The Cinematic Schematic

Time Stamps 2:28 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review 20:41 – The Last Jedi Spoilers and analysis discussion Welcome to this special Star Wars edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, Caleb sits down with The Cinematropolis co-founders Jacob and Zachary Burns to discuss the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the follow-up to 2015’s The Force Awakens from writer/director Rian Johnson and has already been a box-office smash success by raking in over $220 million domestically during its opening weekend and $450 million worldwide. It’s been a huge win for Disney, but fans seem less united behind the movie. Is it just another retread of older Star Wars material or does it deliver a fresh experience for long-time viewers? In the official Cinematropolis podcast review, we open by discussing our thoughts on The Force Awakens before giving our review and recommendation of The Last Jedi. We then move into a more thorough break do

Time Stamps The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-free review with Laron Chapman- 1:51 The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-filled analysis – 8:20 “Sound Trek” with Alexandra Bohannon- 34:14 “The Essayist” interview with Bobby Griffith – 128:50 — Welcome to the November 2017 edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, each segment will focus on film experiences we are thankful for this holiday season. The show opens with this month’s “Silver Screen Soliloquies” where Laron Chapman and I celebrate A24 in our spoiler-free review of Yorgos Lanthimos‘s new film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. After giving our initial reactions, we dig into a spoiler-filled analysis of the film’s dark and weighty themes.  In this month’s second segment “Sound Trek,” Alexandra Bohannon picks out the film scores she’s most thankful for this year. Alexandra and I take a look at the rise in the popularity of synth scores since 2014 and how the bombing of Hiroshima impacted one of the

Welcome to the debut episode of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis. Each month, The Cinematic Schematic will deliver a multi-segment show covering different aspects of our monthly theme. As the title of the episode “Do Podcasts Dream of Electric Sheep,” hints, October 2017’s theme was robots, androids and AI in cinema. To kick off the podcast, I join Laron Chapman for our film review and analysis segment, Silver Screen Soliloquies, to discuss Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049. Will the new film live up to its predecessor and how exactly does it follow-up on the ideas of the original? In the second segment, Alexandra Bohannon picks some of the finest film scores fitting into the theme for her first edition of Sound Trek. Her selections include songs from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Moon, and Ex Machina. This month’s episode closes with a special interview with Rudderless and The Scent of Rain and Lightning writer/producer, Casey Twenter. Casey talks about his experienc

The Cinematropolis co-founders and co-curators Jacob and Zachary Burns join The Cinematropolis Radio to talk about their first documentary, Fleeting Light. A few words about Fleeting Light from the official synopsis: A group of blind and visually impaired individuals prove that art is accessible to everyone when they are given the opportunity to take a photography class that will result in a gallery art show featuring their work. The film explores those who participated in the course, focusing not on the difficulties they experience because of their vision impairments, but what they do in spite of them. In this talk, Jacob and Zachary discuss the origin of this film and how they took on the unique challenges of making a documentary based on the photography class for the visually impaired  Zachary was teaching for New View Oklahoma. They describe the overwhelming support of New View Oklahoma and bringing Planet Thunder’s very own spin to their first foray into documentary filmmaking. Learn more about Fleeting

              The Cinematropolis Radio continues our special deadCenter 2017 interview series with a roundtable talk featuring writer/director Mickey Reece and the stars of his film Alien, Jacob Snovel and Cate Jones. About Mickey Reece’s Alien: Mickey Reece’s Alien is a film conveyed through sensual black and white photography, brooding musical compositions and wry humor. It is a rumination on spirituality, space and divine existentialism inspired by the later years of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s tumultuous marriage. In our discussion, we talk about the inspirations for Mickey’s unique take on the later years of the Presley marriage. Jacob and Cate describe their different character research processes and, to wrap up the conversation, Mickey talks about his approach to interpreting and portraying the history and mythology of Elvis.   Follow Fall Films Entertainment on Twitter @FallFilmsEnt Like Fall Films Entertainment on Facebook    Mickey Reece’s Alien deadCenter Schedule World Premiere – Friday, June 9,

    Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of Gremlin     Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt joins Cinematropolis Radio to talk about his experiences creating marketable indie films before blowing the lid off the making of his deadCenter 2017 film, Gremlin. Gremlin: “Two years after the murder of his 10-year-old son, Adam Thatcher (Adam Hampton) receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a terrible secret, a creature that will brutally kill everyone he cares about one by one. The only way to release himself from the curse is to give the box to someone he loves, continuing the never-ending circulation of this ancient evil.” After finding success with his debut film, Army of Frankensteins, Bellgardt decided to further sharpen his filmmaking skills by developing his next film, Gremlin. In our talk, he discusses the transition from his first film to Gremlin and using the power of internet trolls to his advantage. Bellgardt also shares his behind-the-scenes experiences on Gremlin and offe