Message: “Movies are Prayers with Josh Larsen” from Story Men

A message from the series “StoryMen Season 9.” Film Critic Josh Larsen joins the StoryMen to explore how we read movies as persons of faith. What’s the difference between having a conversation with a film and colonizing it? How do films express deep human longing?

Story Men - March 25, 2014

True Detective featuring Scott Poole

True Detective featuring Scott Poole

The StoryMen welcome professor of American History Scott Poole. Scott's an expert in the sociology of horror, so he dives in with us to discuss the groundbreaking first season of HBO's True Detective. IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 – Scott Poole and the Horror of True Detective 10:00 – The High Cost of Horror: Lovecraft, Carcosa and the King in Yellow 18:00 – True Detective is Just Plain Gorgeous 22:30 – SPOILERS 29:00 – Russ, Pessimism and that Ending 38:00 – Is TRUE DETECTIVE anti-female, anti-Southern, or anti-Christian? 50:00 – Favorite moments in the show

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