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Grace, William L. Blizek Jan 2024

Grace, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Grace (2023), directed by Natalie Jasmine Harris.


Layla, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Layla, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Layla (2024), directed by Amrou Al-Kadhi.


In The Summers, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

In The Summers, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

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


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

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

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Fingernails, Khalidah Ali Oct 2023

Fingernails, Khalidah Ali

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Fingernails (2023), directed by Christos Nikou.


Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Days Of Happiness, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Days Of Happiness, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Days of Happiness (2023), directed by Chloe Robichaurd.


Dear Jassi, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Dear Jassi, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Dear Jassi (2023), directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar.


Lost Ladies, J. Barton Scott Oct 2023

Lost Ladies, J. Barton Scott

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Lost Ladies (2023), directed by Kiran Rao.


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

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 …


Rape Jokes, Sexual Violence, And Empire In Revelation And This Is The End, Meredith J.C. Warren Mar 2023

Rape Jokes, Sexual Violence, And Empire In Revelation And This Is The End, Meredith J.C. Warren

Journal of Religion & Film

The Book of Revelation is one of the most borrowed-from texts of the New Testament when it comes to popular culture. Although there are dozens of other ancient apocalyptic writings, it is John’s apocalyptic visions that directly inform contemporary ideas of apocalypse. The apocalyptic comedy This Is The End (Dir. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, 2013) not only invokes imagery from Revelation but also adapts portions of the text in its portrayal of the end times. However, it also reproduces and expands upon the use of sexual violence as a means of punishment found in Revelation. This paper will examine …


Natalia, Dereck Daschke Mar 2023

Natalia, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Lars Von Trier’S Cinema: Excess, Evil, And The Prophetic Voice, Jeanette Solano Mar 2023

Lars Von Trier’S Cinema: Excess, Evil, And The Prophetic Voice, Jeanette Solano

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran, Lars Von Trier’s Cinema: Excess, Evil, and the Prophetic Voice (Routledge, 2021).


Under G-D, Dereck Daschke Feb 2023

Under G-D, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

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


When Sexuality Becomes Healing: An Interview With Elsbeth Fraanje On Her Documentary Sexual Healing, Johan Roeland Jan 2023

When Sexuality Becomes Healing: An Interview With Elsbeth Fraanje On Her Documentary Sexual Healing, Johan Roeland

Journal of Religion & Film

This is an interview with Elsbeth Fraanje, the director of Sexual Healing.


Sexual Healing, Johan Roeland Jan 2023

Sexual Healing, Johan Roeland

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Sexual Healing (2022) directed by Elsbeth Fraanje.


Good Grief, John C. Lyden Jan 2023

Good Grief, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

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


The Pod Generation, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

The Pod Generation, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Pod Generation (2023), directed by Sophie Barthes.


Plan C, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Plan C, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Fairyland, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2023

Fairyland, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Fairyland (2023), directed by Andrew Durham.


Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Divinity, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Divinity, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Divinity (2023), directed by Eddie Alcazar.


Cat Person, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2023

Cat Person, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Cat Person (2023), directed by Susanna Fogel.


Our Males And Females, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek Jan 2023

Our Males And Females, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Our Males and Females (2023), directed by Ahmad Alyaseer.


The Persian Version, John C. Lyden Jan 2023

The Persian Version, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Mamacruz, Dereck Daschke Jan 2023

Mamacruz, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of MAMACRUZ (2023), directed by Patricia Ortega.


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

Other People's Children, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Birth/Rebirth, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2023

Birth/Rebirth, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of birth/rebirth (2023), directed by Laura Moss.


Benedetta, Richard S. Ascough Sep 2022

Benedetta, Richard S. Ascough

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Benedetta (2021), directed by Paul Verhoeven.


Madhuri Dixit, Abir Bazaz Sep 2022

Madhuri Dixit, Abir Bazaz

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Nandana Bose, Madhuri Dixit (Bloomsbury, 2019).