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Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 84 - Halfway Through 2025Tim and Jay talk a little about what might end up on their best-of-2025 lists at the halfway point, and what they still want to see. What's on your list?Some of the films we mention in this episode: Life of Chuck, Nobody 2, Eddington, Together, No Other Choice, One Battle After Another, Caught Stealing, Black Phone 2, Materialists, Omaha, Werwulf (2026), Frankenstein, Sketch, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Weapons, Keeper, Bugonia, The Rivals of Amaziah King, Twinless, Honey Don't!, The Way of the WindCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twit...2025-08-0437 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 83 - Fathers, Sons, and Meat Puppets in 28 YEARS LATERTim and Jay talk zombies, the 28 franchise, and the father-son/generational inheritance theme that runs through 28 Years Later. Thanks for listening! (Or watching!)Some films we mention in this episode: 28 Years Later, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Train to Busan, Night of the Living Dead, Sinners.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2025-07-1457 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 82 - An Animated FaithJay and Tim talk about a few animated movies that seem to offer resonance with the Bible or Christianity. What are some Christian themes? What makes a theme Christian? How would someone outside the Christian faith interpret the themes in these movies? We talk about that, and more. Thanks for listening!Some films we mention in this episode: Croods: A New Age, The Iron Giant, The Wild Robot, Prince of Egypt. Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) 2025-06-101h 02Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 81 - SINNERS with Pr. Jason SwanTim and Jay talk to Pastor Jason Swan about the film Sinners and all the theological resonance we can muster: vampires, music, liturgy, worship, vocation, and how Christians should watch movies.Some films/shows we mention in this episode: Midnight Mass, Nosferatu, Sinners.We're on YouTube! Not sure why you would want to look at us for an hour or so, but if you do, you can find us here.We've got a couple other changes coming, so keep an eye out for those. As always, thanks for listening/watching. We appreciate you.2025-05-191h 12Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 80! Explain Yourself - A New Literalism?In our 80th episode, Tim and Jay talk about how much film viewers want or need to know; what makes some people love a film, and others hate it; and, is over-explaining really new? Do you like having a movie explain itself, or would you rather put things together yourself? "The New Literalism" article at The New YorkerWe talked about some movies. Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at...2025-04-081h 19Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 79 - What the Oscars Got Right and What They Got WrongJay and Tim talk about what the Academy Awards got right and what they got wrong. We talk about Hollywood, agendas, propaganda, and Oscar surprises.Some of the movies we mention in this episode are: Oscar nominees.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2025-03-101h 06Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 78 - What We Loved and Didn't in 2024Jay and Tim get into the films they saw from 2024, their favorites, and their less-than-favorites.Some of the films we mention in this episode: The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Challengers, The Substance, Joker: Folie á Deux, Civil War, Trap, Hard Truths, Smile 2, Heretic, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Hundreds of Beavers, Monkey Man, Dune II, Long Legs, Didi, A Different Man, Nosferatu, The Wild Robot, Inside the Yellow Cocoon ShellCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beg...2025-02-051h 44Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 77 - LONG DECEMBER with Writer/Director/Producer Thomas TorreyJay and Tim reconnect with Thomas Torrey about his film Long December, new to streaming. We talk about the creative process, music and film, marathon running (well, Jay and Thomas), and how new projects come together when things fall apart. Long DecemberLong December InstagramRegister for a Zoom watch party on December 15 with cast and crew!Our first episode with Thomas about his movies (among other things)Our episode with Thomas on Robert Machoian's The Killing of Two LoversSome of the films we mention i...2024-12-091h 08Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 76 - HERETIC, Religion, and True BelieversTim and Jay talk about the new movie Heretic, true belief, and playing games with choice and control.Some of the other movies we mention in this episode: Hard Truths, September 5, Small Things Like These, Saw, Nosferatu, and some others that I forgot about.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2024-11-261h 07Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 76 - HERETIC, Religion, and True BelieversTim and Jay talk about the new movie Heretic, true belief, and playing games with choice and control.Some of the other movies we mention in this episode: Hard Truths, September 5, Small Things Like These, Saw, and some others that I forgot about.Come find us:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterOpening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2024-11-211h 07Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 75! Newport Beach Film Festival 25th Anniversary Preview with Travis GarciaJay and Tim talk with Travis Garcia, the co-director of the features programming team for the Newport Beach Film Festival, two weeks out from its 25th anniversary. We hit some of the films we've already seen, as well as some we're looking forward to. Come and join us, October 17-24!The Newport Beach Film FestivalSee the schedule and get tickets here.