Sonic Cinema Podcast

Brian welcomes filmmaker Princeton Holt to the podcast to discuss Spike Lee's drama about Son of Sam. Released on September 21, 2019.

Brian brings filmmaker and animator Eric Leiser back to the podcast to discuss Brad Bird's feature directorial debut. Released on September 14, 2019.

Brian recounts his experience at Dragon*Con in 2019. Released on September 9, 2019.

In this episode, filmmaker Chris Esper joins Brian to discuss Frank Oz's hilarious filmmaking comedy with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. Released on September 3, 2019.

This episode has a bit of a two-fer for listeners. We begin with an interview with actor and filmmaker Chad Meisenheimer, which dovetails into a discussion of Mike Judge's cult comedy. Released on August 20, 2019.

Another big moment in the "Class of 1999" series arrives, as Brian and filmmaker Jakob Bilinski discuss David Fincher's polarizing look at toxic masculinity. Released on August 4, 2019.

Brian and filmmaker David Spaltro discuss the summer-opening action-adventure remake of the Universal horror classic. Released on July 23, 2019.

The "Class of 1999" reaches a pretty significant moment, and Brian is joined by filmmaker Christopher Di Nunzio to discuss Stanley Kubrick's final film. Released on July 16, 2019.

Brian brings friend Marv Dickey back to the podcast to discuss the raunchy teen comedy hit. Released on July 9, 2019.

For this double-bill of 1999 films, Brian brings back Snarky Faith's Stuart Delony to discuss a couple of very different religiously-themed films from that year. Released on July 3, 2019.

Brian welcomes back director Princeton Holt and writer Brian Ackley to discuss their science-fiction drama, "2050." Released on June 28, 2019.

Brian and friend and filmmaker Matthew Saliba discuss kaiju for the third time in their discussion on the 2019 "Godzilla" sequel. Released on June 19, 2019.

Brian brings back filmmaker Brian Ackley to the "Class of 1999" series as the two discuss Martin Scorsese's haunting drama. Released on May 24, 2019.

Brian welcomes filmmaker David Spaltro back to the podcast, and the two discuss the Wachowski's groundbreaking action thriller. Released on May 14, 2019.

Brian brings friends Ronnie Haynes and Daniel Green back to the podcast to discuss the much-maligned first film in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. Released on May 5, 2019.

Brian discusses his experience at the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival. Included are interviews with filmmakers such as Lulu Wang, Awkwafina, Joseph Cross and Joe Berlinger, among others. Released on April 26, 2019.

Brian welcomes writer/director Liz Manashil to the podcast to discuss her film, "Speed of Life," which played at the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival. Released on April 12, 2019.

Brian and P. Owen Fasso dig into this sequel to the Brian DePalma classic adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Released on April 3, 2019.

Continuing with the "Class of 1999," Brian and Matthew Saliba continue their kaiju discussion with this final film from the 1990's "Gamera" trilogy. Released on March 27, 2019.

As we continue through the "Class of 1999," Brian brings back P Owen Fasso from Death Ensemble to discuss Peter Hyams's thriller, "End of Days." Released on March 20, 2019.

Brian welcomes back friend Matthew Saliba to the podcast to discuss the history of Japan's beloved monster, and the kaiju genre. Released on March 16, 2019.

Brian is joined by filmmaker Brian Ackley to discuss Spike Jonze's outrageous directorial debut. Released on March 2, 2019.

Brian takes a break from 1999 to look back at 2018 with his rundown of the best films of 2018, and the Oscars for that year. Released on February 23, 2019.

We have a controversial film early in the series as actor Timothy J. Cox and I discuss the Best Picture winner of the 1999 movie year. Released on February 5, 2019.

Our "Class of 1999" series begins with filmmaker Chris Esper joining Brian to discuss Milos Forman's biopic on Andy Kaufman. Released on January 16, 2019.