The Cinematic Schematic

We continue our month of Prestige Films: Past & Present with a special edition of The Cinematic Schematic‘s “Sound Trek” dedicated to the recently announced Oscar nominations for the 2018 Best Original Score. Now that the Academy has rolled out this year’s contenders for Best Original Score, Alexandra Bohannon picks her favorite tracks from each of the nominated scores and breaks down what made th...

As our month of Prestige Films: Past and Present continues, The Cinematroplis writing team found ourselves split over the controversial 2006 Best Picture winner, Crash. Laron Chapman recently wrote a full-fledged defense of Paul Haggis’s film, calling it “a cinematic prophecy ahead of its time.” Kevin Tudor objected to Laron’s defense and challenged him to a Cinema Showdown. This is a recording of...

***Today’s episode was recorded on three completely different setups in three different locations. Audio quality between each segment may vary. Time Stamps 2:04 – The Shape of Water Spoiler-Free Review 21:40 – The Shape of Water Spoilers 42:40 – “Sound Trek” featuring Godzilla 1954 and more with Alexandra Bohannon 124:40 – Special Pan’s Labyrinth post-screening panel discussion from The Tower Thea...

FULL THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS AHEAD The Cinematic Schematic returns with another special episode featuring a brand new segment called CINEMA SHOWDOWN where a host drills a panel made up of experts with opposing opinions about a newly released film. The first edition of CINEMA SHOWDOWN is hosted and produced by Caleb Haldane from Red Six to Golden Corral. Haldane was not a fan of Star Wars: The Last...

Time Stamps 2:28 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review 20:41 – The Last Jedi Spoilers and analysis discussion Welcome to this special Star Wars edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, Caleb sits down with The Cinematropolis co-founders Jacob and Zachary Burns to discuss the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is...

Time Stamps The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-free review with Laron Chapman- 1:51 The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-filled analysis – 8:20 “Sound Trek” with Alexandra Bohannon- 34:14 “The Essayist” interview with Bobby Griffith – 128:50 — Welcome to the November 2017 edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, each segment will focus on f...

Welcome to the debut episode of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis. Each month, The Cinematic Schematic will deliver a multi-segment show covering different aspects of our monthly theme. As the title of the episode “Do Podcasts Dream of Electric Sheep,” hints, October 2017’s theme was robots, androids and AI in cinema. To kick off the podcast, I join Laron Chapman...

Special Guests Jacob Leighton Burns Co-director Zachary Burns Co-director The Cinematropolis co-founders and co-curators Jacob and Zachary Burns join The Cinematropolis Radio to talk about their first documentary, Fleeting Light. A few words about Fleeting Light from the official synopsis: A group of blind and visually impaired individuals prove that art is accessible to everyone when they are giv...

              The Cinematropolis Radio continues our special deadCenter 2017 interview series with a roundtable talk featuring writer/director Mickey Reece and the stars of his film Alien, Jacob Snovel and Cate Jones. About Mickey Reece’s Alien: Mickey Reece’s Alien is a film conveyed through sensual black and white photography, brooding musical compositions and wry humor. It is a rumination on sp...

    Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of Gremlin     Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt joins Cinematropolis Radio to talk about his experiences creating marketable indie films before blowing the lid off the making of his deadCenter 2017 film, Gremlin. Gremlin: “Two years after the murder of his 10-year-old son, Adam Thatcher (Adam Hampton) receives a mysterious box from a rel...