ADVENTURELAND RAWKS THE 80s
ADVENTURELAND RAWKS THE...
ADVENTURELAND RAWKS THE 80s August 26, 2009 (from Craig’s blog on the Purple State of Mind website) How to create a cult classic? Start with an authentic authorial voice–a lived experience. Add the prism of time. Bring in bittersweet longing. And add a dollop of comic hijinks....
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Compathos Does Feature on As We Forgive
Compathos Does Feature ...
Rwanda – A Journey of Reconciliation August 26, 09 By : Cynthia La Grou Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, an award winning documentary film about Rosaria and Chantal, two ravaged Rwandan survivors...
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Windrider Co-Founder Joins Faculty at Pepperdine
Windrider Co-Founder Jo...
Windrider Co-Founder Joins Faculty at Pepperdine Filmmaker of Faith Craig Detweiler Joins Communications Faculty at Seaver (from the Pepperdine University website) Craig Detweiler is a filmmaker of faith; he is a producer, screenwriter, author, lecturer, and the co-director of Reel...
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Angelus Announces Finalists
Angelus Announces Final...
Angelus Announces Finalists To view the Angelus Finalists, go to http://www.angelus.org/winners-finalists.html. 2009 Angelus Student Film Festival Ticket To receive a complimentary pass to the 2009 Angelus Student Film Festival please fill in the information below. A printable ticket...
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Private versus Public Faith
Private versus Public F...
Private versus Public Faith Craig Detweiler Check out this interesting podcast interview of Craig Detweiler “down under.” http://vimeo.com/6042842   On a recent tour of Australia, my friend, Geoff Broughton, introduced me to the Center for Public Christianity. We crossed...
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Nine reasons to see ‘District 9′
Nine reasons to see ...
Peter Jackson and aliens did not make the list, but here are nine other reasons to go see the Jackson-produced movie “District 9.” Sharlto Copley touts an alien weapon in 'District 9.' 1. Action. Lots of it. “District 9″ hosts massive and impressive...
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Marks and Mark Joseph – Pretty Darn “Windy”
Marks and Mark Joseph &...
Marks and Mark Joseph – Pretty Darn “Windy” (entry from John Marks’ blog on www.purplestateofmind.com.) When it comes to the mix of faith and pop in popular culture, we tend to ignore the faith and embrace the pop. Anyone who loved the music of Johnny Cash...
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James Hynes Reviews District 9 and Moon
James Hynes Reviews Dis...
James Hynes Reviews District 9 and Moon (entry from John Marks’ blog on www.purplestateofmind.com) James Hynes By James Hynes This weekend I saw two ambitious indie sci-fi movies, Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 and Duncan Jones’s Moon. Leaving aside their relative levels of...
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Ushering In Forgiveness Through Film
Ushering In Forgiveness...
PRODUCT INTELLIGENCE Laura Waters Hinson documents—and lives—forgiveness. Ushering in Forgiveness through Film >>> The age-old question of whether life imitates art or art imitates life takes on a modern spin in Laura Waters Hinson’s personal journey. Writer and...
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WOODY ALLEN’S EVANGELICAL MOVIE
WOODY ALLEN’S EVANGEL...
WOODY ALLEN’S EVANGELICAL MOVIE (from John Marks’ Blog on the Purple State of Mind website.) I wasn’t sure I wanted to see Woody Allen’s Whatever Works. The idea of Larry David playing a role that was written for Zero Mostel more than thirty years ago, working from a...
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