Movies where people have to go through rehabilitation- usually physical rehab from an injury- don’t often deal as directly with the mental rehabilitation that goes into that, as well. We typically get glimpses of the traumatic event in flashback as a hint of what the character is going through mentally, but we don’t really live in that mindset with them. There’s nothing terribly cinematic about someone staring at a computer […]
Last year, I wrote about how I was starting to guest on other people’s podcasts to discuss movies. If you want to hear me discuss “Rad” or “Waking Life” or ranking 1998 movies or discussing Christian cinema or film soundtracks, I hope you take the time to go listen to those episodes, and also check out those podcasts in general; they’ve all become part of my rotation of listening. In […]
In the latest episode of the podcast, Brian works through a long-time filmmaker blind spot. For a long time, I had not watched the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger- aka The Archers- but this discussion is a good time to do that. Joining me in talking about these great British filmmakers is film critic, and return guest, Matthew St. Clair, as we discuss “The Life and Death of […]
For this episode, I go a bit more introspective to lead into discussing a film that has had a profound impact on my life this year. I talk about what led me to my current profession, what I value in life, and how it relates to Wim Wender’s wonderful 2023 film, “Perfect Days”. I hope you enjoy! You can read more of my thoughts on the film’s use of a […]
“Starting out in the business, the key issue for me was, ‘What does it take to be a filmmaker in Hollywood?’ Even today I still wonder, ‘What does it take to be a filmmaker, or maybe even an artist, in Hollywood?’…What is the price you pay, to work in Hollywood? Do you end up with a split personality? Do you make one for them, one for yourself?” This quote comes […]
Hello one and all. I hope that everything has been going well with all of you. Much has been going on in the past month for me on all fronts, all pointing towards better things in the future than have been the case in recent months. I’m still working on getting myself physically healthy after my bout of pneumonia, but otherwise all systems are good. But it’s creatively that you […]
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