Traverse City Film Festival 2017 Day 2
The second full day at the TCFF was an excellent one, dampened only by our planned family outing to view a movie on the “Nauti-Cat” catamaran being somewhat less than…
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Traverse City Film Festival 2017 Day 1
I had a great opening day at the Thirteenth Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) with five films viewed – two of which were great, two a little less than great…
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Bourne vs. Bond: Two American Stories
“You’re no use to anyone now.” — M to James Bond in Die Another Day, 2002. “I volunteered because of a lie.” — Jason Bourne James Bond and Jason Bourne,…
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‘District 9’ Reminds Us of God’s Call to Love the Alien
For as long as I can remember I have been captivated by the mysterious myth of aliens from outer space. In grade school I was as excited to talk to…
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Beauty, the Beast, and the Boycott
Full confession: I was not really that excited about the Beauty and the Beast remake. Like most children of the 90’s, I grew up watching the Disney animated original. I…
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Is the Theology of ‘The Shack’ Heretical?
Heresy. Is there any word more feared among Christians? No one who takes their faith seriously wants to be accused of teaching false doctrine and leading others astray. Scripture takes…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Wrap-Up
We’re a few weeks out from the end of True/False 2017 and, honestly, it’s been somewhat difficult to collect my thoughts. Being a Columbia native for the past 5 years,…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 4
It seems like every year I’m sitting in one of the two biggest venues in Columbia looking to a friend and lamenting the end of the True/False Film Festival. During…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 3
It always takes me a day or two to adjust to a film festival schedule: wake up early to sit in a theater; cram meals in during short breaks; stay…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 2
It’s hard to tie a day of True/False to one central theme. This year’s official festival theme is Out of the Ether because the lineup is dominated by films taking audiences out…
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