Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show

CELLULOID DREAMS 8/24/23

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Donya is a young woman from Afghanistan who previously worked as a translator for U.S. troops and has since moved to Fremont, CA. When she gets a job writing fortunes at a fortune cookie factory, she sees an opportunity to send a special message out into the world with no idea where it will lead. FREMONT is the film and our guest this week is director/co-writer Babak Jalali.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including BLUE BEETLE; STRAYS; LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND; THE ETERNAL MEMORY; BOTTOMS; GOLDA; ENTER THE DRAGON [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; SWAMP THING [4K][MVD Visual]; WEIRD SCIENCE [4K][Arrow Video]; NEW FIST OF FURY [Arrow Video] and PRIMETIME PANIC 2 (The Death Of Richie/Incident At Crestridge/ The Seduction of Gina) [Fun City Editions].

This week's featured soundtrack: GRAN TURISMO (music by Lorne Balfe and Andrew Kawczynski) [Sony Music Masterworks]

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OnCELLULOID DREAMS 8/17/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Barbenheimer? Umm... sort of-- part one!

In his follow-up to MEMENTO, Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER) took us to a small Alaskan town in the middle of summer and a 24/7 midnight sun, where two detectives arrive to investigate a murder. Experiencing the fatigue of insomnia, one of them is also up against their prime murder suspect: an author who may be getting messages from the dead. We go way back to 2002 and our conversation with Christopher Nolan who talks about layering a story, directing Robin Williams, the forum of DVD and... Jim Carrey?

Queer cinema across the globe continues to grow and more venues are stepping up to present features and shorts to audiences in a number of ways. One of those is the SF Queer Film Festival, now in its 3rd year of showcases unique films by local and international filmmakers (along with on-stage Q&As). Joining us is festival programmer and blogger Kevin Thomas.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER; HEART OF STONE [Netflix]; ROMAN HOLIDAY [4K][Paramount Home Video]; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [4K][Paramount Home Video] and PAINT [RLJ Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (music by Drum & Lace) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/10/23

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Frankie is a dying film star who gathers three generations of family in the seaside resort town of Sintra, Portugal, for what will likely be their last outing together. Director/co-screenwriter Ira Sachs (PASSAGES, LITTLE MEN) finds love and life in the tangle of unsaid emotions and heartbreak (and maybe a little Sondheim).

Plus, ALL-NEW Grande "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including MEG 2: THE TRENCH; DREAMIN WILD; GRAN TURISMO; JULES; PASSAGES [Mubi]; RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE [Amazon Prime 8/11]; STAY AWAKE [VOD 8/14]; GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 [4K][Disney Home Video]; CINDERELLA [4K][Disney Home Video]; FAST X [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF [4K][Paramount Home Video] and THE LAST OF US [Warner Home Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE DUNGEON MASTER’S JUKEBOX (music by Lorne Balfe) [Decca Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/3/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: From smiles to thrills!

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel, SHORTCOMINGS gives us a young, condescending arthouse theater operator in Berkeley, CA who obsesses over movies and life. After his girlfriend moves to NYC for an internship, he follows her in hopes of reconnecting, unprepared for big changes. Actor Randall Park (ANT-MAN AND THE WASP) makes his feature directorial debut and enthuses with us about it.

A teenager befriends and falls hard for an online stranger from 900 miles away, who surprises her and her mom when he unexpectedly appears with a birthday gift. Of course, things are not what they seem and in short order, their world is twisted upside-down. Amy Redford directs the thriller WHAT COMES AROUND and zooms in with us.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including HAUNTED MANSION; TALK TO ME; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM; AFIRE; KOKOMO CITY; SHORTCOMINGS; EAST OF EDEN [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; RIO BRAVO [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and JUSTICE LEAGUE: WARWORLD [4K][Warner Home Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: COBWEB (music by Drum & Lace) [Lionsgate Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/27/23

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As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists from The Associated Press-- the only international reporters who remain in the city-- trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is the first feature film from journalist/director Mstyslav Chernov who joins us via Zoom.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including OPPENHEIMER; BARBIE; THEY CLONED TYRONE [Netflix]; SCREAM VI [4K][Paramount Home Video]; THE TRUMAN SHOW [4K][Paramount Home Video]; ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET [Lionsgate Home Video]; SISU [Lionsgate Home Video] and ROBOT MONSTER in 3D [Bayview Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: A YEAR ON PLANET EARTH (music by Jasha Klebe) [Silva Screen Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/20/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Two new to Blu(-ray)!

"Yogi" Berra was one of baseball's greats, earning ten World Series rings, three MVP awards and many All-Star Game appearances. But, he may be best-known for simply being himself and for his philosophical "Yogi-isms." IT AIN'T OVER tells the legendary catcher's story, and we get even more with director Sean Mullin and executive producer (and Yogi's granddaughter) Lindsay Berra.

KANDAHAR finds an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission and identity are exposed, he and his translator must fight their way out and escape. We talk with Ric Roman Waugh, director of the action/political thriller, KANDAHAR.

Plus, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THEATER CAMP; THE MIRACLE CLUB; 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL; THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1978) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and BIG GEORGE FORMAN [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE (music by Lorne Balfe)

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/13/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Isolation and flights of fantasy.

A grieving widower, locked in a state of debilitating melancholy turns to a mysterious self-help book from the dark web written by an eccentric guru, which promises to unlock the power to fly. Director/composer H.P. Mendoza (COLMA: THE MUSICAL, BITTER MELON) shares with us THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT.

Isolated within the confines of a biosphere well-stocked with food and entertainment, two American bros (one of them an ex-President) who may be the last men on Earth attempt to adapt and survive the apocalypse. Zooming in is co-writer and first-time feature director Mel Eslyn on the indie science fiction comedy BIOSPHERE.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including BLACK ICE; INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR; JOY RIDE; THE LESSON; BIOSPHERE and BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER [Universal Home Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE SANDMAN (music by David Buckley) [Netflix Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/6/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Overcoming.

A young mother of two, expecting her third, is on a mission to regain custody of her kids from the state and finds support from her Bay Area community in the drama EARTH MAMA, based on the documentary short THE HEART STILL HUMS. With us are writer/director Savanah Leaf, turning her short into a feature film and lead actor Tia Nomore.

Based on the memoir, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? is the sometimes-comic tale of celebrity biographer Lee Israel and her turn to deception for profit. Richard E. Grant (currently on-screen in THE LESSON) plays Lee's partner-in-crime and tells us all about it (and maybe a few words about POSH NOSH!) in this interview from 2018.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE; ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED; RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN; EVERY BODY; EARTH MAMA; THE LEAGUE and AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (3-D) [Disney Home Video].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE SANDMAN (music by David Buckley) [Netflix Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/29/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: More rainbow stories!

The "T" in LGBTQI has become well-known in the past 5-6 years, but the "I" gets the spotlight in the new documentary EVERY BODY. It shows us three intersex individuals who found paths through childhoods filled with shame, secrecy and unauthorized surgery to becoming the adults they truly were. We sit down with one of the film's subjects, River Gaillo along with director Julie Cohen and producer Tommy Nguyen.

Plus, SUPER-SIZE "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including PAST LIVES; ASTEROID CITY; NIMONA [Netflix]; AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER [4K][Disney Home Video]; AVATAR [4K][Disney Home Video]; EVIL DEAD RISE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; JOHN WICK Chapter 4 [Lionsgate Home Video]; THE POPE'S EXORCIST [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; MILLENNIUM MAMBO [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; WILL PENNY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; JUGGERNAUT [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; CLASH OF THE WOLVES/WHERE THE NORTH BEGINS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE OYSTER PRINCESS/MEYER FROM BERLIN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; LA CHEVRE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; LES COMPERES [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL REDUX [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; TOMMY GUNS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and SUBLIME [Cinephobia Releasing].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY (music by Ian Hultquist) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/22/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: More for Pride month! Do we sound like movie lovers?

