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Full-Text Articles in Film and Media Studies
Obex, John C. Lyden
Obex, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of OBEX (2024), directed by Albert Birney.
Bubble & Squeak, John C. Lyden
Bubble & Squeak, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Bubble & Squeak (2025), directed by Evan Twohy.
Plainclothes, Chris Deacy
Plainclothes, Chris Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Plainclothes (2024), directed by Carmen Emmi.
East Of Wall, Chris Deacy
East Of Wall, Chris Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of East of Wall (2024), directed by Kate Beecroft.
Twinless, Chris Deacy
Twinless, Chris Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Twinless (2024), directed by James Sweeney.
The Virgin Of Quarry Lake, Chris Deacy
The Virgin Of Quarry Lake, Chris Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Virgin of Quarry Lake (2025), directed by Laura Casabé.
André Is An Idiot, John C. Lyden
André Is An Idiot, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of André is an Idiot (2025), directed by Tony Benna.
By Design, John C. Lyden
By Design, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of By Design (2025), directed by Amanda Kramer.
Omaha, John C. Lyden
Omaha, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Omaha (2024), directed by Cole Webley.
Measures For A Funeral, Sherry Coman
Measures For A Funeral, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Measures for a Funeral (2024), directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz.
The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, And The Religious Imagination, Tara Baldrick-Morrone
The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, And The Religious Imagination, Tara Baldrick-Morrone
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Douglas E. Cowan, The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination (New York: New York University Press, 2023).
Life Above The Clouds: Philosophy In The Films Of Terrence Malick, Pablo Alzola
Life Above The Clouds: Philosophy In The Films Of Terrence Malick, Pablo Alzola
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Steven DeLay, ed., Life Above the Clouds: Philosophy in the Films of Terrence Malick. (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2023).
Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, And Cultural Politics In India And Beyond, Ajiththa Suganthan
Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, And Cultural Politics In India And Beyond, Ajiththa Suganthan
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Shalini Kakar, Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2023).
Heretic, J. Barton Scott
Heretic, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Heretic (2024), directed by Scott Beck and Brian Woods.
The Last Of The Sea Women, Sherry Coman
The Last Of The Sea Women, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Last of the Sea Women (2024), directed by Sue Kim.
My Father's Daughter, Sherry Coman
My Father's Daughter, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of My Father's Daughter (2024), directed by Egil Pedersen.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Sherry Coman
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2024), directed by Laura Piani.
Hard Truths, Sherry Coman
Hard Truths, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Hard Truths (2024), directed by Mike Leigh.
Conclave, Sherry Coman
Conclave, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Conclave (2024), directed by Edward Berger.
The Room Next Door, Sherry Coman
The Room Next Door, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Room Next Door (2024), directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Souleymane’S Story, Sherry Coman
Souleymane’S Story, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Souleymane’s Story (2024), directed by Boris Lojkine.
Fallen Leaves, Frederick Ruf
Fallen Leaves, Frederick Ruf
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Fallen Leaves (2023), directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
Civil War, Dennis Etzel Jr
Civil War, Dennis Etzel Jr
Journal of Religion & Film
Alex Garland’s 2024 film Civil War exemplifies how film can be considered a modern mythology, using a war movie to tell the story of the hero’s journey with a mother archetype as the hero. Through an audience’s shared morals and values, an impartial point-of-view, symbolism, the Jungian mother archetype, transformational imagery, ethical dilemmas and collective fears, the film functions in the way mythology does while leaving viewers questions for their own lives.
