Sonic Cinema

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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, […]

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2010 has been an interesting year for me, both in my moviegoing and in my life in general. On the latter, I released my fourth album; got in a car accident, totaling my second truck in two years; reconnected with a dear friend; expressed interest in dating said friend, only to discover she was interested in my best guy friend (fret not; their love is genuine); got dressed up for […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

Hello readers and listeners! For our tenth episode of 2018, I’m please to have an interview for you with one of my very favorite filmmakers over the past few years, courtesy of his short films “Joke,” “Sea Change” and “Jay,” among others. He is Nickolas Duarte, and we have a lovely discussion about his work and the body of work he has built up through his own Crown Chimp Films. […]

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Hello readers and listeners, and Happy Star Wars Day! In celebration of this day, I’m pleased to present a very special treat, as myself, Ronnie Haynes and Daniel Green continue the discussion of the new “Star Wars” universe with our thoughts on Rian Johnson’s polarizing “The Last Jedi.” What makes this particularly special for me, though, is that we have the third member of our Yahoos With a Microphone commentary […]

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