David Thorpe, a South Carolina gay man, put himself in front of the camera to confront what he considered a major road block in life: his stereotypical voice. So, he set out to change it. Director Thorpe tells us about vocal therapy and enlisting on-camera comments from celebrities and friends in his self-exploratory documentary DO I SOUND GAY? from our 2015 archive!

Plus, SUPER-SIZE "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY; ELEMENTAL; THE BLACKENING; STAN LEE [Disney+]; NO HARD FEELINGS; THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; RONIN [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; GORKY PARK [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE PACKAGE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; DUET FOR ONE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; KNOCKABOUT [Arrow Video]; FILL 'ER UP WITH SUPER [Radiance Films] and MOONLIGHTING WIVES/THE NAKED FOG (1966) [Film Movement Classics].

This week's featured soundtrack: OUR PLANET II (music by Jasha Klebe and Thomas Farnon) [Netflix Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/15/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Turning up the heat in Pride month with two films from Frameline47!

On a family camping trip, a teenage boy experiences feelings for his cousin's "bro" boyfriend and all the awkwardness that follows in the gentle indie comedy-drama BIG BOYS. Joining us is writer/director Corey Sherman.

A queer activist Muslim woman in Missouri finds difficulty in coming out to her traditional mother, even marrying a cisgender man to avoid conflict. The documentary COMING AROUND tracks the struggle toward a loving solution and we talk with its writer/director Sandra Itäine.

The "true" story of how Frito-Lay introduced Flamin' Hot Cheetos to the world, courtesy of one of their janitors with an eye on the Latin market is the subject of FLAMIN' HOT, and chatting it up are Eva Longoria (making her directorial debut) and producer DeVon Franklin.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE FLASH; TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS; THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER; THE SECRET KINGDOM; SUBLIME [on VOD 6/20]; INSIDIOUS [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] and WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE [Film Movement Classics].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (music by Jongnic Bontemps) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/8/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Persistence of vision!

It's 1973 and surrealist icon Salvador Dali, nearing the end of his days but still hosting lavish parties at his New York City hotel, works with a young gallery assistant on a show. Director Mary Harron (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, AMERICAN PSYCHO) and screenwriter John Walsh welcome us to DALILAND.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE; THE BOOGEYMAN; PADRE PIO; LYNCH/OZ; RAIN MAN [MDV Visual]; RENFIELD (Dracula Sucks Edition) [Sony Home Video]; [Universal Home Entertainment]; 65 and SPINNING GOLD [Universal Home Entertainment].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: THE FLASH (music by Benjamin Wallfisch) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 12/1/22 THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Laughter, tears and creeps in NYC! SPOILER ALERT is based on the memoir by TV Guide critic Michael Ausiello about his relationship with his husband Kit Cowan, which ended when the latter died of cancer. We sit down with the actors who portray Ausiello and Cowan respectively, Jim Parsons (THE BOYS IN THE BAND) and Ben Aldridge (PENNYWORTH). A Senegal immigrant, seeking a better life, takes a job as a nanny for a Manhattan couple's daughter. But, various elements slowly create an atmosphere of discomfort, abuse and nightmares. NANNY is a psychological drama and the debut feature of writer/director Nikyatu Jusu, who joins us, along with lead actor Anna Diop (US; TITANS). Also, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including GUILLERMO DEL TORO’s PINOCCHIO [also on Netflix 12/9]; SHE SAID; THE FABELMANS; BONES AND ALL; THE INSPECTION; NANNY [also on Amazon Prime 12/16]; LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER [also on Netflix 12/2]; DON’T WORRY DARLING [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THE KILLING [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; PATHS OF GLORY [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD [Well Go Entertainment] and CLERKS III [Lionsgate Home Video]. * * * * This week's featured soundtrack: STRANGE WORLD (Music by Henry Jackman) [Walt Disney Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 11/24/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Movie talk about movie talk!

Since the earliest days of Hollywood, the name Laemmle has appeared in movie credits. The documentary ONLY IN THEATERS follows four generations of Laemmles in Hollywood, from the formation of Universal Pictures in 1912 to the present day, who have dedicated themselves to the art of film and the future of cinema. Joining us is director Raphael Sbarge.

Ainbo is a young girl living with her tribe in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. An apprentice hunter, she strikes out to save her village when it is cursed by an evil forest demon, accompanied by her two spirit animals. AINBO: SPIRIT OF THE AMAZON is based on the life experience of the filmmakers and we chat with the voice of Ainbo, Lola Raie.

THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION-- now on blu-ray-- offers a snapshot of this moment of movie culture: how digital viewing options in the age of COVID affect how we relate to cinema. Director Mark Cousins zooms in to share his passion and optimism in exploring the poetry of cinema in our current time.

Also, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE WONDER [Netflix]; SPIRITED [Apple TV+]; DISENCHANTED [Disney+]; GOOD NIGHT OPPY [also on Amazon Prime 11/23]; BULLET TRAIN [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; ROB EPSTEIN AND JEFFREY FRIEDMAN COLLECTION [Milestone/Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; JEEPERS CREEPERS REBORN [Screen Media Entertainment] and LOST ILLUSIONS [Music Box Films].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: THE MENU (Music by Colin Stetson) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 11/17/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Struggles and successes!

GOOD NIGHT OPPY follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA on what was expected to be a 90 day mission that ultimately became 15 years exploring the red planet. Director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave talk about Wall-E's real-life cousin.

A humble Cambodian-Mexican-American family struggling to keep their Bad Axe, Michigan restaurant alive during the 2020 pandemic and election upheaval is the subject of the documentary BAD AXE. Director David Siev discussing turning his camera on his own family to capture a portrait of love with unflinching honesty.

Also, EXTENDED "Screen Scene" movie reviews including BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER; IS THIS BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU? [Netflix]; BAD AXE [also streaming 11/18]; THERE THERE; LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND [also on demand 11/18]; RETROGRADE; ONLY IN THEATERS; SALVADORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS; THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING [Warner Home Entertainment]; BLUE HAWAII [4K][Paramount Home Video]; THE COUNTERFIET TRAITOR [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: DANGEROUS LIAISONS - ORIGINAL SCORE FROM THE STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES (Music by Anne Nikitin) [Lions Gate Records

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CELLULOID DREAMS 11/10/22

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Coraline is an adventurous girl who discovers a hidden world: a strangely idealized version of her own frustrating home, but which hides sinister secrets. As his new stop-motion feature WENDELL & WILD debuts on Netflix, we go back to 2009 for our conversation with director/screenwriter Henry Selick (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) who tells us about adapting Neil Gaiman's CORALINE to the big screen... and filming in 3-D!

While doing research for his novel IN COLD BLOOD, Truman Capote visits the town where a family was murdered and begins to develop a close relationship with one of the two convicted killers as their execution date draws near. The film is INFAMOUS and was directed by the late Douglas McGrath (BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS), heard again in this interview from 2007.

Also, our "Screen Scene" movie reviews including AFTERSUN; WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY [Roku]; CAUSEWAY [Apple TV+]; LOUIE ARMSTRONG'S BLACK & BLUES [also on Apple TV+]; HOLY SPIDER; GOD FORBID: THE SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN A DYNASTY [Hulu] and CASABLANCA [4K][Warner Home Entertainment].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Music by Carter Burwell) [Hollywood Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 11/3/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Family values?

In the 1980s-- the world's favorite decade to revisit in saturated horror movie nostalgia-- a young, socially-awkward teen in need of friends creates a makeshift family of... the undead. THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD is a modern fairy tale... with zombies, and with us are its director Martin Owen and stars Max Harwood (EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE) & Hero Fiennes Tiffin (HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE).

