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The Thin Place
Hosts Kenneth R. Morefield and Todd C. Truffin discuss themes of religion, faith, and spirituality in film.
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The Thin Place #54: Entourage -- Making New Fans and Disappointing Old Ones
Alex McKee subs in for Todd to discuss whether or not one has to know the Entourage television show to like the movie. He and Ken also discuss the eth...
The Thin Place #53: Tokyo Story and the Ideal of Family
Todd and Ken discuss Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Is the film compassionate towards its characters? Does it blame one generation more than the other fo...
The Thin Place #52: The Jones Family Will Make a Way at SXSW
On the road at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, Ken and Todd report back on the documentary The Jones Family Will Make a Way.The film chronicles the unlik...
The Thin Place #51: Calvary--Good or Great
Todd and Ken are back for the last podcast of the year, and they are looking at John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary. The film was recently honored by th...
The Thin Place #50: The Equalizer, King David, and Righteous Anger
Antoine Fuqua directs Denzel Washington in The Equalizer. Ken and co-host Todd Truffin examine the film and question whether violence, even in the ser...
The Thin Place #49: Supermensch
Do you believe in karma? Why did Shep Gordon beg John Lennon to have his picture taken with Anne Murray? Who created the celebrity chef? What really h...
The Thin Place #48: Lucy -- God or Godlike?
Luc Besson’s Lucy stars Scarlett Johansson as a woman who is exposed to a new synthetic drug that allows her to access more and more of her brain. D...
The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry
As the World Cup draws to a close, Ken and Todd discuss one of the best films ever made about our obsession with sports. What is the difference betwee...
The Thin Place #46: Violence in The Edge of Tomorrow
Back after a hiatus, Ken and Todd discuss Doug Liman’s sci-fi film, The Edge of Tomorrow. Why is the way violence is represented in the film particu...
The Thin Place #45: Lessons Learned from Philomena
Just in time for the Academy Awards, Ken and Todd look at one of the nominees: Stephen Frears’s Philomena. How does the film depict its protagonistâ...
The Thin Place #44: Two Views of Wall Street
Ken and Todd talk about depictions of Wall Street in Oliver Stone’s film of the same name and, more recently, in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wal...
The Thin Place #43: Looking for God in 12 Years a Slave
Todd and Ken examine 12 Years a Slave. Is God absent from the world of slavery? Are there contemporary lessons or themes to be drawn from this histori...
The Thin Place #42: To Be or Not to Be and Comic Dis-ease
Todd and Ken take a look at Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be. Should some topics be off limits for comedy? What line did even Lubitsch’s team f...
The Thin Place #41: The Devil's Backbone
Ken and Todd discuss Guillermo del Toro’s horror film that has recently received the Criterion treatment. What is the difference between horror and...
The Thin Place #40: Gravity -- Good or Great?
Ken and Todd are back, and they are discussing one of this fall’s most anticipated films: Gravity. Is it a thriller or a drama? What do we mean when...
The Thin Place #39: Umberto D. and the Limits of Empathy
Todd and Ken discuss Vittorio De Sica’s poignant saga of an aged pensioner trying to avoid eviction. What are the differences between empathy and pi...
The Thin Place #38: Vengeance and Redemption in The Searchers
Peter Waldron drops in on The Thin Place to sub for the vacationing Todd and to render Ken momentarily speechless with his take on one of the more ico...
The Thin Place #37: Death and Sacrifice in Gojira
Ken and Todd look at the original pacific rim monster and compare the theme of sacrifice in Gojira to that presented in modern disaster films.
The Thin Place #36: Genre Conventions in White House Down
Ken and Todd examine the conventions of action films and how White House Down uses them. Do action films promote American exceptionalism? How does the...
The Thin Place #35: Love and Masks in The Magician
Todd and Ken look at Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician. Is the film about the conflict between rationalism and faith or the conflict between performers...
