CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 1/13/25 [KSJS-only]

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, NICKEL BOYS chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers in the 1960s-- one of whom was falsely accused of a crime-- who met while attending the Nickel Academy, a brutal, real-life reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. We met up with director/ co-screenwriter RaMell Ross.

Then, we note two recent passings with two conversations from the archive:

From 2017: If your idea of a Decameron-inspired medieval comedy involves an escaped servant, a convent full of emotionally unstable, sexually-repressed nuns and a lot of temptation, then meet THE LITTLE HOURS-- or at least, its director/ co-writer Jeff Baena (LIFE AFTER BETH; JOSHY)! 

From 2004: Alfie is the epitome of the swinging bachelor archetype-- a charming, swaggering philosopher/womanizer who, after a night of unrestrained passion, is forced to question his seemingly-carefree existence. Director/co-writer Charles Shyer chats about his update of the 1963 film starring Michael Caine.  

Finally, from 2020, for our first COVID Zoom: Based on Jerzy Kosinski's novel, the intense and horrific THE PAINTED BIRD follows a young Jewish boy in war-torn Eastern Europe during World War II who journeys home after his guardian dies, and his encounters with wild characters and unnamable cruelty, all while trying to simply survive. Actor Udo Kier (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN; DOWNSIZING) joined us to elucidate on acting in a movie that's difficult to watch. 

"Screen Scene" movie reviews return next week!

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This week's featured soundtrack: FLOW (music by Gints Zilbalodis & Rihards Zalupe) [Milan Records]

RAMELL ROSS (Nickel Boys) + Obituaries + NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 1-13-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on #TheAfterPartyLive! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER -- #AMinecraftMovie (*1/2) + #FreakyTales (**) + #ANiceIndianBoy (***) + #TheResidence (****) + #BarryLyndon (****)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with KIM MCCALLISTER (4-4-25)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on #TheAfterPartyLive (4-11-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER --  #TheAmateurMovie (**) + Warfare Movie (***1/2) + #ThankYouVeryMuch (***1/2) Roxie Theater San Francisco + #SacramentoMovie (***) + #TheLuckiestManInAmerica (**1/2) + #TheLifeList (streaming on Netflix) (***) + Classic Movie Rec of the Week: Ship of Fools (1965) 

Film Critic TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (with KIM MCCALLISTER) 4-11-25

CELLULOID DREAMS  THE MOVIE SHOW -- 4/10/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Love, grief, determination.

From 2012:  Joey and Cody are an interracial gay couple living in the American South and raising Cody's son Chip. When tragedy befalls Cody, his sister gains legal custody of the boy, leaving Joey to an empty home of unbearable silence. Ultimately, he will need to fight with all his heart to regain his family. Writer/director/lead actor Patrick Wang took us IN THE FAMILY, and this conversation hasn't been heard since 2012.  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including A MINECRAFT MOVIE; ﻿SECRET MALL APARTMENT; SACRAMENTO; ﻿﻿THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA; ﻿HELL OF A SUMMER; ﻿﻿WARFARE; ﻿ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO; ﻿GRAND TOUR; ﻿A COMPLETE UNKNOWN [4K][Disney Home Video] and ﻿MUFASA: THE LION KING [4K][Disney Home Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack: A NICE INDIAN BOY (music by Raashi Kulkarni)

PATRICK WANG (In The Family/Archive) + NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 4-10-25

CELLULOID DREAMS  THE MOVIE SHOW -- 4/17/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Two features from the 68th San Francisco Film Festival!

When a Korean-American adoptee is informed his birth mother is terminally ill, the teenager's idyllic life is disrupted and he must decide whether to preserve his American identity or uncover his vague past. Thomas Percy Kim talks with us about his feature directorial debut ISLE CHILD.

THE TALLEST DWARF is filmmaker Julie Wyman's quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community after hearing she has inherited "partial dwarfism." She joins forces with a group of dwarf artists to create art in the form of films, poetry and dance to challenge and address the rise of height-altering pharmaceuticals. Joining us is director Julie Wyman.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿G20 [Amazon Prime]; THE AMATEUR; ERIC LARUE; THE WEDDING BANQUET; ANORA [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray] and ﻿SOME LIKE IT HOT [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray].

