Sonic Cinema Podcast

For his final interview of Fantasia Fest 2020, Brian sits down with writer-director Ben Hozie to discuss the latter's erotic drama, "PVT Chat."

Brian interviews the writer-director of the wild sci-fi dark comedy, "Fried Barry," about his film from 2020 Fantasia Fest.

Ahead of his martial arts action-comedy playing Fantasia Fest, I talk to writer-director Bao Tran about "The Paper Tigers," and what he would liken his film to. I hope you enjoy!

Brian interviews writer-director Chino Moya on his complicated dystopian anthology film, "Undergods," before its premiere at Fantasia Fest 2020.

Brian has an interesting discussion of dealing with dementia and cinema with filmmaker Xia Magnus in talking about his horror film, "Sanzaru," playing at Fantasia Fest.

Brian interviews writer-director Amelia Moses and stars Lee Marshall and Lauren Beatty about their gripping psychological thriller, "Bleed With Me," prior to its screenings at 2020 Fantasia Fest.

Ahead of his film, "The Oak Room," playing at Fantasia Fest 2020, Brian sat down with director Cody Calahan to discuss the film, and his career.

In a convergence of its wider release, and playing at Fantasia Fest, Brian interviews directors David Darg and Price James about their terrific wrestling documentary.

As part of my Fantasia Fest coverage I interview the producer, and one of the actresses of the short film, "Smiley Death Face," which also played at the Women in Horror Film Festival.

Before the film plays at Fantasia Fest, I interview director Ashley George, writer Alonso Diaz Rickards and producer/story originator Maya Korn about their short film, "Diabla." Spoilers

Brian welcomes fellow blogger Patrick Michael, who runs The Inner Circle, to the show to discuss how he started writing for films, his thoughts on modern criticism and fandom, and just to trash talk before the (hopeful) NFL season

Brian looks back at some of the most significant moments he had watching movies with his grandfather, John Mitchell, 20 years after his death. Released on July 29, 2020.

Brian sits down with filmmaker David Shields to discuss his thought-provoking documentary, "Lynch: A History," which currently shows on Topic.

Brian welcomes blogger Amy Smith, who runs the website Film for Thought, to the show to get to know her and how she started writing about film. Released on July 13, 2020.

Brian sits down with writer-director Jeffrey A. Brown and producer Sophia Lin to discuss their horror film, "The Beach House," coming to Shudder. Released on July 6, 2020.

I welcome fellow Atlanta-area film critic Kolby Mac, who has the Kolby Told Me podcast and a website at kolbytoldme.com, to discuss movies, going back to theatres after the COVID-19 pandemic, and how our personal creative interests come into our discussions on movies. Released on June 25, 2020,

Brian welcomes back filmmaker Jeremiah Kipp to the podcast to discuss four of the film projects he's worked on during the period of social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic. Released on June 8, 2020.

Brian interviews filmmakers Coodie and Chike about their streaming series, "Soul City."

Brian interviews filmmaker Matt Wolf on his 2020 documentary, "Spaceship Earth."

Brian interviews Lynn Shelton about her 2019 film, "Sword of Trust." RIP Lynn.

Brian interviews actor and filmmaker Joseph Cross about his directorial debut, "Summer Night," and the transition to directing.

Brian interviews documentary filmmaker Barak Goodman about his 2019 documentary on "Woodstock."

Brian welcomes back Matthew Saliba to the podcast, and they discuss "Yojimbo," "A Fistful of Dollars" and how two great filmmakers went in two different directions with a similar starting point, and the place each respective series holds in film history. Released on May 27, 2020.

Brian welcomes back actor Timothy J. Cox, who suggested we discuss the career of Jack Nicholson in light of his 83rd birthday. Released on May 6, 2020.

We're never going to agree on a "Star Wars" film again, are we? Brian, Ronnie Haynes, David Miles and Daniel Green are back to discuss the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. Released on May 4, 2020.