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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 hoped for because of high winds. Despite the steady breeze the day was beautiful. The Women’s Balcony 2016 (96 mins) Israel [Narrative Feature] This comedy…
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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 and one a disappointment. After superb weather last year, today was overcast with scattered showers but I was lucky enough to stay dry. Like last…
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Bourne vs. Bond: Two American Stories
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‘District 9’ Reminds Us of God’s Call to Love the Alien
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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 even owned a VHS copy. As I’ve gotten older, though, the story of Beauty and the Beast has become increasingly problematic for me. Intelligent, independent…
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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 false teaching seriously. Second Timothy 4:3 says, “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead to suit their…
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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, True/False almost feels like an out-of-body experience every year. For one weekend, the mid-Missouri college town transforms into this nearly unrecognizable place, full of bright-eyed…
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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 no other weekend does this city shine so bright and love so fiercely. The heartland of America takes on a new vitality each year during…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 3
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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 of their traditional surroundings, be they geographic or artistic. But the 4 films I viewed – I ended up skipping one because of technical delays…
