Getting into a debate with a friend of mine online about one of this year’s major Oscar contenders, I was inspired to write about Hollywood’s annual festival of self-love that starts with the critics awards in December and culminates with the awarding of Golden Phallic statues near the end of February. There’s a part of me that loves awards season. I love the jockeying for position the studios do with […]
With the Golden Globes come and gone, it won’t be long before Oscar nominations are revealed. Next Tuesday in fact. By this time in Awards Season, all of the major players are set in stone, although an occasional spoiler or upset will occur (think “The Pianist” in 2002, or “Shakespeare in Love” in 1998), and this year is no different. Right now, “The Social Network” has been the critical darling, […]
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 […]
Hello readers and listeners! You’re going to be treated to a great many enlightening podcasts this next few weeks- we are busy here at Sonic Cinema. This week, I am joined by the filmmakers behind No Restrictions Entertainment, producer John Paul Rice and writer-director Edgar Michael Bravo. While we focus much of our time on their latest film, “A Child’s Voice”, we also discuss prior works of social consciousness and […]
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