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Issue 40: Faith

October 2016

The Varieties of Religious Experience

Matt Brennan·
Issue 40: Faith
This is the work of The Leftovers, The Americans, and Rectify, three TV series that treat the total reaction, and not simply the doctrine. Read More

Taste and See

Alyce Youngblood·
Issue 40: Faith
When I watch shows like Chef’s Table or Cooked, something stirs within me—like flavor from rot, and life from death. Read More

The Road Out of Utopia

Anna Sjogren·
Issue 40: Faith
Captain Fantastic is a profound story of transformation for the patriarch. Read More

Frames of Reference

Ian Maxton·
Issue 40: Faith
Nostalghia is a film about waiting, about the long journey before the arrival. Read More

The Cinematic Saint: Joan of Arc

Joel Mayward·
Issue 40: Faith
Out of all the saints and religious figures, what is so compelling about her story? Why do we keep making and watching Joan of Arc movies? Read More

A Slow and Fragile Process

David Nilsen·
Issue 40: Faith
Ingmar Bergman felt terrified both at the idea of God’s existence and God’s nonexistence. Read More

Jesus Christ, Doubting Thomas: The Last Temptation of Christ and Last Days in the Desert

Sarah Welch-Larson·
Issue 40: Faith
Both The Last Temptation of Christ and Last Days in the Desert attempt to answer the question, “What was Jesus the human like?” Read More

The Hermit Saints of American Movie

Adam Hofbauer·
Issue 40: Faith
Smith’s film evokes the slacker-cum-loser aesthetic so wedded to the period, but American Movie occupies a space of spiritual resonance deeper than its period aesthetic. Read More

Sitting in Judgment

Charles King·
Issue 40: Faith
Defending Your Life posits a Heaven in which the value on one's life is based solely on living fearlessly Read More

Radical Divergence: Engaging with Faith in Midnight Special

Katherine Taylor·
Issue 40: Faith
Autism in film is not new although very few movies acknowledge their characters as neurodivergent. It seems easier to sideline us as aliens. Read More

It’s Cold Out There Every Day

Alex Dabertin·
Issue 40: Faith
God never speaks in Groundhog Day. At best, they make themselves known through Phil's implacable bedside alarm clock. Read More

Tommy (1975)

Arielle Greenberg·
Issue 40: Faith
Late 60s, and Jesus freaks and gurus buzzing around like fruit flies. Read More

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