Sonic Cinema

Sounds, Visions and Insights by Brian Skutle

News

What can I say? I’m enamored with film festival coverage now. The fresh voices. The energy of the community. The experience. Of course, COVID-19 has thrown the festival circuit for a loop, as SXSW and Cannes have been cancelled, and the Atlanta Film Festival has been delayed until September. I will have more on the latter in a future post; for now, it’s another festival’s chance to shine. The other […]

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Get ready for the craziest summer movie season any of us have ever seen. First of all, I hope that everyone reading this post is safe and healthy as the world continues to deal with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has made for a movie year, and personal year, like no other in my lifetime. My full-time job shuttered back in mid-March, and it’s aiming to re-open in […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

One of the movies that stood out for me at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was the Danish horror movie, “Speak No Evil.” As you’ll hear, though, I had a difficult time trying to figure out how best to discuss it for review. So, what I decided to do is give you my spoken thoughts on the movie- which will be well worth checking out when it comes to Shudder […]

Categories: News, News - Podcast

In 2020, Sonic Cinema Podcast alum Marv Dickey was ramping up to start his own podcast, looking at obscure movies from the 1990s. I joined him in a discussion of Steven Soderbergh’s “Kafka”, which has long been a favorite of mine from the director. The podcast never materialized, but Marv has given me permission to share the discussion here. I thought it would be a good way to begin the […]

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