Sonic Cinema

To round out the summer, we actually circle back to an episode birthed during last year’s “Best of 1996” podcast. The subject is the late British director, Alan Parker, and I’m pleased to be joined by my friend Mathew Timms as we discuss three films from the director’s career- “Pink Floyd The Wall”, “Birdy” and […]

When I have Phil Fasso on the podcast, the discussion always leads in interesting directions. This time, we eschew fantastic horror and move to the Italian Neorealism movement of the 1940s and ’50s, and in particular, two films from Vittorio De Sica. Here, we have a heartfelt discussion on “Bicycle Thieves” and “Umberto D”. I […]

With Leo season coming up, I wanted to have some fun with this episode. Who is the most chaotic lion in movie history, and why is it the studio of Metro Golden Meyer, aka MGM? To help me honor the chaos of the studio, I welcome back to the podcast two Leos, Morgan and Chels […]

On this episode of the podcast, I’m pleased to be joined by a fellow podcaster and composer whom I’ve wanted to have on since I first joined them on their Piecing It Together Podcast. His name is David Rosen, and it was great to discuss podcasting and music with him, and you can check out […]

Over the past year, I’m starting to discuss more of the film music that I love. Part of that is discussing the work of composer Hans Zimmer, who is my favorite film composer of all-time. To talk about Zimmer, I am joined by the co-host of NostalgiaCast, Darin Lundberg, and we discuss six of our […]

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 […]

Last year, I wrote about how I was starting to guest on other people’s podcasts to discuss movies. If you want to hear me discuss “Rad” or “Waking Life” or ranking 1998 movies or discussing Christian cinema or film soundtracks, I hope you take the time to go listen to those episodes, and also check […]

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 […]