Sonic Cinema

Hello readers and listeners! You’re going to be treated to a great many enlightening podcasts this next few weeks- we are busy here at Sonic Cinema. This week, I am joined by the filmmakers behind No Restrictions Entertainment, producer John Paul Rice and writer-director Edgar Michael Bravo. While we focus much of our time on […]

Hello readers and listeners! Today, I am very excited to be joined, once again, by filmmaker Chris Esper as we discuss another filmmaker near and dear to our hearts in the beloved French New Wave auteur, Francois Truffaut. I hope you enjoy! Episode 38- Chris Esper and I on Francois Truffaut Viva La Resistance! Brian […]

Hello readers and listeners! In this episode, I am joined by my buddy Marv Dickey once again as discuss Peter Weir’s 1998 film, “The Truman Show,” as it turns 20. I hope you enjoy! Episode 37 – Marv Dickey and I on “The Truman Show” You can read my review of “The Truman Show” here. […]

Hello readers and listeners! I’m really excited to share this interview with everyone. Here, I sit down with Matthew Saliba, the writer-director of the 2014 short, “Eroticide,” who has also worked as a theatre manager and film programmer at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto. As a result, we have a very wide-ranging discussion on the […]

Hello readers and listeners! For this episode, I’m pleased to present an interview I did recently with Jamison M. LoCascio and Adam Ambrosio. They are the filmmakers behind the YouTube channel Film Valor, and we discuss their feature-length films, “Sunset” and “The Depths.” I hope you enjoy! Episode 35- Interview with Film Valor on “Sunset” […]

Hello readers and listeners! This was a bit of an impromptu episode, but I was hoping to have it happen at some point anyway, and I think you’ll like it. Today, I speak with filmmaker Christopher Maloney, who made a documentary that he’s been making the rounds with this year called “In God We Trump,” […]

Hello readers and listeners! For our tenth episode of 2018, I’m please to have an interview for you with one of my very favorite filmmakers over the past few years, courtesy of his short films “Joke,” “Sea Change” and “Jay,” among others. He is Nickolas Duarte, and we have a lovely discussion about his work […]

Hello readers and listeners, and Happy Star Wars Day! In celebration of this day, I’m pleased to present a very special treat, as myself, Ronnie Haynes and Daniel Green continue the discussion of the new “Star Wars” universe with our thoughts on Rian Johnson’s polarizing “The Last Jedi.” What makes this particularly special for me, […]

Hello readers and listeners! In this new episode of the podcast, I take an in-depth, and personal, look at the evolution of a piece I composed in 1999, “In a Lonely Place,” and how it relates to the Alex Proyas film, “The Crow,” as well as the scores written for that film, and the sequel, […]

Hello readers and listeners! In the newest episode of the Sonic Cinema Podcast for 2018, and the 30th episode overall, I have another filmmaker interview for you, this time with writer-director Christopher Di Nunzio, who has shown himself as one of the more versatile filmmakers I’ve gotten to watch over the years. I hope you […]