Tim and Jay talk zombies, the 28 franchise, and the father-son/generational inheritance theme that runs through 28 Years Later. Thanks for listening! (Or watching!)

Some films we mention in this episode: 28 Years Later, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Train to Busan, Night of the Living Dead, Sinners.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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Jay and Tim talk about a few animated movies that seem to offer resonance with the Bible or Christianity. What are some Christian themes? What makes a theme Christian? How would someone outside the Christian faith interpret the themes in these movies? We talk about that, and more. Thanks for listening!

Some films we mention in this episode: Croods: A New Age, The Iron Giant, The Wild Robot, Prince of Egypt.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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Tim and Jay talk to Pastor Jason Swan about the film Sinners and all the theological resonance we can muster: vampires, music, liturgy, worship, vocation, and how Christians should watch movies.

Some films/shows we mention in this episode: Midnight Mass, Nosferatu, Sinners.

We're on YouTube! Not sure why you would want to look at us for an hour or so, but if you do, you can find us here.

We've got a couple other changes coming, so keep an eye out for those. As always, thanks for listening/watching. We appreciate you.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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In our 80th episode, Tim and Jay talk about how much film viewers want or need to know; what makes some people love a film, and others hate it; and, is over-explaining really new? Do you like having a movie explain itself, or would you rather put things together yourself?

"The New Literalism" article at The New Yorker

We talked about some movies.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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Jay and Tim talk about what the Academy Awards got right and what they got wrong. We talk about Hollywood, agendas, propaganda, and Oscar surprises.

Some of the movies we mention in this episode are: Oscar nominees.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
Closing music: "Découvre moi," Marc Senet & Simon Grivot

Jay and Tim get into the films they saw from 2024, their favorites, and their less-than-favorites.

Some of the films we mention in this episode: The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Challengers, The Substance, Joker: Folie á Deux, Civil War, Trap, Hard Truths, Smile 2, Heretic, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Hundreds of Beavers, Monkey Man, Dune II, Long Legs, Didi, A Different Man, Nosferatu, The Wild Robot, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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Jay and Tim reconnect with Thomas Torrey about his film Long December, new to streaming. We talk about the creative process, music and film, marathon running (well, Jay and Thomas), and how new projects come together when things fall apart.

Long December

Long December Instagram

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Our first episode with Thomas about his movies (among other things)

Our episode with Thomas on Robert Machoian's The Killing of Two Lovers


Some of the films we mention in this episode: Long December, Fare, Minor Premise, Once

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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Tim and Jay talk about the new movie Heretic, true belief, and playing games with choice and control.

Some of the other movies we mention in this episode: Hard Truths, September 5, Small Things Like These, Saw, Nosferatu, and some others that I forgot about.

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Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
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