Also, our "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE GOOD NURSE [Netflix]; WENDELL & WILD [Netflix]; DESCENDANT [Netflix]; TOP GUN: MAVERICK [4K][Paramount Home Video]; YELLOWSTONE: THE DUTTON LEGACY COLLECTION; THE USUAL SUSPECTS [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; DRESSED TO KILL [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; EYES OF LAURA MARS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Music by Volker Bertelmann) [Netflix Music]

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iCELLULOID DREAMS 10/27/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Feline a little bit country!

Decades after hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, pop artist Brandi Carlile gifted her an entire album's worth of songs drawn from Tucker's rich life. With Carlile's encouragement, Tucker pushed past her fears, discovered new fans and enjoyed an amazing comeback. It's all been captured in THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER: FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE. With us is its director Kathlyn Horan (INDIGO GIRLS: ONE LOST DAY).

Meow! The Internet's favorite, most-entertaining subject-- cats-- are the co-stars of a new documentary that focuses on the people in these cats' lives-- specifically the men. CAT DADDIES shows us a handful of men who defy the onetime-stigma of "guy with a cat" syndrome and the degree to which their lives are affected by their feline companions. Director Mye Hoang zooms in with us!

Also, our "Screen Scene" movie reviews including BLACK ADAM; PLEASE BABY PLEASE; CALL JANE; THE BLUE IGUANA [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; LONELYHEARTS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; GOING PLACES [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and BLIND FURY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: SEASON 1 (Music by Ramin Djawadi) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 10/20/22 [Expanded version]

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: It's all true.

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched and murdered in Mississippi. TILL explores what happened in the years that followed, when his mother, Mamie Till Mobley worked to turn grief into action by fiercely pursuing justice for her son while exposing the racism behind the attack. We sit down with the director/co-writer of TILL, Chinonye Chukwu (CLEMENCY).

When West Hollywood prostitute Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean died of meth overdoses in the apartment of politico Ed Buck in 2017 and 2019, respectively, it set into motion a media circus that zeroed in on Buck's homosexuality, his attraction to young Black men and alleged drug use. Zooming in is Michiel Thomas, writer/director of the documentary GEMMEL & TIM.

ARGENTINA, 1985 dramatizes the audatious account of a team of young lawyers who investigated and prosecuted members of the Argentine military dictatorship responsible for a bloody takeover and the disappearance of thousands. Director/co-writer Santiago Mitre tells us all about it.

Also, our "Screen Scene" movie reviews including HALLOWEEN ENDS; LET ME BE ME [streaming everywhere]; GEMMELL & TIM; TICKET TO PARADISE; BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER; ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [Netflix 10/28]; RAYMOND & RAY [AppleTV+] and MY POLICEMAN [also on Amazon Prime 11/4]. (Home video releases are posted separately this week!)

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: BLACK ADAM (Music by Lorne Balfe) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 10/13/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Breaking through!

LET ME BE ME shows us how a family who learned their 6-year-old son was autistic set out on a radical journey to develop a connection with him. Twenty years later, the boy who'd shielded himself from the world by wrapping himself in fabrics became a fashion designer, establishing connections with family and new friends. We're pleased to welcome the film's subject and success story, Kyle Westphal to the show!

Also, a large-size "Screen Scene" movie review segment including BROS; LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE [Netflix]; MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE [Netflix]; SIGNIFICANT OTHER [Paramount+]; TRIANGLE OF SADNESS; PRETTY PROBLEMS; RIOTSVILLE, USA; PIGGY; ROSALINE [Hulu]; SIRENS; THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD [also streaming 10/18] and LOST HIGHWAY [Criterion Collection Blu-ray].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: AMSTERDAM (Music by Daniel Pemberton) [Hollywood Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 10/6/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Weirdness with laughs and creeps.

Desiring new experiences, a young couple find themselves invited to a weekend getaway in Sonoma, CA with some affluent strangers. But their relationship strains when the party turns wild and they find themselves quickly spiraling down a rabbit hole where anything goes. Lead actors and co-writers Britt Rentschler & Michael Tennant share what's behind their PRETTY PROBLEMS.

From 2007: When a young family welcomes their new-born daughter, their talented and eccentric 9-year-old son's behavior turns from refined to jealous to deeply sinister. JOSHUA is the film (and the boy) and director/co-writer George Ratliff (HELL HOUSE) takes us through his uncomfortable little tale.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE GREATEST BEER RUN; MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM [Amazon Prime]; GOD'S CREATURES; HELLRAISER (2022) [Hulu]; THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER [4K][Disney Home Video]; DC LEAGUE OF SUPERPETS [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; INDECENT PROPOSAL [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; TROPIC THUNDER [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; BY CANDLELIGHT [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; MURDER AT THE VANITIES [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE RAINMAKER [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THE CHOCOLATE WAR [MVD Video].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: IMMORTALITY: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO THE INTERACTIVE TRILOGY (Music by Nainita Desai) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 9/29/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: More movie talk for your buck!

BROS is the first major studio rom-com with a completely gay cast. Yes, it's a boy-meets-unlikely-boy-in-New-York-City story, but it also pushes deeper into the realities of relationships and expectations. We grab a seat with the main bros themselves, actor/writer Billy Eichner and actor Luke Macfarlane (veteran of Hallmark movies)!

THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION offers a snapshot of this moment of movie culture: how digital viewing options in the age of COVID affect how we relate to cinema. Director Mark Cousins zooms in to share his passion and optimism in exploring the poetry of cinema in our current time.

After the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her Father, must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future. VESPER is also the title of this film and we're joined by its writer/directors Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper.

Following the accidental death of his wife, a man with a teenage daughter are held captive and he is conscripted to tear up the patio of a house scheduled to be demolished. But the motivation for the dig proves to be something sinister. We talk with director K. Asher Levin.

"Screen Scene" movie reviews is online-only this week!

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: RUDY: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK - DELUXE EDITION (Music by Jerry Goldsmith) [Varèse Sarabande CD Club]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 9/22/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: It's early for a snow day, but...

In 1982, the Alpine Meadows Ski Patrol-- a youthful group of powder enthusiasts, along with a newly-appointed safety expert-- found themselves trapped in the Lake Tahoe lodge by an avalanche of unforseen magnitude. The story of their experience through the unrelenting storm is documented in BURIED: THE 1982 ALPINE MEADOWS AVALANCHE. Co-directors Jared Drake & Steven Siig take us over the mountain.

Then, a bonus extended "Screen Scene" movie review segment covering THE WOMAN KING; BLONDE; GOODNIGHT, MOMMY; BURIED: THE 1982 ALPINE MEADOWS AVALANCHE; SIDNEY [AppleTV+]; LIGHTYEAR [4K][Disney Home Video]; BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; POLTERGEIST [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THE LOST BOYS [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THE AMUSEMENT PARK [RLJ Entertainment]; MARRIED TO THE MOB [Fun City Editions]; OUTLANDER [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] and RAIN [MVD Video].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: POSER (Music by Adam Robl & Shawn Sutta) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 9/1/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: We've been here before...

A small tribe of indigenous people defend their land from Brazilian farmers who sieze a protected area of the Amazon rainforest. But, facing deforestation and ultimately climate change, their fight includes not just bows and arrows but also drones and social media. Our first guest, director Alex Pritz put cameras in the hands of tribal people and facilitated them documenting the whole experience as it unfolded in THE TERRITORY.

HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. (one title, two periods!) is a satirical comedy about a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church forced to close due to scandal and how its "first lady" and her pastor husband rebuild their congregation and stage a comeback of biblical proportions. We sit down with the Ebo sisters, writer/director Addama and producer Adanne about their feature film debut (an expansion of their same-titled short film).

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including KATRINA BABIES [HBO Max]; ME TIME [Netflix]; THE INVITATION; SAMARITAN [Amazon Prime]; BURIAL {also VOD on 9/2] and THE DELTA FORCE [MVD Video].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: THE INVITATION (music by Dara Taylor) [Madison Gate Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/25/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Go on two very different trips-- to 2017!

