If everything goes according to plan, the moving picture industry will convene on March 27 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater to celebrate the best in the cinema for the 94th Academy Awards. Yes, it’s the time of the year when some … Continue reading The 94th Academy Award Nominations
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…
On Friday, January 7, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2021 Ballot
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. Rysûke Hamaguchi’s cinematic adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story, “Drive My Car,” opens with another Murakami short story, also taken from the collections Men Without Women. The story is “Scheherazade,” about a social worker’s weekly … Continue reading DRIVE MY CAR (ドライブ・マイ・カー)
Expectations are funny things. Pick up a collection of short stories from the library, and there will be little expectation that anything ties the stories contained other than the author or a given subject matter. Beyond that, the individual stories … Continue reading WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY (偶然と想像)
The year is 1940, and Japan is at war. Not with the Allies, not yet, but in Manchuria and soon in French Indochina. Back in Kobe, a bustling metropolis south of Tokyo, life is pleasant for the Fukuharas. Yusaku (Issey … Continue reading WIFE OF A SPY (スパイの妻)
Michael J. Cinema 