CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/8/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: ...hits all the right (classic) notes!

From 2020:  From the early days of film and stretching seven decades, Max Steiner composed scores for hundreds of movies during Hollywood's Golden Age-- many of them iconic works such as KING KONG, NOW, VOYAGER, THE SEARCHERS, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, A SUMMER PLACE and of course, GONE WITH THE WIND. In his book, MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER, author Steven C. Smith-- our sole guest-- traces the dramatic private life of three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner that could have been a movie itself, filled with chaos, struggle and ultimately, optimism. 

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THUNDERBOLTS*; ﻿THE SURFER; ﻿FIGHT OR FLIGHT; ﻿HENRY JOHNSON; ﻿PADDINGTON IN PERU [Sony Home Entertainment] and ﻿RICK AND MORTY: THE ANIME [Warner Home Video].

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This week's classic featured soundtrack: BARRY LYNDON (music by Various) [Warner Bros. Records]

MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER (2020 Archive) + ALL NEW GROUCHO REVIEWS (5-8-24)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/15/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Scares, romance and drama! We got it all!

A teenager moves with her father to the quiet town of Kettle Springs, Missouri, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times, and amidst boiling tensions, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Teen rebellion meets killer clown vengeance in CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD is an adaptation of the YA novel by Adam Cesare, who joins us along with director/co-screenwriter Eli Craig (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL).

In JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris and desperately single, dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. We chat with writer/ director Laura Piani about her creative process, the feminist questions at the heart of the story, and why sometimes the best way to honor a literary icon is to challenge her. 

From 2018:  Inspired by movies, four young men attempted a heist that was at once audacious and unusual. AMERICAN ANIMALS is the equally-original cinematic hybrid of narrative and documentary that tells this wildly-true story. We pop back into the archive for our chat with writer/director Bart Layton (THE IMPOSTER), which has never been rebroadcast!  

"Screen Scene" movie reviews return next week!

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This week's classic featured soundtrack: A PATCH OF BLUE (music by Jerry Goldsmith) [Intrada Records]

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD & JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5-15-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (5-16-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER -- #HurryUpTomorrow (*) + #TheOldWomanWithTheKnife (***) + #PeeWeeAsHimself (*** 1/2) + #JaneAustenWreckedMyLife (***) -- CLASSIC MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: #Reds (1981)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (5-16-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/22/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Two relevant chats from 2015!

An acclaimed philosophy professor joins a small college, intriguing students but revealing a morbid outlook on life. Despite becoming involved with another teacher and a precocious student, it's only after he commits an existential act that he begins to see the world as a more positive place. Ten years ago, we sat down with Parker Posey-- the "queen of the Indies" in the '90s and currently seen in THE WHITE LOTUS-- to talk about Woody Allen's murder comedy IRRATIONAL MAN.  

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and also a member of the Communist party. In the face of the Communist witch hunts in the 1940s and 1950s, he was arrested for his views, becoming one of the blacklisted writers dubbed the "Hollywood 10" and ultimately emerging as a true American patriot in his efforts to defend the First Amendment and by extension, freedom of speech. We joined up with director Jay Roach (the AUSTIN POWERS series) TRUMBO.  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING; ﻿CAUGHT BY THE TIDES; FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES; ﻿﻿DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! [Apple TV+]; ﻿JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE; ﻿﻿THE THREE MUSKETEERS/THE FOUR MUSKETEERS [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD [4K][Disney Home Video]; MICKEY 17 [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ﻿DUNE: PROPHECY [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and ﻿BLACK BAG [Universal Home Entertainment].

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This week's classic featured soundtrack: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (music by John Williams) [BMG Classics]


PARKER POSEY + JAY ROACH (2015 Archive) + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5-22-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/29/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Feline fraternizing and archival ACTION!

What started as a story about an unsanctioned mission to rescue 25 stray cats from the streets of Qatar (where cats equal the entire country's human population!) turned into a meditation on compassion, identity, and belonging. Filmmaker Mye Hoang takes us behind the scenes of her moving documentary 25 CATS FROM QATAR, sharing what it taught her — about animals, people, and the power of small acts of care and kindness.

From 2002: A chauffeur is sent to retrieve some items when his millionaire boss is hospitalized from an accident. But when he tries on his man's prized tuxedo, he discovers the suit contains some fantastic gadgets and abilities and finds himself caught up in international intrigue and espionage. THE TUXEDO is the movie and its star: actor and martial arts icon Jackie Chan-- now on screens in KARATE KID: LEGENDS-- who discusses his school training, singing and dancing for James Brown, being not Bruce Lee, the hole in his head, and how he fortuitously avoided being caught in the 9/11 attack.  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿LILO & STITCH; ﻿FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH [Apple TV+]; ﻿﻿KARATE KID: LEGENDS and ﻿THE WOMAN IN THE YARD [Universal Home Video].

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This week's classic featured soundtrack: ﻿MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING (music by Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey) [Sony Music Masterworks]

25 CATS FROM QATAR + JACKIE CHAN + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5-29-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/29/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Feline fraternizing and archival ACTION!

What started as a story about an unsanctioned mission to rescue 25 stray cats from the streets of Qatar (where cats equal the entire country's human population!) turned into a meditation on compassion, identity, and belonging. Filmmaker Mye Hoang takes us behind the scenes of her moving documentary 25 CATS FROM QATAR, sharing what it taught her — about animals, people, and the power of small acts of care and kindness.

Director MYE HOANG talks 25 CATS FROM QATAR on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5-29-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER --  #BringHerBack (**) + #KarateKidLegends (*1/2) + #BadShabbos (***) + #25CatsFromQatar (*** 1/2) + CLASSIC MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: #TheBestYearsOfOurLives (1946)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE with host KIM MCCALLISTER (5-30-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE with program host KIM MCCALLISTER  LIVE from Hollywood! -- #TheLifeOfChuck (****) + #IDontUnderstandYou (*1/2) + #TheRitualMovie (**) + #DangerousAnimals (***) + CLASSIC MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: #SweetCharity (1969)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with host KIM MCALLISTER (6-6-25)

Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on #TheAfterPartyLive with program host KIM MCCALLISTER:  

#ThePhoenicianScheme
#HowtoTrainYourDragon (Live Action) 
#Materialists

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: #EmpireoftheSun (1987) 

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CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 6/19/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: We'll have a gay old time!

From its red carpet premiere at the Castro Theater in San Francisco in 2016, we look at the cast of LOOKING: THE MOVIE, which wrapped up the HBO series and brought closure to its gay relationships in the City by the Bay.On-hand were actors Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Daniel Franzese, Raul Castillo and Lauren Weedman.  

Following a series of gay teen suicides, a deeply closeted filmmaker turns the camera on himself to document his coming out and search for self-acceptance and community. COMING OUT is the documentary, and Alden Peters is the subject (and also the director).  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿THE LIFE OF CHUCK; ﻿HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON; ﻿﻿MATERIALISTS; DEEP COVER [Amazon Prime]; ﻿PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS [Hulu] and ﻿007: THE SEAN CONNERY 6-FILM COLLECTION [4K ][Warner Home Entertainment].

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This week's featured classic soundtrack: GRAND PRIX﻿ (music by Maurice Jarre) [Film Score Monthly]


LOOKING CAST + COMING OUT + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 6-19-25

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]

MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER (2020 Archive) + ALL NEW GROUCHO REVIEWS (5-8-24)

TIM SIKA (Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show)