Sonic Cinema

I have never had such a concentrated blast of consecutive moviewatching in my life than I experienced at the 2020 Women in Horror Film Festival in Marietta, Georgia, over the last three days of February. If I hadn’t sat out two of the short film blocks, I would have seen all 89 films that played from Thursday-Saturday. In the end, there were 67 short films and 4 features I watched […]

Next week, I will be attending the 2020 Women in Horror Film Festival in downtown Marietta, Georgia, as was announced at the beginning of February. I was first clued in to the festival by filmmaker Nickolas Duarte, whom actually has a short film, “Old Man Forever,” playing in one of the blocks during the festival this year. I’m looking forward to not only seeing a new short film from one […]

Twenty years ago, the first part of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was released, and the world of cinema changed forever. Joining me in discussing the films, and their impact, are friends Jeff Darden and Eric Sansone, the latter of whom had a role to play in the movies. I hope you enjoy! Episode 96 – Discussing “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy Check out all of Sonic […]

I’m really excited to share this episode. Here, we discuss documentaries, and the films we focus on capture the various ways these movies get to the emotional core of their narratives. Joining me is Carlo from The Movie Loot podcast, and we discuss “Vernon, Florida”, “Hope Dreams”, “Bowling for Columbine”, “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters”, “Grizzly Man” and “Cameraperson”. I hope you enjoy! Episode 95 – Discussing […]