Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show 12/14/23 

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  

Based on historical fact and using real names, The Zone Of Interest is a Holocaust movie like no other. Instead of Auschwitz scenes, it focuses on the lives of a Nazi commandant and his family who live in a house next to the camp and their mundane day-to-day activities, with the real horrors conveyed by the faint sounds that escape over the wall. We sit down with lead ensemble actor Christian Friedel. Interviewer: TIM SIKA

Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show

Actor CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL (THE ZONE OF INTEREST) CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (12/14/23)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 6/26/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: From Frameline to the world!

A closeted undercover cop, assigned to arrest men cruising in shopping mall bathrooms, grapples with messy, conflicted feelings when he falls in love with a married man he's assigned to entrap. PLAINCLOTHES is an intense, deeply atmospheric drama that explores the grey zones of authority, identity and the cost of living a secret life. We sit down with its writer/ director Carmen Emmi.

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY follows the courtroom battles of civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio as he fights to overturn Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while simultaneously confronting the media narratives influencing public perception of trans rights. Zooming in to discuss the film (just days ahead of the case's verdict) are director Sam Feder (DISCLOSURE) & producer Amy Scholder.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿ELIO; 28 YEARS LATER; ﻿SALLY [Disney+, Hulu]; ﻿SURVIVING OHIO STATE [HBO Max]; THE LAST CLASS; ﻿A MINECRAFT MOVIE [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] ; DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN [Paramount Home Entertainment]; THE MONKEY [Decal Releasing]; THE WEDDING BANQUET [Decal Releasing] and ﻿﻿THE FRIEND [Decal Releasing].

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This week's featured classic soundtrack: PSYCHO (music by Bernard Herrmann) [Varèse Sarabande]

PLAINCLOTHES + HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY + NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 6-26-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talking MOVIES with Kim McCallister on #theafterpartylive (6-27-25):

M3GAN 2.0 (**)
#sorrybaby (***1/2)
#survivingohiostate (***1/2) Max 
#everythingsgoingtobegreat (**) Lionsgate

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: #Lilliesofthefield (1963) streaming on Prime Video, Tubi & more. 
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Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (6-27-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW  --  7/3/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Tackling an incredible musical challenge.

From 2012:  BLADE RUNNER is not only one of the seminal films of science fiction cinema, but considered one of the best of all time. Its synthesizer score by Vangelis is also held in high regard, but, due to certain circumstances, there has never been an official, proper soundtrack available.

To address this, producer/composer Edgar Rothermich was commissioned to recreate the score (for which no written transcriptions exist) as faithfully as possible to mark the film's 30th year in 2012. The result: BLADE RUNNER 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE. Let's revisit our chat with Edgar Rothermich!

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH; 40 ACRES; ﻿F1: THE MOVIE; M3GAN 2.0; EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT; ﻿MY MOM JAYNE [HBO Max]; ﻿ENIGMA [HBO Max]; ﻿DARK CITY [4K][Arrow Video]; ﻿SWORDFISH [4K][Arrow Video]; ﻿﻿LETHAL WEAPON [4K] [Warner Home Entertainment] and ﻿EEPHUS [Music Box Films].

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This week's featured 65th anniversary soundtracks: THE APARTMENT, SPARTACUS and EXODUS (music by Adolph Deutsch, Alex North & Ernest Gold)

EDGAR ROTHERMICH (Blade Runner) + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 7-3-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW --  7/10/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Two triple-threat debuts!

DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT adapts Alexandra Fuller's memoir about her youth in Rhodesia, South Africa (now Zimbabwe) amidst the waning Bush War and the country's division following an election that shifted the balance of power forever.  We sit down with actor/writer/director Embeth Davidtz (MATILDA; SCHINDLER'S LIST) on her first time behind the camera, chronicling the shifting racial power dynamics in a country through the eyes of a child: eight-year-old Bobo.

A young small-town liberal arts junior professor learns to live through a past trauma with help from her best friend, her neighbor... and her cat. SORRY, BABY is a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of quietly powerful triumph, of seizing back your footing after the ground is yanked from under you, and zooming in to chat about it is actor/writer/first time director Eva Victor (BOYS GO TO JUPITER; BILLIONS).

