Sonic Cinema

It was good to be back at Dragon*Con in Atlanta. After a year virtually, Dragon*Con returned to an in-person event, and it was great to remember during this record. I hope you enjoy, and below you can also see my 2020 Virtual Dragon*Con summary. Episode 91 – Dragon*Con 2021 Viva La Resistance! Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com […]

In this episode, there are some technical issues early on, but when Brian tackles two of the best films of the challenging, polarizing director, Terrence Malick, they’re worth sitting through. The films chosen were his 2011 epic of childhood memory, “The Tree of Life”, and his 2019 drama about Franz Jagerstatter, “A Hidden Life”. Joining […]

I’ve been wanting to have a discussion on three specific films from Alfred Hitchcock for a while on the podcast, and I think I found one of the ideal guests to join me in the talk in Morgan Roberts from the Untitled Cinema Gals Project. Listen to us discuss the complicated psychology and suspense of […]

I think Alex Proyas was my first, official “favorite filmmaker.” “The Crow” had a profound impact on me when I finally watched in July of 1994, and I watched it a ridiculous amount of times when it came out on video. Next to the original “Star Wars” trilogy, I think it’s the movie I’ve owned […]

After a major hiccup the first time we recorded, the second time was a charm. Kip Mooney is a fellow film critic whom I have gotten to know over the years on Twitter, and it was a pleasure to discuss movies, and several different topics, with him for the podcast. You can see some of […]

Film music has been important to me since movies have been. In this episode, I wanted to explore the evolution of the music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, how it didn’t necessarily feel cohesive at the start, and how it feels richer than ever now. Included are excerpts from several MCU soundtracks. I hope you […]

When The Plaza in downtown Atlanta closed last March with every other movie theatre at the start of the pandemic, I told myself that, if it reopens on the other side, I would finally take in a midnight screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. The everlasting icon of all midnight movies, the film that […]

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 […]

Representation is more important in cinema than ever. Even when a film seems to succeed with it, however, issues may arise. In this episode, Rosa Parra from the Latinx Lens podcast and I explore this topic with a review of “In the Heights”, as well as a larger discussion on Latino representation in cinema. I […]