Michael’s Movie Moments

This film is classified (I think incorrectly) in the music genre. The story isn’t about heavy metal music, but about one person, already severely ravaged by years of drug addiction

Herman Mankiewicz was the Oscar-winning writer of the screenplay for Citizen Kane, widely considered the best movie ever made. Originally a New York newspaperman, he moved across the country in

Early in this movie, Fern (the central character played by Frances McDormand) is in her van when she grabs a big white bucket, pulls down her pants, plants her butt

“Beautiful, tender, nuanced, lovely, gentle, modest.” These are words critics use to describe Minari. It had an impressive showing at the Oscars, with six nominations, including Best Picture. Audience reaction

Demographers estimate more than 108 billion human beings have inhabited the earth since we became something recognizable as human. That number (actually the number 108,210,121,415) figures largely in this movie,

By MICHAEL YOUNG In My Octopus Teacher there is a commitment to patience, discipline, and involvement, even though the time frame is just short of a full year. And yet,