There aren’t a lot of movies I have multiple times going to where I remember the circumstances of some of those viewings in theatres. But even before it came out, Roland Emmerich’s “Independence Day” just felt different than anything else that had come out, at the time. I guess blowing up the White House in […]
Six months into 2021, and one could make the case that moviewatching is getting back to normal. Most of the major movie chains have reopened, markets such as New York and Los Angeles are open for business, and we’ve had at least two films break the hallowed $100 million dollar mark. If it still doesn’t […]
With the Sonic Cinema Podcast, I’ve strived for it to be more than just me talking about movies and subjects related to movies. In the early years of the podcast, that’s mostly how it was, although I would- occasionally- have friends, and even filmmakers, on, the former to share some of our thoughts on particular […]
Watching the 2020 awards season move along to its awkward, yet inevitable, climax, it was interesting to see how, after a year of madness and uncertainty in terms of what the movie year would bring, the awards managed to be as polarizing, and predictable, as any other Oscar year. The precursor awards spelled out the […]
**Before we get to the main post, the Virtual Catalog of this year’s festival has been made available through Sunday, May 9. If you haven’t had the chance to watch any of the wonderful films from the festival, several of them are available there. The link is in the first paragraph below. The last days […]
In 2019, the middle of my week at the Atlanta Film Festival was interrupted by food poisoning, forcing me to sit out Wednesday and Thursday. Last year, I got to everything I wanted to see, but learned that the movie theatre I had worked at for 19 years was closing permanently. This year, I got […]
It’s beginning to feel normal again. The week before this year’s Atlanta Film Festival, the Plaza Theatre had two 70mm screenings of “Lawrence of Arabia”. I attended the second screening for my first indoor theatrical experience since September and “Tenet”. It was quite an experience to return to theatres for. And yet, the opening weekend […]
It’s wild to think that this will be my second time covering the Atlanta Film Festival in less than a year. But while the 2020 edition was happening as my theatre was closing for good, this year’s is occurring as my new theatre reopens. I cannot think of a better ring in to (hopeful) normalcy […]
When we think of movies and “reboots,” we think of taking old franchises, and polishing them off into something new for a younger generation, and hoping to tap into the nostalgia of the original audience for the material, as well. But, I think there’s another type of reboot that cinema can provide, and it’s a […]
Over the past couple of years, Twitter has been the main social media site I go to to converse about movies, and I’ve had the opportunity to engage with many film critics and fans from a wide age range from around the world- I’ve even brought some of them onto the Sonic Cinema Podcast. I’ve […]
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