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿﻿THE OLD GUARD 2; ﻿﻿DEAR MS.: A REVOLUTION IN PRINT; ﻿KILL THE JOCKEY; ﻿SOVEREIGN [also On Demand 7/11]; ﻿PUSH [Shudder]; ﻿BARRY LYNDON [4K][Criterion Collection]; ﻿YOU CAN COUNT ON ME [4K][Criterion Collection] and ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT [Criterion Collection].

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This week's featured 65th anniversary soundtracks: JAWS (music by John Williams) [Universal Music Group]



EMBETH DAVIDTZ + EVA VICTOR + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 7-10-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host TIM SIKA:

-----Superman (**)
-----#thelastclass (***1/2) 
-----#killthejockey (***)
-----Sovereign Movie (***1/2)

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

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Film Critic TIM SIKA talks movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER (7-11-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 7/17/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  From the heart-- and the head.

From 2006:  Words. They don't just tell stories... they also play games! In the documentary WORDPLAY, crossword puzzles take center stage (with a focus on New York Times master puzzle editor Will Shortz and his many famous fans), and we have director Patrick Creadon and NYT puzzle constructor Merl Reagle, who works his magic before our eyes!   

Now on Blu-ray:  THE LEGEND OF OCHI centers on a teenage girl from a remote island who befriends a mysterious forest creature she has been raised to fear. Rebelling against the rules, she runs away from home and embarks on a quest to reunite the injured creature with its family. Writer/ director Isaiah Saxon talks about his feature debut: a tale of love, longing, and acceptance.  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿﻿SUPERMAN (2025); ﻿ABRAHAM'S BOYS: A DRACULA STORY [also on Shudder]; DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT and TO A LAND UNKNOWN.

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This week's featured soundtrack: SUPERMAN (music by John Murphy & David Fleming) [WaterTower Music]

WORDPLAY & THE LEGEND OF OCHI + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 7-17-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (7-18-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER:

-----I Know What You Did Last Summer (**1/2)
-----Eddington (**)
-----Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (***)

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: My. Dinner with Andrè (1981) '

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Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (7-18-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 7/24/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  We get lost and then shoot our way out of our vast archive with two from 2017!

Director/screenwriter James Gray (WE OWN THE NIGHT; AD ASTRA) tells the adventurous true tale of British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett who disappeared during multiple searches for a mysterious city in the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century, discovering evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization. It's THE LOST CITY OF Z.  

It's "all guns, no control" when two gangs meet in a Boston warehouse to broker an arms deal amidst confusion, the wrong weapons and a ridiculous amount of bullets in the '70s thriller FREE FIRE, and actor Sharlto Copley (DISTRICT 9; CHAPPIE) gives us the deets!  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including EDDINGTON; ﻿I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER; OH, Hi!; SORRY, BABY; DICIANNOVE; ﻿BEFORE WE FORGET; ﻿﻿FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ﻿CLUELESS [4K][Paramount Home Entertainment]; ﻿WARFARE [A24]; ﻿DEATH OF A UNICORN [A24] and ﻿THE LEGEND OF OCHI [a24].

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This week's featured soundtrack: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (music by Chanda Dancy) [Milan Records]

JAMES GRAY + SHARLTO COPLEY (2017 Archive) + MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 7-24-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with Kim McCallister on #theafterpartylive (7-25-25):

#TheFantasticForFirstSteps
#OhHi!
#TheHomeMovie
#BeforeWeForget
#LostCause (World Premiere: Sunday 7/27/25 at the Roxie Theater in SF--SF Jewish Fest) 

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: #thescarletempress (1934) 

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CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 7/31/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Two guys, one movie and a 20-year anniversary!

From 2005: A loner teenager with a crushing oral obsession attempts to break the habit and improbably finds himself on the school debate team in THUMBSUCKER, screenwriter/ director Mike Mills' (20th CENTURY WOMEN; BEGINNERS) debut feature. Mills talks about adapting Walter Kirns' novel and his love of art films, and lead actor Lou Pucci discusses meeting Kirns and the usefulness of sucking his thumb in public.  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS; THE HOME; ﻿TOGETHER; 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA; SKETCH and SMALL SOLDIERS [4K Steelbook][Paramount Home Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: WASHINGTON BLACK (music by Cameron Moody) [Hollywood Records]



Actor CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL (THE ZONE OF INTEREST) CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (12/14/23)

TIM SIKA (Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show)

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