Sonic Cinema

Roger Ebert has been gone for six years now. One of my favorite critics, Drew McWeeney, shared a story of his with Ebert on Twitter on his birthday this year. Reading it, I was inspired to rewatch Steve James’s documentary, “Life Itself”, and it feels like an important time for me to watch it. Life and death has been on my mind recently; it always seems to be when it […]

As Alex Proyas’s “The Crow” has turned 25, it’s occurred to me that the film is that lightning bolt moment for me, like “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Dark Knight” are for other people. “The Crow” is where my movie enjoyment turned into unadulterated love for the art form, and it changed me from someone who simply digests cinema to someone who confronts cinema, studies […]

Comedy is certainly subjective, but what constitutes successful parody (or parody itself) is pretty cut in dry, right? In this episode, Robert Yaniz Jr. from Crooked Table podcasts wanted to explore the evolution of one of cinema’s most ridiculous subgenres of comedy, and even when you just look at “Blazing Saddles”, “Airplane!” and “Scary Movie”, you’re covering quite a bit of ground. I hope you enjoy! Episode 85 – Robert […]

Is Orson Welles’s career in movies JUST “Citizen Kane,” or is there more to take in? Joining me to discuss that question, and help answer it, is DW Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast podcast, who has a particular affinity for Welles. In addition to “Citizen Kane”, we also discuss “Othello” and “The Trial”. I hope you enjoy! Episode 84 – DW Lundberg and I on Orson Welles Viva La Resistance! Brian […]