True/False Film Festival 2018 Day 2
Films: Lovers of the Night; Caniba; Three Identical Strangers As magical as it can be, one of the unfortunate realities of True/False is that one bad experience can set your…
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True/False Film Festival 2018 Day 1
Films: Shorts: Red Wine 73 (Mini Miss; Duelo; La Bouche; Palenque), American Animals One of the best parts about True/False is the near-guarantee of being transported to another world. I…
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True/False Film Festival 2018 Preview
Only once a year do I find it acceptable to be running full-speed through the back alleys of Columbia, Mo., a heavy backpack strapped on my shoulders and a floppy…
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Oscars 2018 – Who Should Win? (Part One)
The 2017 Oscars will be a hard year to top. Not only did the two best movies of the year duke it out for Best Picture, but they were both…
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Soundtracks: The New Music of Religion
It was just a normal Sunday in 1963 in the town of Greenville, South Carolina, when “the last pocket of resistance to secularity in the Western world gave in and…
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Grief happens on a spectrum between two poles. At one extreme, painful memories and raw emotions are stuffed deep inside and buried under layer after layer of thick callous. Any…
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Apologia for Malick
Not that Terrence Malick needs a defense, but it seems that he has taken some heat from the forum of critics (including some of our own) as of late. This…
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5 Truths About Christian Film Festivals
I recently attended a Christian film festival. My short The Lost Keys was named a semi-finalist there, so I thought I’d go and find out what we were the semi-finalist of,…
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Traverse City Film Festival 2017 Wrap Up
[Ed. It has been a pleasure to follow Ron’s exhausting coverage of the festival. We’re blessed to have him on the team! A quick note: all feature photos were used…
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Traverse City Film Festival 2017 Day 5
My last day at the Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) was an important one with one major film being viewed and several more having to do with events that shook…
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