Best Films of the First Half of the 2020s

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Former BAFS volunteer and film aficionado Vince LePlavy selects the best films from the first half of this decade: “When people look back on the 2020’s, what will they remember? […]

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Making Mov(i)es

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Hi everybody. My name is Trey Sorensen. I am the former secretary of the Bay Area Film Society, a position I served in over the two previous BAFS seasons. I resigned from the board earlier this spring, my exit accepted by my fellow board members more as an indefinitely-termed leave of absence. I love the film society and I love the Chequamegon Bay. I plan to come back, to both, someday.

For now, though, I’ve relocated to Chicago. The reasons for my move are many, but chief among them is that I don’t just love films–I want to make them, too. I want an active part in their development, production and release both in front of and behind the camera, and I want to make an income for my part in that process.

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Our Favorite Moments in Cinema: 2023

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For those first few months following any calendar year, the film industry is abuzz for what is referred to as awards season. With Hollywood’s biggest night, the Academy Awards ceremony […]

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