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Whose Playground Is This?: The Florida Project (2017) & The Beach Bum (2019)

September 20, 20190

Florida was a meme long before the internet. A vacation destination, a retirement home, a place where dreams came true—all…

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The Unearthing of Class in a “Class-less” Society: The Red Scare of Jordan Peele’s Us

April 1, 20190

“And the Lord said to me, ‘A conspiracy has been found among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back…

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Staff 2017 Top Ten| Fizz

January 17, 20180

This week at Reel World Theology we are featuring the top ten lists of contributors to the site. You can…

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When the Center Does Not Hold: The Problem with Detroit

August 16, 20170

“The white gaze: it traps black people in white imaginations. It is the eyes of a white schoolteacher who sees…

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Review| The Dark Tapes (2017)

April 11, 20170

When anthology horror is executed well, it can be one of the most satisfying sub-genres of horror to witness. There…

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#130 – Beauty and the Beast and Remakes, Redemption, and Realizations

April 3, 20170

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Disney has been on a hot streak with their live-action imaginings…

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Review| Beauty and the Beast (2017)

March 22, 20171

When I was watching Disney’s new Beauty and the Beast, one word kept springing to mind: spectacle. The scale of…

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Stay Woke and Don’t Scream: Get Out‘s Subversion of White Horror Narratives

March 2, 20171

*There are spoilers ahead* “Finally, much of horror’s history has been about the removal of Blacks from the genre. Blacks…

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