206 episodes

Every week, Kevin McLenithan and Sarah Welch-Larson search for the sacred on screen as they review the latest films and television shows.

Seeing and Believing Seeing and Believing

    • TV & Film
    • 4.9 • 82 Ratings

Every week, Kevin McLenithan and Sarah Welch-Larson search for the sacred on screen as they review the latest films and television shows.

    Episode 400 | An Ethos of Faithful Filmgoing

    Episode 400 | An Ethos of Faithful Filmgoing

    After 400 episodes, we've reached the end. But before we go, Kevin and Sarah have a conversation about their ethos of faithful movie criticism, bringing the podcast full circle to a conversation Kevin and Wade had with Josh Larsen (Think Christian, Filmspotting, Fear Not!) in the earliest days of the podcast.
    This is our final weekly podcast episode. Thank you for listening. We're not packing up our critical gear entirely: Seeing & Believing is now a newsletter. Keep the conversation going by giving us a follow on Substack or Letterboxd.
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    • 1 hr 29 min
    Episode 399 | A Haunting in Venice & Gosford Park

    Episode 399 | A Haunting in Venice & Gosford Park

    Kevin and Sarah retire to the drawing room, where they'll be getting to the bottom of the mystery of both this week's movies. First up is Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice, Kenneth Branagh's third installment playing and directing a Hercule Poirot mystery. For the Watchlist, Kevin chooses Robert Altman's 2001 murder mystery of manners, Gosford Park.

    Episode 400 will be our final weekly podcast episode before we transform Seeing & Believing into a Substack. If you have any thoughts about the show, we'd love to hear them. Send us an email at seeingandbelievingcapc at gmail dot com, or follow us on Letterboxd.
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Episode 398 | Bottoms & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

    Episode 398 | Bottoms & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

    This week, Sarah and Kevin review Bottoms, the latest from director Emma Seligman about a pair of high school seniors (Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri) who start a fight club to try to impress girls. For the Watchlist, Sarah introduces Kevin to Howard Hawks's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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    • 58 min
    Episode 397 | The Starling Girl & The Devil's Backbone

    Episode 397 | The Starling Girl & The Devil's Backbone

    Kevin and Sarah catch up with an indie movie they missed earlier this spring, Laurel Parmet's The Starling Girl. For the Watchlist, Kevin introduces Sarah to Guillermo Del Toro's 2001 ghost story The Devil's Backbone.
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Episode 396 | Landscape with Invisible Hand & Modern Times

    Episode 396 | Landscape with Invisible Hand & Modern Times

    Sarah and Kevin explore a dystopian sci-fi story in the form of Landscape with Invisible Hand, the latest movie from Cory Finley adapted from an M.T. Anderson novel of the same name, about a pair of teens who live under a vaguely benevolent alien occupation that's drained the planet of its jobs and resources. For the Watchlist, Sarah and Kevin talk about another story that has to do with finding love in a hopeless economy: Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film Modern Times.

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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 395 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter & Das Boot

    Episode 395 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter & Das Boot

    Sarah and Kevin vs. Dracula...on a boat. This week, they review The Last Voyage of the Demeter, an adaptation of a chapter from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. For the Watchlist, Kevin continues the theme of "danger on a boat" with his choice of Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 film Das Boot.

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    • 1 hr 4 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
82 Ratings

82 Ratings

theoaborns ,

New and Old!

With most movie podcasts covering new movies, having half of each show reaching back into cinema’s history is a great touch. Keep up the great work!

CasablancaDon ,

Wonderful perspective!

Wade and Kevin combination of personality and expertise is a wonderful pairing with the core of faith and film. Love it!

Jman24601 ,

Knowledgeable and Non-Preachy

Kevin and Wade dive deep into each film, offering an in-depth analysis for two films per episode. It is obvious they do this podcast because of their love of cinema and quest for the sacred on-screen.

In doing so, they are unlike so many Christian reviewers who simply base their opinion on the Christian values or family-friendliness of the film.

They are a rare and delightful find for any cinephile, Christian or not. Definitely give them a listen.

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