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‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback
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    Alien on Stage Is a Celebration of Passion Projects and Fan Cultures – dCFF21

    June 13, 2021
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    The deadCenter 2021 film festival has always had a knack for finding the most memorable and emotionally satisfying documentaries of each year. In 2021, the festival played the heartwarming We Are Thousand, a story about amateur musicians gathering together in an Italian village to pay tribute…

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    “Jabee: Hope” Realizes OKC Hip Hop Artist’s Autobiographical Vision – dCFF21

    June 12, 2021
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    The deadCenter Film Festival is a place for all types of stories including the short stories found in music videos. One of the festival’s most notable short films playing at this year’s festival in the SHORTS: OKIE 1 block is the music video, “Jabee: Hope.”…

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    “Feel So Good” Is an Auteur Film at Heart with a “Bad Faith” Passion – dCFF21

    June 11, 2021
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    Guests:

    Ben Tefera, writer/director of Feel So Good

    Slyrex, co-producer, co-editor, sound designer and composer of Feel So Good

    Ben Stillwell White, co-producer, cinematographer, and co-editor of Feel So Good

    Grayson Dunn, star of Feel…

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    The Official 2021 deadCenter Film Festival Sneak Peek

    June 7, 2021
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    Today kicks off the beginning of the 2021 deadCenter Film Festival week for filmgoers around the state of Oklahoma. To give listeners and pass holders a tease of what they can expect, The Cinematic Schematic is joined by the deadCenter film festival director of operations,…

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    “A Long Road to Liberty” Retrospective Documents Valuable Oklahoma History – dCFF21

    June 4, 2021
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    Our exclusive coverage of the deadCenter 2021 film festival continues on The Cinematic Schematic with an interview featuring the president and CEO of the Inasmuch Foundation and producer of “A Long Road to Liberty,” Bob Ross, and the short film’s writer/director, Bryan Beasley. In this deadCenter 2021 Film…

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    Instagram Post Turned Okie Short Film “Snow Day” Memorializes Challenging 2020 Winter Season – dCFF21

    May 28, 2021
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    Special Guest

    Jacob Leighton Burns

    Writer/Director/Producer of “Snow Day”

    Co-Founder of The Cinematropolis


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    Lisa Broad – Three Films That Got You Through the 2020 Pandemic

    May 18, 2021
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    The Cinematic Schematic’s Three Films That Got You Through the 2020 Pandemic interview series concludes in its final entry with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art head of film programming and theatrical operations, Lisa Broad, PH.D. I talk with Broad about how the pandemic impacted the museum’s…

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    Mortal Kombat (2021) – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    April 28, 2021
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    In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, first-time special guests Brock Lay and Josh Reid are welcomed to the show to share their fond memories and experiences with the Mortal Kombat franchise before joining me to review the 2021 HBO Max/theatrically released Mortal Kombat from producer…

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    The 2021 Oscars Predictions Special – The Cinematic Schematic

    April 22, 2021
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    The Cinematic Schematic maintains our annual tradition of hosting an Oscar predictions episode with recurring guest host, Laron Chapman. It’s our aim to give listening cinephiles, award show junkies and casual watchers a slightly better idea of how to hedge their bets for Sunday’s 93rd Academy…

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    Yousef Kazemi – Three Films that Got You Through the 2020 Pandemic

    April 21, 2021
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    The Three Films That Got You Through the 2020 Pandemic interview series enters its final stretch on The Cinematic Schematic in part nine, our penultimate interview, with the Oklahoma Film+Music Office(OF+MO) outreach and production manager, Yousef Kazemi. I talk with Kazemi about how the…

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