Category: Podcast – Horror / Cult / Sci-Fi
Sordid Cinema Podcast #33: Director Lucky McKee – ‘The Woman’ and ‘May’
We’ve been waiting a long time to do this one, folks – writer-director Lucky McKee is one of the most interesting horror filmmakers out there, and his latest, the very dark comedy / satire / feminist tract The Woman is … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #32: 2011 Halloween Special
Sound On Sight contributor James Merolla joins Ricky D, Simon Howell and Justine Smith to discuss their favorite horror films of all time, the results of their five-week horror marathon / contest, and the specific properties of real-life killer birds. … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #31: ‘The Thing’ *Mild Spoilers*
Way back in 1938, John W. Campbell Jr. wrote a novella entitled Who Goes There? – who’d have thunk it would have turned out to be the impetus for not one, but three feature films? (Not discussed today: Howard Hawks’ … [Read the Rest]
The Walking Dead Podcast, Episode 8: “What Lies Ahead”
We apologize for the terrible audio quality on this episode but promise to fix it by next week. Season Two of AMC’s The Walking Dead has begun in earnest with the confusingly credited “What Lies Ahead,” and that means Ricky … [Read the Rest]
The Walking Dead Podcast, Episode 7: Season 2 Preview
The new season of AMC’s The Walking Dead starts up October 16th, which also means the retrn of Sound on Sight’s dedicated podcast! In anticipation of the new season, we take a look back at Season One, aseesss the six-part … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #30: Fantastic Fest – Best Of Japanese Film 2011
In our second Fantasic Fest ‘cast, Rick, Justine and SImon talk up three of the more ballyhooed Japanese flicks kicking around the fest: Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s depressive technicolor dream Milorcrorze: A Love Story; A Boy and His Samurai, the new family-oriented … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #29: Fantastic Fest ’11 – ‘Snowtown’ / ‘Bullhead’
Fantastic Fest is one of the biggest film festivals in the states. Held in Austin Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse, the event screens nothing but the best in genre films. We’ve been reporting from the festival since 2009, but for … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #28: Best Of Canadian Genre Film 2011
The line up for the Fantasia Film Festival had so many great films this year, that we are still playing catch-up, even a month after the festival has ended. On this episode of Sordid Cinema, Simon, Rick and Justine sit … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #27: Director James Gunn’s ‘Super’ and ‘Slither’
James Gunn began his career in filmmaking with Troma Entertainment, for whom he wrote and co-directed Tromeo and Juliet. After contributing to several other films for Troma, he wrote, produced and performed in his own superhero comedy, The Specials, directed … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #26: Fantasia 2011 Wrap Up Part Two: ‘Kidnapped’ – ‘Stake Land’ – ‘Trollhunter’ – ‘Some Guy Who Kills People’
Our sort-of Fantasia wrap-up continues. In this hour: Miguel Angel Vivas’s ultraviolent home-invasion thriller Kidnapped; Jim Mickle’s post-collapse vampire flick Stake Land, also out on DVD this week; and finally Trollhunter, the horror/comedy/mock-doc that’s been popular in Europe and on … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #25: Fantasia 2011 Wrap Up Part One: ‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark’ – ‘The Innkeepers’ – ‘Absentia’ – ‘Marianne’
In Part One of our epic two-part sort-of wrap-up to the Fantasia Film Festival here in Montreal, we take on a motley crew of some of the most-discussed genre movies on display. First up: Mike Flanagan’s Absentia, a moody, microbudget … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #283: Fantasia 2011 – ‘Another Earth’ / ‘Bellflower’ / ‘The FP’ with Special Guest, Director Evan Glodell
The Fantasia Film Festival continues here in Montreal, and this year there’s a sizeable number of promising American independent features to discuss. First up is Mike Cahill’s Another Earth, a Sundance prizewinner; then there’s Evan Glodell’s one-of-a-kind Bellflower, which we … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #282: Fantasia 2011 – ‘Attack The Block’ / ‘A Lonely Place To Die’ / ‘Retreat’
The Fantasia Film Festival continues here in Montreal and with it came three exception British genre films. On this episode of the Sound On Sight podcast, we sit back and discuss Julian Gilbey’s A Lonely Place To Die, Attack The … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #281: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (***SPOILER ALERT***)
With the Summer of Superheroes drawing to a close, one last major Marvel Studios release remains: , the last of Marvel’s superhero team to get a formal introduction before Joss Whedon’s The Avengers takes over our collective wallet in 2012. … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #23: ‘Rubber’ – ‘Hobo With A Shotgun’ and An Interivew With Director Jason Eisener
We first reviewed Hobo With A Shotgun on episode 4 of our videocast Front Row Center, but now with the DVD’Blu-Ray release, we figured we’d give it another go. Fantasia Film Festival kicks off this week here in Montreal, and … [Read the Rest]
