044: The Best Films of 2021 with Jeffrey Overstreet

Veterans of Culture Wars

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/

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