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168: Substantive Cinema | Green Room feat. Seth Vargas (Movie Friends)

3/13/2025 • 72 min

Nazis...I hate these guys. Seth Vargas of the Movie Friends podcast joins us to discuss Jeremy Saulnier's 2015 punk horror masterpiece, Green Room. When a down on their luck punk band takes a blind gig at a venue that ends up being a skinhead bar, things get gnarly. We talk Seth's background in the aughts punk scene, Patrick Stewart's terrifying performance… Play episode

167: Remembering David Lynch & Preparing for the Next Four Years feat. Edi…
166: Joan Didion, John Wayne, and American Myth-Making feat. Alissa Wilkin…
165: Substantive Cinema | Bringing Out the Dead feat. Megan Abbott
164: Substantive Cinema | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou feat. Dan McC…
163: Our Church Speaks feat. Rev. Ben Lansing
162: Substantive Cinema | Southern Comfort feat. Mitchell Beaupre
161: Films For All Seasons feat. Abby Olcese
160: Substantive Cinema | Shock Corridor feat. Mike White & Spencer Parsons
159: The American Gospel feat. Jon Guerra
158: Vanitas + Viriditas feat. Josh Tiessen
157: TTU Matt Chandler, Augmented Reality & Manufactured Spirituality Repl…
156: The Straight Story feat. Tyler Huckabee Replay (Ep. 96)
155: Phillip Holmes Replay (Ep. 70)
154: Felicia Wu Song Replay (Ep. 89)
153: Bradly Mason Replay (Ep. 56)
152: Deconstruction, Healing, and Found Family feat. Margaret Bronson
151: Birding, Grief, and the Beauty of Nature feat. Courtney Ellis
150: Un-Substantive Cinema | Hot Shots! Part Deux feat. Dale_A
149: Substantive Cinema | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance feat. Elliot Co…
148: Militarism, Civil Rights & Inspiring the Next Wave of Revolutionaries…
147: TTU w/Trevor Akin | “Biblical” Tagline, Masculinity Crisis & Election…
146: Substantive Cinema | Lucky (2017) feat. John Carroll Lynch
145: Art, Commerce, and the Kindness of St. Valentine feat. Ned Bustard
144: Grief, Lament, and Hope feat. Terra McDaniel
143: Substantive Cinema | The Curse of Cat People feat. Stephanie Stalvey
142: Movies Across the Seriousness Spectrum feat. The Winterstein Bros (Sa…
141: Interview | Justice, Law, and Love of Neighbor feat. Matt Martens
140: Bonus | Becoming Alien feat. Sarah Welch-Larson
139: Interview | Preparing For Christmas feat. Emily Hunter McGowin
138: Substantive Cinema | Alien (1979) feat. Sarah Welch-Larson
137: Interview | Josh Nadeau (Sword & Pencil) on Goodness, Truth, and Beau…
136: Substantive Cinema | Cat People (1942) feat. Stephanie Stalvey
135: Substantive Stories | Fear Not! feat. Josh Larsen
134: Interview | Propaganda on Changing the World through Better Stories
133: Substantive Cinema | Affliction feat. Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd)
132: Substantive Stories | The Ballot and the Bible feat. Kaitlyn Schiess
131: Interview | Bishop Emilio Alvarez on Pentecost, Liturgy, and Embracin…
130: Substantive Cinema | The Grey feat. Slim (Letterboxd & 70mm)
129: Interview | Johnna Harris on Advocating for the Spiritually Abused
128: The State of The Substance feat. Editor Dave
127: Substantive Cinema | Raging Bull (1980) feat. Abby Olcese
126: Substantive Stories | Church Out Here feat. Rural Church Voices crew
125: Farewell to Trevor and Vincent!
124: Substantive Cinema | Badlands (1973) feat. Brett McCracken
123: TTU | "He Gets Us" Super Bowl Commercials & Theology of Discipleship
122: Reflects | Your "Apolitical" Church is Political
121: Substantive Stories | How We Relate feat. Jesse Eubanks
120: Interview | Dr. Esau McCaulley on Lent, MLK, and Communal Refreshment
119: TTU | Avatar 2 Reactions, Nepo Babies, and the Reyna Incident

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