The entire podcast team gathers to celebrate our favorite movies, TV, and music of 2021, from Reservation Dogs to Japanese Breakfast to The Power of the Dog, and more.

It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th St., blah, blah, blah. Never mind the obvious Christmas classics. Josh, Joe, and Michelle share listeners’ picks for movies that are missing all the holiday trimmings, yet still carry Advent themes. Then they talk in depth about two of the best examples: Die Hard and Children of Men.

Listen in as TC’s Josh Larsen, Abby Olcese, and Zachary Lee lead an online discussion with Movie Club members about O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The trope of the “white savior” is central to Dune, a new adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel. In another page-to-screen project - Passing, based on the Nella Larsen novella - presenting as white is seen as a path to a better life. How should we think about the positioning of “whiteness” in such salvific terms? What does such color-coding say about both the identity of Jesus and the makeup of his church? Josh, Kathryn, and Claude discuss.

Listen in as TC’s Josh Larsen and Zachary Lee lead an online discussion with Movie Club members about Fargo, the 1996 Oscar winner from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It’s the first installment in our four-part Movie Club series, “O Brothers, Where Art Thou?” (To join the club, sign up at thinkchristian.net/movieclub.)

Our annual Halloween show applies a theological lens to horror both new (James Wan’s Malignant) and old (1931’s Frankenstein). Josh, JR., and Sarah discuss what Christians might appreciate about movies designed to scare us.

Love thy neighbor? The four narcissistic New Yorkers on Seinfeld, coming soon to Netflix, weren’t exactly known for looking out for others. What about Tammy Faye Bakker, whose television ministry with husband Jim Bakker began with good intentions but ended in scandal, as dramatized in the new movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye? Josh, Aarik, and Abby consider the show and film in light of the parable of the Good Samaritan.

“Wellness” has both spiritual and physical connotations — connotations explored in the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers and the new album from Lorde. What is Christianity’s place in a world of smoothies, meditation, and sun salutations?

For the first edition of the TC Movie Club, we’ll discuss where four Coen brothers films fall within an Old Testament-New Testament framework: Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, and True Grit. We’re eyeing the evening of Oct. 22 as the date of our first virtual gathering. You can join the club at thinkchristian.net/movieclub.

Josh, Claude, and Joe consider biblical heroism in the light (or shadow) of two new antihero movies: The Suicide Squad and The Green Knight.