Framing Immanence In Carl Theodor Dreyer’S Ordet And Carlos Reygadas’S Stellet Licht, Andre Fischer
Framing Immanence In Carl Theodor Dreyer’S Ordet And Carlos Reygadas’S Stellet Licht, Andre Fischer
Journal of Religion & Film
My article proposes the notion of the immanent frame to productively address film-theoretical and theological concepts at stake in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet (1955) and Carlos Reygadas’s Stellet Licht (2007). I believe my intervention to be significant for it shows how both films are not only related in their religious subject matter but negotiate it in formal terms through the notion of the immanent frame. Although both films have been analyzed alongside one another in the past, my article is the first to address the Mennonite migration history and notion of secularization (Taylor) to explain the function of the time-images …
Bodies Of Horror In Judges 19-21 And Evil Dead Ii (1987), Jennifer M. Matheny, Aaron Bohn
Bodies Of Horror In Judges 19-21 And Evil Dead Ii (1987), Jennifer M. Matheny, Aaron Bohn
Journal of Religion & Film
Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II (1987), a horror film, demonstrates key thematic parallels with Judges 19-21. Evil Dead IIidentifies with the film genres of “splatter horror” and “dark comedy” with a B-movie cult classic vibe. Placing the Bible’s body horror (Judges 19) and horror film in dialogue on their own terms creates an intertextual dialogue that can be fruitful when dealing with violent biblical texts that communicate an excess state of terror (Phyllis Trible). Through the lens of postbiblical intertextuality (Marianne Grohmann and Hyun Chul Paul Kim), this paper will explore thematic parallels and connections in conversation between Evil …
Enraptured By Rapture: Production Context, Biblical Interpretation, And Evangelical Eschatology In The Rapture, Left Behind, And This Is The End, Robert G. Joseph, Laura M. Tringali, Meghan R. Henning
Enraptured By Rapture: Production Context, Biblical Interpretation, And Evangelical Eschatology In The Rapture, Left Behind, And This Is The End, Robert G. Joseph, Laura M. Tringali, Meghan R. Henning
Journal of Religion & Film
The Book of Revelation's place in the popular imaginary has been fueled by both its popularity within evangelical eschatology and its endless evocations within mainstream film and TV. Both evangelicalism and popular culture frequently equate the events of John’s Apocalypse with the rapture, a selective reading of New Testament verses which envisions God’s faithful being called to heaven in advance of the Tribulation. This paper analyzes three distinct films which mediate on both the rapture and Revelation: The Rapture (1991), Left Behind: The Movie (2000), and This is the End (2013). Analyzing these films within their respective modes of production …
Televangelism And Religion In Star Trek V And Licence To Kill, Robert Revington
Televangelism And Religion In Star Trek V And Licence To Kill, Robert Revington
Journal of Religion & Film
In June 1989, both Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and the James Bond film Licence to Kill were released in theatres within days of each other. This study analyzes how story elements in both films were directly inspired by recent televangelist scandals in the United States. The Star Trek film was also intended to have a deeper examination of the nature of God and the Devil. Nonetheless, both films were also intended to appeal to a mass audience. To that end, these films' explorations of religious issues were watered down to avoid offending Christian denominations or churches (though not …
The Sudden Deluge: Parasite, Matthew 24:36-51, And Immanent Apocalyptic Imagery, Diana Abernethy
The Sudden Deluge: Parasite, Matthew 24:36-51, And Immanent Apocalyptic Imagery, Diana Abernethy
Journal of Religion & Film
Bong Joon Ho’s 2019 film Parasite shares significant imagery with the apocalyptic teachings in Matthew 24:36-51. Both feature oblivious carousers before a flood, sleeping homeowners, and domestic workers caught unaware by a returning homeowner. This article argues that this shared imagery gives Parasite an apocalyptic edge that intensifies the film’s warnings about potential consequences of extreme economic disparities in capitalism. This article develops this argument by (1) highlighting the apocalyptic features of Matthew 24:36-51; (2) describing the convergence of imagery between Parasite and Matthew 24:36-51; and (3) exploring how the film’s apocalyptic edge illuminates urgent and latent dangers of extreme …
The Quiet Girl, Frederick Ruf
The Quiet Girl, Frederick Ruf
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Quiet Girl (2022), directed by Colm Bairéad.
The Taste Of Things, Sherry Coman
The Taste Of Things, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Taste of Things (2023), directed by Trần Anh Hùng.