Podcast appearances and mentions of Jeffrey Overstreet

Our 5th annual pre-Oscars look at at our favorite films of the past year is back and we managed to cover them all in only one (long) episode this time. Film critic, professor, and author Jeffrey Overstreet joins as usual, and we also have first-time VCW guest, film critic and programming director of The Pickford Film Center, Melissa Tamminga. We discuss the Oscars briefly, then get into each of our top ten lists and some favorite memories of the year in movies.Follow Jeffrey: @overstreet.bsky.socialFollow Melissa: @oneaprilday.bsky.socialDave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4QBluesky: @vcwpod.bsky.socialZach: @muzach.bsky.socialDave: @davelester80.bsky.socialCheck out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Part 2 of the big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees. Part 2 covers the top 7 films on each our our top 10 lists, which we'd started going through toward the end of Part 1. Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on the theological significance of popular music, film, and literature. Subscribe to Mary's Substack The Empathetic Imagination: https://marymccampbell.substack.com/ Subscribe to Jeffrey's Substack Give Me Some Light: https://jeffreyoverstreet.substack.com/ Read R. Scott Okamoto's blog on the Oppenheimer film right here (referenced in the episode): https://rscottokamoto.substack.com/p/ok-oppenheimer Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q Twitter: @vcwpod Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Our big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees is back! Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on the theological significance of popular music, film, and literature. Subscribe to Mary's Substack The Empathetic Imagination: https://marymccampbell.substack.com/ Subscribe to Jeffrey's Substack Give Me Some Light: https://jeffreyoverstreet.substack.com/ Read R. Scott Okamoto's blog on the Oppenheimer film right here (referenced in the episode): https://rscottokamoto.substack.com/p/ok-oppenheimer Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q Twitter: @vcwpod Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Every year, around this time, Jeffrey Overstreet joins us to talk about our favorite movies of the preceding year. This year we are very happy to have Sarah Welch-Larson joining the discussion as well. On part 2 of our Best Movies of 2022 mega-episode, we talk about our personal top 10 movies from 2022. Connect with Sarah Welch-Larson on Twitter: @dodgyboffin Listen to Sarah Welch-Larson with co-host Kevin on the "Seeing and Believing" Podcast: https://christandpopculture.com/category/podcast/seeing-and-believing/ Buy Sarah Welch-Larson's book "Becoming Alien" right here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-alien-sarah-welch-larson/1138609607 Connect with Jeffrey Overstreet on Twitter: @overstweet Read Jeffrey Overstreet's Substack right here: https://substack.com/profile/8438708-jeffrey-overstreet Buy Jeffrey Overstreet's books including "Through a Screen Darkly" right here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780830743155 Check out Zach's music by going to: https://muzach.bandcamp.com Twitter: Twitter: @vcwpod Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Podcast music by Zach Malm Logo by Zach Malm

Every year, around this time, Jeffrey Overstreet joins us to talk about our favorite movies of the preceding year, the Oscar nominees, and so forth. This year we are very happy to have Sarah Welch-Larson joining the discussion as well. On part 1 of our Best Movies of 2022 mega-episode, we talk about the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture and some smaller, somewhat idiosyncratic films that didn't make our personal top 10 lists but we felt were notable and worth sharing. On the next episode, the 4 of us count down our individual top 10 lists and share our thoughts on all of them. Connect with Sarah Welch-Larson on Twitter: @dodgyboffin Listen to Sarah Welch-Larson with co-host Kevin on the "Seeing and Believing" Podcast: https://christandpopculture.com/category/podcast/seeing-and-believing/ Buy Sarah Welch-Larson's book "Becoming Alien" right here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-alien-sarah-welch-larson/1138609607 Connect with Jeffrey Overstreet on Twitter: @overstweet Read Jeffrey Overstreet's Substack right here: https://substack.com/profile/8438708-jeffrey-overstreet Buy Jeffrey Overstreet's books including "Through a Screen Darkly" right here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780830743155 Check out Zach's music by going to: https://muzach.bandcamp.com Twitter: Twitter: @vcwpod Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Podcast music by Zach Malm Logo by Zach Malm

