In this "Cutaway" episode (between 10 and 20 minutes), Overstreet looks at the 2020 indie sci-fi hit "The Vast of Night" (Amazon Prime) and reveals why it "hits close to home."

In this "Tracking Shot" episode (approximately 30 minutes), Overstreet looks at the 2020 documentary "Flannery" and how it might be useful in a trending argument about the stories of Flannery O'Connor and how she represents African Americans in her stories. 

In this introductory "Master Shot" episode to the Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet podcast, Overstreet gives some close attention to a dramatic turn at the climax of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and finds there a vocabulary for why he is started writing about movies in the first place, and why he is launching this series of recordings.