http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216224100.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216224100.html Traverse City Film Festival founder Michael Moore gave the audience two surprises at Sunday's and quot;Mike's Surprise and quot;: a special screening of his 2002 live stage show in London and one of local resident Adam Ziegler proposing to girlfriend Erynn Rademacher — both of who were in the audience — in front of the State Theatre. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216194537.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216194537.html A laid-back, more comfortable side of Michael Moore came through in the final panel discussion at the Traverse City Film Festival, as he reminisced with some old friends and co-workers about what it took to pull his films together. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216221854.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216221854.html Winners of the jury awards from the 2008 Traverse City Film Festival have been announced. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216230359.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216230359.html Sights and sounds from the Film Festival. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_217114624.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_217114624.html Only one of the four young men featured in "Baghdad High" was able to travel to Traverse City for the film's screening, but video was taken of the standing ovation to share with those who could not make it. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100053.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100053.html They gathered for hours, waiting for a moment that lasted just five minutes. But what an important five minutes it was. Madonna, headliner of the fourth annual Traverse City Film Festival, stepped out of a sport-utility vehicle about 7:15 p.m. Saturday under the lights of the State Theatre downtown, as hundreds of fans screamed and snapped pictures. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100110.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100110.html World-famous superstar Madonna made a warm and much-welcomed return to her home state. quot;There's a lot of poetic things about me being here ...," Madonna told a packed State Theatre crowd Saturday night. "You know what they say. You can take the girl out of Michigan, but you can't take the Michigan out of the girl." Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100118.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100118.html Comedy is a serious business. What's offensive, what's funny and the fine line in between was tackled by Saturday's Film Festival "All-Star Comedy Panel" in front of another large crowd at the City Opera House downtown. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100121.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_216100121.html Traverse City Film Festival schedule for Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093101.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093101.html A packed movie house will see the queen of reinvention in person, but all of Traverse City has caught Madonna mania. The entertainment superstar, singer, tabloid fixture, trend-setter, philanthropist, Michigan native and Traverse City Film Festival headliner is scheduled to introduce her documentary "I Am Because We Are" at an 8 p.m. screening tonight at the downtown State Theatre. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093127.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093127.html The name of the movie "Religulous" pretty much describes how the filmmakers view organized religion. Combining the name of what many people hold dear with the word ridiculous may seem like box-office poison, yet its two showings at the Traverse City Film Festival were the first to sell out -- not counting Madonna's film. And director Larry Charles and star Bill Maher expect it to do well in multiplexes everywhere. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093146.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093146.html Michael Moore's Friday film discussion segued into a politically-charged anti-war rally. Moore and his guest panelist, former television talk show host Phil Donahue, related candid personal experiences and vented their frustrations in crossing paths with the country's corporate media. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093152.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093152.html If "just great movies" are the main attraction at the Traverse City Film Festival, downtown display windows celebrating cinema and its stars are helping to set the mood for the event. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:52 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093157.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093157.html Traverse City Film Festival schedule for Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093202.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008filmfest/local_story_215093202.html