Jeff Cook, Sean Palmer, and Movie Mike Yager step outside their usual film discussions to take on HBO’s The Pitt—a rare kind of show that feels like “must-see TV” in a fragmented, algorithm-driven world. What begins as a conversation about storytelling quickly deepens into something more personal: why this show resonates, what long-form storytelling can do that movies can’t, and how The Pitt captures both the chaos and the meaning inside a hospital’s walls.

Along the way, the conversation moves into weightier territory—addiction, recovery, failure, mentorship, and the cost of caring professions. The group reflects on Langdon’s journey back from public failure, Robbie’s unraveling under the weight of responsibility, and the subtle ways the show explores spiritual themes without ever preaching. This is a discussion about medicine, but also about identity, calling, and what it means to hold yourself together while everything around you falls apart.

This week on Sacred Frames, we’re doing something a little different—a full-on Jesus Movie Draft. In honor of Holy Week, we step into the massive world of films shaped by the life of Christ, the Church, and the long shadow of Christian imagination.

From direct portrayals to subtle allegories, from sacred to satirical, we’re asking a simple question: Where does Jesus show up on screen—and who tells that story best? With Mike Yeager serving as commissioner, we go head-to-head in a snake-style draft—building our own rosters and letting you decide who wins.

But more than competition, this episode is about seeing how deeply the story of Jesus has shaped cinema across genres, generations, and perspectives.

Draft Categories:

Movie Jesus Direct portrayals of the life, death, and resurrection of Christ

“Movie Jesus” (Allegory) Christ figures, sacrificial heroes, and messianic archetypes across storytelling

Comedy & Satire Films that put religion and religious culture on trial

The Church Institutions, clergy, and communities—both beautiful and broken

The Devil & Spiritual Warfare Stories of evil, temptation, and the battle for the human soul

Biblical Cinema (BC) Old Testament and non-Jesus-centered biblical narratives

The Great Commission Mission, expansion, and the global impact of Christianity

Wild Card Personal picks—films where the presence of Jesus shows up in unexpected ways

Ryan Coogler made a 1930s Mississippi vampire blues epic about race, land, faith, and the hunger to own another person’s story.

Sinners isn’t just a horror film; it’s a meditation on who gets to live, who gets remembered, and who gets consumed along the way.

In this episode of The Sacred Frames, Jeff Cook, Sean Palmer, and Movie Mike Yeager finally sit down with one of 2025’s most talked-about films. We trace the story from Clarksdale cotton fields to blood-soaked juke joints, from hoodoo altars to bleached churches.

We dig into how Sinners holds together a lot at once—race and cultural theft, Black joy and pain, war trauma, code-switching, sex, faith, and the American obsession with consuming what it refuses to honor.

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