The Thin Place #34: At Any Price
Ken and Todd discuss Ramin Bahrani’s At Any Price. Which family member did Todd want to see more of? What connections does Ken see between this film...
The Thin Place #33: Timeless Truth in Stromboli
Todd and Ken discuss the films of Roberto Rossellini, focusing on Stromboli. How sympathetic is Karin? What does the film’s reference to the book of...
The Thin Place #32: The Feel Good Mediocrity of 42
Ken and Todd discuss Brian Helgeland’s hagiography of Jackie Robinson.
The Thin Place #31: Predestination in Wreck-It Ralph
Todd and Ken look at Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, and ponder whether or not being written into a computer program is an apt metaphor for predestination....
The Thin Place #30: On Finally Watching The Last Temptation of Christ
Todd and Ken discuss Martin Scorsese’s (in)famous imagination of the life of Jesus. Is it really blasphemous? Is it any good? Do you have to watch a...
The Thin Place #29: Zero Dark Thirty and Historical Fiction
Todd and Ken examine the morality of making stories about other people’s lives. What is the difference between “truth†and “accuracy,†and i...
The Thin Place #28: The Grapes of Wrath
Ken and Todd look at John Ford’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel. What is the difference between poverty and destitution? Who is the audience...
The Thin Place #27: The Hobbit: A Not So Unexpected Travesty
Ken and Todd claim that Peter Jackson doesn’t really understand the material that he is adapting. Is there any way they can back up such a claim?
The Thin Place #26: Will God Give Us a Pass for Watching The Sessions?
Ken and Todd tackle Ben Lewin’s The Sessions. Can a priest ever give you permission to sin? Does calling something therapy change what it is? Is God...
The Thin Place #25:The Exorcist and Christian Approaches to Horror
Ken and Todd revisit William Friedkin’s horror masterpiece, The Exorcist, and use it as a springboard to talk about whether or not Christians should...
The Thin Place #24: Looper and the Morality of Time Travel
Ken and Todd look at Rian Johnson’s sci-fi, time-travel hit, Looper. Is changing the future the same as “playing God� Is there anything theolog...
The Thin Place #23: Grace and Merit in Great Expectations
Guest host Andrew Johnson joins Ken at the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss Mike Newell’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic no...
The Thin Place #22: An Encounter with Simone Weil
Director Julia Haslett makes a documentary that is part biopic, part self-reflection. How should we respond to human suffering? Do Simone Weil’s wri...
The Thin Place #21: Is Vertigo the Best Film of All Time?
Critics polled by Sight & Sound magazine in 2012 ranked Vertigo as the greatest film of all time. What does that ranking say about the spirit of the a...
The Thin Place #20: Nature, Nurture, Truth, and Lies in The Dark Knight Rises
How Batman is not a “Christ figure†but Bane is reminiscent of…Willy Wonka!?! It’s the summer’s most anticipated film as only The Thin Place...
The Thin Place #19: When We Watch Chariots of Fire, Do We Feel His Pleasure?
Few films are more beloved in Christian circles than Chariots of Fire. Todd and Ken ask why this is the case, and whether the film that beat out Raide...
The Thin Place #18: What We Choose to Believe about Prometheus
Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction is not only one of the most anticipated films of the year–a prequel to Alien–but it also attempts to ad...
The Thin Place #17: The Elliptical Structure of Bresson's Lancelot du Lac
As a touring retrospective and the reissue of a famous anthology revive interest in the enigmatic and critically revered Robert Bresson, Ken and Todd...
The Thin Place #16: Theology and Social Justice in Love Free or Die
Ken and Todd discuss the theology of gays in the Christian church, the social justice of gays in America, and the differences (if any) between the two...
The Thin Place #15: Blue Like Jazz -- Satire or Bildungsroman
Ken and Todd discuss Blue Like Jazz, Steve Taylor’s adaptation of Donald Miller’s best seller. Is the film a satire of Christianity? A Christian s...