Leo Tolstoy opened Anna Karenina with a doozy: “All happy familiars are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” An aphorism that holds true on any day, but for Ryder and his family, that day is today. Ryder (Logan … Continue reading TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
The Sessions is based on the real-life story of Mark O’Brien, a poet who suffered from polio at the age of six. Confined primarily to living and working in an iron lung, Mark, with an excellent sense of humor, managed to … Continue reading THE SESSIONS
There’s this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn’t really interest me. To me, it’s kind of like saying, “Well, when you do a painting, you always need to have sky here, … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, October 13, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 