Sonic Cinema

With the end of the “Jurassic World” trilogy, it’s time to look at the dinosaur franchise that Spielberg built. To discussing “Jurassic World Dominion”, I’m joined by Danielle Solzman, a film critic who runs Solzy at the Movies, who marks the series as a formidable one. I hope you enjoy! Episode 110 – Discussing “Jurassic […]

Last year, I started a miniseries on the podcast exploring the idea of great movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age whose name alone need be heard to get ideas of its greatness in our heads. Welcome to the next episode of “Established Classics,” and this time, actor Timothy J. Cox and I look at screwball comedy […]

In this episode, Brian recaps the best and his favorites from the 2022 Atlanta Film Festival. Also included are interviews with directors Erica Orofino (who made the short film, “She Keeps Me”) and Abi Damaris Corbin (who directed the Opening Night presentation, “892”). I hope you enjoy! **Audio note: The sound on the second discussion […]

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 […]