Of The 1940s
Mere years after the introduction of sound technology into film, Hollywood would nearly nose dive in 1941 and then reach the heights of its most profitable year in the 40s in 1946. These years are telling for the casual historian.…
Review| Mandy
A Latin proverb states, “revenge is a confession of pain.” While there is little evidence to find the origin of this quote or prove it is actually Latin, the axiom is true enough apart from its suspicious attribution. Revenge is…
Review| Venom
An otherworldly being inhabiting a human has been an oft-treaded conceit in the science fiction genre. The characters affected experience an assortment of interactions likened to symbiotic relationships found in the natural world. From the parasitic possession of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Parasite…
#184 – Hereditary and the Complicated Reality of Trauma
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We kick off October with a movie that has been heralded as the scariest movie of 2018, Hereditary. Due to the nature of its release, it took a while for this…
Reel World: Rewind #029 – Pontypool
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… A cerebral zombie movie taking place at a small, local radio station in rural Canada about the zombie-like infection being spread by language has perhaps been the most difficult episode ever to record…
Of The 1900s
“And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” –Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5 Once the 1900s began, technological advances in cameras and projectors were…
Should Christians Watch Demonic Films?
Hereditary is proving both a critical and commercial success. It’s boasting over 90% on RottenTomatoes and the best opening weekend for studio A24 (and on track to be A24’s second-most successful film, after Ladybird). The film centers on a family…
Review| Hereditary
There is a significant distinction between a tragic hero and a foregone conclusion. While both retain the characteristic of giving the audience foreknowledge of their impending fate, only the tragic hero invites the will of the audience to push against…
Of The 1890s
Wherever historians would like to place the actual year of the first “film,” its beginnings were firmly in the 1890s. Between Edison’s phonograph, Dickson’s kinetograph and the Lumière brothers’ commercialization of their projectors with the cinématographe, the moving picture was well…
#171 – A Quiet Place and Affirming Life
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We talk (quietly) about John Krasinski’s latest film, A Quiet Place. Boy did this one catch on. A Quiet Place found audiences that love horror and those who don’t, which leads…