The Denver Film Festival (DFF) turns 40 this year, and for the next two weekends, the Sie Film Center, the UA Pavilions, and the Ellie Caulkins Opera House become the center of moviegoing in the Centennial State. With roughly 150 … Continue reading The Cinema Awaits: Dispatches From the 40th Denver Film Festival
Some things I come across in everyday life sparks curiosity in me. My films are a way for me to unravel these things. I start with a very ordinary, banal situation, and this situation usually has something in it that … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 25, 1960
In Another Country is a product of South Korean writer/director Hong Sang-Soo, and this is his 13th feature release. He is not a household name among cineaste, but he soon will be. I believe that the auteur theory was created for … Continue reading IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
People tell me that I make films about reality, they’re wrong. I make films based on structures that I have thought up. —Hong Sang-soo Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 