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Full-Text Articles in Film and Media Studies
Facing Forward, Looking Back: Religion And Film Studies In The Last Decade, Joseph Kickasola, John C. Lyden, S. Brent Plate, Antonio Sison, Sheila J. Nayar, Stefanie Knauss, Rachel Wagner, Jolyon Thomas
Facing Forward, Looking Back: Religion And Film Studies In The Last Decade, Joseph Kickasola, John C. Lyden, S. Brent Plate, Antonio Sison, Sheila J. Nayar, Stefanie Knauss, Rachel Wagner, Jolyon Thomas
Journal of Religion & Film
On November 17, 2012, at the American Academy of Religion’s National Meeting, the Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Group sponsored a session entitled, “Facing Forward, Looking Back: Religion and Film Studies in the Last Decade.” The session focused on four recent books in the field of Religion and Film: John Lyden’s Film as Religion: Myths, Morals and Rituals (NYU, 2003); S. Brent Plate’s Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World (Wallflower Press, 2009); Antonio Sison’s World Cinema, Theology, and the Human: Humanity in Deep Focus (Routledge, 2012); and Sheila Nayar’s The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the …
Cloud Atlas, Gregory Chad Wilkes
Cloud Atlas, Gregory Chad Wilkes
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Cloud Atlas (2012) directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski.
Sundance And Slamdance 2013, John C. Lyden
Sundance And Slamdance 2013, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
Introductory remarks and photos from Sundance and Slamdance 2013
Who Is Dayani Cristal?, Jeanette Reedy Solano
Who Is Dayani Cristal?, Jeanette Reedy Solano
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Who is Dayani Cristal? (2013) directed by Marc Silver.
Virtually Heroes, Dereck Daschke
Virtually Heroes, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Virtually Heroes (2013) directed by G. J. Echternkamp.
Interior. Leather Bar., Dereck Daschke
Interior. Leather Bar., Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Interior. Leather Bar. (2013) directed by Travis Mathews and James Franco.
Touchy Feely, William L. Blizek
Touchy Feely, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Touchy Feely (2013) directed by Lynn Shelton.
Il Futuro (The Future), Dereck Daschke
Il Futuro (The Future), Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Il Futuro (The Future) (2013) directed by Alicia Scherson.
God Loves Uganda, John C. Lyden
God Loves Uganda, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of God Loves Uganda (2013) directed by Roger Ross Williams.
Soldate Jeanette, John C. Lyden
Soldate Jeanette, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Soldate Jeanette (2013) directed by Daniel Hoesl.
Salma, John C. Lyden
Salma, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Salma (2013) directed by Kim Longinotto.
Fill The Void, John C. Lyden
Fill The Void, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Fill the Void (2012) directed by Rama Burshtein.
The Bitter Buddha, William L. Blizek
The Bitter Buddha, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Bitter Buddha (2013) directed by Steven Feinartz.
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 …
Whale Rider: The Re-Enactment Of Myth And The Empowerment Of Women, Kevin V. Dodd
Whale Rider: The Re-Enactment Of Myth And The Empowerment Of Women, Kevin V. Dodd
Journal of Religion & Film
Whale Rider represents a particular type of mythic film that includes within it references to an ancient sacred story and is itself a contemporary recapitulation of it. The movie also belongs to a further subcategory of mythic cinema, using the double citation of the myth—in its original form and its re-enactment—to critique the subordinate position of women to men in the narrated world. To do this, the myth is extended beyond its traditional scope and context. After looking at how the movie embeds the story and recapitulates it, this paper examines the film’s reception. To consider the variety of positions …
Framing Salvation: Biblical Apocalyptic, Cinematic Dystopia, And Contextualizing The Narrative Of Salvation, Caesar A. Montevecchio
Framing Salvation: Biblical Apocalyptic, Cinematic Dystopia, And Contextualizing The Narrative Of Salvation, Caesar A. Montevecchio
Journal of Religion & Film
Christian biblical authors used the apocalyptic genre to help contextualize the meaning of salvation for their audiences. Today, dystopian film can serve a similar function. In each case, the narrative diagnoses a sinister mis-ordering of human civilization and attempts to prescribe ways in which it can be overcome. Just as apocalyptic gave biblical authors the ability to make statements about what salvation was salvation from, dystopian narratives can similarly demonstrate what social conditions today remain in need of remediation. When these dystopian narratives do so by making use of symbols and themes associated with Christian soteriology their diagnoses can become …
The Transformation Of The Pope: The Agony And The Ecstasy (1965) And The Second Vatican Council (1962-65), Jennifer Mara Desilva
The Transformation Of The Pope: The Agony And The Ecstasy (1965) And The Second Vatican Council (1962-65), Jennifer Mara Desilva
