CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 10/12/23

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: The hills are even more alive!

58 years (!) and many iterations later, historian/preservationist Mike Matessino has assembled a soundtrack set fans could only dream of. THE SOUND OF MUSIC: SUPER DELUXE EDITION is the definitive audio collection comprising the complete film score plus a wealth of previously-unreleased material including instrumentals for every song, demos and rare outtakes from the cast. It doesn't release until December (and we'll continue our coverage then), but Mike is here to give a tantalising peek into what's included and how it all came together.

Plus, really big "Screen Scene" movie reviews (theaters or VOD if not specified) including THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER; THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL [Paramount+]; FAIR PLAY [Netflix]; WHEN EVIL LURKS [also on Shudder 10/27]; TOTALLY KILLER [Amazon Prime]; PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES [Paramount+]; THE BURIAL [also on Amazon Prime 10/13]; VIDEODROME [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray]; SCREAM 3 [4K][Paramount Home Video]; ELEMENTAL [Disney Home Video] and TALK TO ME [Lionsgate Home Video].

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This week's featured classic soundtrack: FAIR PLAY (music by Brian McOmber) [Netflix Music]

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION with MIKE MATESSINO + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (10-12-23)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 11/28/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Dreams... non-celluloid ones.

Anora is a Brooklyn erotic dancer/sex worker who, one day, meets the childish son of a Russian oligarch and marries him with fairy tale impulsiveness. But then, his parents fly to New York, hellbent on putting an end to the dream. ANORA is the latest film from Sean Baker (TANGERINE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT),  and we're joined by  breakout lead actor Mikey Madison.

Now on Blu-ray:  A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico working odd jobs to get by. When he takes a job at a ranch, he finds welcomed by a vibrant community of queer rodeo riders exploring their own conception of the American dream. NATIONAL ANTHEM is directed and co-written by Luke Gilford and follows on from his 2020 biograph of the same name, comprising photographs documenting the queer rodeo subculture.  

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿WICKED Part 1; JOY [Netflix]; ﻿﻿THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS; BEATLES '64 [Apple TV+]; DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS [4K][Universal Home Video]; THE INVASION (2007) [4K][Arrow Video]; ﻿A SIMPLE PLAN [Arrow Video] and ﻿SCALA!!! (Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits) [Severin Films].

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This week's featured soundtrack: LEONARDO DA VINCI (music by Caroline Shaw) [Nonesuch Records]

MIKEY MADISON (Anora) + LUKE GILFORD + NEW FILM REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 11-28-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 12/5/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  When real life gives way to something else..

Remember Y2K-- the event that wasn't? In 1999, programmers across the globe scrambled to update systems to avoid a mass crash when clocks hit the new millennium. In the retro-teen comedy-with-horror Y2K, two nobodies crash a big NYE party and... things don't go the way they did in reality! With us are first-time director Kyle Mooney (SNL; BRIGSBY BEAR) and producer Evan Winter-- both also co-writers.

From 2020: Based on Peter Carey's novel, the almost-assuredly-true tale of one of Australia's most notorious figures is spun in TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, a fictionalized account of the famed 19th century Australian Bush Ranger/bandit Ned Kelly. With his new film THE ORDER in theaters, we return Down Under for our 2020 chat with director Justin Kurzel (MACBETH; ASSASSIN'S CREED).  

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿MOANA 2; MARIA; NUTCRACKERS [Hulu]; ﻿Music Box: YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY [Max]; ﻿NIGHTBITCH; QUEER; GET AWAY; FLOW; THE ORDER; ﻿WATCHMEN: Chapter II [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and ﻿PULP FICTION Limited Edition Collector's Set [4K] [Paramount Home Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack: WICKED (music by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz) [Republic Records]

Y2K + JUSTIN KURZEL + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 12-5-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 12/12/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: It's the past! It's the future!

