Chris and Isaac get biblical with A Serious Man (2009). Does this modern-day parable successfully explore the meaning of suffering? Or, simply put, does The Bible do it better?

Listen to two friends and film-lovers applaud Joel and Ethan Coen’s extensive careers, juxtapose the film with another suburban dramedy from ten years earlier, and acknowledge their own personal faith in the Schwartz.

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