When it comes to a particular genre of narrative storytelling, science fiction remains my favorite genre, but I will be honest- over the past several years, documentaries have just started to hit differently for me. I think it’s due to my starting to cover film festivals in 2019; while yes, seeing some narrative films before the general public has been exciting, there have typically been 2-3 documentaries from festivals like […]
The past few months have been a bit more of an emotional roller coaster for me than I’ve had in awhile. It hasn’t been tied to a particular life event; it just feels as though something shifted with my social media circle, and it’s been something to work through. The saying is “social media isn’t real life,” but the more time you spend on it, the less true that becomes, […]
Hello readers and listeners! It’s time, once again, to dive back into the movie year of 1999, and the film in question is from a venerable franchise, but a film that doesn’t necessarily hit all the right notes that franchise desires. The film in Michael Apted’s “The World is Not Enough”, and joining me is returning guest Kevin Thomas. Our discussions comes to some unusual conclusions. I hope you enjoy! […]
As we wrap up the horror month this year, Phil Fasso and I dig back into three absolute classics that turned 50 this year. The subject is horror of 1974, and the films are Brian De Palma’s “Phantom of the Paradise”, Larry Cohen’s “It’s Alive” before concluding with Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. I hope you enjoy! The track at the end of this episode is “Symphonic Guitar Dread” […]
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. With new releases, you are beholden to the studio release schedule, and when it comes […]
Sometimes, the best laid plans can go awry. Even when it’s continuing a project you’ve been working on for years. When I choose a “bookend” filmmaker for the year, the expectation I hold for myself is that I will watch one of their films every year after their initial inclusion as a bookend, thereby making their filmography an imperative one for me to go through. This year, if you looked […]
Every October since 2002, I’ve spent the month delving into horror films. Some years have leaned more into familiar choices that I have come to love over the years, often by virtue of what else I had going on that month. In its earlier incarnations, however, I leaned into films I was not familiar with in the genre, from classic offerings to modern movies I’ve missed. Each year, I find […]
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 work out. It did, and I’m still quite pleased with those musical efforts. “Player, PhD.” […]
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