For classic movie lovers, there is no greater film festival that the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Back for the sixth consecutive year, TCM Film Festival is held over four days in Hollywood (March 26-29) and boasts 82 films—43 of … Continue reading 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival
On Nov. 15, the Starz Denver Film Festival will screen a 35mm revival of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, a movie that is as relevant today as when it debuted in 1989. This past summer’s headlines out of Ferguson, Missouri, and … Continue reading DO THE RIGHT THING
Tell the story. That’s always the goal with the films I do. That’s what I tell my students at NYU… Tell the story you’re trying to tell, and try to tell interesting stories in interesting new ways. If you want … Continue reading Born On This Day — March 20, 1957
You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It’s hard. It’s tough. That’s what I tell my students every day in class. I’ve been very fortunate. Some people might call me a … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, June 5, 2013
What’s the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real. —Spike Lee Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I really don’t make a separation between film and commercials and music videos. To me they all come under the heading for me of cinema because I try to have a narrative in all three. The only difference is that … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 