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Girls Will Be Girls, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Girls Will Be Girls, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Girls Will Be Girls (2024), directed by Shuchi Talati.


Hit Man, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Hit Man, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Hit Man (2024), directed by Richard Linklater.


Handling The Undead, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Handling The Undead, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Handling the Undead (2024), directed by Thea Hvistendahl.


Brief History Of A Family, John C. Lyden Jan 2024

Brief History Of A Family, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Brief History of a Family (2024), directed by Jianjie Lin.


Thelma, John C. Lyden Jan 2024

Thelma, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Thelma (2024), directed by Josh Margolin.


Sujo, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Sujo, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Sujo (2024), directed by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez.


Little Death, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Little Death, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Little Death (2024), directed by Jack Begert.


Freaky Tales, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Freaky Tales, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Freaky Tales (2023), directed by Ryan Fleck.


Ghostlight, Christopher R. Deacy Jan 2024

Ghostlight, Christopher R. Deacy

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Ghostlight (2024), directed by Kelly O'Sullivan.


Mr. Dressup: The Magic Of Make-Believe, Ken Derry Jan 2024

Mr. Dressup: The Magic Of Make-Believe, Ken Derry

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023), directed by Robert McCallum.


Fingernails, Khalidah Ali Oct 2023

Fingernails, Khalidah Ali

Journal of Religion & Film

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


Mast-Del, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Mast-Del, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Mast-Del (2023), directed by Maryam Tafakory.


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.


I Do Not Come To You By Chance, Katie Maguire Oct 2023

I Do Not Come To You By Chance, Katie Maguire

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of I Do Not Come to You by Chance (2023), directed by Ishaya Bako.


Androgagy, Katie Maguire Oct 2023

Androgagy, Katie Maguire

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Androgagy (2023) directed by Wregas Bhanuteja.


Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry Oct 2023

Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film view of Hey, Viktor! (2023) directed by Cody Lightning.


Limbo, Ken Derry Oct 2023

Limbo, Ken Derry

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Limbo (2023), directed by Ivan Sen.


The Convert, J. Barton Scott Oct 2023

The Convert, J. Barton Scott

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Convert (2023), directed by Lee Tamahori.


Kill, J. Barton Scott Oct 2023

Kill, J. Barton Scott

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Kill (2023) directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt.


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.


Lee, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Lee, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Lee (2023) directed by Ellen Kuras.


Irena's Vow, Sherry Coman Oct 2023

Irena's Vow, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Irena's Vow (2023), directed by Louise Archambault.


Muslim Heroes On Screen, Ahmad Nuril Huda Oct 2023

Muslim Heroes On Screen, Ahmad Nuril Huda

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Daniel O'Brien, Muslim Heroes on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).


Representing Religion In Film, Joseph P. Laycock Oct 2023

Representing Religion In Film, Joseph P. Laycock

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Tenzan Eaghll and Rebekka King, eds., Representing Religion in Film (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).


The T&T Clark Handbook Of Jesus And Film, Joel Mayward Oct 2023

The T&T Clark Handbook Of Jesus And Film, Joel Mayward

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Richard Walsh, ed. The T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film (London: T&T Clark, 2021).


Secularism And Silent Films, Elijah Siegler Oct 2023

Secularism And Silent Films, Elijah Siegler

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a review of two books: Phillip Maciak, The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era (Columbia University Press, 2019), and Terry Lindvall, Souls for Sale: Rupert Hughes and the Novel Hollywood Religion (Cascade Books, 2021)


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 …


Herrens Veje: A Catalyst To Reflect Upon Military Chaplaincy And Ecclesial Issues In A Nordic Context, Jan Grimell, Mariecke Van Den Berg Oct 2023

Herrens Veje: A Catalyst To Reflect Upon Military Chaplaincy And Ecclesial Issues In A Nordic Context, Jan Grimell, Mariecke Van Den Berg

Journal of Religion & Film

This article is based on an analysis of the first season of the Danish series Herrens Veje (The Way of the Lord; Price 2017). The series portrays the young, idealistic pastor and military chaplain August, who is deployed to a conflict zone with a military unit. He accompanies the unit on a patrol to win the trust of the soldiers. During the patrol, they engage in combat and August kills an innocent civilian woman. Upon return, the transition from military to civilian life proves to be increasingly challenging and troublesome. As the series proceeds, August’s mental health deteriorates and his …