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]

Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show

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

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY (YouTube) with KIM MCCALLISTER (5-10-24) -- #KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes (**1/2) + #Unfrosted (*1/2) + #NotAnotherChurchMovie (*) + #Aisha (***) + #ForceOfNatureTheDry2 (***1/2) +#TheFeelingThatTheTimeForDoingSomethingHasPassed (***) + #EvilDoesNotExist (****)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY (LIVE) 5-10-24 (YOU TUBE)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/16/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: 

Five women head out on a hiking retreat in a remote Australian forest, but only four emerge on the other side, each with a different story. Missing is an inder whistle blower, and two Federal agents set out to learn what really happened. FORCE OF NATURE: THE DRY 2 trades its predecessor's desert heat for green mountains, but our guests, actor Eric Bana [HULK; TROY] and director/co-writer Robert Connolly are nice and cozy!

ERIC BANA & ROBERT CONNOLLY (FORCE OF NATURE: THE DRY 2) CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5/16/24)

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the new movies and home video releases on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5-16-24) with program host TIM SIKA (theaters or VOD if not specified) including KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; ﻿﻿THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY; ﻿I SAW THE TV GLOW; ﻿﻿LET IT BE (1970) [Disney+]; POOLMAN; ﻿DUNE Part 2 [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; AMERICAN SNIPER [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE [4K][Lionsgate Home Video] and ﻿﻿CEMETERY MAN [4K][Severin Films Video].

SCREEN SCENE MOVIE REVIEWS with PETER CANAVESE on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5/16/24)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 5/23/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Reel movie talk-- for real! 

"Film is forever," goes the old saying. Except that it isn't. Even 50 years ago, a huge chunk of early Hollywood movies were already gone, thanks to neglect and trashing of reels, and with each passing year, celluloid loses ground to its biggest enemy: time. 

FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! documents the slow fate of film and the efforts of a small-but-vital community of collectors and enthusiasts who have put in decades of effort to rescue, preserve and share as many celluloid stories as they can, whether it's 35mm and 16mm features, Super-8 home movies or rare formats. Joining us is its producer/director, Peter Flynn.

PETER FLYNN talks FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5/23/24)

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the historical documentary FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5-30-24) SCREEN SCENE with program host TIM SIKA. FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! will be screened on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Roxie Theater House 1 in San Francisco.  For tickets go to SFINDIEFEST.COM.  FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! will also be available to stream beginning May 30th through June 9th as part of the San Francisco DOCFest. [Produced by LARRY JAKUBECZ for #KSJS (90.5 FM) and #RAdioSausalito (1610 AM)].

FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! (PETER CANAVESE) CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (SCREEN SCENE)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the HBO MAX documentary SPACEY UNMASKED (***) with news anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9 FM/740 AM) [5-26-24]

TIM SIKA talks SPACEY UNMASKED (HBO MAX) w/news anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS (106.9FM/740 AM) 5-26-24

Celluloid Dreams - the Movie Show 5/30/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: ** EXTENDED EDITION! **

When documentarian Morgan Spurlock died last week on May 23, he left behind a body of work befitting a much longer career. He was a guest on this show four times, and we've chosen two of those conversations to share with you this week. 

From 2004: For his feature directorial debut Super Size Me, Spurlock explored the effects of an American fast food diet via an unscientific experiment using himself as a guinea pig: for 30 days, he ate nothing but McDonald's meals-- 3 per day, with limited exercise and checking in with doctors along the way. Could you predict the results? 

From 2011: POM Wonderful PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD is, to quote IMDB, "a documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement." Employing his now-trademark satirical edge, Spurlock set out to make audiences aware of how pervasive are products in films and how insidious are the ways of advertisers. 

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿MAD MAX: FURIOSA; ﻿﻿BABES; The Beach Boys [Disney+]; ﻿﻿FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN [also on VOD]; ﻿FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! [also streaming on San Francisco IndieFest]; ﻿Ezra Movie; SUMMER CAMP; Obi-Wan Kenobi- THE COMPLETE SERIES [4K] [Disney Home Video]; Imaginary Movie [Lionsgate at Home] and COUP DE CHANCE [MPI Media Group]. Groucho Reviews
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This week's featured classic soundtracks: THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Mary Poppins (music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman) 

KSJS Radio Sausalito San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

MORGAN SPURLOCK (1970 - 2024) + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 5/30/24

GROUCHO REVIEWS film critic PETER CANAVESE reviews the new movies and home video releases on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5-31-24) SCREEN SCENE with program host TIM SIKA (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿MAD MAX: FURIOSA; ﻿﻿BABES; The Beach Boys [Disney+]; ﻿﻿FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN [also on VOD]; ﻿FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! [also streaming on San Francisco IndieFest]; ﻿Ezra Movie; SUMMER CAMP; Obi-Wan Kenobi- THE COMPLETE SERIES [4K] [Disney Home Video]; Imaginary Movie [Lionsgate at Home] and COUP DE CHANCE [MPI Media Group]. Produced by LARRY JAKUBECZ for #KSJS (90.5 FM) and #RadioSausalito (1610 AM)

SCREEN SCENE MOVIE REVIEWS with PETER CANAVESE on CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW (5/30/24)

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 6/6/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Non-violent conversation! 

Teenage campers explore a collapsed tower in the woods containing the rotting corpse of a killer. When one of them takes a locket off the body, its vengeful spirit is resurrected and summarily rips through all of them to reclaim it. IN A VIOLENT NATURE is an arthouse slasher throwback from the killer's POV and we talk with lead ensemble actors Ry Barrett & Andrea Pavlovic. 

A motherless newborn, a diary, an old assault and the Russian Mafia all play parts in EASTERN PROMISES, in which a man becomes enmeshed in a complicated and dangerous chain of events. We sit down with actor Viggo Mortensen (director/star/composer of THE DEAD DON'T HURT) and director David Cronenberg.  

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA; THE DEAD DON'T HURT; IN A VIOLENT NATURE [also on Shudder 6/14]; THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL [Max]; JIM HENSON: IDEA MAN [Disney+]; SOLO; KUNG FU PANDA 4 [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE [Paramount Home Video]; THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES [Universal Home Entertainment] and COMMON LAW WIFE & JENNIE, WIFE/CHILD [Film Masters]. 

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE DEAD DON'T HURT (music by Viggo Mortensen) [Milan Records]

IN A VIOLENT NATURE + VIGGO MORTENSEN (2007 Archive) +  NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS) 6/6/24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews the new movies on THE AFTER PARTY (YouTube) with KIM MCCALLISTER (6-7-24) -- #Longing (*) + Hitman (***1/2) + #Solo (***) + #Treasure (**1/2) + #TheGreatLlllianHall (***1)

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

TIM SIKA (Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show)