In 2020, Sonic Cinema Podcast alum Marv Dickey was ramping up to start his own podcast, looking at obscure movies from the 1990s. I joined him in a discussion of Steven Soderbergh’s “Kafka”, which has long been a favorite of mine from the director. The podcast never materialized, but Marv has given me permission to […]
It’s safe to say that movie theatres are back. My current one has been re-opened since May, and everything seemed prelude to this holiday season, where movies like “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” seemed to signal the return to normal for theatres. Is moviewatching back to normal, though? We received four MCU films […]
Sometimes, the best laid plans can go awry. Even when it’s continuing a project you’ve been working on for years. When I choose a “bookend” filmmaker for the year, the expectation I hold for myself is that I will watch one of their films every year after their initial inclusion as a bookend, thereby making […]
To close out 2021 on the Sonic Cinema Podcast, we finish our look back at the 1996 movie year with a pair of podcasts. Normally, we look at horror movies in October, but with Phil Fasso, that’s a year-round job. In the first episode of this duet, we look at three horror films that had […]
There’s rock-n-roll excess, and then there’s Guns N’ Roses. My first experience with GN’R was the single for “Paradise City” in 1988-89. It had, as a B-side, “Move to the City” from “GN’R Lies,” and it was in rotation for me as I went through middle school, and started to form my identity in terms […]
Twenty years ago, the first part of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was released, and the world of cinema changed forever. Joining me in discussing the films, and their impact, are friends Jeff Darden and Eric Sansone, the latter of whom had a role to play in the movies. I hope you enjoy! […]
I’m really excited to share this episode. Here, we discuss documentaries, and the films we focus on capture the various ways these movies get to the emotional core of their narratives. Joining me is Carlo from The Movie Loot podcast, and we discuss “Vernon, Florida”, “Hope Dreams”, “Bowling for Columbine”, “The King of Kong: A […]
It’s been a few years since I’ve done a deep dive like this with an interview. Matthew Saliba is back on the podcast, but instead of looking at personal favorites, we’re exploring his own work, much of which has just been put online on YouTube. CW/TW There are moments where suicide, bullying and sensitive racial […]
Of all of the filmmakers I’ve gotten to know over the years, Matthew Saliba is probably my one of my 2-3 favorite to talk to over the years. Part of that is because he’s helped me dive head-first into kaiju cinema, but it’s always been interesting to see how he dives into filmmakers and film […]
We begin our October of terror with an anniversary discussion. Joining me in P Owen Fasso of Death Ensemble, and we delve into his favorite horror franchise of all-time with “The Omen” Trilogy. In the prep for this podcast, I ended up rewatching the 1976 original the night Richard Donner passed away, and this was […]
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