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177: Substantive Cinema | The Silence of the Lambs feat. Tyler Huckabee

6/5/2025 • 94 min

Tyler Huckabee returns to the show and the late, great Hannibal Lecter makes his Substance debut! In 1991, Jonathan Demme shocked critics and audiences alike with his sleek, stylish, unsettling, and genuinely fantastic film The Silence of the Lambs. It went on to be the third film in cinematic history to win all 5 of the big awards come Oscar season. The film … Play episode

176: Authenticity, Embracing Doubt, and Championing Inclusivity feat. Rev.…
175: Bonus Ep. | Panic Fest 2025 Recap!
174: Substantive Cinema | Fruitvale Station feat. Zachary Lee
173: Substantive Cinema | Columbus feat. Jen & Sarah (Movies & Us podcast)
172: Pursuing Generosity, Justice, and Restoration feat. Alexis Busetti
171: April Fools' Special | Jupiter Ascending feat. Abby Olcese
170: Substantive Cinema | I Like Movies feat. Romina D'Ugo
169: Substantive Cinema | Taste of Cherry feat. Marta Djordjevic
168: Substantive Cinema | Green Room feat. Seth Vargas (Movie Friends)
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

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