Sonic Cinema

Hello all. Welcome to the second blog where I look at my burgeoning Blu-Ray collection, be it through reviews of actual discs or, as is the case here, a look at my hopes for what I’d like to see studios bring out in the format. My first blog in the series was about my hopes for “The Crow” films on Blu-Ray, which right now, might be too wishful (“The Crow: […]

So last year I decided to structure my blog about the first four months differently than in previous years. Realizing I still hadn’t really posted the distinctions between why one film gets a certain grade over another, I decided to use my annual blog for January-April to do so. This year, I decided it was a good idea to do the same thing, just to give newer readers an opportunity […]

Hello readers and listeners! This week, I’m pleased to offer you an interview with a director whose work I’ve come to know over the past few years. Some of his shorts have included “Pickup,” “Berenice” and “Slapface,” but it’s his feature film, “Black Wake,” that has made an impression this year, and it is to be released next week (August 7) from Sony Home Entertainment. Please welcome to the podcast […]

Hello readers and listeners! Today, I have a special treat with not one, but two, interviews to share with you today. First up, we have an interview with writer-director-animated Eric Leiser, and we discuss the intriguing trilogy he’s created in “Imagination”, “The Glitch in the Grid” and “Apocalypsis”. We follow this discussion up with his brother Jeffrey Leiser, who is a key collaborator on each of these films as the […]