For this episode, we took a break from talking about Evangelicalism. Jeffrey Overstreet returns to the VCW hall to talk movies from 2021, which we all agreed was a diverse and eclectic year at the cinema, despite the year starting with theaters still closed. We talk about the Oscar nominees, our own personal top 10 films of the year, what he's been showing his students and what has resonated with them, some comedies in a year with very little comedy, and in keeping with Roger Ebert's axiom "the movies are a machine that generates empathy", some of the year's best empathy generators. Find Jeffrey Overstreet's work: Twitter: @Overstweet Listen to Jeffrey's podcast about "looking closer" at movies and art: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looking-closer-with-jeffrey-overstreet/id1552957728 Buy Jeffrey's book on moviegoing and faith: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8307-4315-5 Buy Jeffrey's fantasy book Auralia's Colors: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/125630/auralias-colors-by-jeffrey-overstreet/ Visit Jeffrey's website: http://jeffreyoverstreet.lookingcloser.org/ Mentioned on the pod: Bullseye interview with Winston Duke about Nine Days: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/06/1070976887/winston-duke Lauren Wilford on Licorice Pizza: https://letterboxd.com/laurenwilf/film/licorice-pizza/ -Check out Zach's music by going to: https://muzach.bandcamp.com Twitter: @vcwpod Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Podcast music by Zach Malm Logo by Zach Malm

We got to have Jeffrey Overstreet back! Hooray! Jeff is the author of the Auralia’s Colors fantasy novels and Through a Screen Darkly, as well as being writer-in-residence at Seattle Pacific University. We hope you enjoy this one. It’s free, but please subscribe if you haven’t!Jeff, Alissa, and Sam are talking about The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey’s 2009 animated fantasy feature about the preservation of the great illuminated book of the gospels.Our theme song is Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5’s Muskrat Ramble, made freely available by the Boston Public Library and audio engineering shop George Blood, LP through the Internet Archive. The Secret of Kells is copyright 2009 Cartoon Saloon; brief audio excerpts from the film are used here for purposes of review. All other material is copyright 2021 Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at yammpod.substack.com/subscribe

Roger Ebert said, "The movies are like a machine that generates empathy." Film critic and author Jeffrey Overstreet joins the pod to talk about how Evangelicals approach movies, cinematic art, transcendence, and empathy, as well as spiritually based themes in the films by the Coen Bros. He also shares some of his favorite films from 2020. -Jeffrey Overstreet's website: lookingcloser.org -"The Theology of the Coen Brothers? A Conversation Between Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeffrey Overstreet" https://www.lookingcloser.org/blog/2018/04/20/the-theology-of-the-coen-brothers-a-conversation-between-matt-zoller-seitz-and-jeffrey-overstreet/ -Buy Jeffrey's memoir of moviegoing and faith, "Through a Screen Darkly": https://www.amazon.com/Through-Screen-Darkly-Looking-Closer/dp/0830743154/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1N4KTUBB4XHQO&dchild=1&keywords=through+a+screen+darkly&qid=1613176010&sprefix=through+a+screen+%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 -Buy Jeffrey's fantasy novel "Auralia's Colors": https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/the-auralia-thread/42859/ Mentioned on the Pod: Book: "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith" by Kathleen Norris. Song: "Street Hassle" by Lou Reed. Film: Midnight Run (d. Martin Brest) Film: Extra Ordinary (d. Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman) Film: Lady Bird (d. Greta Gerwig) Film: Little Fish (d. Chad Hartigan) Film: Save Yourselves! (d. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson) Overstreet's Top 5 Films of 2020: 5) Shirley (d. Josephine Decker) 4) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (d. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross) 3) Lover's Rock (d. Steve McQueen) 2) Minari (d. Lee Isaac Chung) 1) Nomadland (d. Chloe Zhao) -Check out Zach's music by going to: https://muzach.bandcamp.com -Read Dave's occasional blogging at: www.dangeroushope.wordpress.com. Twitter: Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Jeffrey- @overstweet Podcast music by Zach Malm Logo by Zach Malm

Jeffrey Overstreet has mixed feelings about visionary filmmaker Leo Carax's new musical Annette, and so he turns to one of the film's champions for the benefit of another perspective. In this "Master Shot" episode, Overstreet interviews "Catholic Cinephile" Evan Cogswell about this spectacular new film which features the music of the band Sparks. Annette is currently (but briefly) in theaters; you can also stream it on Amazon Prime.

