We are a few days away from the beginning of the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival, and I’m optimistic in what this year’s coverage will be. (At the very least, I’m hopeful that I will not have to delay my podcast about the festival until July due to my computer dying on me.) My work schedule can get plenty chaotic, but I’m hopeful that most of what I have planned in […]
One of the first long-form reviews I sent to friends and family in the email list that would become Sonic Cinema was for Stanley Kubrick’s final film, “Eyes Wide Shut”. Along with “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”, it was the most anticipated film of the summer of 1999, even before Kubrick’s untimely passing shortly after presenting his final cut to Warner Bros in early March of that year. Production had […]
In this mini-episode of the podcast, I thought I’d talk briefly about my favorite genre of all-time- science fiction. My history with the genre, why my love has only deepened, and why it’s being covered so heavily this year on Sonic Cinema. I hope you enjoy! The end piece is “Weightless Waltz in F,” from my 2010 album, “Beyond the Infinite: A Musical Odyssey”. You can read my paper on […]
It is that time of year again- the Oscars. This episode features the things you’ve come to expect over the years- a category by category breakdown with awards watcher Amanda Spears, followed by my 10 Best Films of the year. I hope you enjoy! My retrospective on 2025 can be read here. Read Brian’s Thoughts on the 2025 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Winners here. Read Brian’s Thoughts on the 2025 […]
If you love film, you likely have been to a repertory screening at some point in your life. The chance to watch an older movie, on the big screen, with a crowd as in love with the opportunity to watch a movie in theatres, maybe for the first time, or maybe to recapture that sense of wonder of when you first saw it. The idea of repertory showings of movies […]
For the most part, I did- indeed- get “Repertory Revue” back on track in 2025. Yes, in February and March I didn’t do a single review for this, but considering that that time period I was dealing with a hectic work schedule, season tickets for pro volleyball, a film festival, and personal situations- including my mother passing- the fact that every other month I was able to get two movies […]
One of my favorite things in movies is when they show why a piece of music matters to a character. While a great soundtrack can help us figure out who a character is, when we see characters actively engage with music onscreen, that is a special thing for me. There are plenty of great examples of this- Max Cherry discovering The Delfonics in “Jackie Brown”; “As Time Goes By” being […]
**Author’s Note: The following essay includes scenes from “Touch of Evil” to illustrate my words. These scenes not only include spoilers to the film, but one involves implied sexual assault. Orson Welles never stopped pushing cinema form forward after “Citizen Kane”– the problem was his resources got more and more scant, and his freedom more and more bowled over by studio interference as he went along. But watch films like […]
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