The 50-year history and near-mythic journey of the Grateful Dead is told in epic style (as in, 4 hours' worth!) in a documentary offering unprecedented access to one of the most iconic, textured and unique bands in rock history. Director Amir Bar-Lev (MY KID COULD PAINT THAT) is our guide for a LONG STRANGE TRIP comprising previously-unseen footage, interviews and alternate versions of Dead tunes. (The conversation isn't nearly so strange.)

Unanticipated adventure, romance and a new lust for life emerge when the wife of a successful but inattentive movie producer goes on an extended car trip in the south of France in PARIS CAN WAIT. We sit down with writer/director Eleanor Coppola, making her narrative feature debut.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including BREAKING; THE TERRITORY; FUNNY PAGES [also on VOD on 8/26]; LAST JOURNEY OF PAUL W.R.; JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; HEAT; PARADISE HIGHWAY [Lionsgate Home Video] and SNIPER: ROGUE MISSION [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment].

- - - - * This week's featured soundtrack: BETTER CALL SAUL VOL. 3 (music by Dave Porter) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/18/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Talkin' about a living legend in an extended episode!

Since entering the spotlight guided by her famous mom, Liza Minnelli carved her own path that also included music, movies and shows. In 2004, her remarkable life and electric career were compiled in painstaking detail in THE LIZA MINNELLI SCRAPBOOK, which takes readers through the performer's life, event by event in a comprehensive overview unlike any other published biography. Author Scott Schechter documented a complete listing of Minnelli's concerts, films, albums and TV appearances in a gold mine of information, and we hop back to 2004 to revisit our leisurely chat.

Then, Screen Scene" movie reviews including EMILY THE CRIMINAL; DAY SHIFT [Netflix]; SECRET HEADQUARTERS [Paramount+]; BEAST; ORPHAN: FIRST KILL [also VOD & Paramount+ on 8/19]; SPIN ME ROUND [AMC+]; DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS [3K][Disney Home Video]; SPECIES [4K][Shout! Factory]; THE GREEN PLANET [BBC Home Video]; INFINITE STORM [Bleeker Street]; ESCAPE THE FIELD [Lionsgate Home Video]; HOT SEAT [Lionsgate Home Video]; VIVO [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; MEMORY [Universal Home Entertainment] and NATURAL ENEMIES [Fun City Editions].

This week's featured soundtrack: SUMMERING (Music by Drum & Lace) [Madison Gate Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/11/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Remembering another voice, lost.

While visiting her sister in the Appalachian mountains, a musicologist discovers a treasure trove of ancient folk music kept alive and intact for generations and which she wants to collect and share with the world. That's the story of SONGCATCHER.

The late Pat Carroll may have been best-known to a generation as the sea witch Ursula in Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID, but her long career includes recurring roles on The Danny Thomas Show and The Red Skelton Hour up through many voice roles in Galaxy High School, Pound Puppies and even the Kingdom Hearts game series. In 2001, we got her on the phone for SONGCATCHER, in which she plays a cantankerous grandmother.

Then, Epic-size "Screen Scene" movie reviews including BULLET TRAIN; THIRTEEN LIVES [Amazon Prime]; THEY/THEM; RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES:THE MOVIE [Netflix]; MACK & RITA; SUMMERING; FALL; GIRL PICTURE; ROGUE AGENT [also on AMC+ 8/12]; A LOVE SONG; 13: THE MUSICAL [Netflix]; BUCK AND THE PREACHER [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; HOTEL DU NORD [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 [4K][Paramount Home Video]; EVENT HORIZON [4K][Paramount Home Video] and BACK TO THE BEACH [Paramount Home Video].

This week's featured soundtrack: THIRTEEN LIVES (Music by Benjamin Wallfisch) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 8/4/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: An EXTENDED VERSION of the show exclusively for online!

A criminal gets a plan for the perfect heist from his cellmate and has to find a patsy to carry it out... and suddenly finds seven candidates, with hardly a brain between them. Before they masterminded the biggest chapters of the Marvel Universe, Joe & Anthony Russo [THE AVENGERS: ENDGAME] got their first big attention in 2002 with WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD featuring some big-time stars, and in this rare archive interview, they discuss story structure, Catholicism, polka music, Cleveland and what, exactly, are a Bellini and a Mullinski.

2021 marked the 50th anniversary of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's cinematic jump from Broadway to movie theaters, and its story is captured in the not-confusingly-titled documentary FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN, just out on blu-ray! Our guest, writer/director Daniel Raim (HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY) takes us through its filmic re-envisioning via rare behind-the-scenes footage, original storyboards and interviews with FIDDLER's director Norman Jewison, star Topol, composer John Williams and many more.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS; PREY; LUCK; I LOVE MY DAD; MUA; HE DREAMS OF GIANTS [also on VOD on 8/9]; THE BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE [Disney Home Video/20th Century Home Video]; GREEN LANTERN: BEWARE MY POWER [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and HEARTBREAKERS [Fun City Editions].

This week's featured soundtrack: DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (Music by Steve Jablonsky) [WaterTower Music]

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OCELLULOID DREAMS 7/28/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: No fair in love and war.

Lebanon, 1982. Israeli troops march and roll into the country, pushing against the Palestine Liberation Organization. As bombs explode, warships gather and danger draws closer, a young boy throws his entire focus on screwing up the courage to tell a classmate he loves her, while the teachers struggle with their own fears. Writer/director Oualid Mouaness talks about 1982-- also the title of his feature debut-- based on his own experience, attempting to make sense of an incomprehensible situation.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including AFTERSHOCK [Hulu]; VENGEANCE; RESURRECTION; NOT OKAY [Hulu]; MY OLD SCHOOL; 1982; THE LOST CITY [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; FLATLINERS [4K][Arrow Video]; MARIA MONTEZ AND JON HALL COLLECTION [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!/THE ORGANIZATION [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE GOOD NEIGHBOR (Music by Enis Rotthoff) [Scoring Records International]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/21/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Music to our eyes!

The critical path of filmmaking includes essential elements from acting and directing to set design, costumes, sound and editing. The final major step in crafting a movie is its soundtrack, and film music is as wildly-varied as the many stories and subjects. This week, we delve into the sound of movies, with music producer and award-winning film composer Roman Molino Dunn (a.k.a Electropoint) whose work includes commercials, shorts and recent features such as AI LOVE YOU and SNAKEHEAD. Another talking point: his company invented the much-praised and controversial software Auto-Tune!

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including BEBA; THE GRAY MAN [Netflix]; ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE; THE WHEEL; PERSUASION; WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY [HBO]; RAGING BULL [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA [Dark Star Pictures]; THE DUKE [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; MONDOCANE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; MARTY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; NATIVE SON [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS [Film Movement Classics] and GOOD BURGER [Paramount Home Video].

This week's featured soundtrack: FIRESTARTER (Music by Tangerine Dream) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/14/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Stepping way back. (And with more content than the broadcast version!)

LICORICE PIZZA gives us sweetly-nostalgic impressions of a bygone time as it follows two young people growing up and navigating the bumpy path of first love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. The latest from Paul Thomas Anderson (BOOGIE NIGHTS) finally makes its blu-ray/home video debut and it is the feature acting debut from our guest, musician and lead ensemble actor Alana Haim (HAIM).

In 1965, filmmaker Bruce Brown captured a worldwide expedition in search of the perfect wave in THE ENDLESS SUMMER (followed by a sequel in 1994). Decades later, his son Dana Brown grabbed a camera, collared the world's best surfers and continued the adventure with his film STEP INTO LIQUID. We talked with Dana Brown in 2004 about his feature and the passion that may make you want to grab a board!

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER; GIRL IN THE PICTURE [Netflix]; MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS; BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE; PERSUASION [Netflix]; DON'T MAKE ME GO [Amazon Prime]; GABBY GIFFORDS WON'T BACK DOWN; SHE WILL [also VOD]; EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE [4K][Lionsgate Home Video]; THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT [Lionsgate Home Video]; DUAL [Image Entertainment]; MIAMI VICE [MVD Rewind] and DESPERATE HOURS [MVD Rewind].

