Sonic Cinema

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 […]

The Atlanta Film Festival has really become a place for me to watch a rich tapestry of documentary and independent narratives on a variety of subjects. Many of those involve stories of politics and life and death, humor and heartbreak. This year was no different; even as I was unable to go downtown most of […]

My desire to write music for film predates me even putting pencil to manuscript paper for the first time. Even though I had been listening to film soundtracks and scores for years, it’s hard to describe the impact of what James Horner’s score for “Braveheart” did to me. For the first time, I went from […]

The Atlanta Film Festival was the first one to give me a chance to cover it as a member of the press. I will always be grateful for that, and even when things might get dicey with my schedule, I will make it a point to try and go there every year, and see what […]

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 […]

Work has, admittedly, added a layer of anxiety in terms of covering film festivals that I usually have not had to worry about. In past years, I was able to just take the requisite vacation time- or was on furlough- and left to freely cover the festival. This year, that hasn’t happened. But I’m not […]

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 […]