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Screen Cares' co-hosts, Jennie and Sarah,  discuss how a movie can become a cinematic portrayal of how movies can grow with a viewer over time. The story of the four March sisters has held a place in the hearts of readers since Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women more that 150 years ago. Their story entered into Jennie’s heart at the age of nine when she and her mother saw the 1994 film adaptation of Little Women. Jennie&apos...

What does the punk band, The Descendents, folk musician and activist Malvina Reynolds' song "Little Boxes" and the 1998 movie, Pleasantville, have in common? They all spark a conversation about finding your place in a world that feels like it squashes personhood and originality. Screen Cares hosts, Sarah & Jennie, discuss how a move to the dreaded suburbs can still result in honoring your identity in this fun epi...

Screen Cares hosts, Sarah & Jennie invite listeners to join them for an emotional conversation about how love can fuel both grief and healing. Jennie uses the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) to process the loss of her sixteen-year-old dog, Epona. We discover that there's room for laughter even during the saddest of times, and that movies can make room for conversations that help us find a place for love to go once o...

Screen Cares hosts, Sarah & Jennie, received a listener question for this week's episode: "My children care about inclusivity and equity but express that they aren't sure if their individual efforts matter, and express that it's hard to always keep up the 'good fight' against hatred. Is there a film that I could show my children that could demonstrate how important it is to be an active ally?"...

Happy Halloween! It's the final episode of Screen Cares' special October series, Screen Scares. This week, we're highlighting a horror film by the incredible writer and director, Jennifer Kent.  Sarah believes Kent's film, The Babadook (2014),  shows us that we can close the loop and find resolution even when things feel dark and difficult. Jennie says that this movie is, "The Shining, but for Moms." E...

As a child, the idea that a boy mouse can save the world from witches seems empowering and plausible, while the specter of being trapped in a painting-never to experience life- presents a greater threat. As an adult, fears change to those of a caretaker sheltering the fragility of our children. This Screen Scares episode looks at how fear can be planted in children, and how fear can evolve over time through a discussion of the 1990...

After covering the 54th Nashville Film Festival for Screen Cares, Sarah considers a comment a frenemy said about these types of events: "Film festivals are just fancy parties and pats on the back." Sarah reflects on the dozens of film festivals she's attended and on the authentic conversations she was grateful to have with festival attendees, industry folk and creators, Lagueria Davis, Writer-Director of Black Barbie...

Screen Scares Month is here for the 2nd installment of this special series. Today, Screen Cares co-hosts, Sarah and Jennie, discuss a movie that’s not an easy watch. It’s bloody, violent and scary, but instead of giving a subtle instruction in healing, the horror film Cobweb (2023), demonstrates the tenuous and dangerous nature of keeping your deepest pain unacknowledged and hidden away. Perhaps we can all find a little bit of trut...

The lines between life and art blur when Screen Scares co-hosts Jennie and Sarah look back at the totally terrifying, possibly cursed, and definitely problematic legacy of Tobe Hooper/ Steven Spielberg's horror classic Poltergeist (1982). The movie pushed and defined the limits of the MPA ratings system, and left generations of viewers asking themselves, “How the heck is this movie rated PG?" Listen for answers, insights,...

Screen Cares co-hosts, Sarah and Jennie, were thrilled to have a chance to talk with Lagueria Davis, writer-director of the fantastic new film, Black Barbie: A Documentary. Listen in on our conversation for her insights about how her aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, played a pivotal role in the eventual development and design of the first Black Barbie doll, and why this is vitally important.

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It's a rare thing to have the opportunity to experience a coming-of-age story about an octogenarian, but the Screen Cares team got to do just that when screening Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive at the 54th Nashville Film Festival. Listen to this special reading of the reflection that our Screen Cares co-host, Jennie, wrote after seeing this wonderful documentary and getting to speak with THE Ms. Gloria Gaynor on the red carpet!<...

It’s spooky season, but where is Screen Scares?! You, know, the fall-favorite that we all love, even as much as we love pumpkin-flavored everything?

Screen Scares 2023 will launch NEXT week on Tuesday, October 11, but that doesn’t mean we’ve ghosted you. We’ve got press credentials to cover the Nashville Film Festival from September 28-October 4!

We’re going to grab some Nashville hot chicken, screen some fantas...

Screen Cares co-hosts and best buds, Jennie and Sarah, love the fall season and can't wait to bring you another season of Screen Scares during the month of October! This contemplative and cozy season offers one of the best times to watch movies together; from the spooky, terrifying, campy, silly and grotesque!

Join us during the month of October for a month of all new scares, shares and a reminder that talking about ...

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 r...

Our listeners are diverse! Some listeners love football. Some love basketball, others prefer baseball, soccer, wrestling, NASCAR, golf or tennis! And others still, love the knock-down sport of ROLLER DERBY! It’s PRIDE month and Sarah & Jennie chat about how Whip It (2009) highlights not just a badass game but also demonstrates how one facet of our individuality shouldn’t be the qualification for acceptance. Even if you don’t ag...

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 ...

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 Gorm...

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 portraya...

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 Steven Sp...