This week's featured soundtrack: MR. MALCOLM'S LIST (Music by Amelia Warner) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 7/7/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A spiritual seeker gets his final due.

"Hallelujah" is a song that has been covered by more than 200 artists since its 1984 recorded debut and is perhaps the defining song of composer and "mystic poet" Leonard Cohen's career. HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG is, in turn, a cinematic biography of his internationally beloved anthem, with testimonies from many recording artists and a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials including Cohen's personal notebooks, journals, performance footage and rare audio recordings. Our guests are the film's writer/directors, Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller (THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN).

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU: HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG; THE SEA BEAST [Netflix]; THE BAD GUYS [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; EDGE OF TOMORROW [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ZERO CONTACT; LICORICE PIZZA [Universal Home Entertainment]; THE BOYS: SEASONS 1 & 2 COLLECTION [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; BOOMERANG [Paramount Home Entertainment]; DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA [Universal Home Entertainment]; THE HORSE SOLDIERS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; DE SADE (1969) [Scorpion Releasing] and JUDE [Scorpion Releasing].

This week's featured soundtrack: OBI-WAN KENOBI (Music by Natalie Holt) [Walt Disney Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/30/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A multiverse of weird!

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. That's the official plot description of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, but it doesn't begin to describe this wildly-creative, unpredictable and mind-bending film! It comes to blu-ray on 7/5 and we spend time with all its principal players: the writer/director team of Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (DANIELS) and actors Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON), Ke Huy Quan (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM) and Stephanie Hsu (THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL).

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ELVIS; THE BLACK PHONE; BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO THE UNIVERSE [Paramount+]; THE MAN FROM TORONTO [Netflix]; TREVOR: THE MUSICAL [Disney+]; ENDANGERED [HBO]; OFFICIAL COMPETITION; MR. MALCOLM'S LIST; THE FORGIVEN; THE PRINCESS [Hulu]; FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; CINDERELLA [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; MOTHERING SUNDAY [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; VAMPIRE'S KISS [MVD]; HIGHBALL [MVD]; FLOWER DRUM SONG [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and SACCO & VANZETTI [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured soundtrack: SPIDERHEAD (Music by Joseph Trapanese) [Netflix Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/23/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: All kinds of funny!

They're two of the best-known names in comedy who first teamed up on-screen in 1986's ¡THREE AMIGOS!. With long and storied careers in movies and television as well as on the stand-up stage, the two comedy legends put together a show and took it on the road in 2015. They're still at it and their current tour is titled YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE TODAY! and we get to spend a few special minutes with them both this week!

Brian is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who builds quirky contraptions that seldom work. After a particularly harsh winter and in desperate need of companionship, he compiles spare parts into a friend: an artificially-intelligent robot that is obsessed with cabbages. That's the basis for the heartwarming comedy BRIAN AND CHARLES and Zooming in is its director Jim Archer, who expanded his same-titled 2017 short film into a feature.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE [Paramount+]; FIRST LOVE [also on Google Play]; LEAVE NO TRACE [Hulu]; FATHER OF THE BRIDE [HBO Max]; CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH; SPIDERHEAD [Netflix]; CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES; FLUX GOURMET; WILDHOOD [Hulu]; MORBIUS [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE 7 FILM COLLECTION [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; TRUE ROMANCE [4K][Arrow Video] and GIANT [4K][Warner Home Entertainment].

This week's featured soundtrack: PRESUMED INNOCENT (Music by John Williams) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/16/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Sweet and bittersweet.

A man who works as a bar mitzvah party DJ host strikes up a unique friendship with a young woman and her autistic teenage daughter. That mini-description just scratches the surface of the feel-good romantic dramedy CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, which may even restore a bit of faith in humanity. We sit down with writer, director and lead actor Cooper Raiff (SHITHOUSE).

JIMMY IN SAIGON is a documentary chronicling the 1972 death of filmmaker Peter McDowell's oldest brother Jim, a Vietnam War veteran who, when he was living as a civilian in Saigon and Peter was only 5, died under mysterious circumstances. Through over 200 of Jim's letters and interviews with family and friends covering unspoken grief, family secrets, war, drug use and sexuality, the film creates a celebration of a short but powerful life. We zoom in with director Peter McDowell.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including NEPTUNE FROST; GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE [Hulu]; MID-CENTURY [also On Demand 6/17]; LOST ILLUSIONS; BITTERBRUSH; SHAFT [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; AMBULANCE [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; OUT OF SIGHT [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; KILLER'S KISS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; FATHER STU [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; COMPARTMENT NO.6 [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] and VIVE L'AMOUR [Film Movement Classics].

This week's featured soundtrack: THE ESSEX SERPENT (Music by Dustin O'Halloran & Herdís Stefánsdóttir) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/9/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Yep, that happened.

In 1971, two oil tankers collided near San Francisco, creating an environmental disaster. Charlie Walker, a charming trucking and construction entrepreneur with only three trucks managed to secure a lucrative contract to clean it all up. I'M CHARLIE WALKER dramatizes his real-life efforts while simultaneously enduring institutional racism from the very corporation that hired him. With us are the film's writer/director Patrick Gilles and actor co-lead Safiya Fredericks.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION; CRIMES OF THE FUTURE; A SEXPLANATION On digital 6/7]; BALONEY [Also on VOD]; HUSTLE; THE JANES; PHANTOM OF THE OPEN; WYRM; I'M CHARLIE WALKER; THE SCORE [Also on VOD 6/10]; 1776 [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; THE CONTRACTOR [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; PATRIOT GAMES [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; THE SUM OF ALL FEARS [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; GREASE 2 [Paramount Home Entertainment]; FORTRESS: SNIPER'S EYE; GOLD [Screen Media Entertainment] and WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING [IFC Films/RLJ Entertainment].

This week's featured music: HUSTLE (Music by Dan Deacon) [Netflix Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 6/2/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Remembering a good fella.

We begin by going way back to 2002 to revisit our very brief time with the late actor Ray Liotta (BLOW, DOMINICK AND EUGENE, COP LAND) for NARC, in which he starred and executive produced. NARC finds him as an aggressive cop teamed with a previously-banned undercover narcotics officer investigating the death of another undercover narc. Liotta discussed his character's intensity and morality, and THAT "dinner" scene with Hannibal Lecter.

A young American woman and her husband move into a Bucharest apartment with a large picture window overlooking the tenement across the street. While he works long hours, she notices a shadowed figure there who appears to be watching her, and over the nights she becomes more and more convinced she may have a stalker. WATCHER is the film and joining us are director/co-writer Chloe Okuno and lead actor Maika Monroe.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including MONTANA STORY; BENEDICTION; WATCHER; FIRE ISLAND [Hulu+]; HOLLYWOOD STARGIRL [Disney+]; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK CLASSICS COLLECTION [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; JURASSIC PARK [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; JURASSIC WORLD [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; THE UNTOUCHABLES [4K][Paramount Home Video]; KINKY BOOTS [Paramount Home Video]; WILD THINGS [4K][Arrow Video] and TEEN TITANS GO! & DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: MAYHEM IN THE MULTIVERSE [Warner Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Music by Hans Zimmer) [Interscope Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 5/26/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: All Downton, all Abbey!

In 2019, the phenomenon that is DOWNTON ABBEY (you're a fan, right?) hit the big screen, with excitement in the Crawley house over an impending Royal visit from King George V and Queen Mary. With us (from the archive) is actor Lesley Nicol (BEECHAM HOUSE)-- Mrs. Patmore herself!

Cut to 2022 and "Action!" It's 1929 and the Crawley family are not so financially secure, due to expenses and taxes hindering the upkeep of the Downton Abbey estate. But, things look up when Hollywood comes to Downton to shoot a silent movie, bringing all the fresh energy and ideas that come with the Jazz Age! Welcome to DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA and its director Simon Curtis (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)!