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Whatever It Takes, Memoir of a Snail, Wake (short film), Thelma, Hard Truths, The Ghost/An Taibhse, I Can't Be Sorry (short film...2024-10-041h 06Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 74 - Party Like It's 1999, Major Director Edition: BRINGING OUT THE DEAD and THE INSIDERJay and Tim talk about vocation, doing the right thing, how do you know what the right thing is, ambulances, and cigarettes...plus far too many outtakesSome of the films we mention in this episode: The Insider, Bringing Out the Dead, Fight Club, and probably some others that Tim forgot to write downCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Ma...2024-09-271h 13Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 73 - Party Like It's 1999, Documentary Edition: ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER and AMERICAN MOVIETim gets echoey in his new house as he and Jay talk documentaries, history rhyming, and the life you make when you're trying to make something else.Some of the films we mention in this episode: One Day in September, American Movie, Coven, Buena Vista Social Club, Who Took Johnny, Liberated, Abducted in Plain Sight, Love Me, Karl Marx City. Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosin...2024-08-201h 18Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 72 - Party Like It's 1999, Foreign Language Edition: BEAU TRAVAIL and RUN, LOLA, RUNIn this episode, Tim and Jay talk about two seemingly opposite films, the primarily French-language Beau Travail and the German-language Run, Lola, Run. But maybe the themes and questions aren't as far apart as we initially thought!We discuss free will, choice, human nature, and a bit of slow cinema.Some of the films we discuss in this episode are: Beau Travail; Run, Lola, Run; Silent Light, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Uncut Gems, Good Time, The Butterfly Effect, Fight Club, High Life, Rosetta; Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.Come find us:2024-07-151h 07Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 71 - Party Like It's 1999: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH with Collin InsleyIn this episode, we get existential, philosophical, and humanistic with Boise-based filmmaker (and NBFF alum) Collin Insley. We work through the implications of Being John Malkovich and Charlie Kaufman's filmography for fame, identity, and what it means to be human. Also puppetry.  Collin's film Scam Likely is here.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Burn After Reading, Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, Rounders, Con-Air, Beau is Afraid, Synechdoche, NY, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, and Anomalisa.Come find us:Website2024-06-181h 17Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 70! - Party Like It's 1999, Horror Edition: THE SIXTH SENSE and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECTTim and Jay talk about two of the highest grossing movies of 1999: M. Night Shyamalan's first major hit, The Sixth Sense, and the beginning of the found-footage explosion, The Blair Witch Project. How do they play 25 years later? What do they tell us about our fears and traumas? What makes a genre film work, or not?Some of the films we mention in this episode: The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Blair Witch Project, Cannibal Holocaust, Nosferatu.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode...2024-05-151h 11Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 69 - Party Like It's 1999: THE MATRIX and FIGHT CLUBTim and Jay talk about two defining movies of 1999: The Matrix and Fight Club. How do they hold up? Why do they hold up? Should Tim have kept his word to preach a sermon focused on The Matrix? Or was he just dumb (with sincere apologies to all college students who are not as dumb as he was)? Plus, some good feedback for our Magnolia episode.Some of the movies we mention in this episode: The Matrix, Fight Club, Hackers, The Machinist.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter...2024-04-221h 09Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 68 - Party Like It's 1999: MAGNOLIA with Pr. Mark PiersonJay and Tim talk with Pr. Mark Pierson of St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Long Beach, CA) about the first in our 25th anniversary series of films from 1999. We talk about where we were in 1999, and then get into free will, chance, fate, God, confession, forgiveness, salvation...and frogs.Some of the movies we mention in this episode are: Boogie Nights, Sidney/Hard Eight, There Will Be Blood, Fight Club, The Matrix.Tim wrote something about Magnolia in 2017 for The Jagged Word.The brief clip is from Aimee Mann's song "Save Me."...2024-04-011h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 67 - Oscar Predictions and ExpectationsObviously we haven't seen all of the Oscar-nominated films. Who do you think we are? But we have fun talking about the ones we have seen. 96th Academy Awards air on Sunday, March 10, at 4 pm (Pacific).Some of the films we mention in this episode: Oppenheimer, Poor Things, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Parasite, The Zone of Interest, Barbie, Perfect Days, Society of the Snow, Maestro, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, Four Daughters, To Kill a Tiger, The Eternal Memory, The After, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Godzilla Minus...2024-03-041h 06Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 66 - Our Favorite Films of 2023First episode of 2024, we talk about our favorites of 2023. These might be our most divergent best-of lists so far. Is your favorite on our lists? Are our favorites on your list? Let us know! Some of the films we mention in this episode: Past Lives, Beau is Afraid, Anatomy of a Fall, Sisu, John Wick 4, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Infinity Pool, American Fiction, Wildcat, Dune 2, The Zone of Interest, The Holdovers, The Iron Claw, Afire, Asteroid City, The Boy and the Heron, Killers of the Flower Moon, Godzilla Minus One, Monster, Tori and...2024-02-121h 21Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 65 - Serious or Frivolous? with Philip Marinello of The Substance PodcastIn only our second-ever joint episode, we spend some time with Philip Marinello of The Substance discussing whether movies are serious or frivolous. Are they just entertainment or something more significant? How seriously should we take them? Then