Is ‘The Night of the Hunter’ a Christmas movie about spiritual warfare?
Brent talks to Hannah Long about the classic 1955 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and directed by Charles Laughton.
Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘American Cinema Production’.
Hannah’s article ‘Why the Night of the Hunter is a Christmas Movie’ is published In ‘First Things’.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/why-the-night-of-the-hunter-is-a-christmas-movie
letterboxd.com/hannah_long/films/
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