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Is David Fincher the Director Who Defines This Generation

~ Travis Stewart Moviefone recently posted this insightful article about David Fincher who has directed The Social Network(2010) and Fight Club(1999) - both of which have been described as films which "define our generation." What do you think? ~ by Gabrielle Dunn at Moviefone Even before its well-deserved win for Best Motion Picture -- Drama at the 2011 Golden Globes, 'The Social Network' was being hailed as the "movie that defines our generation." As loose a ...
Posted on: 14th March 2011
in: Film
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A Film Unfinished: Unplugging Nazi Propaganda

A Film Unfinished 2010 Directed by Yael Hersonski ~ review by Craig Detweiler I recently had the privilege of hosting a screening of the quietly powerful documentary, A Film Unfinished. Four long forgotten film reels were discovered featuring footage shot by the Nazis circa 1942. Labeled “Das Ghetto,” the footage corrects long held assumptions about life in the Warsaw Ghetto. Much of what historians long considered accurate depictions of the era was actually ...
Posted on: 14th November 2010
in: Feature, Film
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Cinema Divina

~Ron ReedSister Rose Pacatte writes for the National Catholic Reporter. In her recent article Seeds of the Gospel in Cinema she talks about cinema divina - a practice of watching film as a spiritual discipline, derived from lectio divina. She mentions Father Benedict Auer's article "Video Divina: A Benedictine Approach to Spiritual Viewing," in which he writes "Video divina requires a set disposition which says, 'This evening, I wish to get closer to God, so I think I'm going to watch this film, which might give me better insights into myself or why my neighbor acts as she or he ...
Posted on: 14th November 2010
in: Faith, Feature, Film
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‘Inception’ Conversation (spoiler warning)

Inception 2010 • Rated PG-13 Directed by Christopher Nolan [SPOILER WARNING: Don't read unless you've seen the movie] Inception has been called "an elegantly cerebral story that is primal, compelling, and as visually disconcerting as it is completely captivating" as well as "a tremendously challenging and tremendously rewarding movie, the type that will have audiences talking -- and debating -- long after the credits roll." After seeing it again last night I'm in ...
Posted on: 24th July 2010
in: Feature, Film
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Inception: Can Christopher Nolan steal your secrets?

Inception 2010 • Rated PG-13 Directed by Christopher Nolan "Avatar was one man's film pushing his vision of the world using amazing technology. Inception is a film exploring the human mind, guilt, regret, forgiveness and the power of beliefs through imagination and creativity. With Avatar I felt preached at; with Inception I felt invited to explore my core beliefs, how guilt drives my behavior and my perception of reality." That's what I wrote on my Facebook status ...
Posted on: 19th July 2010
in: Feature, Film
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viaRenovo reView: There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood 2007 • Rated R Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood (2007) was recently named the Film of the Decade by Total Film Magazine. This movie—a grim retelling of the novel “Oil!” by Upton Sinclair—reveals how corruption and greed engulfs two men living during the oil boom of Southern California in the late 19th century. In doing so it leaves little room for hope and only hints at redemption through its conspicuous absence. No ...
Posted on: 17th May 2010
in: Faith, Feature, Film
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