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FEBRUARY 2024: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018-) Unraveling the Intriguing Narrative of “Vulgar Favors” and Its Impact on The Assassination of Gianni Ver…

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 4d

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#MoviesToHistory #UnderTheBannerOfHeaven #TrueCrime #FaithAndViolence #ReelVsReal

Television Reviews:

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 4d

📖 Jon Krakauer’s “Under the Banner of Heaven” traced a double murder to the fault lines of American faith.

📺 FX’s 2022 miniseries takes that story to television — and reignites debate.

✍🏻 My latest MoviesToHistory.com review explores how the adaptation handles belief, violence, and truth.

#FaithAndViolence #DustinLanceBlack #AndrewGarfield #JonKrakauer #TrueCrimeTV #FilmVsFact

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Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 5d

Television Recommendations:

FEBRUARY 2024: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018-) Exploring the Brilliance of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: A Comprehensive RecommendationIntroduction… The Ass…

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 5d

🎥 See what was real, what was rewritten, and why.

✍🏻 Then read the full deep dive on MoviesToHistory.com

💬 Which shocked you more — the real or the reel?

#UnderTheBannerOfHeaven #TrueCrimeSeries #ReelVsReal #MoviesToHistory

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 5d

🎞️ From the real 1984 Lafferty murders in Utah to FX’s dramatized detective, this Reel vs. Real breakdown unpacks how Jon Krakauer’s true-crime book became a haunting meditation on belief, morality, and violence.

📖 Watch for the facts.

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 5d

🕊️ “Under the Banner of Heaven” blurred the line between faith and fanaticism — but how much of what you saw actually happened?

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 6d

🇧🇷 “I’m Still Here” (Ainda Estou Aqui) is a love letter to memory and resistance.

🎬Walter Salles adapts Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir into a story that refuses to forget.

✍🏻 Full review now live at MoviesToHistory.com

#MoviesToHistory #ImStillHere #ReelVsReal

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Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 7d

🎬 Every cinematic choice is a moral one.

📺 ”Under the Banner of Heaven” reshapes our empathy through 3 key techniques —

👁 POV
⏳ Chronology compression
🗞 Archival texture

👀 See how faith and fear blur:

👉 🔗 moviestohistory.com/television-r...

#MoviesToHistory #FilmVsFact #UnderTheBannerOfHeavenFX

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 7d

📺 What’s real in “Under the Banner of Heaven” — and what’s dramatized?

✍🏻 New on MoviesToHistory.com: a deep-dive into the Lafferty case, LDS history, and the show’s composite characters.

#TrueCrimeSeries #ReelVsReal #UnderTheBannerOfHeaven

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Through contrasting depictions of belief under duress, Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here (2024) and Dustin Lance Black’s Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) interrogate the fragile boundary between faith a...

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 11d

🙏 “Faith under pressure reveals power’s true face.”  🎬 “I’m Still Here” (2024) and “Under the Banner of Heaven” (2022) show how belief can both sustain and corrupt — from Brazil’s dictatorship to Utah’s revelation murders.  Full essay ↓

🎞️ MoviesToHistory.com  🔗 moviestohistory.com/faith-under-...

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Under the Banner of Heaven is an American true-crime drama miniseries created by Dustin Lance Black, adapted from Jon Krakauer’s 2003 investigative book of the same name. The series dramatizes the rea...

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 13d

Movies To History.com

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Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 13d

🙏 1984: Two brothers claim God told them to kill.
📺 2022: FX turns their story into Under the Banner of Heaven.

✍🏻 Our new critique examines what really happened in Utah v. Lafferty — and how faith, fanaticism, and violence collide on screen.

'Under the Banner of Heaven' - Official Trailer:

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 14d

⛓ moviestohistory.com/under-the-ba...

Under the Banner of Heaven is an American true-crime drama miniseries created by Dustin Lance Black, adapted from Jon Krakauer’s 2003 investigative book of the same name. The series dramatizes the rea...

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 14d

🙏 The Violence of Faith..

📺 "Under the Banner of Heaven" is an American true-crime drama miniseries created by Dustin Lance Black, adapted from Jon Krakauer’s 2003 investigative book of the same name.

✍ "Under the Banner of Heaven" is the "Featured Television Blog" of the month for October.

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Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 15d

🇧🇷 “They took her husband. She made the world remember.”

🎞️ Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here” (2024) retells Eunice Paiva’s fight for truth under Brazil’s dictatorship — a story of courage and memory.

🎬 The woman Brazil couldn’t silence.

📖 Read more → MoviesToHistory.com

#ImStillHere #EunicePaiva

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 18d

🕊️ From censorship to courage, from archives to art — this film asks what remains when history tries to erase you.

📜 Swipe through for the real story behind the Oscar-winning film.

#ImStillHere #EunicePaiva #WalterSalles #MoviesToHistory #TruthUnderDictatorships #BrazilianHistory #BasedOnATrueStory

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 18d

Her husband’s abduction turned private grief into a public fight for justice, one that spanned decades and reshaped a nation’s conscience.

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 18d

🎞️ Truth Under Dictatorships

When silence becomes law, truth becomes rebellion.

In “I’m Still Here” (2024), Walter Salles brings to life the story of Eunice Paiva — a mother, lawyer, and activist who refused to disappear into Brazil’s “Years of Lead.”

'I'm Still Here' - Official Trailer:

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 19d

💭 Do films about past dictatorships help nations heal — or reopen wounds?

Drop your thoughts below 👇

#HistoryInFilm #ImStillHere #MoviesToHistory

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 19d

“She lost her husband. She found her voice.”

“I’m Still Here” (2024, dir. Walter Salles) retells Eunice Paiva’s real fight for truth during Brazil’s dictatorship — a story of law, loss, and moral courage.

🎬 Full breakdown → moviestohistory.com/critiques/fi...

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Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 21d

And finally, as a "Featured Film Blog" of the month, you can watch the Official Trailer for "I’m Still Here", and then plan on watching it tonight!

#moviestohistory #imstillhere #underthebannerofheaven #faith #state #truth #belief #power #brazil #dictatorship

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Few films in recent memory have so powerfully confronted the silence of history as I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), the 2024 political biographical drama directed by Walter Salles. Adapted from Marc...

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 21d

There is also a Top Ten List to commemorate the film being a Featured Film Blog of the month, and for "I’m Still Here", the topic of the list is "My Top Ten International Movies".

Siobhan Marie Day @siobsbhndy.bsky.social · 21d

For the interview, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello go in-depth about the making of "I’m Still Here".