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Nine Days, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Nine Days (2020) directed by Edson Oda.

The Social Dilemma, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Social Dilemma (2020) directed by Jeff Orlowski.

On The Record, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of On the Record (2020) directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.

Run Sweetheart Run, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Run Sweetheart Run (2020) directed by Shana Feste.

The Night House, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Night House (2020), directed by David Bruckner.

The Mole Agent, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Mole Agent (2020), directed by Maite Alberdi.

Luxor, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Luxor (2020) directed by Zeina Durra.

Minari, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Minari (2020), directed by Lee Isaac Chung.

The Fight, Rubina Ramji

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Fight (2020), directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres.

The Assistant, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Assistant (2020), directed by Kitty Green.

Uncle Frank, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Uncle Frank (2020), directed by Alan Ball.

Scare Me, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Scare Me (2020), directed by Josh Ruben.

Worth, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Worth (2020), directed by Sara Colangelo.

Rebuilding Paradise, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Rebuilding Paradise (2020), directed by Ron Howard.

Exil, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Exil (2020), directed by Visar Morina.

Mucho Mucho Amor, Jodi Mcdavid

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Mucho Mucho Amor (2020), directed by Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch.

Farewell Amor, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Farewell Amor (2020), directed by Ekwa Msangi.

Come Away, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Come Away (2020), directed by Brenda Chapman.

Save Yourselves!, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Save Yourselves! (2020), directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson.

This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2019), directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.

Advanced Audio Media Com/Flm 406, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Affirmational And Transformational Values And Practices In The Tolkien Fanfiction Community, Dawn M. Walls-Thumma

Journal of Tolkien Research

Fanfiction based on the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien has existed for at least six decades and has been, within the past two, one of the most consistently active online fanfiction communities. Despite this, the fandom has been relatively unstudied by fan studies scholars. This paper considers how Tolkien-based fanfiction corroborates and complicates current theories of fanfiction, focusing especially on a theory proposed by obsession_inc that proposes two types of fandoms: affirmational and transformational. Current thought places fanfiction at the transformational end of the continuum. Using quantitative survey data of authors and readers of Tolkien-based fanfiction, this paper offers evidence that …

The Whelming Sea, Sean Hanley

Theses and Dissertations

The Whelming Sea is a thirty-minute experimental documentary that reveals the moments of entanglement between three animals living along the Mid-Atlantic shoreline; curious humans, spawning horseshoe crabs, and migratory shorebirds. Working from the realm of multispecies ethnography, the film shifts the subjective positioning of the viewer between the human and nonhuman to suggest the complexity of our enmeshed experience. In the face of this current era of mass extinction, the film explores the limitations and poetic possibilities of scientific encounters with the lives of others.

A Breathing Body In Ritual Ecology: The Aesthetics And Metaphysics Of Black Experimental Film, Julianna Donovan

Film Studies Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Slasher Films And Self-Harm: A Relationship Of Self-Hatred And Trauma, Stevie Lee Steers

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This paper’s purpose is to look at slasher films and the potential relationship of trauma and self-hatred that these films hold to adolescents aged 14-20 who commit self-harm. The type of self-harm examined in this paper is cutting and the films that will be studied will have to be from 1979 to 1989, which is the “golden age” for slasher films. The films that will be studied are The Nightmare on Elm Street series, Hellraiser series, and Friday the 13th series. This paper will be using multiple literary lenses to discuss how slasher films convey trauma and self-hatred and how …

Grayscale Portfolio, Brandon D. Chambers

2020 Symposium Creative Works

This collection is intended to evoke the sensory details that are intensified by grayscale photography. Although photography is a visual arts medium, it possesses the potential to engage the viewers’ auditory, tactical, and olfactory senses. The color symbolism theory argues that through natural association and psychological symbolism, colors have specific connotations and therefore, elicit certain emotions. If this is, in fact, the case, what then can be gained from an image that is void of color? I feel that color often distracts the viewer from the intimate details of the images and prevents them from fully immersing themselves in the …

Shadows In Spandex: A Look Into Anti-Black Racism And The Positionality Of Sidekicks Within The Marvel Cinematic Universe And Comics, Kayla Wilson

Theses and Dissertations

The Marvel Cinematic Universe and its collection of films have represented a large number of superheroes and sidekicks. Taking a closer look into the character dynamics reveals that the majority of the Black characters have been forced into the restrictive ‘sidekick’ trope that stunts all development and keeps them positioned below their white hero counterparts. Sidekick characters James Rhodes, Sam Wilson and Maria Rambeau all work in the same function as side players who ensure their starring role heroes can save the day, even if it costs them their bodies, ideals and backstories. This repeated violence helps perpetuate the anti-black …

"Torture The Women": A Gaze At The Misogynistic Machinery Of Scary Cinema, Sarah Hankins

Copley Library Undergraduate Research Awards

A frightening truth remains that within horror-thriller films the experience of women is at the heart of the horrifying. This project analyses the effects of film media on the construction, fetishization, and destruction of female figures and engages with feminist critical concepts, such as Laura Mulvey’s “male gaze” and Linda Williams’ “body horror,” to evaluate Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo (1958) and Satoshi Kon’s anime Perfect Blue (1997). Importantly, this essay critiques the misogynistic inner-workings of the horror-thriller genre typified in Vertigo—that evokes visual pleasure from objectification, victimization, and physical, often sexual, violence—and contrasts it with Kon’s anime. This paper finds …

People And Place: A Journey Through Film, Tourism, And Heritage, Sarah Beals

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Old Tucson Studios is a theme park where film, tourism, and heritage all converge through the American Western genre. During national social change, Westerns increase in number to reflect national values and identity. Westerns that ally with landscapes and people are potentially the most powerful storytelling tool in mainstream media. My research shows that this paring of people and place creates a prevailing image in the audience’s memory. The results suggest that the current image of the West comes from films made between 1951-1970, despite there being newer Westerns. John Wayne and saguaro cactus are enduring images with historic, cultural, …

The Colored Pill: A History Film Performance Exposing Race Based Medicines, Wanda Lakota

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Of the 32 pharmaceuticals approved by the FDA in 2005, one medicine stood out. That medicine, BiDil®, was a heart failure medication that set a precedent for being the first approved race based drug for African Americans. Though BiDil®, was the first race specific medicine, racialized bodies have been used all throughout history to advance medical knowledge. The framework for race, history, and racialized drugs was so multi-tiered; it could not be conceptualized from a single perspective. For this reason, this study examines racialized medicine through performance, history, and discourse analysis.

The focus of this work aimed …