Compass Film Academy Films win big at the Detroit Independent Film Festival. Detroit, MI – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 — The 2009 class Compass Film Academy made its presence known at the Detroit Independent Film Festival this weekend with the short films “The Commandant” and “1 New Message.” Nominated for Best Michigan Short and winning for Best [...] Keep Reading
The Doorpost Film Project’s 2010 Short Film Contest is underway, and this year Compass students and alumni have shown up in full force. Current student Justin Abraham Hall and previous student Caleb Alexander Slain both have films through the first round of competition. No strangers to Doorpost, Hall and Slain have teamed up on previous Doorpost [...] Keep Reading
Recently took in two movies, BOOK OF ELI and AVATAR. One ostensibly religious, the other more vague. BOOK OF ELI, set in a post-apocalyptic world, shows a hero driven against all odds to fulfill his mission. Not as much of an emotional journey as it could have been, except in approved sound bites that Christians might [...] Keep Reading