Sonic Cinema Podcast

Brian sat down with production designer Alexandra Schaller to discuss her work on Kogonada's science fiction drama, "After Yang," which played at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

One of the movies that stood out for me at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was the Danish horror movie, "Speak No Evil." As you'll hear, though, I had a difficult time trying to figure out how best to discuss it for review. So, what I decided to do is give you my spoken thoughts on the movie- which will be well worth checking out when it comes to Shudder later in the year- and dovetailing those in...

Back in 2020, I joined friend Marv Dickey for a discussion of an obscure 1990s film he was going to build into a podcast. His show never took off, but he gave me permission to share our discussion on Steven Soderbergh's 1991 thriller, "Kafka," on the Sonic Cinema Podcast, I hope you enjoy!

Everything I've written about the 1996 movie year has come to this- a roundtable presenting of the best films of 1996 with three guests. First is Mathew Timms, who's been on the podcast before. Next up is Chels from the Untitled Cinema Gals Project and Community Rewatch Podcast . Finally we have actress Grace Aki . You are not prepared for the chaos and madness and diversity to come.

Brian welcomes back Phil Fasso to the podcast as we discuss four horror films from 1996 - "The Craft," "The Island of Dr. Moreau," "The Ghost and the Darkness" and "Scream."

One of the seminal works of the 21st century turns 20 this week, with the anniversary of "The Fellowship of the Ring's" theatrical release. To help discuss Peter Jackson's trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic work, I welcome friends Jeff Darden and Eric Sansone, as we discuss our histories with "Lord of the Rings," as well as some thoughts on the films themselves.

Brian sits down with actor-producer Molly Quinn and co-writer and director Mickey Reece to discuss the horror drama, "Agnes," coming out on December 10.

In this episode, Brian is joined by Carlo of The Movie Loot podcast to look into the documentary form, and six films that sometime prove that truth is stranger than fiction. We discuss "Vernon, Florida," "Hoop Dreams," "Bowling for Columbine," "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," "Grizzly Man" and "Cameraperson."

It's been a few years since I've done a deep dive like this with an interview. Matthew Saliba is back on the podcast, but instead of looking at personal favorites, we're exploring his own work, much of which has just been put online on YouTube . CW/TW There are moments where suicide, bullying and sensitive racial and sexual content are discussed. They are in context of both real-life and movies. T...

Brian sits down with writer-director Miles Doleac to discuss his new film, "Demigod."

We begin our October of terror with an anniversary discussion. Joining me in P Owen Fasso of Death Ensemble, and we delve into his favorite horror franchise of all-time with "The Omen" Trilogy. In the prep for this podcast, I ended up rewatching the 1976 original the night Richard Donner passed away, and this was my first time watching the "Damien: Omen II" and "Omen III: The Final Conflict." I ho...

In this episode, we continue in the "Established Classics" series, as actor Timothy J. Cox and I look at Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" and Sidney Lumet's "12 Angry Men."

Brian discusses the return of the in-person Dragon*Con on Labor Day weekend 2021.

In this episode, there are some technical issues early on, but when Brian tackles two of the best films of the challenging, polarizing director, Terrence Malick, they're worth sitting through. The films chosen were his 2011 epic of childhood memory, "The Tree of Life" , and his 2019 drama about Franz Jagerstatter, "A Hidden Life" . Joining me in discussing the visionary humanity of these films is...

I've been wanting to have a discussion on three specific films from Alfred Hitchcock for a while on the podcast, and I think I found one of the ideal guests to join me in the talk in Morgan Roberts from the Untitled Cinema Gals Project . Listen to us discuss the complicated psychology and suspense of Hitchcock's "Rebecca," "Vertigo" and "Marnie."

After a major hiccup the first time we recorded, the second time was a charm. Kip Mooney is a fellow film critic whom I have gotten to know over the years on Twitter, and it was a pleasure to discuss movies, and several different topics, with him for the podcast. You can see some of his work at KipMooney.com . I hope you enjoy!

In this episode, Brian takes you on a musical journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, exploring various themes and consistencies- or lack thereof- and pointing to highlights in the franchise. Excerpts of soundtracks and scores from "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Thor," "Thor: The Dark World," "Thor: Ragnarok," "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier,"...

As his documentary about Billy Tipton goes into release, I was able to sit down with co-director Chase Joynt to discuss their unique approach to the subject matter of this wonderful documentary.

To go along with my print review of "In the Heights," I'm pleased to be joined by fellow critic Rosa Parra of the Latinx Lens podcast to dig more into the Latino perspective on the film, as well as have a larger discussion on representation. I hope you enjoy!

The parody genre has been around for about five decades, and it's been interesting to see it evolve. Joining me to discuss the topic (which he brought up to me) is Robert Yaniz Jr. from Crooked Table podcasts as we dive into "Blazing Saddles," "Airplane!" and "Scary Movie."

Brian takes a deep dive on the work of Orson Welles with DW Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast podcast as they discuss three of the great director's films- "Citizen Kane," "Othello" and "The Trial."

Brian interviews filmmaker Jessica Ellis about her directorial debut, "What Lies West," which comes to DVD and VOD on May 11, 2021.

Brian recaps his favorite films from the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival, as well as shares interviews with filmmaker Bo McGuire ("Socks on Fire") and ATLFF Assistant Director Cameron McAllister.

Brian interviews filmmaker Christopher Chambers about his new documentary, "A Fire Within," ahead of its premiere at the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival.

Brian interviews filmmaker Jared Callahan, and the two discuss friendship, addiction, and documentary filmmaking in regards to Callahan's terrific film, "Clean Slate."