In February of 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were invited to co-host the syndicated daytime The Mike Douglas Show for an entire week, with them selecting all the guests and bringing the counterculture to an entirely new audience. DAYTIME REVOLUTION gleans highlights of that week and peppers them with newly-recorded recollections from some of those shows' participants. We join up with director Erik Nelson (DIARY OF A GRIZZLY MAN; A GRAY STATE).

New to Blu-ray: SLINGSHOT follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous "slingshot" maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality. Zooming in to elucidate on all this space madness is director Mikael Håfström.

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿DAY OF THE FIGHT; THE END; THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM; ﻿OH, CANADA; THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG; FRANK CAPRA AT COLUMBIA Limited Edition [4K] [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] and ﻿JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX [4K] [Warner Home Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: MOANA 2 (music by Mark Mancina) [Walt Disney Records]

ERIK NELSON (Daytime Revolution) +  ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 12-12-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 12/19/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Ghosts of Christmas movies past!

From 2003:  You know him from our intermission entertainment: the late author/ Hollywood tour guide Stephen Schochet's short Hollywood Stories. In 2003, Stephen hung with us a bit longer, sharing anecdotes related to his some iconic Christmas movies. 'Tis the season for the HOLLYWOOD STORIES: XMAS MOVIES EDITION!  

From 2010:  A holiday mainstay got wildly reinvented via a radical new big-screen take on the classic THE NUTCRACKER. Originally designed for 3-D, it trades the dream scenario for a journey into another dimension with oversized humanoid toys. Joining us was director Andrey Konchalovskiy (RUNAWAY TRAIN).  

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿﻿KRAVEN THE HUNTER; CARRY-ON [Netflix]; THE BRUTALIST; ﻿﻿A COMPLETE UNKNOWN; ﻿BABYGIRL; ﻿NOSFERATU; BETTER MAN; THE FIRE INSIDE; ﻿BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE [4K] [Warner Home Entertainment] and ﻿GALAXY QUEST [4K] [Paramount Home Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack: NIGHTBITCH (music by Nate Heller) [Hollywood Records]

HOLIDAY EDITION (2024) + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 12-19-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW --  12/26/24 [actually 12/30 - KSJS-only]

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  It's biopic week!

UNSTOPPABLE is the true story of Anthony Robles, a wrestler born with one leg, but whose indomitable resolve (along with the unwavering support of his mother and coaches) empowered him to overcome adversity and achieve a spot on the Arizona State Wrestling team. Then, the real challenge begins. We meet up with lead actor Jharrel Jerome (MOONLIGHT; WHEN THEY SEE US).

The rollercoaster story and colourful career of British pop superstar Robbie Williams is told with unusual style in BETTER MAN, which takes us from childhood through his teenage stint in the boy band Take That, through the dizzying highs and cavernous lows of fame as a solo artist. And all the while, equating himself as a performing monkey. Sitting down with us are director/co-writer Michael Gracey (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN) and lead actor Jonno Davies (KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE; SPOTLESS).

Then, our "Screen Scene" critic Peter Canavese hand picks, wraps up and ticks off his choices of notable, favorite picks of the past year's cinematic offerings. Yep-- it's time for the BEST FILMS of 2024!

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This week's featured soundtrack: CONCLAVE (music by Volker Bertelmann) [Back Lot Music]

UNSTOPPABLE + BETTER MAN + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 12-26-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the latest movies with KIM MCCALLISTER on #TheAfterPartyLive (12-20-24)

-----The Brutalist (**1/2)
-----A Complete Unknown (**)
-----Babygirl (***1/2)
-----Nosferatu (***1/2)
-----#abetterman (***1/2)
-----The Fire Inside Movie (***)

Tim's Streaming Rec: A man on the Inside 👓 (Netflix)

Tim's Classic Movie Rec of the Week: Miracle On 34th Street  (1947) 

Heard live Fridays at 1:30pm Pacific on The After Party LIVE! on YouTube and available recorded thereafter.  Please consider subscribing for free ‪#theafterpartylive

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES (12-20-24) w/KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (You Tube)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW --  1/6/25 

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  They're getting awards attention...

