This space is usually reserved for my thoughts as I close the calendar movie year at Sonic Cinema, and that will still happen below, but this retrospective will also be about how Sonic Cinema has grown over the past year. I began the year with big aspirations for this website. I started a Patreon subscription, had plans to finish, and publish, my book, Why is the Rabbit Wearing Sunglasses?, and […]
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**This article originally ran on the horror blog Death Ensemble as an induction into the site’s “Hell of Fame.” It is reposted here, along with links to the respective movies whose themes are listed here. I hope you enjoy!** The music is usually the final piece of any film to fall into place. It can also be the most influential in how we feel about a film after the fact. […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
Comedy is certainly subjective, but what constitutes successful parody (or parody itself) is pretty cut in dry, right? In this episode, Robert Yaniz Jr. from Crooked Table podcasts wanted to explore the evolution of one of cinema’s most ridiculous subgenres of comedy, and even when you just look at “Blazing Saddles”, “Airplane!” and “Scary Movie”, you’re covering quite a bit of ground. I hope you enjoy! Episode 85 – Robert […]
Is Orson Welles’s career in movies JUST “Citizen Kane,” or is there more to take in? Joining me to discuss that question, and help answer it, is DW Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast podcast, who has a particular affinity for Welles. In addition to “Citizen Kane”, we also discuss “Othello” and “The Trial”. I hope you enjoy! Episode 84 – DW Lundberg and I on Orson Welles Viva La Resistance! Brian […]