If 2021 was audiences dipping their toes back into moviewatching after the lack of theatrical viewing in 2020, 2022 feels like them starting to reassert themselves in terms of what they are interested in. I think we still have one more movie year before Hollywood really starts to get back to normal, as this year […]
The title, “Repertory Revues,” just fits for this series. In a way, it feels like I’m operating my own, personal repertory series each year. One of the things you realize when you work at a theatre for as long as I have is how little autonomy one has when it comes to scheduling and booking. […]
Thirty years ago today, my parents, my grandfather and I went to go see Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men”, and an unorthodox Christmas tradition for me was born. I’ve wanted to talk about the film with other people for a while, and I’m pleased to be joined by Kevin the Critic and Kip Mooney […]
On December 13, it will have been 30 years since my Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Also on December 13, the new documentary, “Boy Scout’s Honor”, becomes available. The film tells the story of Aaron Averheart, and several other Scouts, who were sexually abused by one of their Scoutmasters, Bill Sheehan, as well as how […]
With the release of his semi-autobiographical film, “The Fabelmans,” it’s finally time to discuss Steven Spielberg in depth on the podcast. Joining me in a wide-ranging discussion of Spielberg’s impact on film, how he means something else to audiences now than he did when he started, as well as our favorite films, is Danielle Solzman […]
Every ten years since 1952, the British magazine Sight & Sound has polled critics from around the world for their choices of the ten greatest films of all-time; in 1992, they began to poll directors as well. When you put together the two polls, they can give you tremendous insight into the way critics and […]
It’s not often when we do direct crossovers with another podcast, but in this case, it really felt necessary to do. When Robert Yaniz Jr. and I began discussing the idea of talking about the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer’s “Cloud Atlas”, a big part of it was, whose podcast does this make sense to be […]
When I first scored “The Case” short films for my friend, Chris Dufresne, I had one keyboard synthesizer, and no recording software with which to truly sync picture and music. That meant figuring out the timings for each cue by figuring out where music should be, when it should change, and basically hoping it would […]
To round out this outstanding series of discussions on horror films, we bring back Phil Fasso. We are not going to be discussing bad horror movies, however, but the three best examples of the genre from one of the great years of film ever. 1982 was a milestone movie year, and three of the filmmakers […]
In the second of our three horror episodes in 2022, we not only have a great lineup of films, but we have a great guest. If you’re a fan of horror, you’ll probably be familiar with the films- Brad Anderson’s “Session 9”, Bill Paxton’s “Frailty” and Lucky McKee’s “May”– and, I hope, you’re familiar with […]
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