Before I continue with my Fantasia Fest coverage proper, I wanted to offer a few thoughts on the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman Friday night. He brought history to life for a generation of Black people- he was Black Panther, he was Jackie Robinson, he was James Brown, and he was Thurgood Marshall. He embodied the leaders a generation of Black people looked up to as “Stormin’ Norman” in Spike […]
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The 2020 Fantasia Film Festival kicked off on Thursday. Mine, however, started on July 31 with my first press screener. I’ve been working through screeners of many of the movies I’ve been most interested in ever since, and with me going back to work on August 27, I’ve wanted to make sure I get as much in before my schedule gets cramped up with my day job. Normally, I would […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
Last year, I started a miniseries on the podcast exploring the idea of great movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age whose name alone need be heard to get ideas of its greatness in our heads. Welcome to the next episode of “Established Classics,” and this time, actor Timothy J. Cox and I look at screwball comedy in Howard Hawks’s “Bringing Up Baby”, psychological adventure in John Hughes’s “The Treasure of the […]
In this episode, Brian recaps the best and his favorites from the 2022 Atlanta Film Festival. Also included are interviews with directors Erica Orofino (who made the short film, “She Keeps Me”) and Abi Damaris Corbin (who directed the Opening Night presentation, “892”). I hope you enjoy! **Audio note: The sound on the second discussion with Corbin is very loud due to the environment and crackling. It has been mastered […]