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In The Summers, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

In The Summers, Christopher R. Deacy

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This is a film review of In the Summers (2023), directed by Alessandra Lacorazza.

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Leilani's Fortune, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek Jan 2024

Leilani's Fortune, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek

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This is a film review of Leilani's Fortune (2024), directed by Loveleen Kaur.

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Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman

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This is a film review of Chuck Chuck Baby (2023), directed by Janis Pugh.

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From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr Oct 2023

From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr

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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 …

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Natalia, Dereck Daschke Mar 2023

Natalia, Dereck Daschke

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This is a film review of Natalia (2023), directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei.

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Under G-D, Dereck Daschke Feb 2023

Under G-D, Dereck Daschke

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This is a film review of Under G-d (2022), directed by Paula Eiselt.

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Good Grief, John C. Lyden Jan 2023

Good Grief, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Good Grief (2023), directed by Rob Sharp.

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Plan C, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Plan C, Dereck Daschke

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This is a film review of PLAN C (2023), directed by Tracy Droz Tragos.

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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Dereck Daschke

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This is a film review of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023), directed by Anna Hints.

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The Persian Version, John C. Lyden Jan 2023

The Persian Version, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of The Persian Version (2023), directed by Maryam Keshavarz.

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Other People's Children, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2023

Other People's Children, Christopher R. Deacy

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This is a film review of Other People's Children (2022), directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.

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Long Line Of Ladies, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Long Line Of Ladies, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Long Line of Ladies (2022), directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome.

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Nothing Compares, John C. Lyden Apr 2022

Nothing Compares, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Nothing Compares (2022), directed by Kathryn Ferguson.

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You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar Apr 2022

You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar

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This is a film review of You Won't Be Alone (2022), directed by Goran Stolevski.

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Maidenhood, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Maidenhood, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Maidenhood (2022) directed by Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza.

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Huella, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Huella, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Huella (2022), directed by Gabriela Ortega.

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Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman Oct 2021

Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman

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This is a film review of Maria Chapdelaine (2021), directed by Sébastien Pilote.

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Rebel Hearts, John C. Lyden Feb 2021

Rebel Hearts, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Rebel Hearts (2021), directed by Pedro Kos.

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Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa, William L. Blizek Feb 2020

Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa (2019) directed by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, and Mike Attie.

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Saudi Runaway, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

Saudi Runaway, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Saudi Runaway (2020) directed by Susanne Regina Meures.

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Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness (2019) directed by Massoud Bakhshi.

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Muslim Women In French Cinema: Voices Of Maghrebi Migrants In France, Shreya Parikh Oct 2019

Muslim Women In French Cinema: Voices Of Maghrebi Migrants In France, Shreya Parikh

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This is a book review of Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp's Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015).

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Representations Of Nineteenth Century Mormonism In A Mormon Maid: A Cinematic Analysis, Elisabeth Weagel Dec 2018

Representations Of Nineteenth Century Mormonism In A Mormon Maid: A Cinematic Analysis, Elisabeth Weagel

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During the first quarter of the 20th century there was a trend in Hollywood to make films about Mormons. Practices such as polygamy created just the kind of sensationalism that attracted filmmakers (even Thomas Edison contributed with his 1902 film A Trip to Salt Lake). Many of these were B-pictures, but the 1917 film A Mormon Maid stands out because it was produced by a major production company (Paramount) and was backed by top director Cecil B. DeMille. It is often given passing reference, but very little genuine scholarship has been done on the film. A hundred years …

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Novitiate, Joshua Canzona Apr 2018

Novitiate, Joshua Canzona

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This is a film review of Novitiate (2017) directed by Maggie Betts.

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Women Are Speaking Up At Sundance, Rubina Ramji Feb 2018

Women Are Speaking Up At Sundance, Rubina Ramji

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Women speak up at Sundance 2018.

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Colossal, John C. Lyden Jan 2017

Colossal, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Colossal (2017) directed by Nacho Vigalondo.

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Before I Fall, John C. Lyden Jan 2017

Before I Fall, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Before I Fall (2017), directed by Ry Russo-Young.

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Seeing The Light, Hearing The Call: Women Religious As Spectators And Subjects Of Popular Nun Films, Maureen A. Sabine Professor Apr 2016

Seeing The Light, Hearing The Call: Women Religious As Spectators And Subjects Of Popular Nun Films, Maureen A. Sabine Professor

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Though popular films like The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), The Nun’s Story (1959), and The Sound of Music (1965) have routinely been criticized for circulating polarized stereotypes about nuns, convent memoirs indicate that some women felt the stirrings of a religious vocation from watching these movies. This article arose out of interest in whether other women heard God’s call through nun films, and is based on a survey of 86 sisters from 28 different communities who had entered the convent between 1947 and 2007, and were prepared to discuss what they saw in these …

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Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism In Asian And Western Film, Ronald S. Green Oct 2015

Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism In Asian And Western Film, Ronald S. Green

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This is a book review of Silver Screen Buddha, Buddhism in Asian and Western Film by Sharon A. Suh.

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Undoing The Claim Of Objectivity: Contradictions At The Heart Of Bergtji Van Der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005), Anisa Saeed Mohammed Nasser Apr 2015

Undoing The Claim Of Objectivity: Contradictions At The Heart Of Bergtji Van Der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005), Anisa Saeed Mohammed Nasser

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This paper is a study of Bergtji van der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005). It attempts to question Bergtji van der Haak’s claim of “objective” depiction of Saudi women’s “reality,” as well as the claim of portraying Saudi women through their perspectives as stated in the opening scene. The premise is that the editing strives to undercut the very views of the women that the film is claiming to present, and in the process it duplicates some of the very mechanisms of oppression that the film is denouncing. The documentary’s attempt at ‘subalternizing’ and diminishing Saudi women discloses the subjectivity of …

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