SEPTEMBER 5 recounts the Munich massacre: the terrorist attack which occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew and their coverage of the events as they were unfolding in real-time. Co-writer-director Tim Fehlbaum & actor John Magaro talk about their powerful docudrama.

Set in London, Mike Leigh's drama HARD TRUTHS follows the plight of a severely-depressed, hyper-sensitive middle-aged woman named Pansy and her relationship with her family: her perpetually-jovial sister Chantelle and her exasperated husband and son. We sit down with lead actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste and one of the best performances of 2024!

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL [Netflix]; MUFASA: THE LION KING; LOS FRIKIS; THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO; HARD TRUTHS; THE ROOM NEXT DOOR; THE LAST SHOWGIRL; SEPTEMBER 5; THE ADDICTION [4K] [Arrow Video]; ﻿DEMOLITION MAN [4K] [Arrow Video] and ﻿INCUBUS [4K] [Arrow Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE BRUTALIST (music by Daniel Blumberg) [Milan Records]

HARD TRUTHS + SEPTEMBER 5 + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 1-6-25

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 -- 1/23/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  It's a Lynch mob from the archive!

With the notable passing of artist/ director David Lynch, we revisit conversations with several of his recurring actors.

From 2001:  A hopeful young actress, fresh to L.A., discovers a woman left amnesiac after a car crash. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of the woman's true identity, encountering life-altering experiences with the unexpected. David Lynch's a twisting, dreamy 2001 film MULHOLLAND DRIVE was the breakout role(s) for actor Naomi Watts (THE IMPOSSIBLE), and an interview that has not been heard since then!  

From 2004:  TOUCH OF PINK involves an Indo-Canadian man who has escaped his critical Muslim mother and fashioned the perfect life with his secret British boyfriend... until she decides to visit. Helping him navigate his complicated life is his imaginary advisor, the spirit of "Cary Grant." We met with actor Kyle MacLachlan (BLUE VELVET), who plays the suave Grant. Hey-- we also hear about DUNE and working with David Lynch!  

From 2004:  Two young-ish couples in loveless relationships seek vague fulfillment in adultery, and their marriages, their friendships and their children are tested by the unpredictable ripple effects of infidelity. WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE is an ensemble melodrama co-starring 3-time Oscar nominee Laura Dern (INLAND EMPIRE) and our third guest for this special episode! 

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿WOLF MAN; BACK IN ACTION [Netflix]; ﻿I'M STILL HERE; ﻿BRAVE THE DARK; ﻿﻿THE CELL [4K][Arrow Video] and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS [4K][Arrow Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack: DISFLUENCY (music by Nathan Alexander) [Lovely/Gross]

NAOMI WATTS + KYLE MALACHLAN + LAURA DERN + NEW MOVIES (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 1-23-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 1/30/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Some honeyed "gold" from our earliest days!

We go back deep into the archive to re-present our 1997 conversation with actor Peter Fonda. The main topic was his quiet star turn as a reclusive beekeeper and father in ULEE'S GOLD (which earned him a Golden Globe award and Oscar nomination), but talk also touched on Henry Fonda's last words, writing his autobiography, comparisons to his father, lessons from Roger Corman ...oh, and bees.  

Also, a shot of calm from 2019:  “The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.” With those words, spiritual teacher Ram Dass cracks open the door to revealing the true selves who live inside our skin. In the documentary BECOMING NOBODY, Dass shares his journey to shed his "suit"-- the physical and psychological identity that was formed in childhood-- and evolve from being "somebody" to simply being. Joining us is director Jamie Catto (1 GIANT LEAP).  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including STAR TREK: SECTION 31 [Paramount+]; ﻿PRESENCE; ﻿﻿FLIGHT RISK; ﻿DRUGSTORE COWBOY [4K][Criterion Collection Blu-ray] and ﻿LAST SUMMER [Criterion Collection Blu-ray].

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This week's featured classic soundtrack: DARLING LILI (music by Henry Mancini) [Quartet Records]

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION with MIKE MATESSINO + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (10-12-23)

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