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You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar
You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of You Won't Be Alone (2022), directed by Goran Stolevski.
Corruption As Shared Culpability: Religion, Family, And Society In Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan (2014), Maria Hristova
Corruption As Shared Culpability: Religion, Family, And Society In Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan (2014), Maria Hristova
Journal of Religion & Film
This article engages in close analysis of how Andrey Zvyagintsev depicts corruption and its various manifestations: moral, familial, societal, and institutional, in Leviathan (Leviafan, 2014). While other post-Soviet films address the problem of prevalent corruption in Russia, Zvyagintsev’s work is the first to provoke strong public reactions, not only from government and Russian Orthodox Church officials, but also from Orthodox and political activist groups. The film demonstrates that the instances of legal and moral failings in one aspect of existence are a sign of a much deeper and wider-ranging problem that affects all other spheres of human experience. …
Exil, Jodi Mcdavid
Exil, Jodi Mcdavid
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Exil (2020), directed by Visar Morina.
Fatih Akin's Cinema And The New Sound Of Europe, Seda Öz
Fatih Akin's Cinema And The New Sound Of Europe, Seda Öz
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Berna Gueneli's Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019).
Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor), Frederick Ruf
Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor), Frederick Ruf
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) (2018) directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Babette's Feast And The Goodness Of God, Thomas J. Curry
Babette's Feast And The Goodness Of God, Thomas J. Curry
Journal of Religion & Film
This article attempts to answer the preeminent question Babette’s Feast invites viewers to consider: Why does Babette choose to expend everything she has to make her feast? Of the critical studies made of the film, few have considered analytically crucial the catastrophic backstory of Babette, the violence of which is implied and offscreen. Appreciation of the singularity of Babette’s own personhood and the darker aspects of her experience, and not only how she might act as a figure of Christ, are key to understanding the motivating force behind her meal and its transformative effect: That through the feast Babette lays …