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including CHIP 'N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS [Disney+]; MONDOCANE; THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS [Amazon Prime]; DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA; EMERGENCY [Amazon Prime]; THE BATMAN [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THE COCA-COLA KID [Fun City Editions] and THE BEATLES AND INDIA [MVD Visual].

This week's featured music: THE TOURIST (Music by Dominick Scherrer) [Dubois Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 5/19/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Wide open skies and wide open screens!

Years of resentment and blame surface when a brother and sister who haven't spoken in years reunite at their former home, a sprawling Montana ranch, to deal with their comatose father's ruinous affairs. MONTANA STORY is a singular, soulful exploration of the complex emotional ties that bind us together, and how our pasts impact our current lives. Writer/directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel (THE DEEP END; WHAT MAISIE KNEW) zoom in to talk about their latest tale of healing and reconciliation.

Then, Epic-size "Screen Scene" movie reviews including TOP GUN: MAVERICK; MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 [The Gizmoplex]; OPERATION MINCEMEAT [Netflix]; OUR FATHER [Netflix]; SENIOR YEAR [Netflix]; FIRESTARTER [also on Peacock]; HATCHING; HOLD YOUR FIRE; FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN; TREKKIES [Shout! Factory]; UNCHARTED [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; UMMA [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; THE OUTFIT [Universal Home Entertainment]; INFINITE [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; ROBOCOP [4K][Arrow Video]; THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment] and BEVERLY HILLS COP II [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (Music by John Lunn) [Decca Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 5/12/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Songs, snickers and scares-- oh my!

2021 marked the 50th anniversary of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's cinematic jump from Broadway to movie theaters, and its story is captured in the not-confusingly-titled documentary FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN. Our guest, writer/director Daniel Raim (HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY) takes us through its filmic re-envisioning via rare behind-the-scenes footage, original storyboards and interviews with FIDDLER's director Norman Jewison, star Topol, composer John Williams and many more.

An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter inviting him to an anonymous (blindfolded) sexual encounter weeks before his wedding. Intrigued, he accepts, and afterward finds himself obsessed with the enigmatic hostess, which leads him down a rabbit hole of danger, deceit and Hollywood power dynamics. THE BETA TEST is a satirical horror-comedy making its blu-ray debut this week and we talk with its co-writers, co-directors and actors Jim Cummings and P.J. McCabe.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS; ALONG FOR THE RIDE [Netflix]; MARMADUKE [Netflix]; HIT THE ROAD; HAPPENING; THE INNOCENTS; 12 MONKEYS [4K][Arrow Video]; MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN [4K][Arrow Video]; TURNING RED [Disney Home Video]; CHAN IS MISSING [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; DOG [Warner Home Entertainment] and WITHOUT REMORSE [Paramount Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: MOON KNIGHT (Music by Hesham Nazih) [Hollywood Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 5/5/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Tension in two genres!

Based on a true story, FIREBIRD tells of a young soldier at a Soviet Air Force base during the Cold War who begins a clandestine sexual affair with a fighter pilot. Eventually, of course, their growing relationship risks discovery and the most severe punishment under an all-seeing Soviet regime. With us are the film's director/co-writer Peeter Rebane, actor/co-writer Tom Prior and actor Oleg Zagorodnii.

Four children become friends during a Nordic summer holiday, and while out of sight of the adults they discover they have eerie and mysterious powers. Soon, playtime turns dark and strange things begin to happen. THE INNOCENTS joins a long list of scary kids movies, and zooming in is writer/director Eskil Vogt.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN [HBO]; FIREBIRD; ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO; BORN TO WIN [Fun City Editions]; MOONFALL [Lionsgate Home Video]; PUSHING HANDS [Film Movement]; KIN: SEASON 1 [RLJ Entertainment] and DC SHOWCASE ANIMATED SHORTS - CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY [Warner Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (Music by John Lunn) [Decca Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 4/28/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Wrapping up our 25th Anniversary year!

Billy Brown, fresh out of prison, has two things on his mind: find a place to pee and visit his parents before setting out to kill the kicker for the Buffalo Bills, who he blames for his incarceration. Billy's parents believe he's married and been off working as an FBI agent, so he kidnaps a young woman and forces her to pose as his wife. Then... things get a little complicated. We go back to our early days and our conversation with Vincent Gallo-- writer, director and star of his feature directorial debut, BUFFALO '66.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including WHITE HOT: THE RISE & FALL OF AMBERCROMBIE & FITCH [Netflix]; WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR; THE SURVIVOR [HBO Max]; PETITE MAMANL MEMORY; ANAÏS IN LOVE; CHARLOTTE; THE DUKE; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; JACKASS FOREVER [Paramount Home Entertainment] and SIBYL [Music Box Films].

This week's featured music: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN [Rhino Movie Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 4/21/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: New to Blu-ray and not-so-new-- from the archive!

A radio journalist, caring for his sister's young son, decides to turn his current project-- interviewing kids across the U.S. for their views on life-- into a get-to-know-you road trip to better connect with the boy. Writer/director Mike Mills (BEGINNERS) tells how he brought yet another unassuming, deeply-personal story to the screen-- this time in black-and-white-- and the celebrated performance by child actor Woody Norman in C'MON C'MON. [Blu-ray debut]

After being kicked out of his rock band and facing a mountain of debt, slacker guitarist Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band. Before Broadway came calling, director Richard Linklater gave the world SCHOOL OF ROCK, and in 2004, we talked with the electrically-charged Jack Black!

In 2004, writer/director Kevin Smith (CLERKS, CHASING AMY) deviated from his familiar tone and made JERSEY GIRL, about a man who, following the death of his wife and damaging his career, must look after his precocious daughter while rebuilding his life. We sat down with Smith to chat about his new movie (a little bit), but really, we had so much more on our minds....

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including GREAT FREEDOM [also on Mubi 5/6]; CHOOSE OR DIE [Netflix]; HOSTILE TERRITORY [also on demand 4/26]; SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; C'MON C'MON [Lionsgate Home Video] and BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (Music by James Newton Howard) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 4/14/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: They're all on home video!

An aging jockey preparing to ride in his final championship race when he's visited by a rookie rider claiming to be his son. JOCKEY is the movie-- a meditative, poignant indie feature debut from documentary filmmaker Clint Bentley (whose father was a jockey) who joins us as the film makes its debut on home video.

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, a washed-up porn star slinks back to his small Texas hometown and his estranged wife and mother-in-law. But, when he meets a young woman at a doughnut shop, he falls back into his destructive habits. From Sean Baker (TANGERINE) comes RED ROCKET, and we chat with its lead actor Simon Rex as the film makes its debut on blu-ray. Wanna know what the title refers to?

An hommage to journalism and French cinema and culture, THE FRENCH DISPATCH is a three-story anthology that has been called "the most Wes Anderson movie yet." It weaves together vignettes of an imprisoned artist, a student revolution and an investigation involving a child kidnapping and a food critic. We sit down with ensemble actor Stephen Park (FARGO) to discuss this cinematic quirkiness.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including METAL LORDS [Netflix]; DUAL; PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT; PARALLEL MOTHERS [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; SCREAM [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; DEATH ON THE NILE [Disney Home Video/20th Century Studios] and THE REQUIN [Lionsgate Home Video].

This week's featured music: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Music by Son Lux) [A24 Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 4/7/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Serve yourself!

If Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elliott Gould and Colin Powell have one in common, it's that they all have memories of visiting the Automat: a mid-20th century vending machine eatery that offered fresh cooked meals in a self-serve cafeteria. This unique American institution is revisited in the documentary THE AUTOMAT, and our sole guest this week is its director Lisa Hurwitz.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE BUBBLE [Netflix]; MOONSHOT [HBO Max]; HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC [HBO Max]; COW; ALL THE OLD KNIVES [Amazon Prime]; ORDINARY PEOPLE [Paramount Home Entertainment]; SING 2 [Universal Home Entertainment]; WALKER (1987) [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; FOR ALL MANKIND (1989) [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) [Disney Home Video]; JOCKEY [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; MARRY ME [Universal Home Entertainment] and PRIVILEGE (1967) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: JULIA (Music by Jeff Danna) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 3/24/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A multiverse of weird!

