{"id":10561,"date":"2021-09-15T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/blog\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2021-09-15T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T20:00:02","slug":"a-word-from-our-programmer-9-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/a-word-from-our-programmer-9-15-21\/","title":{"rendered":"A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 9\/15\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greetings from\u00a0(virtual)<\/em>\u00a0Toronto,<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Columbia\u2019s streets are dotted with ranch houses built in the two decades immediately following World War II \u2014 like some of you reading this, I live in one of them. At some point in the life of my house, perhaps inspired by sitcom television or Bob Villa, its basement was converted into what some would call a\u00a0rumpus room.<\/em>\u00a0Its funky linoleum floors and low ceilings had, up until this point, been a place for our toddler to run wild on rainy days, but with international travel still in disarray, and with the wonders of technology, my humble rumpus room has become a prestige venue at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In six days, I\u2019ve mainlined close to twenty films and likely twice as many cups of coffee. While I can\u2019t divulge much of what I\u2019ve been able to see just yet, there are two major takeaways from my experience thus far: Films can be wonderful, and a TV is not a movie theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica Chastain as \"Tammy Faye Bakker\" in the film THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, we don\u2019t have to wait very long to experience some of Toronto\u2019s offerings together the way they\u2019re meant to be enjoyed. This Friday, hot on the heels of its premiere this past weekend, we open\u00a0The Eyes of Tammy Faye<\/a>. Comedian, actor, and director Michael Showalter\u2019s sweeping biography of the American televangelist is more than just a vehicle for Jessica Chastain\u2019s knock-out performance. On its surface, the film is an indictment of the hypocrisy and greed at the core of a faith-based media empire, and the rigid men \u2014\u00a0Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, and Jim Bakker \u2014 behind it. But it is the empathy that Showalter brings to his Tammy Faye as she pierces through the superficiality of her male contemporaries that sets the film apart. Did I mention that it's funny?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the topic of experiencing film together, next Thursday at 7pm, with the help of the\u00a0Daniel Boone Regional Library\u2019s\u00a0One Read program<\/a>, we will be showcasing a series of experimental short films that respond \u2014 directly or through something like dream logic \u2014 to some of the themes central to both\u00a0To Kill a Mockingbird\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Furious Hours<\/em>. The program is free, and seating is limited as we will be removing seats to project some of the films in their original 16mm format. We\u2019re calling it\u00a0Associative Reactions<\/a>, and you\u2019re invited.
Let\u2019s think abstractly together, friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Ted\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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