In this "Master Shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet interviews animator, illustrator, and children's storybook author Ken Priebe about his three wild and whimsical books of wild, wacky, and scary characters: Gnomes of the Cheese Forest, Let There Be Owls Everywhere, and The Ice Cream Truck at Midnight.

In this 61-minute "master shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet is joined once again by Dr. Lindsay Marshall for a conversation with two of the founding storytellers and animators at Cartoon Saloon, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. Together with their co-conspirators Paul Young and Ross Stewart, they are responsible for an extraordinary run of films: The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, and the recent Wolfwalkers. Listen in as they discuss the secrets of their success and the projects that they're working on now.

In this 82-minute "Master Shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet talks with Lauren and Daniel Goans, the married musical duo known as Lowland Hum, about their ambitious new album So Low: a complete re-imagining of Peter Gabriel's 1986 art-pop masterpiece. They discuss how they met, how the band came to be, and how they made the most of lockdown with more than one new release — and that includes a new baby! Then they take a deep dive into appreciating the marvels of Peter Gabriel's So and what it took to recreate it... track for track.

Jeffrey Overstreet is recognized in The New Yorker, TIME, The Seattle Times, Image, and Christianity Today for his writing on cinema, Overstreet, an assistant professor of English and writing at Seattle Pacific University, teaches creative writing, English literature, academic writing, and film studies. He earned his bachelor's degree in English literature and his master of fine arts in creative writing from Seattle Pacific.

Roger Ebert said, "The movies are like a machine that generates empathy." Film critic and author Jeffrey Overstreet joins the pod to talk about how Evangelicals approach movies, cinematic art, transcendence, and empathy, as well as spiritually based themes in the films by the Coen Bros. He also shares some of his favorite films from 2020. -Jeffrey Overstreet's website: lookingcloser.org -"The Theology of the Coen Brothers? A Conversation Between Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeffrey Overstreet" https://www.lookingcloser.org/blog/2018/04/20/the-theology-of-the-coen-brothers-a-conversation-between-matt-zoller-seitz-and-jeffrey-overstreet/ -Buy Jeffrey's memoir of moviegoing and faith, "Through a Screen Darkly": https://www.amazon.com/Through-Screen-Darkly-Looking-Closer/dp/0830743154/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1N4KTUBB4XHQO&dchild=1&keywords=through+a+screen+darkly&qid=1613176010&sprefix=through+a+screen+%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 -Buy Jeffrey's fantasy novel "Auralia's Colors": https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/the-auralia-thread/42859/ Mentioned on the Pod: Book: "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith" by Kathleen Norris. Song: "Street Hassle" by Lou Reed. Film: Midnight Run (d. Martin Brest) Film: Extra Ordinary (d. Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman) Film: Lady Bird (d. Greta Gerwig) Film: Little Fish (d. Chad Hartigan) Film: Save Yourselves! (d. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson) Overstreet's Top 5 Films of 2020: 5) Shirley (d. Josephine Decker) 4) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (d. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross) 3) Lover's Rock (d. Steve McQueen) 2) Minari (d. Lee Isaac Chung) 1) Nomadland (d. Chloe Zhao) -Check out Zach's music by going to: https://muzach.bandcamp.com -Read Dave's occasional blogging at: www.dangeroushope.wordpress.com. Twitter: Zach- @muzach Dave- @Davejlester Jeffrey- @overstweet Podcast music by Zach Malm Logo by Zach Malm

In this 75-minute "Master Shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet talks with writer Sarah Welch-Larson about her new book Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction's Most Idiosyncratic Film Franchise. They walk through the highs and lows of the series, and Sarah rates each installment on a scale of 1–5 xenomorphs!

