Filmwell: Nothing Bad Can Happen
Katrin Gebbe’s first feature, Nothing Bad Can Happen, quite impressively made it all the way to Cannes in 2013. It is a hard enough film to watch that it met with mixed reception. From...
1morefilmblog: Cannibal
Cannibal (★) is a love story–at least it purports to be–between a mild-mannered tailor and the woman he can’t quite bring himself to murder. Before it comes to its inevitable (and overdue) conclusion, he...
The Theology of ‘Jurassic Park’
Viewing Spielberg’s 1993 sci-fi classic through the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s lens… The characters in Jurassic Park probably wouldn’t find much common ground with the Rebbe’s science, but the film and Chabad nonetheless share a number...
Televised Prayer: Rev.
People don’t pray on television. Let me rephrase that: when people pray on television, they pray badly. They ask God for stuff, and then they get it. Television prayer is usually depicted as a...
Filmwell: Rectify as “Christian Art”
…Season 1 of Rectify played on Sundance last year, and a new season has recently begun. If this season is anything like the last, Seitz’ suggestion that the show is “truly Christian art“ will only become clearer. Season 1...
Google’s “Reunion” commercial – conspicuous consumption
Here is an analytically perspective on a video that went viral last week Google’s “Reunion” commercial invites us to shed these doubts and bask in the joy of Google’s benevolent interfaith sway. The video...
Films at the MU Center on Religion & the Professions
The Center on Religion & the Professions at the University of Missouri has over 350 films to lend for free related to religion. Their full catalaog is updated and available here. Too give you a taste of...
Imaging the Ineffable: Representation and Reality in Religion and Film
There was an interesting conference in March, organized by Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University: Imaging the Ineffable: Representation and Reality in Religion and Film The invitation reads: The paradox of showing what cannot be...
Journal of Religion & Film: Volume 17, Issue 1 (2013) April 2013
The latest issue of the Journal of Religion & Film is now online: Volume 17, Issue 1 (2013) April 2013 . In addition to the Sundance and Slamdance 2013 reviews, it has additional film reviews, and eight...
Atonement in Les Miserables
Richard Lindsay ponders on the different theologies of atonement in his entry at Pop Theology on Les Mis and the Doctrine of Atonement. His conclusion: …the theology of Resurrection fits Jean Valjean’s experience as...