Author: Ron Steury

  • Traverse City Film Festival – Day Five

    Traverse City Film Festival – Day Five

    All good things must come to an end. After five jam-packed days, Ron is finished with the Traverse City Film Festival. Below is his final report and the links to the rest of his reviews. We hope you enjoyed Ron’s coverage of the festival! We’re already looking forward to next year… Day One Day Two…

  • Traverse City Film Festival – Day Four

    Traverse City Film Festival – Day Four

    Ron is still going strong at the Traverse City Film Festival. Festivals are exhausting, but nothing can damper his enthusiasm. His report from day four is below, as are the links to the previous three days… Day One Day Two Day Three Another beautiful day in northwestern Michigan. And another day of wonderful films. Readers…

  • Traverse City Film Festival – Day Three

    Traverse City Film Festival – Day Three

    He’s back! Ron is thoroughly enjoying himself at the Traverse City Film Festival. Here is his report from day three. Links to day one and two are below… Day One Day Two What a beautiful day at Traverse City with moderate temperatures and a wonderful, brisk breeze coming in off Grand Traverse Bay. However, the…

  • Traverse City Film Festival – Day Two

    Traverse City Film Festival – Day Two

    Ron is back with a report from day two of the Traverse City Film Festival. The link to day one is below in case you missed it… Day One Another nice day in Traverse City, Michigan with just a short period of sprinkles. Today we had 4 great films and a couple of disappointments. We…

  • Traverse City Film Festival – Day One

    Traverse City Film Festival – Day One

    This week Cinema Faith has the honor of reporting from the Traverse City Film Festival with our very own, Ron Steury! Ron will be giving us daily reports from the festival along with reviews of the films he watches. Here is the lowdown from day one. Take it away, Ron… The Traverse City Film Festival…

  • Me Before You

    Me Before You

    What would you do if almost all the activities by which you define yourself… that you look forward to doing day-in and day-out, were suddenly, irrevocably snatched from you and replaced by hourly never-ending discomfort and a total dependency on others for the most menial of your daily activities of living? Really, think about it.…

  • The Good Lie

    The Good Lie

    In 1983 a civil war broke out in Sudan between the North and South regions. This was settled, but then followed by a second civil war in 1987. More than 2 million people have died in this conflict but, like so much war in the world today, the stories of human tragedy and suffering are…

  • A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

    Two of my wife and my best friends are inveterate hikers/backpackers. Despite being our age (that is, old), hardly a day goes by without their taking a several mile walk in the country, and often off-road. Of course, they live in the back country of Virginia’s mountains which makes these travels more accessible. Still, their…

  • Risen

    Risen

    Most Easter seasons of the last decade, Hollywood has given those of the Christian faith a movie or TV special/series with a biblical theme — the more money to make. This year there are actually two, Risen and The Young Messiah. And I suppose you could also count Miracles from Heaven in that group, although…

  • The Big Short

    The Big Short

    When I was a young engineer (my first career) I worked in rented office space on the second floor above a small brokerage with the usual stock ticker on the wall and people standing and watching if their stocks were going up or down. As I walked past the glass windows on the way to…