we each offer up our own frivolous and serious picks. Enjoy!The SubstanceSpecial thank you to Dave Hallahan of The Gospel According To... podcast for editing this episode!Some of the movies we mention in this episode: Dumb and Dumber, Jackass Forever, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Spotlight, After Yang, Columbus, Calvary, A Hidden Life...2023-12-241h 15Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 64 - Two Years in the Making with Phillip Yaw DomfehOn the last day of the 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival, we finally catch up with Phillip Yaw Domfeh, NBFF alum, filmmaker, producer, and Senior Manager of Disney's Launchpad short film incubator. We talk about all sorts of things, from music, to his films, including Cary in Retrograde (which he made with his wife, Priya), to the films he's working on now for Disney's Lanchpad, to religion and what he's learned about faith. For this episode, Phillip graciously allowed us to use part of his song from Cary in Retrograde, "Give Up the Ghost," which you can purchase...2023-10-201h 05Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 63 - NBFF 2023 PreviewJay and Tim preview their favorite week of the year, the Newport Beach Film Festival. We talk film festival programming, feature films, short films, what we've seen, and what we're looking forward to watching. See the schedule and get tickets here: NEWPORT BEACH FILM FEST(Use the code URSpecialNBFF for $5 off a ticket!)Some of the feature films we mention in this episode: Monster, Vincent Must Die, Exposure, Crawdaddy, American Star, The Michoacan File, Gentleman, Remembering Gene Wilder, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, Nyad, Fingernails, Susan Feniger: Forked, The First Day of...2023-10-021h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 62 - THE EQUALIZER 3 and Action FranchisesIn this episode Tim and Jay talk about The Equalizer 3 and what's going on with some of the symbolism and religious references in the movie. Then we talk about other action franchises, and what sets some apart from others.Some of the films and franchises we mention in this episode: The Equalizer, John Wick, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Mission: Impossible, Taken, Nobody, Transformers, Jurassic Park, The Transporter. Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Open...2023-09-111h 05Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 61 - OPPENHEIMERJay and Tim talk about Christopher Nolan's latest, and where it fits among our favorite Nolan films.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Dark Knight, Memento, The Day after Trinity, Paper City, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Rises, Tenet, Dunkirk, Following, Inception, Interstellar. Wendell Berry's essay, "The Way of Ignorance" (2004), from this book (or here).Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the...2023-08-151h 06Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 60! Fear Not! with Josh LarsenIn our 60th episode, we talk with Josh Larsen of Think Christian and the Filmspotting podcast about his new book Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. We talk about what Christians can learn from horror movies about themselves and about the world, and then we give our top 3 horror films.Fear Not! Movies are PrayersThink ChristianFilmspottingBrehm Film at Fuller Theological SeminarySome of the films we mention in this episode: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Funny Games, V/H/S, The Exorcist...2023-07-2459 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 59 - Selling or Telling? JESUS REVOLUTION and Cinematography with Ryan SpaconeJay and Tim talk to cinematographer (and fellow Lutheran) Ryan Spacone about Jesus Revolution, Christian movies, cinematography, and how Lutherans understand vocation with respect to film. What does a cinematographer do? How does Ryan choose the jobs on which he's going to work? What makes a film "Christian," and is Jesus Revolution that? What would make a good Christian film? We talked about all that and more.Some of the films (and series) we mentioned in this episode: Jesus Revolution, God's Not Dead, Lawrence of Arabia, National Treasure, The Chosen, Fare (although Tim didn't actually say the...2023-07-031h 43Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 58 - Getting Weird With BEAU IS AFRAIDWe're not going to lie; the episode gets a little weird. But so is the movie. Tim and Jay talk Beau Is Afraid, the new neurotic nightmare from Ari Aster. There are spoilers. See the movie first. Do not read anything about it before you go!Some other movies we mention in this episode: MidsomMAR, Hereditary, You Were Never Really Here (sort of; we couldn't remember the correct title), Kandahar and The Covenant (or did I just dream that we mentioned those?); Forrest GumpCome find us:Website 2023-06-051h 14Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 57 - The (Pope's) ExorcistTim and Jay talk about what they liked and didn't like about Russell Crowe's new movie, The Pope's Exorcist. How much is Fr. Amorth's story and how much is Hollywood invention? What is it about priests that they make regular appearances in horror movies? Why do exorcism movies continue to get made?  Can anyone make an original exorcism movie after The Exorcist? Some other movies we mention in this episode: The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Curse of La Llorona, The Exorcist.Tim wrote about The Pope's Exorcist here.Come find us:We...2023-05-081h 09Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 56 - THE WHALE and Christian ImageryJay and Tim talk about all sorts of things stemming from The Whale. Does Aronofsky intend Charlie to be a Christ figure? What kind? Are people naturally good? What is religion good for? What does the ending signify? And more. We also mention Noah, Mother!, The Purge, The Wrestler. Song clips:Hard To Be | David Bazan | Pedro The Lion John Wayne Gacy, Jr. | Sufjan StevensCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) ...2023-04-101h 03Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 55 - Oscar Predictions/DesiresBonus episode! Tim and Jay talk about the Academy Awards, the movies they would like to see win, and the movies they think will win. Then they mention a few movies that were robbed of nominations and awards.  