On Oct. 5, the Denver Film Society announced the full program for the 44th Denver Film Festival. Running November 3-14, this year’s DFF will be in-person and virtual, with plenty of activities and talks. I’ve been attending DFF since I was in … 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 