Mexican Directors

Richard Corliss of TIME magazine talks about not one movie in particular, but the movies of the Mexican director's Alejandro González Iñárritu, for Babel, Guillermo del Toro, for Pan's Labyrinth, and Alfonso Cuarón, for Children of Men. The article discusses the Ideological impact these three Mexican directors have on Hollywood. Corliss talks about how American movies aren't as good as the once were, or that the lot of American movies aren't that great. These three directors were up for many Oscars for their movies, especially Pan's Labyrinth, and Corliss believes that the Mexican directors, or other countries in general might be ready to change the American movie scene.
"Babel, Pan's Labyrinth and Children of Men, like any wildly ambitious films, have their detractors. For this critic, only del Toro's works completely. But all three films can boast daring political positions and a strong, racing pulse. These movies move. And so, ever upward, do the restless careers of our three caballeros. I'd like to think they're the future of movies."

Film As Religion

John C. Lyden, an author, makes an approach to religion, morals, and myth in his book, Film as Religion. He discusses in the book about specific views in an ideological way in film, primarily the topic of religion. The link is attached to the book. In the first few pages, the article/book discusses the overview of film, religion, and how it will be discussed within the chapters.

Most of the approaches can be understood as falling into one of two categories (or a combination of both thereof) that I would define as"theological or ideological".