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Steve Taylor

A collection of 10 posts

On Songs & Albums

Steve Taylor's Christmas Playlist

It is a thrill for me to share this Christmas playlist from one of my heroes for more than 30 years of artmaking.

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Blu-ray Like Jazz?

Steve Taylor's movie Blue Like Jazz is out on blu-ray and DVD today. So I might as well link to one of the most comment-inspiring reviews I've ever written...

On Movies & Media

Blue Like Jazz (2012): A Conversation with Steve Taylor

My review of Blue Like Jazz was published at Filmwell.org several days ago. But that was just the warm-up. My conversation with director Steve Taylor has just been published on the website of Seattle Pacific University's Response magazine. Enjoy. We talked about the movie, how the good

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Should we stomp Blue Like Jazz because it isn't some kind of timeless, poetic masterpiece?

It's been interesting, perusing the reviews and comments provoked by Steve Taylor's movie Blue Like Jazz. I posted my thoughts at Filmwell earlier. It inspired some interesting comments. After you see the movie, let me know what you thought. (Act fast. It probably won't

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Blue Like Jazz (2012)

This review of Blue Like Jazz was originally published at Filmwell, where it sparked many comments. • Blue Like Jazz, the new film by director Steve Taylor, is based on Donald Miller’s New York Times-bestselling memoir. It’s the biggest filmmaking success story in the history of the Kickstarter program,

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My Conversation with Steve Taylor, and Other Bonus Materials

In October, I interviewed one of my heroes, rock star and filmmaker Steve Taylor about the experience of making his first feature film, The Second Chance. And then I wrote the interview into my book. And then the book got too long, and I had to cut several chapters. Sadly,

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Adam Walter on that Steve Taylor/Michael W. Smith movie

Adam Walter has seen The Second Chance, that film directed by Steve Taylor that stars Michael W. Smith. Sure it has some problems. For one thing, it’s only going to appeal to church people--and yet, it’s possibly the first movie that has come out of the Christian film

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"The Second Chance" - a film by Steve Taylor

Taylor is "framing" the Church. And that's a good thing. After Steve Taylor gave the first-ever public screening of his movie The Second Chance to a small audience at the Biola Media Conference last weekend, he took questions, praise, and criticism from the crowd. I was

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He wants to be not a clone but a filmmaker

Do these titles set your toes a-tappin'? "I Want to Be a Clone." "Meltdown." "Hero." "Baby Doe." "On the Fritz." "This Disco (Used to be a Cute Cathedral)." "I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good."