On Monday, January 10, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2021. In total, 44 movies received nominations with The Power … Continue reading And the nominees are…
Set on the streets of Northern Ireland in the late-1960s, Belfast is full of fond memories that are surface deep. Buddy (Jude Hill) is a young blond hair Protestant living a life of fantasy amid the turmoil of The Troubles. A few … Continue reading BELFAST
Tenet opens not with a bang, but with an explosion. Chaos coordinated with cinematic clarity courtesy Christopher Nolan. The setting is a concert hall—packed to the rafters with people. The orchestra tunes, the doors close, and the bad guys enter: terrorists … Continue reading TENET
Dunkirk—the latest feature from filmmaker Christopher Nolan—isn’t like any other war movie. That’s because Dunkirk isn’t the story of a famous victory but of an infamous retreat. The year is 1940, and the German army has surrounded the British on the beaches … Continue reading DUNKIRK
People often ask me, “Why do you keep doing Shakespeare?” Well, because it’s meaningful to me. That to do it well—or even just to work on it—I find very life-enhancing. I don’t have any kind of conventional religious belief and … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 10
Michael J. Cinema 