for Sex and Nudity in Film?

Avoiding an obviously sex-centric film is rudimentary. Further along the spectrum, however, is where discretion and wisdom are required.

Seeing and Believing 399 | A Haunting in Venice & Gosford Park

Kevin and Sarah get to the bottom of the mystery of both this week’s movies: Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice and Altman’s Gosford Park.

Seeing and Believing 398 | Bottoms & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Sarah and Kevin review Emma Seligman’s movie about high schoolers who start a fight club then Howard Hawks’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Seeing and Believing 396 | Landscape with Invisible Hand & Modern Times

Sarah and Kevin explore a love seeking dystopian set of movies: Landscape with Invisible Hand, then Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times.

Seeing and Believing 390 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One & Paprika

Sarah and Kevin’s mission is to review the latest Mission: Impossible film and then square off over Satoshi Kon’s dreamlike movie Paprika.

Seeing and Believing 387 | Elemental & The Edge of Seventeen

This week, we review a pair of movies about coming of age and learning to live with yourself: Pixar’s new Elemental and Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen.

Seeing and Believing 385 | Past Lives & A Room with a View (1985)

Sarah and Kevin review Celine Song’s debut feature Past Lives, and the Merchant/Ivory adaptation of Edith Wharton’s A Room with a View.

Seeing and Believing 383 | Master Gardener & Mikey and Nicky

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

May Bonus 2023 | Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up

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

Seeing and Believing 382 | Fast X & Out of the Past

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

Seeing and Believing 381 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 & Akira

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.

Seeing and Believing 380 | Polite Society & My Man Godfrey (1936)

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.

Seeing and Believing 379 | Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret & Cléo from 5 to 7

Kevin and Sarah review Kelly Fremon Craig’s adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret and Agnes Varda’s beloved Cléo from 5 to 7.

Seeing and Believing 378 | Beau is Afraid & Coraline

Sarah and Kevin review Ari Aster’s newest film, Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Then, Henry Selick’s masterpiece Coraline.

Seeing and Believing 376 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves & The Mask of Zorro

Kevin and Sarah let their nerd flags fly as they review Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and then 1998’s The Mask of Zorro.

Seeing and Believing 375 | Tetris & Amadeus

Do video games count as art? Kevin and Sarah want to know as they review Tetris. They also review the Oscar-winning 1984 film, Amadeus.