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. That's the official plot description of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, but it doesn't begin to describe this wildly-creative, unpredictable and mind-bending film! We spend time with all its principal players: the writer/director team of Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (DANIELS) and actors Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON), Ke Huy Quan (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM) and Stephanie Hsu (THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL).

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM MISSISSIPPI; WINDFALL [Netflix]; RESCUED BY RUBY [Netflix]; MORE THAN ROBOTS [Disney+]; MASTER [Amazon Prime]; THE OUTFIT; EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR [RLJ Entertainment]; THE GODFATHER TRILOGY [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON [4K][Arrow Video]; THE LAST WALTZ [Criterion Collection Blu-ray] and THE DOUGLAS SIRK COLLECTION (THE GIRL FROM THE MARCH CROFT and THE FINAL CHORD) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2: THE DELUXE EDITION (Music by John Powell) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 3/17/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: They're back... from the archive!

In 2018, actor Paul Dano, currently tearing up screens as the Riddler in THE BATMAN, made his feature directorial debut with WILDLIFE based on Richard Ford's novel whic focuses on a teenage boy who witnesses his parents' relationship disintegrate. We sat with Dano who told us how he and partner Zoe Kazan pulled external imagery from internal text.

She moved to San Francisco in 1976: a young secretary from Cleveland, as innocent as the drug-and-disco-fueled city was decadent. Now, a middle-aged Mary Ann Singleton returns to the City by the Bay to reunite with the eccentric friends she left behind-- including the mysterious Mrs. Madrigal, who still has secrets yet to share. We pop back to 2019 to talk TALES OF THE CITY, the fourth series in Armistead Maupin's rainbow-flavored stories with Critic's Choice Award winning actor Murray Bartlett and actor Charlie Barnett.

A woman's lifelong struggle with her faith throws her spiritual community off-kilter, calling into question belief, love and trust-- in people as well as God. HIGHER GROUND is the 2011 directorial debut film from its lead actor Vera Farmiga, recently seen in the Sopranos prequel series THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK, and our guest for this archive interview.

FALLING FOR FIGARO introduces us to an American fund manager in London who ditches her job (and boyfriend) to pursue her lifelong passion of being an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands. Can you tell it's a romantic comedy? Actor Danielle Macdonald, now on the HBO Max series THE TOURIST zooms in to talk about it!

"Screen Scene" movie reviews return next week!

This week's featured music: THE IRON GIANT: THE DELUXE EDITION (Music by Michael Kamen) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 3/10/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: (Never) too many notes!

There was a time when going to the movies was an Event. It was the time of the roadshow, where film musicals were presented like Broadway openings, with entr-actes, intermissions and audiences dressed up for a night on the town. But times changed, and in the late 1960s, the cultural revolution quickly put an end to singing, dancing, happy movie musicals. Our sole guest this week is film historian Matthew Kennedy, who documented the whole phenomenon in his book ROADSHOW: THE FALL OF FILM MUSICALS IN THE 1960s.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including AFTER YANG [Showtime]; FRESH [Hulu]; HUDA'S SALON; TURNING RED; THE ADAM PROJECT; COMPARTMENT NO. 6; GOLD; THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; BELFAST [Universal Home Entertainment]; JOHN AND THE HOLE [IFC Films]; A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; COMING 2 AMERICA [Paramount Home Video]; AMERICAN UNDERDOG [Lionsgate Home Video]; ADVENTURE TIME: DISTANT LANDS [Warner Home Entertainment]; VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ALIAS NICK BEAL [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THE WEB [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: THE SOUND OF MUSIC; FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and DR. DOOLITTLE (Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein; Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick; Leslie Bricusse)

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CELLULOID DREAMS 3/3/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: All about the laughs!

Thanks to two current movies (BEING THE RICARDOS and LUCY AND DESI), America loves Lucy all over again! We can't resist joining the conversation, so, to that end, we pop back a few years to the 2011 book LUCILLE BALL FAQ: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICA'S FAVORITE REDHEAD and our chat with its authors, Barry Monush & James Sheridan. They discuss her early career, being a natural blonde, the Orson Welles movie that never was, playing a bag lady in THE STONE PILLOW and of course, her much-debated (infamous?) turn in MAME.

In the 2000 comedy ME MYSELF & IRENE, a nice-guy state trooper tasked with retrieving a fugitive finds the mission complicated by the inopportune appearances of his maniacal alter-ego. He also confronts a little person limo driver with nunchucks and an attitude, played by Tony Cox (BAD SANTA). In this dip back into the archives, Cox talks about his martial arts training, "little person" roles in sci-fi/fantasy movies and working very carefully with star Jim Carrey.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE BATMAN; LUCY AND DESI [Amazon Prime]; DEAR MR. BRODY; ETERNALS [4K][Disney Home Video]; THE KING'S MAN [Disney Home Video]; HOUSE OF GUCCI [Universal Home Entertainment]; THE 355 [Universal Home Entertainment]; SILENT NIGHT [RLJ Entertainment]; THE GREAT MOMENT [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; BROKEN LULLABY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and GOD'S GUN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: THE BATMAN (Music by Michael Giacchino) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 2/24/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Disturbing and euphoric.

In the slow-burn horror drama A BANQUET, a mother has a lot on her plate when her teenage daughter suddenly exhibits bizarre behavior following a mysterious phenomenon: she insists her body is no longer her own and stops eating, but doesn't lose weight. It's the feature film debut from Ruth Paxton, who joins us via Zoom.

We buck the Winter doldrums by looking back at the history of surf culture! Director Stacy Peralta goes from skateboards (DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS) to the world of long boards and big waves with RIDING GIANTS, and we dip back to 2004 to hear him rhapsodize on the lifestyle, the passion and the pursuit of pure kinetic pleasure.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including CYRANO; THE DESPERATE HOUR; NO EXIT [Hulu]; MILLER'S CROSSING [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; THE GREEN MILE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ESCAPE FROM L.A. [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; SHATTERED [Lionsgate Home Video]; FRANCE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; MAN ON THE MOON [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and 12 ANGRY MEN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: FIREHEART (Music by Chris Egan) [Milan Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 2/17/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A lot of fighting!

Kaylee, a Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes undercover in a sex trafficking operation to seek answers and revenge against the men responsible for the disappearance of her sister. The film is CATCH THE FAIR ONE and we're joined by its co-writers who are also director Josef Kubota Wladyka and lead actor Kali Reis.

CHURCHILL portrays a beaten-down Winston Churchill in the pivotal 96 hours before D-Day as he struggles to implement the best strategies against fears of how history will remember him. With lead actor Brian Cox receiving accolades for his role on SUCCESSION, we dip back to our 2017 conversation where Cox shares numerous historical notes and at least one very wacky (and animated) source of inspiration for the character.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN: MAKING DUNE; KIMI [HBO Max]; BIGBUG [Netflix]; THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE; MARRY ME; PRESIDENT; THE LAST BUS; STRAWBERRY MANSION; ENCANTO; RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; LIAR'S MOON [MVD] and DANCING PIRATE [The Film Detective].

This week's featured music: AI LOVE YOU (Music by Roman Molino Dunn) [Mirrortone]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 2/10/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Feel the love... feel the pain!

On opposite sides of a twinned world (each with opposing gravities), a pair of young people seek to reconnect after 10 years of a forced separation when they were children. The film is UPSIDE DOWN, a science fiction romance, and we drop back to 2012 for our chat with lead actor Jim Sturges, who also talks about his turns in ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and CLOUD ATLAS.