Some of the movies we mention in this episode: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking, Triangle of Sadness, The Fire of Love, Tár, The Whale, Elvis, Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, The Fabelmans, All Quiet on the Western Front, Argentina, 1985, EO, All That Breathes, Navalny, Th...2023-03-1049 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 54 - Movies for LentJay and Tim forget to say who they are, and then talk about Lenten-themed movies. (With an outtake because Tim can never figure out how to end things.)Some of the films we mention in this episode: Hunger, Silence, Last Days in the Desert, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Of Gods and Men, Into Great Silence.Tim wrote something about Last Days in the Desert here, and Of Gods and Men here.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook...2023-03-061h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 53 - 2022 Top 10In the first episode of the year, Tim and Jay share their top 10 favorite movies of 2022 (as well as a few honorable mentions); Tim tries to prevent Jay from sharing his top 2 (just kidding); and we talk about a couple movies we're anticipating in 2023.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Guillermo del Toro's Pinnochio, Corsage, Barbarian, Nope, Top Gun: Maverick, Broker, Banshees of Inisherin, After Yang, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Men, Decision to Leave, M3gan, All Quiet on the Western Front, Bardo, The Northman, The Lighthouse, Nosferatu, Fablemans, Triangle of Sadness, White...2023-01-241h 21Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 52 - Revisiting our Top 100 Movies with Marco MontenegroIn our final episode of 2022, we revisit our very first episode and our top-100 lists with friend and fellow NBFF programmer, Marco Montenegro. And what is the point of making lists, anyway? Then we talk about the once-a-decade Sight and Sound movie poll, and the top film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Time for you to make your own list!  Marco's Top 100.Tim's Top 100. (Also at our website here.)Jay's Top 100. (Also at our website here.)Some of the films we mention in this episode: Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Once U...2022-12-271h 48Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 51 - Change and Forgiveness with Mokotsi Rukundo and Brian Lucke AndersonJay and Tim talk with the writer/producer, Mokotsi Rukundo, and director, Brian Lucke Anderson, of the newly available (and Newport Beach Film Festival alum!) film East of Middle West about sons repeating the sins of the fathers, forgiveness, and the possibility of change.WebsiteRent or Buy East of Middle West:on Amazon Prime Videoon iTuneson Google Playon VuduTim wrote something about East of Middle West a year ago.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with...2022-11-211h 32Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 50! - No More Promises! (NBFF Postview)Tim and Jay resolve to make no more promises about recording episodes at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Instead, here's a recap of what we saw and what we liked. Some of the films mentioned in this episode: Broker, Influencer, Banshees of Inisherin, The Moon and Back, A Little White Lie, All Quiet on the Western Front, Bardo, Empire of Light, The Good Nurse, Holy Spider, Manifest West, Peace in the Valley, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, The Park, Joyride, The Quiet Girl, The Pez Outlaw, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.Come find us:Website Ins...2022-10-311h 05Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 49 - Preview of the 23rd Annual Newport Beach Film FestivalJay and Tim preview their favorite week of the year, the Newport Beach Film Festival. It's happening October 13-20 (less than a month away!) in beautiful Newport Beach, California. Jay says this is the best program in the history of the NBFF, so take a listen and find out what we're looking forward to watching. (There's even a movie that was filmed in Wenatchee, Washington!)The Newport Beach Film FestivalGet tickets.Some of the feature films we mention in this episode: Armageddon Time, The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges, Corsage, Devotion, The...2022-09-161h 18Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 48 - JESUS OF MONTREALIn this episode of Tim Badly Pronouncing French, we look at the 1989 film Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand. We talk about efforts to update Jesus and make Him relevant to modern times--and how He refuses to be so.Tim wrote something about Jesus of Montreal for The Jagged Word.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook2022-09-051h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 47 - The Winterstein Brothers (All of Them!) Talk Movies and MarriageAll five Winterstein brothers are together in Olympia for the celebration of their parents' 50th wedding anniversary, so what else would we do but record an episode with all of us? (Excuse the microphone bumps, as we were sitting around a card table...)We reminisce about first theater experiences and movies we remember from our childhood. Then we talk about marriage movies, from rom-com, to happy-ever-after, to the realistic struggle of marriage. Some of the films (and shows) we mention in this episode: About Time, Wedding Crashers, 45 Years, A Hidden Life, Take Shelter, He-Man: Masters...2022-08-021h 19Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 46 - FATHER STUTim and Jay talk about Father Stu, "Christian" movies, and where Mark Wahlberg's labor of love fits, both in the cinematic and theological landscapes. Some other films (and TV series) we mention briefly in this episode: Goodfellas (again), War Room, The Passion of the Christ, Fireproof, God's Not Dead, Uncharted, The Americans, Yellowstone.Tim wrote something on Father Stu here.Here's the book with an interview with Mark Wahlberg.