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An open letter to employees at Focus on the Family and Boundless.

2008-06-26 22:13:15 by Jeffrey Overstreet in
 
Focus on the Family has yet to apologize for or express affirmation for, the misleading headline at its Boundless blog Christianity Today Relishes Sexual Perversion If youre tired of reading about this and I wouldnt blame you, Im certainly sick of thinking about it please move on But somethings been nagging at me. And I have questions for anyone...
 
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Is Focus Dumping The Next Coen Bros Movie?

2008-03-04 20:01:38 by poland in The Hot Blog
 
...Focus announced today that Burn After Reading will be released "wide" on September 12, spun as an expansion of faith in the film's commercial upside But the reality is that September is the place where quality movies go to die Let's take a look at both angles... box office and awards. First, awards, as it is clearer Q: How many movies have...
 
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Finite Focus: Beyond The Fragile Geometry of Space (Dont Look Now)

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2008-01-06 17:20:57 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
...Focus is the opening scene of the film, and damn, itll make you want to find and watch the film right away if baroque horror-thrillers ( Dario Argento , Guillermo del Toro , Lucky McKee ) are your thing. Dont Look Now is a very influential film, certainly from a film-school point of view, this is a great modern example of Sergei Eisenstein s...
 
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Sundance Watch: Hamlet 2 Sells to Focus for $10 Million

2008-01-22 11:28:36 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
 
...Focus Features has confirmed the acquisition the wee hours Tuesday morning of all world rights to the Steve Coogan comedy Hamlet 2 for $10 million after an intense bidding war. Among the companies vying for the rights were Summit Entertainment, Weinstein Co., Lionsgate, Fox Searchlight and Warner Independent Hamlet 2, a late edition to the...
 
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Finite Focus: Death and the Maiden (The Rules of Attraction)

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2008-02-14 14:39:37 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
...focus continues the theme of teen suicide When we were recording Cinecast #78 , the subject of Roger Avery s adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis college-sex-love-pain satire The Rules of Attraction came up. The film seems to have more detractors than defenders, although I lay in the latter camp. There is a style, one that is often relentless,...
 
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1969 interview: John Lennon says he wanted Beatles to focus on Jesus

2008-07-14 19:38:22 by Jeffrey Overstreet in
 
...focus on the Christian faith In the interview, which was recorded in 1969 and is being aired on BBC Radio 4s Sunday programme, he talks about the Church of England, his vision of heaven, and expresses disappointment at not being allowed to marry his second wife, Yoko Ono, in church Christians around the world had been dismayed by Lennons...
 
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Finite Focus: Hatchet Hustle (Kung Fu Hustle)

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2008-01-03 13:50:21 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
 
...Focus column. In the spirit of starting out the new year on a fun and energetic note, I point to Stephen Chow s hugely successful Kung-Fu Hustle (Gong fu) . For an action-comedy film, Chow uses an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach here. Loads of special effects are integrated with a juvenile romance story, a community defense story, a...
 
Tags: story, community defense story, dance scene, scene, film, action-comedy film, dance, chinese film references, juvenile romance story
 
 
 
 
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Finite Focus: My-My-My Llarona (Mulholland Drive)

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2008-01-09 13:59:44 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
...focus on the emotional effect of this entire scene. Even out of context of the film in ratty You-Tube the scene is wholly gripping. Seeing this as it was meant to be scene in a huge theatre, watching Laura Harring and Naomi Watts watching the performance also in a theatre is really how the scene was meant to be fully processed. Nevertheless,...
 
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Finite Focus: Road Sage (Lost Highway)

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2008-01-11 06:16:14 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
...Focus column. As you probably already know, the best way to enjoy a David Lynch film is to succumb to it. The many pleasures his films offer during viewing occur if you turn your brain to low and your emotions, empathy and intuition up to 11. Perhaps his most tangential film (this side of Inland Empire ) was 1997s Lost Highway Split...
 
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