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Krazy House, Christopher R. Deacy
Krazy House, Christopher R. Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Krazy House (2023), directed by Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil.
J.E.S.U.S.A., John C. Lyden
J.E.S.U.S.A., John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of J.E.S.U.S.A., directed by Kevin Miller. It is now available on Vimeo Prime (bit.ly/jesusa).
Three Deaths, William L. Blizek
Three Deaths, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Three Deaths (2020) directed by Jay Dockendorf.
Fixing Ground Zero: Race And Religion In Francis Lawrence’S I Am Legend, Michael E. Heyes
Fixing Ground Zero: Race And Religion In Francis Lawrence’S I Am Legend, Michael E. Heyes
Journal of Religion & Film
Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend is a complex intertext of Matheson’s novel of the same name and its two previous film adaptations. While the film attempts to depict racism as monstrous, the frequent invocation of 9/11 imagery and Christian symbolism throughout the film recodes the vampiric dark-seekers as radical Islamic terrorists. This serves to further enshrine an us/Christians vs. them/Muslim dichotomy present in post-9/11 America, a dichotomy that the film presents as “curable” through the spread of Christianity and the fall of Islam.
Silence, Caesar A. Montevecchio
Silence, Caesar A. Montevecchio
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Silence (2016), directed by Martin Scorsese.
“He Who Kills The Body, Kills The Soul That Inhabits It”: Feminist Filmmaking, Religion, And Spiritual Identification In Vision, Carl Laamanen
“He Who Kills The Body, Kills The Soul That Inhabits It”: Feminist Filmmaking, Religion, And Spiritual Identification In Vision, Carl Laamanen
Journal of Religion & Film
In this article, I argue that the 2009 film, Vision: From the Life of Hildegard of Bingen, presents an example of feminist filmmaking that seeks to draw viewers into spiritual identification with the protagonist, 12th-century mystic Hildegard, through its narrative and formal techniques, encouraging the audience to share in Hildegard’s visionary experiences. The film does so in an explicitly feminist way, drawing upon unconventional visual and sonic aesthetics to highlight the power and authority of Hildegard’s spiritual experiences. In particular, Vision’s use of music and sound points toward a conception of feminine spirituality that values the …
C.O.G., Jeanette Reedy Solano
C.O.G., Jeanette Reedy Solano
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of C.O.G. (2013) directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez.
This Is Martin Bonner, Jeanette Reedy Solano
This Is Martin Bonner, Jeanette Reedy Solano
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of This is Martin Bonner (2013) directed by Chad Hartigan.