The main task of JUST FYI POD: CULTURE’s first season is to explore the “20 Most Spiritually Significant Films of All Time.” On this episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I continue our countdown—this time focusing on the #2 film on our respective lists. Amy begins with Robert Duvall’s 1997 drama THE APOSTLE, while I turn to the Coen Brothers’ 2009 dark comedy/existential drama A SERIOUS MAN. In both films, some of the hardest questions facing human beings are taken up—the problem of evil, the desire for redemption, and the purpose of suffering. And yet, the two movies differ in style and in tone, making this an intriguing “double feature.”
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