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The New Boy, Sherry Coman
The New Boy, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The New Boy (2023), directed by Warwick Thornton.
Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry
Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film view of Hey, Viktor! (2023) directed by Cody Lightning.
Limbo, Ken Derry
Limbo, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Limbo (2023), directed by Ivan Sen.
The Convert, J. Barton Scott
The Convert, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Convert (2023), directed by Lee Tamahori.
From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr
From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr
Journal of Religion & Film
Sinan Çetin’s blockbuster Berlin in Berlin (1993) is a Turkish-German co-production. In contrast to certain representational tendencies with German orientalism or Turkish occidentalism, it deconstructs the intersectional structures of migration, religion, and gender. The portrayal of religion in films about Turkish-German labour migration is a kind of cultural narcissism often projected into national cinema by denigrating the faith of the other and glorifying one’s own religion. However, perspectives at such intersections are critical and require sensitivity in filmmaking, as films can create prejudice or help build peaceful relationships around these sensitive issues. The paper employs discourse analysis in linking Derrida’s …
Peele’S Black, Extraterrestrial, Naturalistic Critique Of Religion, Jonathan D. Lyonhart
Peele’S Black, Extraterrestrial, Naturalistic Critique Of Religion, Jonathan D. Lyonhart
Journal of Religion & Film
While Jordan Peele’s films have always held their mysteries close to the chest, they eventually granted their viewers some climactic clarity. Get Out (2017) used an 1980s style orientation video to clear up its neuroscientific twist, while Us (2019) had Lupita Nyongo’s underworld twin narratively spell out the details of the plot. Yet Nope (2022) refuses to show its hand even after the game is over, never illuminating the connection between its opening scene and the broader film, nor a myriad of other questions. As such, critics complained that it stitched together two seemingly incongruent plots without explanation; one where …
Art Cinema And India’S Forgotten Futures: Film And History In The Postcolony, Vijay Mishra
Art Cinema And India’S Forgotten Futures: Film And History In The Postcolony, Vijay Mishra
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Rochona Majumdar, Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the Postcolony (Columbia University Press, 2021).
Mami Wata, John C. Lyden
Mami Wata, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Mami Wata (2023), directed by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi.
Sorcery, John C. Lyden
Sorcery, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Sorcery (2023), directed by Christopher Murray.
The Persian Version, John C. Lyden
The Persian Version, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Persian Version (2023), directed by Maryam Keshavarz.