More Than One Lesson

Tyler was recently included in the panel on faith and film, which took place at the Mountaineer Short Film Festival in Morgantown, West Virginia.  You can listen to it below.

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THE PROPOSITION (2006)
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Written by: Nick Cave
Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston

It starts with a gunfight. A gang of drunken outlaws are holed up in a makeshift brothel, only to be confronted by local law enforcement. Some of the outlaws are gunned down, others are arrested. Chief among the survivors is Charlie Burns, a quiet, withdrawn man who doesn’t seem to have a particularly violent temperament. Until, of course, his younger brother, Mikey, is threatened; at which point Charlie employs the dead-eyed stare and careful cadence of a man of action who means business.

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, Let There Be Movies
00:01:40- Mountaineer Film Festival
00:03:10- Discussion of Lost by Reed Lackey
00:04:45- Captain Phillips
00:52:35- Bicycle Thieves
01:17:10- Episode wrap-up

What do you get when you cross a plane crash, polar bears, a monster made of black smoke, a moving island, an ancient statue, time-travel, an age-old battle of good versus evil and about 50 castaways with pasts as diverse as their ethnicities? You get a whole mess of questions, that’s what. You also get some of the most compelling, emotional and inspiring television in history.

It’s been 10 years since Lost first premiered on ABC, and binge watching was officially created. Fans were obsessed with the literary references, scientific theories, and endless clues to the shows seemingly countless mysteries. Fans were so obsessed that it isn’t uncommon to hear of red-eyed, bobble-headed insomniacs pressing on until 3 AM despite extreme weariness in order to fit in just one more episode.

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Tyler will be a part of a roundtable discussion about the intersection of faith and film at the Mountaineer Film Festival.  If you would like to attend, details are below.

3:30-5:00 pm
March 22
Bloch Hall, Creative Arts Center
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

It seems like almost every week we hear of another disaster- natural or otherwise- befalling some poor, far-away country. We are aware of it largely because we are inundated with media; it’s on every front page, every network, every website. However, once this disaster becomes “old news,” it quickly drops out of view, to be replaced with whatever new thing is happening; perhaps a celebrity scandal or a political skirmish. That’s just the way it is, and to bemoan that would be to beat a horse long since dead.

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In this minisode, Tyler and Josh talk about the latest winner of Best Picture, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave.

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.