Yes, almost the entire pop culture world turned its eyes last Saturday might to…Traverse City, Michigan as Madonna came to town to screen her documentary “I Am Because We Are.” That might be a slight exaggeration but it certainly didn’t feel like that as I stood in line with a bunch of Madonna fans to…

So far my favorite movie–okay, actually the only movie I have really enjoyed so far here at the Traverse City Film Festival– has to be “Frozen River.” It was a prize winner at Sundance earlier this year (Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic) and it opens in limited release today. Although it’s being compared to “Thelma and…

This week’s vampire themed question– in honor of this weekend’s release of “Breaking Dawn”– was: What two-time Oscar winner was originally supposed to play Lestat in “Interview with a Vampire”? Idol chatter readers were right when they named several A-list celebs who were considered for the part of the vampire Lestat–including Johnny Depp. But the…

While I have been known to disparage shock doc director Michael Moore’s films, I have also been quick to praise his efforts in creating a major film festival that has had a huge economic impact for my neck of the woods. Yet after watching a couple of the movies yesterday, I was reminded why I…

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