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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...

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...

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...

John Marks reviews HBO&...

John Marks reviews HBO’s True Blood Fangland Author delves into Vampire Lore From John Marks’ blog on the Purple State of Mind website. Back in 1994, long before anyone had forged a connection between Mormons and vampires, Visible Ink Press published The Vampire Book:...

A Marksian Muggle?...

A Marksian Muggle? by John Marks (John’s blog entry originally posted on the Purple State of Mind website) Would you bother to criticize someone else’s wedding cake? That’s how I feel about the Harry Potter series most of the time. It means a great deal to so many people,...

ROZ (and joshua and me)...

ROZ (and joshua and me): THE WINDRIDER SUMMER SHORT FILM SERIES - from John Marks’ blog on the Purple State of Mind website What kind of a jerk would you have to be to object to anything in Charlene Music’s ROZ (and joshua), the final film in the Windrider Summer Shorts series?...

WINDRIDER SUMMER ONLINE...

From John Marks. Originally posted at his Purple State of Mind Blog. In the right light, ordinary things shine so beautifully. Aim the camera lens at a trailer park, for instance, and you’d be amazed at what emerges. In Unhitched, my favorite of the Windrider Films so far,...

Purple America? Detweil...

Enjoy two very different takes and perspectives on Sharat Raju’s “American Made.” We appreciate the “boys” weighing in. Thanks again to Sharat for allowing Windrider to screen his amazing work….5 years later, I am still moved by it. Join us on Wednesday as Filmmakers...

The Boys Are Not Sheepi...

We are thrilled to have award winning filmmakers, authors and blognocenti breezing in on Windy Wednesdays. Enjoy John Marks and Craig Detweiler’s review of “A Sheep on the Roof.” Don’t forget to join us next Wednesday for Sharat Raju’s, “American Made.” Craig Detweiler...

SHOWING OFF OUR SHORTS ...

Summertime is tentpole movie season, and here at Purple State Of Mind, we obviously believe in counter-programming. For the next few weeks, every Wednesday, we’ll be premiering short films in conjunction with the Windrider Forum. Craig and I will offer our candid opinions about...

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