Over the past couple of years, Twitter has been the main social media site I go to to converse about movies, and I’ve had the opportunity to engage with many film critics and fans from a wide age range from around the world- I’ve even brought some of them onto the Sonic Cinema Podcast. I’ve also become aware of bloggers and YouTubers who deal a lot in news, but seem […]
Six months ago, I covered the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival, which had pivoted from its usual April/May schedule to September on account of the pandemic. It also happened to be during the month or so theatres were still open en masse in Georgia, and during the festival, I would learn that the theatre I had worked at since 2001 was closing for good. This week, I learned that I had […]
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 […]
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 my guest. If not, you should be. He is a former film critic, a current […]
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