It’s wild to think that this will be my second time covering the Atlanta Film Festival in less than a year. But while the 2020 edition was happening as my theatre was closing for good, this year’s is occurring as my new theatre reopens. I cannot think of a better ring in to (hopeful) normalcy returning to the moviewatching experience than the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival, which will continue with […]
When we think of movies and “reboots,” we think of taking old franchises, and polishing them off into something new for a younger generation, and hoping to tap into the nostalgia of the original audience for the material, as well. But, I think there’s another type of reboot that cinema can provide, and it’s a more personal one. Actually, I would say it is more of a recharge. Like with […]
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 on. We eventually decided that the answer was both. By this point, hopefully you’ve heard […]
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 who helped make it so- at least creatively- were John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and George […]
Happy New Year! Hope everyone’s having a good 2006 so far. Just wanted to let you know about a couple of music related things, including two new releases online. The two new pieces online are “Danger of the Frontier” (available at www.sonic-cinema.com) and “A New Old West” (available on www.myspace.com/brianskutle). They are the final two pieces of my series of Western-inspired pieces I’ve been working on since starting to compose […]
As a composer, 2005 was a year of opportunity. Specifically, opportunities which presented themselves and I grabbed at. Even more specifically, opportunities that gave me a chance to do what I’ve wanted to do since 1995- compose film scores. You won’t hear my work on the big screen anytime soon, but I’ve been given chances this year to work towards that possibility; some worked out, some didn’t. First up in […]
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