On Friday, Jan. 5, the Denver Film Critics Society—19 writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2023. In total, 33 movies received nominations, with … Continue reading And the nominees are…
Professor Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) loves history. Not just any old history but antiquity: Greeks, Romans, Sumerians—you name ’em, Paul knows all about ’em. And not just because he believes the past informs the present, but because the past is … Continue reading THE HOLDOVERS
They needn’t have bothered. Jungle Cruise, Disney’s latest live-action cinematic adaptation of a theme park ride, was already a classic Hollywood adventure before it became a pun-laden excursion down African and Asian rivers. That movie was 1951’s The African Queen, the key … Continue reading JUNGLE CRUISE
2014 has seen a slew of post-apocalyptic/futuristic-themed movies, but out of all of them, Ari Folman’s half live-action, half 2-D animation seems the most likely. That doesn’t mean it is great or a particularly good movie, but its prediction seems … Continue reading THE CONGRESS
I want all of my films to belong to me. There is an audience out there for literate films—slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. Which is why I want Sideways to succeed, to encourage other … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, February 10, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 