Journal of Religion & Film
In 1965 the film The Agony and The Ecstasy (dir. Carol Reed) presented Renaissance artistic culture, Catholic iconography, and the papal court in Rome to a popular, broad, and non-denominational audience. Based on the novel by Irving Stone (1961), the narrative follows Michelangelo and Pope Julius II through the decoration of the Sistine chapel ceiling (1508-12), outlining a relationship between the two protagonists that suggests some spiritual equality. In the same way that the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) strove for spiritual renewal and an emphasis on the wonder of humankind’s relationship with God, The Agony and The Ecstasy portrays the …
Melodrama On A Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film And The Melodramatic Mode, Airen Hall
Melodrama On A Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film And The Melodramatic Mode, Airen Hall
Journal of Religion & Film
This article examines how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) makes use of the melodramatic mode in creating short and feature length films for both insider and outsider consumption. The argument is made that the melodramatic mode gives the LDS Church a particularly meaningful tool for accomplishing three key goals: to encourage conversion or re-conversion by provoking tears and pathos, to work out social issues, and to create and maintain a certain identity for the Church as victim-hero. As such, the melodramatic mode is a means for identity formation and community building, significant in a …
Hitchcock And The Scapegoat: Violence And Victimization In The Wrong Man, David Humbert
Hitchcock And The Scapegoat: Violence And Victimization In The Wrong Man, David Humbert
Journal of Religion & Film
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man tells the story of Emmanuel Balestrero, arrested for a crime committed by his physical double. This paper examines the theme of the scapegoat in the film and argues that it portrays in miniature what theorist René Girard has described as a mimetic crisis. While the plight of the central character is usually portrayed as a product of blind chance, it is instead due to the mimetic fears, desires, and vanities of the members of society that accuse him. The fate of Balestrero reveals the operation of a specific kind of scapegoat mechanism that has its …
The Ring Goes To Different Cultures: A Call For Cross Cultural Studies Of Religious Horror Films, Seung Min Hong
The Ring Goes To Different Cultures: A Call For Cross Cultural Studies Of Religious Horror Films, Seung Min Hong
Journal of Religion & Film
Within the field of religion and media, the study of horror films has always been treated as a minor topic, and cross-cultural comparative studies of such films are even rarer. Furthermore, such comparative projects that involve East Asian contexts, despite their influence on the genre of horror, are yet more difficult to find. By attempting a brief American & East Asian comparative analysis of the Ring series as an example and also proposing an empirical comparative audience research, I call for more cross cultural studies of religious horror films.
Los Ultimos Cristeros (The Last Christeros), Davide Zordan
Los Ultimos Cristeros (The Last Christeros), Davide Zordan
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Los Ultimos Cristeros (2011), directed by Matias Meyer.
Good Deeds, Carol Miles
Good Deeds, Carol Miles
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Good Deeds (2012), directed by Tyler Perry.
The Woman In Black, Danny Pegg
The Woman In Black, Danny Pegg
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Woman in Black (2012), directed by James Watkins.
Take Shelter, Dereck Daschke
Take Shelter, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Take Shelter (2011) directed by Jeff Nichols.
The Descendants, William Blizek
The Descendants, William Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Descendants (2011), directed by Alexander Payne.
Out Of The Fire, William Blizek
Out Of The Fire, William Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Out of the Fire (2010), directed by Jeanette Reedy Solano.
Melancholia, Jon Pahl
Melancholia, Jon Pahl
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Melancholia (2011) directed by Lars Von Trier.
Slamdance Film Festival 2012 Report, William Blizek, Dereck Daschke
Slamdance Film Festival 2012 Report, William Blizek, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is the report on films reviewed at the Slamdance Film Festival, held in Park City, Utah in January 2012.
Sundance Film Festival 2012 Report, John C. Lyden, William Blizek, Dereck Daschke, Kutter Callaway, Jeanette Reedy Solano
Sundance Film Festival 2012 Report, John C. Lyden, William Blizek, Dereck Daschke, Kutter Callaway, Jeanette Reedy Solano
Journal of Religion & Film
This is the report of our editors from the Sundance Film Festival, held in Park City, Utah from January 19-29, 2012.
From The Editor, John C. Lyden
From The Editor, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
The Editor introduces the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Religion and Film.