In this hour-long "Master Shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet talks with filmmaker Chad Hartigan about his new sci-fi love story "Little Fish," its focus on the power of memory, and what it was like to make a pandemic-focused movie just in time for a real pandemic. They also discuss themes that are emerging as Hartigan's body of work grows, with consideration of his previous films "This Is Martin Bonner" and "Morris From America."

In this Cutaway Episode, Jeffrey Overstreet thinks aloud about "Education," the fifth film in director Steve McQueen's remarkable Small Axe series, and how the movie inspires him to reconsider the opportunity that every teacher has when they step into a classroom.

In this "Cutaway" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet continues to "unpack" (to borrow a word popular with pastors) the package of books he received from Eighth Day Books for attention during these months of "sheltering at home." Here, he takes a deep dive into Alan Jacobs' Breaking Bread With the Dead, and also considers Eric Gill's Beauty Will Look After Itself and Michael Dirda's Bound to Please. This is part two of a two-part reflection on readings for a time of pandemic isolation.

In this "Cutaway" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet talks about a meaningful package he received to mark his 50th birthday, and he recommends two things worth reading during a time of "sheltering at home": a book — Charlotte Donlon's The Great Belonging — and an essay from Image called "In Praise of Boredom," by James K. A. Smith. This is part one of a two-part reflection on readings for a time of pandemic isolation.

Details, credits, errata: This week Sam and Alissa discuss Gabriel Axel’s beautiful 1987 comedy Babette’s Feast with the great Jeffrey Overstreet, professor at Seattle Pacific University, film critic at Christianity Today for many years, author of the Auralia Thread series of fantasy novels, and current contributor to the film journal Image. Jeffrey writes about art and faith at LookingCloser.org, and you can buy his books, including his highly regarded memoir, Through a Screen Darkly, here and here.Our episode art is a still from the movie, in which the timid townsfolk of the little Christian sect where our story takes place begin not just to eat but to enjoy the meal their servant Babette makes for them. We really dug this movie. Sam hadn’t seen it before and Alissa has seen it several times, and it is a perfect Turkey Coma Special for our little pod. It’s appropriate for all ages (although kids are going to think it’s boring until the food comes out) and constructed with total confidence. We call it a comedy above; some people call it a drama—if it is a drama, it’s a drama of caricatures, and a very funny one. And if it’s a comedy, it’s a comedy with very high stakes. It’s great.Our theme song is Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5’s Muskrat Ramble, made freely available by the Boston Public Library and audio engineering shop George Blood, LP through the Internet Archive. Babette’s Feast is copyright 1987 Nordisk Film. The single frame above is intended for purposes of review, and Sam had actually rented the film a second time to cut audio clips to insert into the episode before he realized that this would not enhance anyone’s listening experiene since the entire film is in Danish. He’s very tired. No other copyright is intended or implied. All other content is copyright 2020 Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson.Please subscribe if you haven’t already! This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at yammpod.substack.com/subscribe

In this "Master Shot" episode, Jeffrey Overstreet reviews Wolfwalkers, the latest film from Cartoon Saloon, and then talks with Dr. Lindsay Marshall, the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Marshall's expertise on indigenous peoples, history education, and environmental history uniquely qualifies her to appreciate the wisdom and art in this film.

Recognized in The New Yorker, TIME, The Seattle Times, Image, and Christianity Today for his writing on cinema, Jeffrey Overstreet, an Assistant Professor of English and writing at Seattle Pacific University, teaches creative writing, English literature, academic writing, and film studies. He earned his BA in English literature and his MFA in creative writing from SPU.Overstreet is the author of five books. His “memoir of dangerous moviegoing,” Through a Screen Darkly (Baker Books Books 2007), has become a popular textbook in classes on film, faith, and artistic engagement. His four novels — Auralia's Colors, Cyndere's Midnight, Raven's Ladder, and The Ale Boy's Feast — have been translated into French, German, and Dutch.Traveling internationally, he has presented lectures and hosted workshops on faith, art, creative writing, and film interpretation. A prolific blogger and arts critic (he has contributed more than one hundred film-focused essays and interviews with artists to Image, and served as the senior film critic at Christianity Today), he blogs at LookingCloser.org.Jeffrey and his wife, a published poet, are active members of the Chrysostom Society. Together they served as writers-in-residence at Covenant College in 2013.

