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Seeing and Believing 338 | Crimes of the Future (2022) & The Fly (1986)
This week, Kevin and Sarah take on a David Cronenberg double feature. First up is Cronenberg’s latest, Crimes of the Future, which presents a dystopian world that questions what it means to be human. Then, Kevin introduces Sarah to…
Seeing and Believing 328 | Morbius & Let the Right One In
This week, Kevin and Sarah sink their teeth into a pair of vampire movies. To her surprise (and Kevin’s), Sarah had fun with the new Jared Leto superhero movie Morbius. For the Watchlist segment, Kevin introduces Sarah to the Swedish…
Seeing & Believing 329 | “Ambulance” and “Andrei Rublev”
It’s Holy Week. To observe Good Friday, Kevin and Sarah contemplate Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1966 masterpiece Andrei Rublev for the Watchlist segment. But first, they discuss Michael Bay’s latest action movie, Ambulance.Check out the…
Station Eleven: The Virtue of Being an Artist and Answering Death with Beauty
** Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Station Eleven **Beauty Worth Surviving For, Beauty That Feeds YouAt the heart of the ten-episode series Station Eleven is a conflict between two instincts about the world as it…
Making sense of the war
For more than three months, Ukrainians have been living in a new reality. People’s experiences differ strongly, depending on whether they are in Russia-occupied Kherson or in permanently shelled Kharkiv; in devastated…
Call for Pitches, Q2 2022: Conflict and Peacemaking
We’re currently looking for feature articles to fit the theme of conflict and peacemaking for Q2 of 2022.Pitches must have a strong pop culture emphasis. Consider developing your article around TV shows, movies, books, songs, events,…
Moon Knight Recap: Playing God in the Process (Episodes 2 & 3)
It’s been a decade since a little movie called The Avengers came out. That was when Natasha Romanoff, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, first introduced Steve Rogers to the galaxy-spanning conflicts between aliens and gods and mighty men. “These…
“This Is How I Fight”: Learning Kindness in Everything Everywhere All at Once
** Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once **If you were able to see how your life would turn out if you made different choices—if you broke up with that person or took that stretch…
The Adam Project: Can Sarcasm Enhance? Yeah Right
To say The Adam Project changed my life might be a stretch, but hyperbole is the cynic’s friend. The time travel film did make me confront portions of my identity, have some interesting conversations around the state of the Church, and…
Seeing and Believing 331 | “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” &…
Kevin and Sarah discuss whether his new meta movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent manages to live up to its title. Then they have a standoff over the latest Watchlist pick, Face/Off. Kevin gets animated about doves.Check…