Saints and Cinema

In a first for Saints and Cinema, we have a crossover episode with Andrew Hackett of The Trace Podcast. We each talk about three movies that disturbed us (in a good way) and made us see the world or …

Tim and Jay talk film noir and Bogart; what noir has in common with Samson and Delilah; the ambiguity of noir's characters; and Tim laugh-cries over an episode of Wings that may or may not have happe…

Jay and Tim rank Meg Ryan's 1990s rom-coms, discuss the male equivalent of romantic comedies, and make a whole bunch of mistakes and ridiculous comments that end up after the closing music. Once agai…

Tim and Jay talk about their wives' movie picks, Lutherans in Minnesota, and Roman Catholic singing nuns. Then they preview part two of Movies for Wives, with peak Meg Ryan.

This episode is "good" en…

Tim and Jay talk to Tyree Toney about his work with the Wittenberg Project, vocation, the documentaries I Am Not Your Negro and A Time for Burning, and (last but not least) Casino.

Show Notes:
Opening …

Tim and Jay set up in a small back room in their parents' house and talk about what they've been watching, including Barry, The Wicker Man, Midsommar, The Outpost, and disagree about The Vast of Nigh…

Jay and Tim talk about the 2015 film The Open and what it might have to say to us in a world of information overload. Is it escapism? Or is there something more real than the "real world"?

Show Notes…

In their almost-one-year episode, Tim and Jay talk to Tyler Smith, writer and director of the film Reel Redemption, about God's Not Dead; Christians and movies; the relationship between Christianity …

In our second episode in as many weeks, Jay and Tim talk to Amanda Salazar about San Francisco International Film Festival and Camera Obscura, and we find out that she and Sarah Sleeger are essential…

Jay and Tim talk with Director of Programming Sarah Sleeger about 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival plans, rom-coms, and what it looks like to plan a film festival in the midst of a pandemic. (And the…

Tim and Jay talk about movies to watch in a pandemic, then temptation in A Hidden Life and Silence.

Show Notes:
Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning," Lee Rosevere
Closing music: "Découvre moi,"…

Tim and Jay talk everything about Parasite [**MAJOR SPOILERS**] that they can cram into 40 minutes or so, plus a couple Bible stories that need making into movies, as they're self-quarantined (sort o…

Tim and Jay talk to Deona Hamilton, Senior Programmer with the Newport Beach Film Festival, about what she saw at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah; what she likes of the 2019 Oscar nominees;…

Tim and Jay talk 1917 [minor spoilers], other war movies, the Academy Awards (briefly), and whatever the name of the monkey is in David Lynch's new Netflix short film.

Show Notes:
Opening music: "Let's…

Tim and Jay talk about their five favorite films that they saw in 2019, Tim picks one no one else will have, and also has trouble finishing his sentences.
They also talk about their least favorite, h…

Tim and Jay talk The Irishman, Scorsese, gangster films, De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci. And, of course, film length and CGI. (And the show that neither of them could remember is Sneaky Pete.)


Show Notes…

We have Erik Forssell on to talk about his work at Orange Coast College, and we talk cinematography, documentaries, VR, and Free Solo (there might be a spoiler or two for that movie, if you haven't s…

Tim and Jay talk Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, evil, and what people want from a villain.

Be aware, there are SPOILERS! If you haven't seen Joker yet, and you want to, don't listen to this until you do.

Ope…

Tim's audio is horrible (always make a back-up recording!), but the Sluders are great. We talk about their films, their approach to filmmaking, what they like in other horror movies, what they're loo…

Tim and Jay talk about what they're watching, which includes Bloody Sunday, Mindhunter, Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, and M. Night Shyamalan.

Show notes:
Opening music: "Let's Start at the Beginning…