In this introductory "Master Shot" episode to the Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet podcast, Overstreet gives some close attention to a dramatic turn at the climax of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and finds there a vocabulary for why he is started writing about movies in the first place, and why he is launching this series of recordings.

Wade and Kevin have spent the last year watching movies, and now they're ready to share which ones they thought were the cream of the crop. With fellow critics Jeffrey Overstreet, Joel Mayward, Sarah Welch-Larson, and Steve Norton sharing their own number-one picks, the guys close out 2019 with a bang in this can't-miss episode.

Wade and Kevin have spent the last year watching movies, and now they're ready to share which ones they thought were the cream of the crop. With fellow critics Jeffrey Overstreet, Joel Mayward, Sarah Welch-Larson, and Steve Norton sharing their own number-one picks, the guys close out 2019 with a bang in this can't-miss episode.

Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention.In this episode David chats with noted film critics Jeffrey Overstreet and Steven Greydanus about some of the best film adaptations of books. Many of the titles they discuss will be familiar to you. Others not so much. Either way, tune in for a lively conversation about what makes a good film adaptation, the role of the critic in reviewing such movies, and Jeffrey and Steven's top five choices. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention.Here in chapter 2, David goes off-book a bit and talks to film critic and novelist, Jeffrey Overstreet, about the year in movies. Jeffrey offers his ten favorite films of the year, which is capped by a few choices that might surprise most listeners.Be sure to check out Jeffrey's film reviews (and other work) at lookingcloser.org.Remember: subscribe, rate, review! Help us spread the word. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture.In this episode David chats with Jeffrey Overstreet, an award-winning novelist, arts critic, and writing professor about the work and legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, whose birthday was November 29th. They chat about L'Engle's book, Walking on Water, teaching writing with L'Engle in mind, and much more.To learn more about Jeffrey's work, visit LookingCloser.org.If you like this show, be sure to subscribe to FORMA. The new FORMA quarterly is available for just $4/month. Subscribe now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture.In this episode David chats with Jeffrey Overstreet, an award-winning novelist, arts critic, and writing professor about the work and legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, whose birthday was November 29th. They chat about L'Engle's book Walking on Water, teaching writing with L'Engle in mind, and much more. To learn more about Jeffrey's work, visit LookingCloser.org. If you like this show, be sure to subscribe to FORMA. The new FORMA quarterly is available for just $4/month. Subscribe now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I am speaking with novelist, film critic, and teacher Jeffrey Overstreet.  We discuss the kind of films that we consider Medicine for Ailing America.  Jeffrey and I agree that healing starts with acknowledging the reality of the problem.  To become better we must acknowledge the truth of the past and become open to new possibilities in the present and future.  The main movies we discuss are Terrence Malick’s “The New World”, Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing”, and Wim Wenders “Wings of Desire”.

Film critic Jeffrey Overstreet shares his thoughts on this year's movies and explains why Christians should look closer at movies that challenge them.

In the inaugural episode of Burn After Listening, host Nick Rynerson talks with author and film critic Jeffrey Overstreet about “coming of age music” and the albums that defined their high school experience. Theme music by Brad Sucks. Used under Creative Commons license 3.0. Read the full article...

In this episode of This Creative Life, I’m thrilled to bring you a conversation with Jeffrey Overstreet and Anne Doe Overstreet, who are a talented and inspiring pair. I’ve known them for years and have always deeply admired the life they’ve built for themselves, in which creativity is integrated into all aspects and is perhaps, [&hellip