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Over the past few months, I’ve really enjoyed diving deep into the Blu-Ray releases from The Film Detective. So when the opportunity arose where I could talk to its founder, Phil Hopkins, I wanted to take the chance to do so. He is the president of Fandor, and we talk about what led to him […]

I’ve discussed my love of sports movies before. Leading into the new season of America’s pastime, join me on a trip through three very different movies about baseball- and baseball history- as I’m joined by Danielle Solzman, a film critic who runs Solzy at the Movies, as we discuss “Field of Dreams”, “42” and “Major […]

We change up an annual tradition on the podcast. This year, I have awards watcher Amanda Spears on to discuss the Oscars, #PresentAll23 and help predict the winners. I also share my 10 Best list for 2021. I hope you enjoy! Episode 105 – Oscar Thoughts with Amanda Spears & Brian’s Top 10 of 2021 […]

As the film comes up on its 50th anniversary, I felt like it was time to look at Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Joining me in the discussion is Carlo from The Movie Loot podcast. I hope you enjoy! Episode 104 – Discussing “The Godfather” Viva La Resistance! Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com You can also listen […]

Brian discusses the 2022 Renegade Film Festival. He talks about the features, his favorite short films from the festival, and interviews writers/filmmakers M.R. Fitzgerald (a Screenplay competition nominee for “People in a Box”), Syd Vanroosendaal (the filmmaker behind “Skin and Bones”) and Nonie Shiverick (the writer-producer of “Scales”). Episode 103 – Renegade Film Festival 2022 […]

Emergency podcast incoming! Ok, there’s nothing pressing about an hour on the Netflix-released “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” but when Phil Fasso and I had shit to talk about on this four thousandth remake/reboot/sequel to Tobe Hooper’s seminal slasher classic, it came together fast. I hope you enjoy! Episode 102 – Discussing “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” […]

If you know me, you know I’m a gigantic fan of film music. Composer Nathan Halpern had three films he’d scored at Sundance this year- “Watcher”, “Emily the Criminal” and “The Martha Mitchell Effect”– and it was a pleasure to not only discuss those with him, but some of the thought process of being a […]

One of the movies that stood out for me at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was the Danish horror movie, “Speak No Evil.” As you’ll hear, though, I had a difficult time trying to figure out how best to discuss it for review. So, what I decided to do is give you my spoken thoughts […]

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 […]

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 […]