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotC...2022-07-041h 07Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 45 - Movies at Church, with Mark A. PiersonJay and Tim talk with Pastor Mark A. Pierson about the men's movie night at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Long Beach, California. We also say requiescat in pace to Ray Liotta, Jay sounds like he's in a cavern, Tim badly pronounces French movie titles, and a lot of movies get mentioned.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Silence, Calvary, Field of Dreams, The Lighthouse, Goodfellas, A Hidden Life, First Reformed, Father Stu, Winter Light, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Au Hazard Balthazar, Diary of a Country Priest, and Planes, Trains, and Automo...2022-05-301h 09Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 44 - Resurrections in FilmIt's the third week of Easter, so Jay and Tim make a list of films where resurrection shows up: Ordet (1955), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Silent Light (2007), The Kid with a Bike (2011), and Happy as Lazzaro (2018).Some other movies we mention briefly: Halloween, La Promesse, The Child, Young AhmedCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2022-05-021h 22Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 43 - AFTER YANG, with Scott StiegemeyerTim and Jay talk with Rev. Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer, professor of theology and bioethics at Concordia University in Irvine, California, about the new movie After Yang. We talk about technology, memory, grief, and what it means to be human. Some of the movies we mention in this episode: After Yang, Columbus, Blade Runner, Robot and Frank, Drive My Car, Saint Maud. The Blackest Eyes Podcast (Scott co-hosts)Kogonada's websiteCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter ...2022-03-311h 11Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 42 - Pre-Oscars, Blockbusters, and More Movies We Want to See This YearTim and Jay mess around, talk about Academy Award nominations and possible winners, don't really put to rest the highbrow/lowbrow art debate, and mention a few more films they hope to see this year.Some films we mention in this episode: The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Drive My Car, Spencer, After Yang, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Columbus, Killers of the Flower Moon, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, Being the Ricardos, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Belfast, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Shang Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home.2022-03-141h 12Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 41 - Best of 2021Everyone has to have a best-of list. This is ours. Some honorable mentions, and then our top five films of 2021 (at least of those we've seen), and then a couple we're looking forward to in 2022.Some of the films we mention in this episode: What We See When We Look At the Sky; Pig; The Tragedy of Macbeth; The Green Knight; Lost Daughter; This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection; Belfast; Azor; Licorice Pizza; The Killing of Two Lovers; The Last Duel; The Hand of God; Nobody; Mass; Nightmare Alley; Electric Jesus; The Northman; Mission Impossible 8; L...2022-01-311h 14Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 40! Curmudgeonly Christmas Cinema with Brian Bowes'Tis the season! Tim and Jay talk to Pastor Brian Bowes about his annual Christmas movie watch list and what makes a movie a "Christmas movie."Some of the movies we mention in this episode: Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Holiday Affair, A Christmas Story, Home Alone, The Bells of St. Mary's, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Going My Way, A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's A Wonderful LIfe, The Bishop's Wife, A Christmas Carol (1951), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), White Christmas, The Nativity Story, Frosty the Snowman, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy. Opening music: "Let...2021-12-211h 05Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 39 - Ice Mrozek Explains EverythingJay and Tim get all the answers to all their questions about him & her from writer and director Ice Mrozek. Among other things, Ice tells the best story that has ever been told on this podcast, involving his first acting audition, a major director, an award-winning editor, and a dinner party. Our first episode with Ice is here. Keep up with release information for him & her here:Anam Cara FilmsAnam Cara Films on FacebookAnam Cara Films on InstagramOpening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee...2021-12-131h 16Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 38 - NBFF Wrap-upTim's and Jay's good intentions go unrealized, they talk about their favorite films from the festival and what they still want to see, what it's like to be a film festival programmer. They also tell you why you should go to a film festival, and why it's like summer camp.Some of the films mentioned in this episode: Belfast, Keeping Company, East of Middle West, C'mon, C'mon, Power of the Dog, The Lost Daughter, Redemption of a Rogue, Set!, Mothering Sunday, Electric Jesus, Catch the Fair One, him and her, Tankhouse.Opening music: "Let's Start a...2021-11-091h 04Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 37 - The Electric Jesus Joy Explosion with Chris White and John J. Thompson (NBFF 2021)Jay and Tim keep the Newport Beach Film Festival episodes rolling with the writer/director of Electric Jesus, Chris White, as well as Contemporary Christian Music historian and music advisor for the film, John J. Thompson. We talk about the film, the unique subculture of CCM, '80s Christian rock, the detailed reconstruction of the musical and period setting for the film, and a lot more. Tickets for Electric Jesus at the Newport Beach Film Festival (Thursday, October 28, 7:15 PM)See ELECTRIC JESUS (11/2/21, U.S., Canada, U.K.): https://geni.us/ElectricJesusListen to...2021-10-181h 37Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 36 - him & her with Writer/Director Ice Mrozek (NBFF 2021)Jay and Tim talk about the film him & her with writer/director/actor Ice Mrozek. We get into a little of how [REDACTED] came about, and what it was like to [REDACTED]. We talk about the filmmaking process, the difference between an idea and the finished product, and look forward to the world premiere screening of him & her at the Newport Beach Film Festival on October 24.Anam Cara Films Anam Cara Films on FacebookAnam Cara Films on InstagramTickets to the World Premiere of him & her (with a special surprise!)