Reel Belief
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -A Podcast exploring religion through the medium of film. Two friends from different backgrounds and with different beliefs sit down and discuss faith, cinema, and more! Join us Bi-weekly as we discuss a different movie each week. Movies of every genre are on the table, from horror to drama to comedy if the film has religious ideas it's on the tables. From discussions about Exorcism, Buddhist meditation, and the meaning of God who knows what type of conversation these movies will stir up. Catholicism, Paganism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Islam, atheism, and more. All faiths will be discussed.
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Let it Be Written by Paul McCartney
June 19, 2022 15:10 - 9 minutes - 9.25 MBXavier is away so that means Archie will play. This is a shorter episode and sees Archie riding solo and exploring the 1971 Beatles song Let it Be off of their 12th and final album of the same name. Email us: [email protected] Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/ReelBeliefPodcast Read Archie's new blog: https://atkinsonfilm.blogspot.com/2022/06/roadrunner-film-about-anthony-bourdain.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reelbeliefp...
Under the Banner of Heaven Created By Dustin Lance Black
June 05, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBThe boys are back and hitting up Utah in the 1980's and visiting our old friend Andrew Garfield in our first exploration of a T.V. show Under The Banner of Heaven. The show explores one of our favorite themes a crisis of faith and gives us our first dive into the Mormon religion and it's history, practices, and beliefs! "As Detective Jeb Pyre investigates the murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, he uncovers buried truths about the origi...
The Prince of Egypt Directed By Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
May 22, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBThe boys are back and discussing their first animated film the 1998 Dreamworks Animation release The Prince of Egypt. Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/ReelBeliefPodcast Email us: [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reelbeliefpod/message
Midsommar Directed By Ari Aster
May 01, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBFrom Jesus's sacrifice on the cross the boys take a trip to Sweden and encounter a pagan cult and witness some of their unique practices in Ari Aster's 2019 Horror movie Midsommar. "A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult." Follow us across social media: https://linktr.ee/ReelBeliefPodcast Email us...
Midsommar (2019) Directed By Ari Aster
May 01, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBFrom Jesus's sacrifice on the cross the boys take a trip to Sweden and encounter a pagan cult and witness some of their unique practices in Ari Aster's 2019 Horror movie Midsommar. "A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult." Follow us across social media: https://linktr.ee/ReelBeliefPodcast Ema...
The Passion of The Christ (Easter Special 2022)
April 17, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBIt's Easter Sunday so to celebrate the boys brought in a special guest and discuss The Passion of The Christ. Did they like it? Is it a decent Easter watch? Listen and find out what they think! "In this version of Christ's crucifixion, based on the New Testament, Judas expedites the downfall of Jesus (Jim Caviezel) by handing him over to the Roman Empire's handpicked officials. To the horror of his mother, Mary (Maia Morgenstern), Magdalen (Monica Bellucci), whom he saved from damnation, and ...
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Directed by Michael Showalter (2022 Oscars Special)
April 03, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBThis episode the boys are back and covering the recent Oscar winning movie In The Eyes of Tammy Faye which recently won for Best Actress for Jessica Chastain and Best Hair and Make-up. "In the 1970s, Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband, Jim, rise from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Tammy Faye becomes legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. Howe...
40 Days and 40 Nights Directed By Michael Lehmann
March 20, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBThey boys are back and taking on an early 2000's Lent themed sex comedy starring the ever handsome Josh Hartnett. Does it hold up? How accurate is it's depiction of Lent? Take a listen to find out! "Matt Sullivan's (Josh Hartnett) last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex....
God's Not Dead Directed by Harold Cronk
March 06, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBThe boys are back and together and taking on the film that arguable started the new wave of Christian Gospel films and was the first major film released by PureFlix Entertainment. What do the boys have to say about this movie? Tune in to find out. After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him. Check us out on all the socials here: https://linktr.ee/Reel...
A History of Satan on Film
February 20, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBOn this experimental episode Archie alone dives into the history of how The Devil has been portrayed in film. It's a mix of scripted researched and more casual flowing conversation. Let us know what you thought of this episode and if you have any other theological figures you would like us to dive into the cinematic history of. https://linktr.ee/ReelBeliefPodcast Email us @: [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reelbeliefpod/message
Pilgrimage Directed by Brendan Muldowney
February 06, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBThe boys look at the 2017 movie Pilgrimage another historical drama starring a Spider-Man, this time Tom Holland as an Irish Monk in the 13th Century. Please rate, review and share this episode if you enjoyed it! "In the 13th century, Irish monks embark on a reluctant pilgrimage to escort their monastery's holiest relic to Rome. Their mission soon becomes fraught with danger as they trek across a rugged landscape that's been ravaged by years of tribal warfare." Linktree :https://linktr.ee/...
The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021) Directed by The Wachowski's
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBThis episode is our first double feature discussing the first and last Matrix movies. What does living in a simulation do for faith? The boys discuss that and much more on this episode of Reel Belief. "Neo (Keanu Reeves) believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question -- What is the Matrix? Neo is contacted by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a beautiful stranger who leads him into an underworld where he meets ...
The Virgin Suicides Directed by Sofia Coppola
January 09, 2022 16:18 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBThe boys are back discussing one of Archie's personal favorite films Sofia Coppola's 1998 classic The Virgin Suicides based on the Jeffrey Eugenides novel of the same name. A wine is also reviewed for the first time on the podcast thanks to the Coppola Winery. "In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obses...
The Nativity Story (2006) Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
December 26, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBThe boy's are joined by a special guest, Xavier's wife Bella on this special holiday episode of Reel Belief. This episode we watched and discuss the 2006 version of The Nativity Story starring Oscar Isaac and directed by Twilight Director Catherine Hardwicke. Betrothed to much-older Joseph (Oscar Isaac), Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes) must remain a maiden for one year, but she subsequently receives a visit from the angel Gabriel, who tells her of her destiny. When Joseph and now-heavily pregna...
The Exorcist Directed by William Friedkin
December 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn this spooky episode Hosts Archie and Xavier discuss the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist based off of the William Peter Blatty novel of the same name. Xavier also gives his hot take on the 2021 theatrical event The Chosen Christmas special. "When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd -- levitating, speaking in tongues -- her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil....
Cool Hand Luke Directed By Stuart Rosenberg
November 28, 2021 16:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBOn the third episode hosts Archie and Xavier discuss the 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke directed by Stuart Rosenburg. When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinem...
This is the End Directed By Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg
November 14, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn the second episode of Reel Belief hosts Archie and Xavier discuss the 2013 comedy film This is the End. In Hollywood, actor James Franco is throwing a party with a slew of celebrity pals. Among those in attendance are his buddies Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson. Suddenly, an apocalypse of biblical proportions erupts, causing untold carnage among Tinseltown's elite and trapping Franco's party in his home. As the world they knew disintegrates outside,...
Silence Directed by Martin Scorsese
October 31, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBIn the first full episodes the boys dive into 2016's Silence directed by Martin Scorsese. Two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Father Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), embark on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor (Liam Neeson). While there, the two men minister to the Christian villagers who worship in secret. If caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai, they must renounce their faith or face a prolonged and agonizing...
Episode 0 Who Are We and What is Reel Belief?
October 24, 2021 07:21 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBHosts Xavier and Archie give a brief introduction to the concept behind Reel Belief as well a discuss a little bit about themselves, where they come from, what they believe, and other fun things. Follow us on Twitter @ReelBeliefPod Email any questions or suggestions to [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reelbeliefpod/message