Seeing and Believing

Kevin and Sarah spend this week contending with morality and the heavy questions of faith...which, to be honest, they do every week, but this time both movies they're reviewing are explicitly about religion. First up, they journey to the heart of Iceland in Hlynur Pálmason's new film Godland. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin have a conversation about Éric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's. Sarah also delivers a special report on the state of the True/False film festival.

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Kevin and Sarah strap on their boxing gloves and go a few rounds with the latest Rocky sequel, Creed III. For the Watchlist segment, Kevin and Sarah discuss one of Kevin's favorite movies, Raging Bull, and the ways that it demonstrates Martin Scorsese's ability to make sophisticated religious films.

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Kevin and Sarah take on the latest MCU installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The movie is set to launch Phase 5 of the ambitious film franchise, but is it thinking too big? For the Watchlist segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to the 2014 sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise playing against type as a cowardly soldier trapped in a time loop during an alien invasion of Earth.

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It's raining men! Kevin and Sarah review Steven Soderbergh's latest movie, Magic Mike's Last Dance. Is it light on its feet, or does it land with a thud? For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin talk about Frank Perry's 1968 adaptation of John Cheever's short story The Swimmer, in which Burt Lancaster attempts to swim home, backyard pool by backyard pool, across an increasingly strange county.

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Kevin and Sarah confront the truth in all its forms. First, they take on a rare review of a TV show, the Rian Johnson howcatchem murder mystery starring Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face, about a woman on the run who solves murders with her ability to tell when anyone is lying. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin discuss Drew Goddard's 2018 movie Bad Times at the El Royale, a movie concerned with the nature of truth and identity starring a murderer's row of excellent actors.

Dave Courtney's Letterboxd review of Knock at the Cabin, which was discussed in the feedback section of the show.

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In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin talk about the movies they're most interested in seeing in the coming year.

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Kevin and Sarah take on an apocalypse or two. First up, their review of M. Night Shyamalan's latest outing, Knock at the Cabin, about a family vacation gone wrong when four strangers appear on their doorstep, demanding that the family make a terrible choice in order to prevent the end of the world. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah and Kevin discuss Take Shelter, Jeff Nichols's intimate psychological drama about a man who dreams about the end of the world.

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This week on the podcast: two movies about the cost of making art. Kevin and Sarah review Jafar Panahi's latest film No Bears, in which a lightly fictionalized version of Jafar Panahi retreats to a remote border village in order to direct a movie based in reality, with very real stakes. Then, Sarah introduces Kevin to her latest watchlist pick, Bob Fosse's All That Jazz, in which Roy Scheider plays a lightly fictionalized version of Bob Fosse at the height of his career…and perhaps the end of his life.

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We're digging ourself out of the year-end lists and getting back into the swing of things for 2023 with a new release and a watchlist pick. This week, Kevin and Sarah pair their Watchlist review of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru with their review of its 2022 remake Living, written by Kazuo Ishiguro and starring Bill Nighy. Does the remake do justice to the original? Or is it simply populated with a lot of boxes that need to be checked?

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It's the triumphant return of Seeing & Believing! After taking careful notes, watching as many movies as we could, and tallying our favorites, we've assembled a list of our favorite films…as well as a few guest voices to help us along the way.

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Read Sarah's essay about After Yang for Bright Wall/Dark Room

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