Fantasy Versus Redemption: Religious Possibility in Little Voice

The author examines the religious significance of a recent and moderately successful British film which, while heavily reviewed in the international press and on the world wide web, has not generally been perceived by critics and audiences to comprise an overtly religious vision. Although in its first hour the film conforms to the somewhat ephemeral and fantasy-oriented structure of traditional Hollywood-style escapism, Little Voice is open to a fertile religious reading. The film abandons traditional Hollywood devices and bears witness to the Christian theme of redemption

”We call her Pallas you know”:naming, taking and the construction of Athena in Greek culture and thought

The focus for this article is something often overlooked in assessments of Athena, that the goddess is often known by two names: as Pallas Athena. I analyse the meanings of these names in relation to Plato’s linguistic theory as set out in the Kratylos and in Loraux’s argument that ‘Athena’ and ‘Pallas’ connote different qualities in Euripides’ Ion. My study makes a challenge to the long-standing and enduring framework for interpreting the goddess as an inherently meaningful concept that sits behind any given source.La focale de cet article est un sujet souvent négligé dans les travaux sur Athéna, à savoir que la déesse est généralement connue sous deux noms : Pallas Athéna. On analyse donc la signification de ces noms en relation avec la théorie platonicienne du langage, telle qu’énoncée dans le Cratyle et en examinant les arguments avancés par Nicole Loraux selon laquelle «Athéna» et «Pallas» connoteraient deux qualités différentes dans l’Ion d’Euripide. Cette analyse revisite un cadre ancien et résistant quant à l’interprétation de la déesse comme un concept significatif en soi qui sous-tendrait n’importe quelle source

Sometimes I Think About Dying

This is a film review of Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023), directed by Rachel Lambert

You Hurt My Feelings

This is a film review of You Hurt My Feelings (2023), directed by Nicole Holofcener

A Thousand and One

This is a film review of A Thousand and One (2023), directed by A.V. Rockwell

Other People\u27s Children

This is a film review of Other People\u27s Children (2022), directed by Rebecca Zlotowski

birth/rebirth

This is a film review of birth/rebirth (2023), directed by Laura Moss

To Live and Die and Live

This is a film review of To Live and Die and Live (2023), directed by Qasim Basir

Bad Behaviour

This is a film review of Bad Behaviour (2023), directed by Alice Englert

Fairyland

This is a film review of Fairyland (2023), directed by Andrew Durham