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**Disclaimer: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Atlanta Film Festival will be postponed this year. When I learn more, I will pass it on to you.** Last year, I covered the Atlanta Film Festival for the first time. It was my first, full film festival experience, and- save for some food poisoning midway through- it was a great one. Shortly after covering another local film festival in the Women in […]

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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 […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

Emergency podcast incoming! Ok, there’s nothing pressing about an hour on the Netflix-released “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” but when Phil Fasso and I had shit to talk about on this four thousandth remake/reboot/sequel to Tobe Hooper’s seminal slasher classic, it came together fast. I hope you enjoy! Episode 102 – Discussing “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2022) Viva La Resistance! Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com You can also listen to the Sonic Cinema […]

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If you know me, you know I’m a gigantic fan of film music. Composer Nathan Halpern had three films he’d scored at Sundance this year- “Watcher”, “Emily the Criminal” and “The Martha Mitchell Effect”– and it was a pleasure to not only discuss those with him, but some of the thought process of being a film composer, as well. I hope you enjoy! Episode 101 – Sundance 2022: Interview with […]

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