...2021-10-111h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 35 - Autopsy of a MarriageUnlike our normal, light-hearted content, we turn slightly darker with both the original and the first two episodes of the remake of Scenes From a Marriage. Tim wrote about one scene in the first episode of the remake here.Some of the movies we mention in this episode: Scenes From a Marriage, A Marriage Story, and, briefly, The Card Counter and The Godfather.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebook2021-09-271h 17Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 34 - All Nic Cage, All the TimeJay and Tim finally get the Saints and Cinema Nicolas Cage episode done. We talk Pig and about 1 % of the rest of his cinematic output. And the return of outtakes.Some of the films we mention in this episode: Pig, Con Air, The Rock, Mandy, Face/Off, Raising Arizona, Bringing Out the Dead, Leaving Las Vegas.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterCome find u...2021-08-301h 18Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 33 - Amusement Parks for the Old, Take 2, with Scott StiegemeyerTim and Jay talk with Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer (ethicist, pastor, professor, and co-host of The Blackest Eyes podcast) about George A. Romero's newly released 1973 film The Amusement Park. It is an anti-ageist film commissioned by the Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennysylvania, but rarely, if ever, seen until now. Aging, religion, churches, horror, and the surreal sense that we end where we begin--all of that and more in this episode.Some of the movies we mention in this episode: The Amusement Park, Night of the Living Dead, St. Maud, Midsommar.The Blackest Eyes...2021-07-191h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 32 - The Killing of Two Lovers, with Thomas TorreyOn the two-year anniversary of Saints and Cinema, Tim and Jay have a feature-length conversation with friend and filmmaker Thomas Torrey. We talk The Killing of Two Lovers, Thomas's new podcast, fatherhood, indie filmmaking, and if there's anything so far worth putting on a best-of-2021 list. Some of the movies we mention in this episode: The Killing of Two Lovers; Fare; Minor Premise; All the Names We Buried; Soul; Take Shelter; Parallel Love; A Quiet Place, Part 2.Thomas TorreyTwo Friends with a PodcastFareMinor PremiseParallel LoveBad...2021-06-141h 29Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaVengeance Is (Not) MineJay and Tim talk revenge movies, what appeals to us about them, and quoting Dumb and Dumber.Movies we mention in this episode include: Dumb and Dumber, Taken, Death Wish, I Saw the Devil, Braveheart, In the Bedroom, and Nobody.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) 2021-05-171h 10Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaEpisode 30! The 2021 OscarsTim and Jay talk Bill Maher, the Oscars, Promising Young Woman, and mostly mess around and laugh too much. Now, more outtakes than ever!Some movies we discuss in this episode include: Promising Young Woman, Minari, Mank, Taken, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Nomadland, a certain unnamed film from the Berlin International Film Festival.Bill Maher on the 2021 OscarsOpening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitter2021-04-211h 08Saints and CinemaSaints and Cinema"Unique" and "Weird" with Bojana SandicJay and Tim talk to friend, erstwhile Newport Beach Film Festival programmer, and current Programming Director for NewFilmmakers LA, Bojana Sandic about all sorts of things: what is NFMLA, what she thinks about the Oscars, what she looks for in films to program, what her quarantine watching has been like, and descriptive words to use other than "unique" or "weird." Go check out this weekend's NFMLA's program here: NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival - March 19th - 20th, 2021 Some of the films we mention in this episode are: To Live, Nomadland, Sound...2021-03-191h 15Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 12 - Slamdance 2021Tim and Jay watch some films from the 2021 virtual edition of the Slamdance Film Festival; they talk high school, death, life, family, loss, and indie filmmaking. Slamdance Film FestivalSome of the movies we mention in this episode: Taipei Suicide Story; Teenage Emotions; A Family; Man Under Table; Alps. Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook 2021-02-211h 01Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 11 - Tim and Jay and Some No Good, Very Bad FilmsWith a suggestion from our friend Kurt, we talk about bad movies, movies we don't like, the plot line cliches that make us want to turn off or walk out, and why people make bad movies. Thanks to everyone who gave us suggestions!And outtakes are backSome of the movies we mention in this episode: The Cold Light of Day, The Midnight Sky, Rambo: Last Blood, The Martian, Saw, You've Got Mail, Cats, Forrest Gump, Bug, Serenity, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Rubber, North, various Batmans, Better Off Dead...2021-02-011h 04Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaOur 2020 Top FiveTim and Jay reveal their favorite movies of pandemic-afflicted 2020, along with some honorable mentions. Their lists intersect at one point and one point only! Thanks for listening during 2020, and we're looking forward to talking more about movies in 2021!Movies we mention in this episode, in no particular order: The Truth, Arkansas, The Outpost, About Him and Her, The Quarry, Mank, Sorry We Missed You, First Cow, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Possessor, Tenet, Corpus Christi, Palm Springs, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Other Lamb, Soul, Lovers' Rock, The Sound of Metal, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, A