Michael CummingsThe Lost Daughter and Hopes I Absolutely Had for 2022 That Have Not Come TrueAs 2021 cruises into hindsight, into oh-so-magical regret and clarity, it once again becomes my goal for the upcoming year — as it did one…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Michael CummingsThe Yards: Is That All There Is?After David Duval won the 2001 Open Championship, legend has it that the newly crowned Champion Golfer of the Year looked around his jet…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Michael CummingsThe Thirtieth Birthday of One of Hollywood’s Most Confounding Masterworks.I was in eighth or ninth grade, I think, when I watched The Silence of the Lambs for the first time.Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Michael Cummings“Promising Young Woman” Shows Plenty of Promise……But Doesn’t Deliver The Full PackageJan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Michael Cummings“YAAAA-HOOOOOO!”His eyebrows ride up his face in tandem with a scrunched forehead. An accordion of skin ripples as the air buffets his face; he’s…Jan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021
Michael Cummings“Heat” is a Love StoryBreaking down the crucial moments of Michael Mann’s magnum opusDec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Michael Cummings“Almost Famous” and The Power of Being UncoolA movie succeeds only when it evokes a proverbial reaction from its audience. Whether it be awestruck paralysis, violent repulsion, or…Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
Michael CummingsHow “Normal People” Gets College, Depression, and the World in 2020 RightOne of Normal People’s most fraught emotional climaxes arrives in the third-to-last episode of the 12-part Hulu miniseries when Connell…Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
