Episodes

Making Memories with Dad Screen Movies: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? & Guardians of the Galaxy We couldn’t let Season Two of Screen Cares conclude without dropping a fun Father’s Day episode in your podcast feeds. And also, the guilt from Sarah’s Dad would have been too much. Father’s Day may be outspent and out-carnationed by Mother’s Day, but that doesn’t mean that dads are second best. Jennie and Sarah share movie Dads that remind them of their own, and discuss films they have enjoyed makin...

Phases of Reality: Man on the Moon Jennie rounds out her movie picks for season two of Screen Cares with the 1999 film Man on the Moon. She and Sarah delve into the themes of performance, authenticity, truth, and empathy that have emerged throughout the course of the season through their discussions of various movies. The late comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman, played by actor Jim Carrey in the film, serves as guide, ghost, moral litmus test, and complex human case study in this ep...

Arming Ourselves With Poetry, Film & Discussion on Memorial Day: 1917 Memorial Day is here. Sarah and Jennie urge Screen Cares listeners to respect the extraordinary bravery and sacrifice of all armed forces and their families by choosing to seek civil discourse rather than looking for an enemy among us. By thoughtfully screening 1917, we are reminded that there is a real human cost in war and that as articulated in Amanda Gorman’s optimistic poem, “The Hill We Climb,” America is “not broken ...

Growing Up With the March Sisters: Little Women (1994) The story of the four March sisters has held a place in the hearts of readers ever since Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women more that 150 years ago. Their story entered into Screen Cares host Jennie’s heart at the age of nine when she and her mother saw the 1994 adaptation Little Women. In this week’s episode Sarah and Jennie discuss how a movie can become a cinematic portrayal of one's ancestry and how movies can grow with a viewer ove...

*Double Feature* Movie Moms Who Don’t Make the List: The Fabelmans and Home Alone 2 Last week we discussed movie moms we'd like to befriend at an imaginary Mother's Day brunch. Now that the dirty dishes are in the sink and the collective haze of mimosas and caffeine are behind us, we're ready to talk about the moms that we would not invite. These moms are not the baddest of the bad- murdering moms need not apply-, but these moms are bad for us personally. Sarah discusses how the proxy for Ste...

*Double Feature* Movie Moms At Our Mother’s Day Brunch: Wonder & Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness With Mother’s Day just around the corner we’re asking ourselves what it means to be a mom, and what kind of mom-friends we appreciate having in our lives, in this special double feature discussion. Instead of going to the playground, Screen Cares Co-Hosts Jennie and Sarah go to the movies to find their favorite movie moms to invite to a pretend Mother’s Day Brunch. Jennie sympathizes w...

The Pain is All In Your Head: Rye Lane In this week’s special episode, Jennie texted Sarah with a request for a cinematic salve to help cope with the challenge of living with chronic pain. Instead of focusing on conquering pain, Screen Cares co-hosts dive into the 2023 Sundance Film Festival favorite, Rye Lane, and how vibrance, quirkiness, and willingness to talk about discomfort, pain and heartbreak (even when it smarts!) can help close the gateway for pain. (Colin Firth serving guacamole d...

Parenting Drivers in the Wild West: True Grit Screen Cares co-hosts Jennie and Sarah use the power of movies to help parents navigate the fears that may arise as their babies hit the road in a world that can sometimes feel like the Wild West. When Sarah asked Jennie to find a movie to help guide the conversation, Jennie went off trail and picked a movie with no actual cars, but lots of horsepower, the 2010 remake of the classic Western film True Grit. Listen to learn how history can provide c...

Body Image & Letting Yourself Go: Brittany Runs a Marathon It’s frustrating when an injury or illness interrupts a personal goal, especially when you feel that you’ve “let yourself go” and failed to meet your own personal expectations. Sarah tackles the big “b” (body image) in this episode of Screen Cares, and shares how Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: US Dramatic winner, Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) - IMDb can remind you that unlike in an athletic race, finish lines can be fluid an...

