Seeing and Believing

Kevin and Sarah take on a super-anti-hero in their review of Black Adam, the DC Comics passion project of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Then, in the spirit of Halloween, Kevin introduces Sarah to the Danny Boyle zombie movie 28 Days Later for the Watchlist segment.

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Kevin and Sarah spend some time with two spectacular performances in two separate movies about two singular women. First is Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in Todd Field's new film TÁR, which centers around a composer-conductor whose star is rising, but whose past might be catching up with her. For the Watchlist, Kevin and Sarah dissects Gena Rowlands' performance as aging actress Myrtle in the 1977 John Cassavetes film Opening Night.

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In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Andrew Dominik's Blonde, which adapts Joyce Carol Oates' 2000 novel of the same name.

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This week, Kevin and Sarah review Chinonye Chukwu's film Till, about Mamie Till-Mobley's pursuit of justice after the 1955 lynching of her son Emmett. Then for the Watchlist, Kevin introduces Sarah to Charles Burnett's debut feature film, Killer of Sheep.

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Whodunnit? And are these movies any good? Kevin and Sarah investigate David O. Russell's latest, Amsterdam, in which three friends (played by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington) who delve deep into a conspiracy that mostly actually happened. Then for the Watchlist, Sarah and Kevin talk about Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye.

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It's War Movie Week on the podcast. First up, Kevin and Sarah review The Woman King, a historical epic about the all-women Agojie warriors of the Dahomey Kingdom in 19th century West Africa. For the watchlist, they take on more recent fare, as they sort through Kathryn Bigelow's controversial 2012 movie Zero Dark Thirty.

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Kevin and Sarah take on two historical dramas this week. First, they look into Olivia Wilde's thriller movie Don't Worry Darling, starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine. Along the way, they discuss the power of writing and metaphor, and whether or not Don't Worry Darling manages to maintain the tension in the midst of its gorgeous setting. For the Watchlist, Kevin and Sarah go exploring with Michael Mann's 1992 historical epic The Last of the Mohicans.

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Sarah and Kevin dive into the creative lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, the women at the center of the new biopic The Silent Twins. But does the movie do justice to its subjects? For the Watchlist segment, Kevin introduces Sarah to Tamara Jenkins' 2007 movie The Savages, in which two siblings played by Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly caring for their aging father.

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Sarah and Kevin, two unabashed Tolkien nerds, discuss the first two episodes of the new Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power. Then, they embark on a journey into the Cartoon Network TV miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Along the way, they talk about the importance of myth and fairy stories, and whether or not the two TV shows live up to Tolkien's ideals.

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In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin count down the movies they're most looking forward to in the upcoming awards season.

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