The Troubles with Snow White. Cinematic Cultural Shifts and Re-imagining the Fairytale
The importance and meanings of fairytales have been studied across a range of scholarly disciplines. According to the traditional understanding, the universal aspect of fairytales is in examining and presenting the human condition and life-lessons about the battle between good and evil and the importance of virtues in life. The question is: should contemporary, re-imagined fairytales reflect the spirit of their time, ideologies or politics? An essay by Milja Radovic
The Year of Living Dangerously – In the land of raspberries and students –
Amid deepening political crises and societal fragmentation, the student uprisings in Serbia signal a resurgence of community and political engagement, challenging both local and global forces. In this contribution, Milja Radovic explores the theological dimensions of this movement, emphasizing that „being is communion“ and that transformation occurs through faith in action and ascetic praxis. Christian thought, she argues, can offer an antidote to apathy and isolation, fostering a communal life.
A wicked perspective on Butler’s „Frames of War. When Is Life Grievable?“
The new contribution of Tristan Genoske engages with the movie Wicked, in particular with the often overlooked song „No one mourns the wicked“. Yet its message is among the strongest. Was a life that no one mourned ever lived? Are there mechanisms of power that prevent us from mourning the dead? Who is wicked in our society and are we grieving them? Starting with Judith Butler’s text „Frames of War. When Is Life Grievable?“, the contribution tries to answer to these questions examining what is happening in Oz.
Rapture not Rupture“Quo Vadis?” International Film Festival Report by Milja Radovic
From 7 to 10 November 2024 Iași (Romania) hosted the first International Film Festival Quo Vadis? and became for these four days one of the brightest spots of Europe.The Film Festival organised and supported by the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina celebrated thirty-five years after the December Revolution in 1989, thus devoting this first edition of the Festival to the theme of freedom.
Don’t Look Up
Der Ende letzten Jahres erschienene Film „Don’t Look Up“ hat für viele Diskussionen gesorgt: Handelt es sich um eine akkurate Beschreibung unseres aktuellen Umgangs mit der Klimakrise oder um einen die Realität verfehlenden billigen Witz? Peter Prinesdoms Essay nimmt den Film zum Anlass, um uns zum Denken über Nachhaltigkeit anzuregen.
Keine Zeit zu sterben, oder?
Pünktlich zum Österreichstart des neuesten Films der Reihe, „No Time to Die“, in dem Daniel Craig zum letzten Mal in die Rolle des scheinbar unsterblichen Geheimagenten schlüpft, präsentiert uns Stefan Gugerel theologische Reflexionen zu James Bond.
