The List 2010

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January 3rd, 2011

The List Guide I keep a list of every film I watch during the year. “[ ]” means it was viewed in the theater, and new (midway) this year, “__” means it’s a non-current Television series I completed. For more on how I choose my top/worst films of the year, I refer you to past [...]

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My Top Ten Favorite Films Of All Time

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December 26th, 2010

For years, I’ve used the phrase “it’s in my top 10 films of all time” to defend or add credibility to a film that was getting overlooked or dismissed by somebody. Of course I’d only say it if it really was in my top ten, but a few weeks ago I got caught off guard [...]

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Films Fit For A Winter Wonderland — A List In Progress

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December 20th, 2010

As soon as my Christmas tree went up, choosing a film to watch became a much longer process. Surrounded by Christmas lights, nutcrackers and candles, I find that I need films that fit the wintery atmosphere. Since I’m not gonna spend all of December watching Christmas movies, I need options that aren’t as spring/summery as [...]

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Where Am I?

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December 13th, 2010

Here and Here

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A Blessing & A Prayer

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December 9th, 2010

Today was the final day of BTI 501 Introduction to the Hermeneutical Task at MHGS where I had the honor and privilege of assisting Prof. Dwight Friesen these past four months. Here’s the benediction I offered the students at the end of their first term of graduate school. A Blessing A Prayer May you read [...]

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Why Hogwarts Matters to Me

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December 3rd, 2010

After a year of living in New York City on theater-intern pay, I had run out of book money. It’s almost physically painful for me to read and not be able to write in the book I’m reading, so purchasing is always my first choice. But, somewhere around Christmas 2004 I applied for a New [...]

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Dialogical Film Club Run Down: Summer Extravaganza

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November 11th, 2010

Following our one year anniversary in May, the DFC had a rock-em sock-em summer marathon. Basically, we crammed June, July and August into three weeks, and it was fabulous. Ian was back in Seattle for the summer, and that in itself, was cause to celebrate, (though we pine every time the Pietsches are in Canada [...]

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My First Movie –or- Top 10 Things I Learned Watching Amadeus at Age 4

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October 12th, 2010

I remember going in to see Chariots of Fire and I remember exiting Return of the Jedi,* but the first movie I actually remember seeing is Amadeus. *(If I ever exit through the doors next to the screen at the front of a movie theater auditorium, I always think of the Imperial Guards from Return [...]

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When Good People Makes Bad Films

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September 23rd, 2010

The critically acclaimed and greatly anticipated (by myself and Maryann) film “Me and Orson Welles” by Richard Linklater proved one of the biggest film disappointments since, well…it was one of the most colossal movie let-downs in recent memory. Since I find it ultimately undeserving of a review, here instead are quotes from mine and Maryann’s [...]

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Really Kj? Another Picassa Collage?

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September 8th, 2010

Last week I had my first day as Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to the Hermeneutical Task” at MHGS. Professor Dwight Friesen invited me to introduce myself using any images I might like. I hemmed and hawed, and eventually since it was a class about how we approach and interpret text, I decided to show a [...]

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