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Revolution In Paradise: Veiled Representations Of Jewish Characters In The Cinema Of Occupied France, Thierry J. Alcoloumbre
Revolution In Paradise: Veiled Representations Of Jewish Characters In The Cinema Of Occupied France, Thierry J. Alcoloumbre
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Yehuda Moraly, Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2019).
Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman
Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Maria Chapdelaine (2021), directed by Sébastien Pilote.
The Mad Women’S Ball, Kyle Derkson
The Mad Women’S Ball, Kyle Derkson
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Mad Women’s Ball (2021), directed by Mélanie Laurent.
Medieval Saints And Modern Screens: Divine Visions As Cinematic Experience, Stephen Okey
Medieval Saints And Modern Screens: Divine Visions As Cinematic Experience, Stephen Okey
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Alicia Spencer-Hall, Medieval Saints and Modern Screens: Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
Three Minutes: A Lengthening, Sherry Coman
Three Minutes: A Lengthening, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021), directed by Bianca Stigter.
Frederick Wiseman's Essene (1972): The Duality Of Mary And Martha, Nilita Vachani
Frederick Wiseman's Essene (1972): The Duality Of Mary And Martha, Nilita Vachani
Journal of Religion & Film
America’s legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman shot Essene 50 years ago at the height of the commune movement in the United States. Unlike his previous institutional films which showcase an insane asylum, a public high school, an inner city police force, a hospital, and a military training school, Essene's canvas is the far less turbulent terrain of a serene and austere Benedictine monastery devoted to the love and service of God and the divine spirit. This paper undertakes a close textual and hermeneutic analysis of Essene alongside an appraisal of Wiseman’s working methodology, his cinematic portrayals of character and dramaturgy, …
Arab Americans In Film: From Hollywood And Egyptian Stereotypes To Self-Representation, Danielle Haque
Arab Americans In Film: From Hollywood And Egyptian Stereotypes To Self-Representation, Danielle Haque
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Waleed Mahdi, Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Syracuse University Press, 2020).
Where Is Anne Frank, Ken Derry
Where Is Anne Frank, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Where Is Anne Frank (2021) directed by Ari Folman.
The King With The Vīṇā Flag – Perspectives Of Rāvaṇa In Film, Achintya Prahlad
The King With The Vīṇā Flag – Perspectives Of Rāvaṇa In Film, Achintya Prahlad
Journal of Religion & Film
Rāvaṇa, the ten-headed Rākṣasa (‘demon’) king of the epic the Rāmāyaṇa, is the most fascinating of all the antagonists in films based on Hindu mythology, so powerful that even the Sun cannot rise without his orders, and celebrated as an unparalleled musician-scholar and great devotee of the god Śiva. His passion for the vīṇā, a string instrument with divine associations, is so great that this instrument adorns his royal flag as its emblem. His consciousness of his supreme powers and great knowledge soon gives way to ahaṅkāra (hubris) and lust, which leads to his eventual downfall and death at the …
Blindspotting And Covid: The Gentrification Of Racism, Ashley Starr-Morris
Blindspotting And Covid: The Gentrification Of Racism, Ashley Starr-Morris
Journal of Religion & Film
The novel Coronavirus is not only exposing old patterns of racism and systemic inequalities, but deepening them as well. The notion of blindspotting, as described in the film by the same name, is used to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the “spiritual emergency” or crisis of racism in America. "Blindspotting" is an image or situation that can be interpreted in two ways but is understood by some in only one way, thereby producing a blind spot. In 2020 and 2021, we see segments of American society, from politics to white Christian nationalism, upholding a sacred canopy of exceptionalism by …
Sensuous Cinema: The Body In Contemporary Maghrebi Film, Shreya Parikh
Sensuous Cinema: The Body In Contemporary Maghrebi Film, Shreya Parikh
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Kaya Davies Hayon, Sensuous Cinema: The Body in Contemporary Maghrebi Film (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018).
Magic, Monsters, And Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth And Religion Shape Fantasy Culture, Saira Chhibber
Magic, Monsters, And Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth And Religion Shape Fantasy Culture, Saira Chhibber
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Douglas Cowan, Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2019).
Nobody Has To Know, Sherry Coman
Nobody Has To Know, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Nobody Has to Know (2021), directed by Bouli Lanners.
Temporary Marriage In Iran: Gender And Body Politics In Modern Iranian Film And Literature, Alicia Izharuddin
Temporary Marriage In Iran: Gender And Body Politics In Modern Iranian Film And Literature, Alicia Izharuddin
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Claudia Yaghoobi, Temporary Marriage in Iran: Gender and Body Politics in Modern Iranian Film and Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Stanley Kubrick, Jewish Filmmaker: A Review Essay, Michael Gibson
Stanley Kubrick, Jewish Filmmaker: A Review Essay, Michael Gibson
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a review of two books: Nathan Abrams, Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2018), and David Mikics, Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020).
Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story Of An Image, Eric Michael Mazur
Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story Of An Image, Eric Michael Mazur
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Shaina Hammerman, Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of An Image (Indiana University Press, 2018).
Films For The Colonies: Cinema And The Preservation Of The British Empire, Thomas Barker
Films For The Colonies: Cinema And The Preservation Of The British Empire, Thomas Barker
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Tom Rice, Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire (University of California Press, 2019).
Revising Mary Queen Of Scots: From Protestant Persecution To Patriarchal Struggle, Jennifer M. Desilva, Emily K. Mcguire
Revising Mary Queen Of Scots: From Protestant Persecution To Patriarchal Struggle, Jennifer M. Desilva, Emily K. Mcguire
Journal of Religion & Film
Since Mary Queen of Scots’ execution in 1587, she has become a symbol of Scottish identity, failed female leadership, and Catholic martyrdom. Throughout the twentieth century, Mary was regularly depicted on screen (Ford, 1936; Froelich, 1940; Jarrott, 1971) as a thrice-wed Catholic queen, unable to rule her country due to her feminine nature and Catholic roots. However, with the rise of third wave feminism and postfeminism in media, coupled with the increased influence of female directors and writers, Mary’s characterization has shifted from portraying female/emotional weakness and religious sacrifice to female/collaborative strength in hardship and a struggle against patriarchal prejudice. …
By And For Jewish Women Only: The Musical Film "The Heart That Sings", Celia E. Rothenberg
By And For Jewish Women Only: The Musical Film "The Heart That Sings", Celia E. Rothenberg
Journal of Religion & Film
The musical film, “The Heart that Sings” (2011), written and directed by Robin Saex Garbose, is part of a genre of films created by and for Orthodox Jewish women. Heart provides a case study that illustrates the depth and breadth of Lubavitch Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s (1902-1994) influence on Jews and Jewish life well beyond his own community members. Schneerson’s outreach work via his shlichim, or emissaries, to unobservant Jews is well-recognized. The extent and nuance of his influence on a broad cross-section of Jews, however, has yet to be fully traced. Heart tells its viewers that Jewish women …
Coda, John C. Lyden
Coda, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of CODA (2021), directed by Siân Heder.