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This week's featured soundtrack:  THE AMATEUR (music by Volker Bertelmann) [Hollywood Records]

THOMAS PERCY KIM + JULIE WYMAN + ALL NEW FILM REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW)  4-17-25

CELLULOID DREAMS  THE MOVIE SHOW -- 4/24/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  California stories (mostly).

Muriel and her husband Lee (newly returned from the Korean War) are beginning a new life in San Diego, which is upended by the arrival of Lee's charismatic younger brother, Julius. Lee is keen for the three of them to build a new life together, but Julius leaves for Las Vegas instead, where he meets Henry, a male co-worker. While the two men begin a secret romantic relationship, Muriel embarks on a secret life of her own. The film is ON SWIFT HORSES and we're joined by director Daniel Minahan.

80-year-old African American chaplain Betty Clark and white Jewish physician Jessica Zitter are on-staff at an Oakland, CA hospital's Palliative Care Unit-- professions that rarely intersect. THE CHAPLAIN AND THE DOCTOR documents their work as they endeavor to bring curiosity, connection and compassion to a broken medical culture-- and one that recognizes the diverse backgrounds of their patients. Jessica Zitter is also the film's director, and we sit down with both women ahead of its screening at the 68th San Francisco International Film Festival.


Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including SINNERS; ﻿I KNOW CATHERINE, THE LOG LADY; THE SHROUDS; ON SWIFT HORSES; NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH; BATMAN NINJA VS. YAKUZA LEAGUE [4K] [Warner Home Entertainment]; THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT [4K] [Arrow Video] and ﻿﻿LAST BREATH blu-ray  [Universal Home Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: SEA LIONS OF THE GALAPAGOS (music by Raphaelle Thibaut) [Disney Music Group]


ON SWIFT HORSES + THE CHAPLAIN & THE DOCTOR + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS) 4-24-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the latest  MOVIES with Kim McCallister on #TheAfterPartyLive (4-25-25)

-----The Accountant Movie 2 (*1/2)
-----#neighborhoodwatchmovie (**1/2)
-----#yadangthesnitch (***) WELL GO USA
-----The Legend of Ochi (***1/2) A24

Classic Movie Rec of the Week: The Country Girl (1954) 
 
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Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE (4-25-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/1/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  We get cute and then pull a classic move!

THE LEGEND OF OCHI centers on a teenage girl from the remote island of Carpathia who befriends a mysterious forest creature she encounters in the woods-- a species 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. 

From 2007:  Katharine Hepburn was, by many accounts, brilliant, fearless, independent, frustrating, insufferable and one of cinema's greatest actors. Author and cultural historian William J. Mann (HELLO GORGEOUS: BECOMING BARBRA STREISAND) creates a deep, different and candidly real perspective of the outspoken and elegant legend in KATE: THE WOMAN WHO WAS HEPBURN. 

Then, some quick "Screen Scene" movie reviews including THE ACCOUNTANT 2; UNTIL DAWN; THE LEGEND OF OCHI and HAVOC [Netflix].

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This week's classic featured soundtrack: THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO (music by Leigh Harline) [FSM]

THE LEGEND OF OCHI + KATE HEPBURN + ALL NEW FILM REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5-1-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER including:  #Thunderbolts* (**); #TheSurfer (***); #TheDarkMoneyGame (*** 1/2) and  #HenryJohnson (*** 1/2). Classic Movie Recommendation for the week: #ComeBackLittleSheba (****) [1952].  LIVE every Friday at 1:30 p.m. PT.

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! with program host KIM MCCALLISTER (5-2-25)

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 host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE (5-9-25) with program host KIM MCCALLISTER -- #ClownInACornfield (***) + #FightorFlight (** 1/2) and Kim chimes in with recommendations  of #TheFourSeasons -- the new #Netflix mini-series based on the 1981 feature film of the same name. Classic Movie Recommendation: #BriefEncounter (1946).

RAMELL ROSS (Nickel Boys) + Obituaries + NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 1-13-25

TIM SIKA (Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show)

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