Sources of Film Resources and Useful Information
Websites dealing with film in a religious context
www.adherents.com/movies/
Movies recommended by the adherents and representatives of specific faith communities as showing images that are positive or realistic. Covers the major six faiths (identifying the denominational representations within them) but also has recommendations for Latter-Day Saints and Wicca. Infrequently updated.
www.bc.edu/csg
Website of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, which is sponsored by The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, US. Although the website is not dedicated to film it keeps an eye on contemporary culture (including film) and responds accordingly. Contains an excellent downloadable article written by Peter A Pettit: Facts, Faith, and Film-Making: Jesus' Passion and Its Portrayal which is essential reading for anyone teaching The Passion using Jesus movies.
www.cinemainfocus.com
'A Social and Spiritual Commentary' by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman. Reviews and clips of mainstream movies...
www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html
Excellent resource on Film and Faith written by Gorden Matties, Associate Professor of Bibical Studies and Theology at the Canadian Mennonite University. Links to lots of other web-based resources including: movie reviews, theological blogs, discussion sites, online articles and much more.
www.hollywoodjesus.com
Exactly what it says it is! Interesting section on books concerning film and faith.
www.catholicnews.com/movies.htm
The website of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. If you want to know the Vatican's top 45 movies, or which movies the Bishops believe support family values then this is the place to visit! Interesting although not regularly updated.
www.textweek.com
Designed for Christian preachers and can offer film reviews that provoke thought.
www.unomaha.edu/jrf/
The Journal of Religion and Film on-line from the University of Nebraska at Omaha: easy to navigate, searchable by article, author or film. Its purpose is to examine the description, critique and embodiment of religion in film. Academic, readable and everything is downloadable - enjoy!