“Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the Theory of Relativity and Principles of Uncertainty: phenomenon that determine the course of our lives. Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction. Today, it is headed in another. Yesterday I believed that I would never have done what I did today. These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter […]
**This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. Hello all. I decided that I wanted to bring this blog back this year. Because I can do my long-form Best, Worst and Favorites lists over at Letterboxd, this one will be more about short lists moving forward. I hope you […]
It’s that time again. Amanda Spears returns to discuss the Oscars and help predict the winners. I also share my 10 Best list for 2024. I hope you enjoy! Episode 163 – Oscar Thoughts with Amanda Spears & Brian’s Top 10 of 2024 Read Brian’s Retrospective on 2024 here. Read Brian’s Thoughts of the 2024 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Winners here. Read Brian’s Thoughts of the 2024 Georgia Film Critics […]
The American experiment with Democracy is in a perilous place with the re-election of Donald Trump. Art, and cinema, is inherently political by virtue of the time it was made, as well as the time in which we watch it. In the first episode of what will be a miniseries for the Sonic Cinema Podcast, we begin looking at the ways in which films have portrayed fascism and authoritarianism over […]
I’ll admit to being a bit stuck as to how to approach talking about my creative endeavors for the past year, which is part of the reason it’s a bit late. -No concerts of my music performed. -No albums released. -No completed short films. A lot of projects in a sort of limbo. That said, what I was able to accomplish this year, well, took me in some interesting directions […]
This past month has shown just how odd things to get in October. The fall just began in September, but the air starts to get cold, the wind begins to breeze, and with the leaves falling off of the trees, those cloudy and rainy days just feel a bit more unnerving than they normally do. Maybe that’s why it’s so fitting that Halloween comes on October 31… Since 2003, I’ve […]
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