Sonic Cinema

This year, Sonic Cinema has been busy, meaning I have been busy. Another year of DragonCon. Another year of voting in the Georgia Film Critics Association, this time with more screening, and screener, opportunities. Another year of podcasts, built almost entirely out of my massive attempt to look back at the 1999 movie year with […]

As we close the 11th year of this series, I’m doing more to write more about movies, and older movies, than ever before. I also have more going on with regards to modern movies than I previous have. That’s why, in this space, I will be closing the “Movie a Week” series, in its current […]

Hello readers and listeners! I continue through the “Class of 1999” with Paul Thomas Anderson’s follow-up to “Boogie Nights,” his sprawling “Magnolia”. Joining me in discussing the film is filmmaker Jakob Bilinski. As the calendar year of 2019 comes to a close, I had hoped to have every episode for this series recorded and released, […]

I’ve done “Best of the Decade” lists for both the 1990s and the 2000s. You won’t find the one for the ’90s on any blog here because that was when my writing was mailing list-only. (And you won’t see me digging it up for publication here because it was kind of crazy.) If you were […]

Hello readers and listeners! I continue through the “Class of 1999” with David Lynch’s most unusual project, the true-life drama, “The Straight Story”. Joining me in discussing the film are friends Mathew Timms and his wife, Bailey. As the calendar year of 2019 comes to a close, I had hoped to have every episode for […]

Hello readers and listeners! I continue through the “Class of 1999” with Michael Mann’s brilliant journalism drama, “The Insider”. Joining me in discussing the film is actor Timothy J. Cox. As the calendar year of 2019 comes to a close, I had hoped to have every episode for this series recorded and released, as well. […]

Hello readers and listeners! We continue to speed through the rest of the “Class of 1999” with Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation, “The Green Mile”. Joining me in discussing the film is filmmaker Nickolas Duarte. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “The Green Mile” Read Brian’s print review of “The Green Mile” here. […]

If you’ve followed me on here, and social media, over the past year, you know not only how much I’ve come to love Princeton Holt’s sci-fi drama, “2050,” over the past year, and how much it means to me personally. You can read my review here, and you can hear the interview I did with […]