Morning Distractions

Brett McCracken at The Search has a great little post about an insidious scourge in film criticism today; Ted Baehr and Movieguide.
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Cinematical lists seven tips for future or aspiring film critics. Reading down the list I’m very impressed, these are helpful tips for anyone who wants to write about any medium.
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Interesting in the behind the [...]

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For your Reading Distraction

I have this habit at work of opening a few interesting looking articles, then working for spurts and reading part of an article when my mind needs a break. Very helpful way of keeping focused and learning while at work.
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In the December issue of the Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan does a detailed psychological, personal, and intellectual [...]

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Optional Fathers?

There’s a fantastic article on a Salon blog about the way women today act and whether or not fathers are optional:
Fathers are not optional, though. On almost every possible parameter of child well being, children with resident fathers are far better off than those with absentee fathers. A concerted push is being made, particularly within [...]

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Misrepresentation

When Dustin Lance Black accepted the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (my vote would have gone to Wall-E, but oh well) he gave this short speech:
“But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he’d want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids [...]

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Links for the Morning

The Onion A.V. Club has a post from Nathan Rubin asking the question “why do we knowingly rent mediocre movies?”
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Slashfilm is reporting that Michael Cera ;is not holding out on the Arrested Development movie any longer.; I doubt he ever was, he just knew his fan base was rabid and didn’t want to get their [...]

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Fiction

Victor sat on the wall looking dejected as he stared at the crimson splotches on the pavement.
He realized that the low stone wall surrounding the cemetery made for a ironic place to figure out what to do now, as his eyes remained fixed – staring through the streets into the beyond.
“How do I [...]

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Giving Up

Sometimes wisdom is letting loudly barking, annoying dogs be loudly barking, annoying dogs and walking on by.
So I think this message is me coming to grips with something I thought would be worth my time, is actually not worth my time. Enough vagueness.
I’m setting some goals for myself in the coming months. In a few [...]

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A Vision for Christians

Christians in the arts is a popular subject with me. It is something I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about, reading about, searching out. And while there are glimmers of hope, there’s not much out there to be excited about. We just don’t do much that’s worth a whole lot anymore, and when [...]

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Confusion on Art

On a forum I’m involved with, someone is wrestling with the debate over being a Christian Filmmaker vs. being a filmmaker who is a Christian. There was some discussion over the issue, but this is what I added to the discussion:
Art is not preaching. Preaching and using words is for spreading the Gospel message; but [...]

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FTW!

I now have internet at home again. This is glorious glorious news. After nearly two months of not having free neighbor internet, my wife and I broke down and decided to pay for it. Comcast, against reputation, showed up on time and installed it and according to speed tests I have 9Mbps downstream internet now.
This [...]

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