Sun...2021-01-051h 35Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaMovies to Shake Up Your World, with Andrew HackettIn a first for Saints and Cinema, we have a crossover episode with Andrew Hackett of The Trace Podcast. We each talk about three movies that disturbed us (in a good way) and made us see the world or film or life differently. Our conversation takes us to a lot of places, covering Lynch, Haneke, Fincher, and more, including to questions about truth itself. The Trace PodcastMovies we mention in this episode, in no particular order: A Clockwork Orange, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Fight Club, Cache, Repo Man, Funny Games, Possession, The Matrix, Who Took...2020-12-071h 50Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 10 - Noir, Bogart, and Imagining Uncle CarltonTim and Jay talk film noir and Bogart; what noir has in common with Samson and Delilah; the ambiguity of noir's characters; and Tim laugh-cries over an episode of Wings that may or may not have happened. We mention In a Lonely Place, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, and The Maltese Falcon.Here's the book with the essay on noir by Eric S. Christianson.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagram2020-11-0256 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 9 - Movies for Wives: Peak Meg RyanJay and Tim rank Meg Ryan's 1990s rom-coms, discuss the male equivalent of romantic comedies, and make a whole bunch of mistakes and ridiculous comments that end up after the closing music. Once again, the best part of the episode.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) 2020-09-2149 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 8 - Movies for Wives: Drop Dead Sister ActTim and Jay talk about their wives' movie picks, Lutherans in Minnesota, and Roman Catholic singing nuns. Then they preview part two of Movies for Wives, with peak Meg Ryan. This episode is "good" enough to earn outtakes. Listen all the way past the closing music, or just skip to that point. We would.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting w...2020-08-3145 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaAre You New Here? with Lex Lutheran (aka Tyree Toney)Tim and Jay talk to Tyree Toney about his work with the Wittenberg Project, vocation, the documentaries I Am Not Your Negro and A Time for Burning, and (last but not least) Casino.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks:A Time for Burning documentaryWittenberg Project review of A Time for BurningThe Wittenberg Projecta BLACK LUTHERAN ... What the ... Come find us:Website Instagram...2020-08-0354 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 7 - Live from Olympia!Tim and Jay set up in a small back room in their parents' house and talk about what they've been watching, including Barry, The Wicker Man, Midsommar, The Outpost, and disagree about The Vast of Night.You can watch Facebook Live video of the episode here. Also, enter to win Saints and Cinema whiskey glasses here.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks:(referenced in the show) Body Count Podcast episode on Midsommar2020-07-0835 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 6 - Playing Tennis at the End of the WorldJay and Tim talk about the 2015 film The Open and what it might have to say to us in a world of information overload. Is it escapism? Or is there something more real than the "real world"? Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks:The Open at Flix PremiereTim wrote about The Open for The Jagged Word here.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter 2020-06-2246 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaReel Redemption with Tyler SmithIn their almost-one-year episode, Tim and Jay talk to Tyler Smith, writer and director of the film Reel Redemption, about God's Not Dead; Christians and movies; the relationship between Christianity and Hollywood; The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ; God's Not Dead; the best Christian movies that aren't Christian movies; God's Not Dead 2; Christian movies as a new genre; and God's Not Dead.We also mentioned God's Not Dead.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2020-06-011h 22Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaHow Do You Solve a Pandemic Like Corona? (with Amanda Salazar)In our second episode in as many weeks, Jay and Tim talk to Amanda Salazar about San Francisco International Film Festival and Camera Obscura, and we find out that she and Sarah Sleeger are essentially twins when it comes to rom-coms and Timothée Chalamet. Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks: San Francisco International Film FestivalCamera Obscura Film SocietyNorthwest Film ForumOur friends from NBFF 2019 film UP There, Zoe Kanters and Da...2020-05-041h 08Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaNBFF 2020 with Sarah SleegerJay and Tim talk with Director of Programming Sarah Sleeger about 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival plans, rom-coms, and what it looks like to plan a film festival in the midst of a pandemic. (And the Ricky Gervais show is called After Life, not After Death.)Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks: The Newport Beach Film Festival, information and updatesThe Open is available online here.Come find us:Website Instagram 2020-04-271h 03Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaA Hidden Life, Silence, and Temptation (Quarantine Episode 2)Tim and Jay talk about movies to watch in a pandemic, then temptation in A Hidden Life and Silence.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotSample from Steve Taylor's "Lifeboat"Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2020-04-0658 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaUpstairs, Downstairs, What's That Smell?Tim and Jay talk everything about Parasite [**MAJOR SPOILERS**] that they can cram into 40 minutes or so, plus a couple Bible stories that need making into movies, as they're self-quarantined (sort of).Link: Fear of God podcast on Parasite. Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's S...2020-03-161h 01Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 5 - Sundance and Oscars with Deona HamiltonTim and Jay talk to Deona Hamilton, Senior Programmer with the Newport Beach Film Festival, about what she saw at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah; what she likes of the 2019 Oscar nominees; and taking it easy with pure, no-thinking entertainment.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at t...2020-02-1748 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 4 - 1917Tim and Jay talk 1917 [minor spoilers], other war movies, the Academy Awards (briefly), and whatever the name of the monkey is in David Lynch's new Netflix short film.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2020-01-2739 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaOur 2019 FavoritesTim and Jay talk about their five favorite films that they saw in 2019, Tim picks one no one else will have, and also has trouble finishing his sentences. They also talk about their least favorite, how many times they watch the same movies, and what they're looking forward to in 2020. Thanks for listening over the past 6 months!Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook T...2020-01-0657 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaHey, IrishTim and Jay talk The Irishman, Scorsese, gangster films, De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci. And, of course, film length and CGI. (And the show that neither of them could remember is Sneaky Pete.) Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLink:Josh Larsen on The Irishman at Think Christian.Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening m...2019-12-0953 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaGetting Technical with Erik ForssellWe have Erik Forssell on to talk about his work at Orange Coast College, and we talk cinematography, documentaries, VR, and Free Solo (there might be a spoiler or two for that movie, if you haven't seen it).Show Notes: Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks: Mae and the Sphere (a film by Joel Griffen, on which Erik worked as cinematographer)Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Tw...2019-11-041h 09Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaJoker, Joker, JokerTim and Jay talk Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, evil, and what people want from a villain. Be aware, there are SPOILERS! If you haven't seen Joker yet, and you want to, don't listen to this until you do.Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing m...2019-10-141h 09Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaThe Horror! The Horror (is the audio)! Part 2, with Kevin and Jennifer SluderTim's audio is horrible (always make a back-up recording!), but the Sluders are great. We talk about their films, their approach to filmmaking, what they like in other horror movies, what they're looking forward to, and they put our Twitter follower count above 20.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks:Sunshine Boy ProductionsSunshine Boy Productions on FacebookSunshine Boy Productions on TwitterHeartless on YouTubeFeeding Time on YouTubeCome find us...2019-09-161h 22Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 3 - Defending Shyamalan, Spoiling Tarantino, and The Godfather IIITim and Jay talk about what they're watching, which includes Bloody Sunday, Mindhunter, Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, and M. Night Shyamalan.Show notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot2019-09-0330 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaThe Horror! The Horror! Part 1, with Scott StiegemeyerTim and Jay talk with Scott Stiegemeyer, Lutheran pastor, professor, and ethicist, about horror movies, exorcism, the devil, Precious Moments figurines, and why people keep making movies that revolve around spiritual things.Show notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks: The Blackest Eyes on Twitter and Body Count podcast websiteCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening mu...2019-08-121h 21Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 2 - Hate/LoveTim and Jay talk about the movies they can watch over and over--and the movies they never want to see again. Also, submissions for the 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival are now open! So they talk about what they hope to see among those films. Then they announce their special guests for August in an epic two-part horror guestathon with Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer (co-host of the horror podcast, The Blackest Eyes) and our favorite horror filmmakers, the Sluders! Show notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & S...2019-08-0544 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaFare Proof of the Minor Premise: A Conversation with Thomas TorreyTim and Jay talk with filmmaker, writer, director, producer, et al., Thomas Torrey about art and commerce, religion and film, Silence, Magnolia and Thomas's films, Fare and the upcoming Minor Premise.Show notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotLinks: Bad Theology Pictures and thomastorrey.comCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Begin...2019-07-151h 05Saints and CinemaSaints and CinemaCutaway 1 - Moral Support, Hitchcock, and WesternsIn the first Cutaway episode, Jay and Tim talk about what it means to watch a film made by someone with whose beliefs you might disagree, and what we're watching now. We also reveal our special guest for our July show.Show notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotSteve Taylor, "Guilty by Association" ("You'll only drink milk from a Christian cow")Come find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (st...2019-06-2432 minSaints and CinemaSaints and CinemaGo Get Your Shinebox and Make Your Own List!In the inaugural episode, Tim and Jay talk Top 100 Lists, which movies they're supposed to like but don't, Scorsese, film school, What About Bob?, and what horror films can do.Show Notes:Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon GrivotCome find us:Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (starting with Episode 81) Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee RosevereClosing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Si...2019-06-101h 00