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J. R. Jones

A collection of 3 posts
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The Chicago Reader's J.R. Jones on "Jesus Camp"

It's not just Christian film critics who are troubled by the way Jesus Camp portrays evangelicals. Some of the mainstream critics are actually patient enough, thoughtful enough, and fair enough to notice that the film is grossly unfair to Christians. At The Chicago Reader, J.R. Jones writes,
02 Oct 2006
The Chicago Reader’s political reading of Star Wars, Episode III
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The Chicago Reader’s political reading of Star Wars, Episode III

Surprise, surprise... The Chicago Reader's J.R. Jones, in the tradition of that paper’s preoccupation with political readings of film, sees Revenge of the Sith as an attack on the White House. And so, of course, he really likes it.
21 May 2005
“Their Christianity seems worthy of celebration...”
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“Their Christianity seems worthy of celebration...”

An interesting passage in J.R. Jones’s review of Todd Solondz's Palindromes: Solondz has invoked The Wizard of Oz when talking about the theme of Palindromes — there’s no place like home — but Mama and Bo Sunshine’s adopted family is more like the Island of Misfit
29 Apr 2005 1 min read
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