Archive: Film category

I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but I feel busier than I've been in a long time. Objectively speaking, though, I don't think that's actually the case. It's weird. At any rate, this perceived busyness is the reason I haven't been posting quite every day. ...
It's almost scary how much the media influences our perspective on life. The other day, for example, I was thinking about love -- how it starts, grows, and then blossoms into a relationship -- and I realized that my outlook on it is to a large degree based on ...
[Cross-posted from Blank Slate.] Great post by Robert Starling (via Gideon Burton) on Mormon Renaissance yesterday, called High Expectations for Mormon Filmmakers. This part was particularly inspiring: In a “behind the scenes” portion Dr. Woodbury was recorded saying something that has guided my creative life. He had gathered ...
Great post by Robert Starling (via Gideon Burton) on Mormon Renaissance yesterday, called High Expectations for Mormon Filmmakers. This part was particularly inspiring: In a “behind the scenes” portion Dr. Woodbury was recorded saying something that has guided my creative life. He had gathered his cast and crew ...
My friends Torben and Marissa wrote and directed a film last year, Wrestling With God: A Three-Way Conversation on Mormonism. It played at the LDS Film Festival but I wasn't able to make it to the showing, unfortunately. But that's okay because it's now up on ...
There's a new camcorder on the block. As written about in David Pogue's New York Times review (thanks to 37signals for the link), enter the Flip: The screen is tiny (1.5 inches) and doesn't swing out for self-portraits. You can't snap still photos. There are no tapes ...
This'll be quick. Tonight I went to the Classical 89 silent movie night in the de Jong concert hall, where they showed Buster Keaton's film The General, complete with live organ accompaniment. And before the movie they even had a little vaudeville act with a jazz band and ...
As disciples of Christ, we talk a lot about enduring to the end and just how on earth (since heaven's still a bit out of reach) we're supposed to make it. I mean, it's hard. We forget. Stuck here on an earth far from heaven, blind to ...
Can I just say that MacWorld Expo is one of my favorite events each year? It's like Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one. (The embarrassing thing, though, is that I forgot it was today until I saw M's post. Shame on me.) Time Capsule ...
From NorthTemple last week, I came across Trajan is the Movie Font: All too true. ~sigh~ ;) [tags]Trajan[/tags]