Birds of a Feather Flock to Horror Together: The Connective Power of The Birds It's the birds, it's the creepy characters, NO it's the fear of losing the ones you love! Jennie leads Sarah through the experience of watching The Birds (1962 1h 59m PG-13 IMDB) during a special family movie night on her father Jim's birthday. The Screen Cares hosts unpack all the ways the film can bring us together through shared fears and how the film highlights some of the ways we can do better appreciating lif...

Surviving the Suburbs: PleasantvilleSarah and her family make a big decision from her nightmares…a move to the ‘burbs. As a self-proclaimed “weirdo” and non-conformist, Sarah and Screen Cares co-host, Jennie, work through a fun watch of Pleasantville (1998) - IMDb in the hopes of finding peace with living in a neighborhood where everything is the same. Instead of focusing on the film’s political implications, we try to figure out how can we consolidate our need to be part of a community while re...

Nanette (2018) TV-MA 1h 9mWritten and Performed by Hannah Gadsby Maybe Hannah Gadsby's Nanette isn't quite a movie, but Screen Cares host Jennie finds value in bringing the Netflix comedy special to the table to give context to her approach to viewing creative works and her own personal attempts to grow in her authenticity and vulnerability. Co-host Sarah helps make personal connections related to growing up in small communities, Jennie's collegi ate studies in Art History, finding connections...

Ghosting Your Best Friend: The Banshees of Inisherin(2022) R 1h 54mIsolation can be crushing, whether from geographical restraints (like if you live on a tiny fictional island off of the coast of Ireland like this week’s movie characters, Colm and Padraic, or if you live too far from loved ones), psychological (if you don’t look beyond the normal initial first impressions of people you meet and get stuck in this one-dimensional view), or even global (hello, pandemic social distancing!). Sarah sh...

Elvis (2022) PG-13 2h 39mJennie outs herself as a life-long Elvis enthusiast in the name of drawing out deep life lessons from Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar nominated biopic Elvis. Sarah and Jennie discuss how the film reveals truths about how we engage with ourselves and the world around us through three main musically-inspired themes: Return to Sender, Devil in Disguise, and That’s Alright Mama. Listen to learn how you can appreciate instead of appropriate, fill your life with supportive people, place ...

Oscar Talk-Screen Cares Edition Which films will win the year's biggest Screen Shares ratings? While hosts Sarah and Jennie have always promised that Screen Cares isn’t just another movie podcast that provides lists and critique, the upcoming 95th Academy Awards Ceremony is the “elephant in the room” for a podcast that is centered on cinema. Jennie and Sarah share their experience with the Oscars and explore ways to make deeper connections using this years’ nominated movies by using the Screen...

Encore of Whiplash: Are We Rushing or Dragging to Miss The Point About Achievement Culture + Special New Bonus Content with a Professional PercussionistEpisode Transcript Episode Page with Pictures In anticipation of Oscar season, we’re re-releasing a favorite from season one. Whiplash won 6 of the 14 Oscars it was nominated for, and continues to rivet viewers with the intense portrayal of music culture. Sarah sat down with her sister, a real professional percussionist, to gain unique and speci...

*Re-Release of Episode 6* Plus Bonus Guest Reflection In Honor of Titanic’s 25th Anniversary Theatrical Re-ReleaseAt Screen Cares we're serious about never letting go- way more than Rose anyway. So serious that we're re-releasing in honor of a re-release...the 25th Anniversary re-release of Titanic that is. Jennie and Sarah are lifting episode 6 out of the fridge waters of season 1 and adding a heart-warming special introduction by Jennie's mother Marie who shares her memories of watching Titani...

Lady and the Tramp (1955) G 1h 16m & The Big Sick (2017) R 2h Episode 16- Love is in the Air: A Special Double-Feature of Movies that Taught Us to Care Want to know what Ray Romano, puppy love, and choosing a movie to watch for Valentine's Day all have in common? Find out by joining Screen Cares hosts Sarah and Jennie as they kick off season 2 with a surprise discussion about the movies that make their hearts happy. Jennie explores the importance of simple romance by highlighting an animated ...