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Cinema Faith

Cinema Faith
24 episodes   Last Updated: Jul 06, 25
The days of counting swear words are over. Welcome to a fresh voice in film and faith. Join Cinema Faith founder Jonathan Butrin and cinephile Tim Nelson as they discuss film through a Christian lens.

Episodes

Jul 06, 2025
Friendship
  At the beginning of June, Jon drove up to visit Tim in Kansas City. They ate junk food, went kayaking, and watched a ton of movies — male friendship...
May 30, 2025
Sinners
  Oscar season is six months away, but we’ve already seen one of the best films of 2025. And believe it or not… it’s a vampire movie. The difference is...
Apr 29, 2025
Black Bag
  Welcome to our first podcast of the 2025 movie season! We’re starting things off with a bang — a British spy thriller from genre master Steven Soderbergh. Kathryn (Cate...
Feb 28, 2025
The Brutalist
  Welcome to the season finale of the Cinema Faith podcast! 2024 was an incredible year for film and we’re ending it by discussing a movie up for 10 Oscar...
Jan 30, 2025
Anora
  Every time Sean Baker makes a movie, it feels like an event. His 2017 film The Florida Project landed on numerous top 10 lists and earned Willem Dafoe an Oscar nomination....
Dec 22, 2024
Conclave
  Conclave is what awards season is all about. A prestigious cast at the top of their game with an acclaimed director firing on all cylinders. Edward Berger’s last film, All...
  Joker was the surprise hit of 2019. Not only did it crush the box office, it was released to critical acclaim and 11 Oscar nominations. Needless to say, expectations were...
Oct 18, 2024
Megalopolis
  If you were told the director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now has been working on a sci-fi epic for the last 40 years and invested $120 million of his own money...
Oct 01, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow
  Oscar season is months away, but we may have already seen the best movie of 2024. I Saw the TV Glow is a haunting tour de force from writer/director...
Aug 30, 2024
Longlegs
  The marketing campaign for Longlegs was perfection. Glowing early reviews, a knockout trailer, and glimpses of Nicolas Cage in the title role as a demonic serial killer. The movie… was not....