CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 1/26/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: A lot to think about. 

An estranged father and son spend a day ambling around a cemetery in the late 1990s, stumbling through conversation in search of what has been lost between them. A PERFECT DAY FOR CARIBOU is the monochrome meditation and we're joined by writer/director Jeff Rutherford & actor Charlie Plummer. 

At the turn of the 20th century, a young woman stops aging after being brought back to life following an accident. Many decades later, her eternal life is complicated when she meets a charismatic man. From our 2015 archive, actor Michiel Huisman discusses the mystery of THE AGE OF ADALINE, a tale of love and immortality. 

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theatrical unless noted) including THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN [MGM/VOD]; NO BEARS; SHOTGUN WEDDING [Amazon Studios]; YOU PEOPLE [etflix]; CAIRO CONSPIRACY; THE RETURN OF SWAMP THING [MVD Video]; SHE SAID [Universal Home Entertainment]; TILL [Universal Home Entertainment] and POKER FACE [Screen Media Entertainment]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: MISSING (music by Julian Scherle) [Sony Masterworks]

A PERFECT DAY FOR CARIBOU (Jeff Rutherford & Charlie Plummer) CELLULOID DREAMS (1-26-23)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 2/16/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: There's drama, and then there's drama! 

In the summer of 1999, while in the finals of an Australian ballroom dance competition, a 17-year-old Serbian immigrant finds himself in an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother which upends the teen's life. OF AN AGE is a low-key, intimate portrait of a young man's awakening. We chat with writer/director Goran Stolevski (YOU WON'T BE ALONE). 

As actor/comedian Sarah Silverman wraps up her week hosting Comedy Central's The Daily Show, we pop back to 2015 and have another listen to our conversation with her about that time she played a drug- and alcohol-addicted mother suffering from severe depression in the dark drama I SMILE BACK. 

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theatrical unless noted) including MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE; CONSECRATION; YOUR PLACE OR MINE [Netflix]; MARLOWE; OF AN AGE; SHARPER [Also on Apple TV+ 2/17]; THE BLUE CAFTAN; GODLAND; YAVI; THE FABELMANS [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER [4K][Buena Vista Home Entertainment]; THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieslowski's BLUE, WHITE and RED Movies from 1993-1994 [Criterion Collection Blu-ray] and CINEMATIC SORCERESS: THE FILMS OF NINA MENKES [Arbelos Entertainment]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: FUNNY WOMAN (music by Nainita Desai) [SKY Music]

Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show

GORAN STOLEVSKI (OF AN AGE) + SARAH SILVERMAN + REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 2/16/23

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 3/30/23 - EXTENDED EDITION!

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Putting it on-- again! 

Before there was HONOR AMONG THIEVES, there was the original big-screen DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! Co-written by D&D creator E. Gary Gygax, the 2000 outing features two young thieves who unwittingly aid a benevolent Empress to acquire a powerful rod against copious evil forces. Lead actor Justin Whalin (SERIAL MOM) spoke with us about D&D, being Jimmy Olsen, encountering Chucky and getting hip to John Waters.

The early days of Hollywood, rife with decadence and depravity, took a hard turn when the silent era gave way to sound, creating new stars and effectively ending others. BABYLON-- now on Blu-ray-- focuses on three ambitious characters as they rise and fall, and we sit down with two of the three leads, actors Margot Robbie and Diego Calva.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theatrical unless noted) including JOHN WICK: CHAPTER FOUR; THE LOST KING; ﻿DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES; TORI AND LOKITA; TETRIS [Apple TV+]; SPACE ODDITY [also VOD 3/31]; SUMMONING SYLVIA [also VOD 4/7]; ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [4K][MPI Media Group]; BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ﻿MARATHON MAN [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and ﻿﻿MARCO POLO (1962) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: VILLENEUVE PIRONI (music by Nainita Desai) [Sky Music]
COMMENTS

JUSTIN WHALIN (DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 2000) + BABYLON + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS) 3-30-23

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the new movies and home video releases on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (3-30-23) SCREEN SCENE with program host TIM SIKA --  (theatrical unless noted) including John Wick CHAPTER FOUR; THE LOST KING; ﻿Dungeons & Dragons Movie: HONOR AMONG THIEVES; TORI AND LOKITA; Tetris [ Apple TV+]; SPACE ODDITY [also VOD 3/31]; SUMMONING SYLVIA [also VOD 4/7]; All-Quiet On-the Western-Front [4K] [MPI Media Group]; Batman THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM [4K] [Warner Home Entertainment]; ﻿Marathon Man [4K] [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and ﻿﻿MARCO POLO (1962) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]. Kino Lorber Studio Classics

SCREEN SCENE MOVIE REVIEWS with PETER CANAVESE on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (3-31-23)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 4/6/23 - EXTENDED EDITION!

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Light and dark. 

Judy, a struggling New York drag queen, finds her life thrown into chaos when her BFF and stage partner Chrissy decides to move to Philadelphia with her boyfriend. The ensuing high drama fills out the new comedy CHRISSY JUDY and zooming in with us is its writer/director and lead actor Todd Flaherty. 

