2020 was the year I watched more but understood less. With a rotating series of crises to consider, rare were the instances where I found myself lost in someone else’s story for two hours. Empathy has its limits: When you’re … Continue reading 2020: A Year Like No Other
Earlier today, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the year’s best. Of the 41 movies nominated, 1917 (above) — a World War … Continue reading And the winners are…
Judy Garland was born in a trunk. Or so the story goes in A Star Is Born, a movie about an aging actor on his way out, thanks to addiction, and the young starlet he handpicks to bear the burden of … Continue reading JUDY
Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is leading an inauthentic life. In her mind, she is the Queen of Memphis, a country singer born in Scotland but destined for the U.S. And though Rose-Lynn has been singing in the Grand Ole Opry … Continue reading WILD ROSE
Michael J. Cinema 