It started as a TV show of insane, dangerous stunts and practical jokes gone all kinds of wrong. Then, it hit the big screen. Six years later, it got a sequel that upped the ante for wildly-irresponsible mayhem and gross-out gags courtesy of ringleader Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs. With the fourth escapade JACKASS FOREVER now in theaters, we fondly revisit our tender and touching 2006 conversation with Johnny Knoxville and director of all the movies, Jeff Tremaine.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including MINIMATA; BLACKLIGHT; I WANT YOU BACK [Amazon Prime]; CATCH THE FAIR ONE; THE SLEEPING NEGRO; GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; SPENCER [NEON]; KING RICHARD [Warner Home Entertainment]; CATWOMAN: HUNTED [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; STARGIRL: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON [Warner Home Entertainment]; THE SPINE OF NIGHT [RLJ Entertainment] and LA DOLCE VITA [Paramount Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: THE BATMAN (Music by Michael Giacchino) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 2/3/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Take a ride; take a trip!

Music is in the air via a host of documentaries vying for awards attention this year, with a decided emphasis on classic sounds. So, we cracked open our 25-years-old archive to hop aboard a (literal) music train! FESTIVAL EXPRESS (also the title) transported Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and a host of top bands on a once-in-a-lifetime tour across Canada in 1970 that was captured on film but unseen until 2004. That's when our guest Bob Smeaton (THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY) assembled widely-scattered footage into a sonic time capsule, complete with contemporary commentaries.

Then, EPIC "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE FALLOUT [HBO Max]; GAMESTOP: RISE OF THE PLAYERS; SUNDOWN; THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD; LITTLE GIRL [Music Box Films]; CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG [Paramount Home Entertainment]; WAYNE'S WORLD 30th Anniversary [Paramount Home Entertainment]; FORTRESS [Lionsgate Home Video]; RADIO ON [Fun City Editions]; MORVERN CALLAR [Fun City Editions]; THE PRODUCERS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; CAREER OPPORTUNITIES [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THE CAPTURE [The Film Detective].

This week's featured music: THE POWER OF THE DOG (Music by Johnny Greenwood) [Netflix]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 1/27/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Sexy talk!

In 2015, the late actor Gaspard Ulliel took on the role of one of fashion's most iconic designers, Yves Saint Laurent. We remember Ulliel in this archive interview for the 2015 biopic SAINT LAURENT, which focuses on the designer's peak years from 1967 to 1976. And, yes-- we did talk about all that nudity!

Then, we dip back to 2006 with HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH director John Cameron Mitchell on his follow-up, the sex drama SHORTBUS, which has gotten a new 15th anniversary edition 4K blu-ray. It focuses on a group of young New Yorkers whose lives intersect at an underground art/music club where they work out their emotions and sexual relationships.

Plus: "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including FLEE; RIFKIN'S FESTIVAL; WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY; LAST NIGHT IN SOHO [20th Century Home Video]; THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 [Universal Home Entertainment]; BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD [Screen Media]; THE LONG GOODBYE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE FOUR SEASONS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and GET CRAZY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: SCREAM: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS (Music by Marco Beltrami) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 1/20/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A great director on great directors (and actors)!

Cary Grant. Orson Welles. John Wayne. Marlene Dietrich. Jerry Lewis. Marlon Brando. Just a few of the famous people director/actor/author Peter Bogdanovich has known. In 2004, he joined us on behalf of his book, WHO THE HELL'S IN IT: CONVERSATIONS WITH HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDARY ACTORS, and shared anecdotes about these iconic stars, growing up with a different language, what came from John Wayne's garage and why "everything about a movie counts." Also, celebrity impressions. The other kind.

Plus: "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including ATTICA [YouTube]; THE HOUSE [Netflix]; JOCKEY; BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN; MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR [Netflix]; THE FRENCH DISPATCH [Walt Disney Home Entertainment]; WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY [Film Movement]; EMA [Music Box Films]; HALLOWEEN KILLS [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; ZEROS AND ONES [Lionsgate Home Video]; NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND [Shout! Factory]; NUMBER SEVENTEEN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE RAVEN [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THE LOVER [MPI].

This week's featured music: SCREAM (2022) (Music by Brian Tyler) [Varèse Sarabande]

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hCELLULOID DREAMS 1/13/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Getting real.

Bay Area film scribe Ruthe Stein has been writing about movies and the people who make them for over 50 years. Now, she's put many of her encounters with the famous into SITTING WITH THE STARS: INTERVIEWS WITH 100 HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS, a book of... not interviews, but impressions of the stars outside of the interviews themselves. Ruthe sits down with US to share her many movie memories.

After his breakthrough indie hit WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, writer/director Todd Solondz followed up with HAPPINESS, which intertwines the lives of several unrelated people, dropping in on their lives' messy, dark and shameful moments as they search for human connection. From way back in 1998, we revisit our chat with Todd Solondz.

Plus: "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE 355; WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? [Mubi]; SHATTERED; HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA [Amazon Prime 1/14]; JUICE [4k][Paramount Home Entertainment]; JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; MY LITTLE CHICKADEE [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and MASS APPEAL [Kino Lorber Studio Classics].

This week's featured music: NEXT GEN (Music by Alexis March & Samuel Jones) [Lakeshore Records]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 1/6/22

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Goodbye, old year! Hello, old year!

It's that time again-- finally!-- to turn our focus to the most highly-regarded movies of the previous year, in an episode we brilliantly are calling The Best Films of 2021! Joining us for the first half is critic Matt Fagerholm (Indie-Outlook.com, RogerEbert.com).

Then, our man on the "Screen Scene" Peter Canavese runs down his own top titles of 2021, and also gives us movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) of THE SUPER BOB EINSTEIN MOVIE [HBO Max]; BELLE and BLUE BAYOU [20th Century Home Video].

This week's featured music: BLUE VELVET: THE DELUXE EDITION (Music by Angelo Badalamenti) [Varèse Sarabande]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 12/30/21

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Color us nostalgic!

When a pair of teenage siblings become magically transported into Pleasantville, a 1950s sitcom, their modern influence begins to affect the show's residents and its perfect society, introducing a bit of color to the repressed black & white world. We travel back to 1998-- and our early years-- to talk about PLEASANTVILLE with writer/director Gary Ross (THE HUNGER GAMES) and actor William H. Macy (SHAMELESS).

Plus: "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS [also HBO Max]; REOPENING NIGHT [HBO Max]; PARALLEL MOTHERS; FRANCE; A HERO [HBO Max 1/21/22]; NO TIME TO DIE [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; DUNE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment 1/11/22]; VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE [4K][Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] and RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment].

This week's featured music: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (Music by Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer) [WaterTower Music]

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CELLULOID DREAMS 12/23/21

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A song, a dance, a monster!

The classic 1957 Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical WEST SIDE STORY is new again, and on the big screen courtesy of Steven Spielberg! The gritty city, the rival gangs the Jets vs. the Sharks, the clash of cultures and in the middle of it all, the young star-crossed lovers. Overseeing the score for this modern-aware version-for-a-new-generation is Music Producer David Newman who tells us all about it (with a few words for the legendary Newman composer family, as well).

When a group of colorful townspeople are stranded in a local inn during a snowstorm and the power goes out, it soon becomes clear something is lurking among them. Could there be WEREWOLVES WITHIN? That's the movie, anyway, and it's now out on home video! Joining us is ensemble actor Harvey Guillén.

Plus: "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME; THE NOVICE; LICORICE PIZZA; THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH [Apple TV+ 1/14/22]; THE KING'S MAN; A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN; THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK [Warner Home Entertainment]; GAME 6 [Ronin Flix]; THE SHERLOCK HOLMES VAULT COLLECTION [The Film Detective]; THE MAD DOCTOR [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and THE DRY [RLJ Entertainment].

This week's featured music: ELF: THE DELUXE EDITION (Music by John Debney) [Varèse Sarabande]

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