DELIVER US FROM EVIL shines a light into the dark closet of Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest sexually abused hundreds of minors in Central California in the 1970s, as well as training a spotlight on the institution of the Catholic church itself. We go back to 2006 for a talk with writer/director Amy Berg. 

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theatrical unless noted) including A THOUSAND AND ONE; LIVING WITH CHUCKY [Screambox]; PAINT; HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE; RIDE ON; CHRISSY JUDY [also VOD 4/11]; THE MALTESE FALCON [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; COOL HAND LUKE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 4-MOVIE COLLECTION [4K][Paramount Home Video]; MISSING [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]; PLANE [Lionsgate Home Video]; SERIOUSLY RED [Lionsgate Home Video]; GORGEOUS (1999) [88 Films]; IF I WERE KING (1938) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics] and ﻿﻿THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM (1968) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: ASSASSIN (music by Mark Tewarson) [Filmtrax Ltd.]

TODD FLAHERTY (CRISSY JUDY) + AMY BERG + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 4-6-23

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW --5/25/23 

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Remembering THE Punisher.

Frank Castle, an ex-military man who became a vigilante after his family was killed, goes after a mob family and its enforcer with the broken face aptly named Jigsaw. He's Marvel's man of gritty, street-level action, and we pop back to 2008 for our chat with the man himself: the late actor Ray Stevenson (1964-2023)and PUNISHER: WAR ZONE. 

When their 7-year-old daughter gets the chance to compete in a beauty pageant, a dysfunctional Albuquerque family packs up the VW and heads to California, hoping to make a dream come true. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was the directorial debut of Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (BATTLE OF THE SEXES) and it's time to revisit them in 2006! 

Plus, ALL-NEW SUPER-SIZE "Screen Scene" movie reviews including FAST X; MASTER GARDENER; ﻿MONICA; KANDAHAR; ﻿SUPERMAN 5-FILM COLLECTION [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA [4K][Disney Home Video]; CREED III [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THELMA & LOUISE [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; KNOCK AT THE CABIN [Universal Home Entertainment]; OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE [Lionsgate]; V/H/S/99 [Shudder/RLJEntertainment]; ﻿WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (1978) [Scorpion Releasing]; THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969) [Arrow Video]

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This week's featured soundtrack: A SMALL LIGHT (music by Ariel Marx) [Lakeshore Records]

RAY STEVENSON (1964-2023)+ARCHIVE INTERVIEWS + NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5-25-23

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW --6/1/23 

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: You know... good ol' movie talk! 

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. 

Following her involvement in a fatal accident, a woman, now dealing with unresolved grief and an addiction to opiates, strikes up an unlikely friendship with her father-in-law. Writer/director Zach Braff (GARDEN STATE) zooms in to talk about the blu-ray debut of his newest feature, A GOOD PERSON. [3/23/23 show]

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE LITTLE MERMAID; YOU HURT MY FEELINGS; ABOUT MY FATHER; DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES [4K][Paramount Home Video]; TRANSFORMERS LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOKS 6-MOVIE COLLECTION [4K][Paramount Home Video]; A GOOD PERSON [Warner Home Entertainment]; BLACK SUNDAY [Arrow Video]; SAMURAI WOLF 1 & 2 (1966-1967) [Film Movement Classics] and VIOLENT STREETS (1974) [Film Movement Classics].

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE TANK (music by Max Aruj) [Lakeshore Records]

RIC ROMAN WAUGH (KANDAHAR) + ZACH BRAFF + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS) 6-1-23

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 1/25/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Oscar connections.

Set in France in 1889, THE TASTE OF THINGS follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. THE TASTE OF THINGS is nominated for Best International Feature at this year's Academy Awards and we zoom in with writer/director Tran Ahn Hung. 

From 2018: An author and her husband are determined to conceive a baby by any means necessary, even if it means third party reproduction. But when a college grad step-niece reenters their lives, they find their relationship taken to the edge. We're joined by writer/director Tamara Jenkins and actor Kathryn Hahn to talk about PRIVATE LIFE (starring 2023 Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti!) 

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ANSELM; I.S.S.; THE CRIME IS MINE; FOUNDERS DAY; THE PEASANTS; THE APU TRILOGY [4K][Criterion Collection] and JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS - PART ONE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: MONSIEUR SPADE—ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK (music by Carlos Rafael Rivera) [Lakeshore Records]

THE TASTE OF THINGS + PRIVATE LIFE + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 1/25/24

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the sci-fi drama I.S.S. on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (1-25-24) SCREEN SCENE with program host TIM SIKA. Produced by LARRY JAKUBECZ for #KSJS (90.5 FM) and #RadioSausalito (1610 AM).

I.S.S. Film Review (PETER CANAVESE) CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (SCREEN SCENE) 1-25-24

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the new movies and home video releases on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (1-25-24) SCREEN SCENE with program host TIM SIKA  including ANSELM; I.S.S.; THE CRIME IS MINE; FOUNDERS DAY; THE PEASANTS; THE APU TRILOGY [4K][Criterion Collection] and JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS - PART ONE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment].  Produced by LARRY JAKUBECZ for #KSJS (90.5 FM) and #RadioSausalito (1610 AM).

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