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‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback
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‘Wildwood’ Is the Film LAIKA Was Built to Make
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‘You Can See Everything’ Is the Documentary of the Decade
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    Let’s Not Forget John Huston

    December 11, 2018
    John Huston

      Fat City is a bleak but compassionate look at love, boxing, and alcoholism through the eyes of the lower class residents of Stockton, California in the 1960’s. Its material derives…

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      Sound Trek Film Composer Spotlight: Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout)

      December 3, 2018
      Lorne Balfe

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      Lorne Balfe

       

      Guest Lorne Balfe

      Film/TV/Video Game Score Composer

      Follow Lorne Balfe on Twitter: @Lornebalfe

      Like Lorne Balfe on Facebook @Lornebalfemusic

      Visit lornebalfe.com for more information on his past and future projects

       


      Welcome back to Sound Trek’s new film composer spotlight interview series on 

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      ‘Blue Velvet’ Illustrates the Decay of the Noir Hero

      November 30, 2018
      Dennis Hopper and Isabella Rossellini as Frank and Dorothy in David Lynch's Blue Velvet

      Four years before David Lynch would redefine crime television with Twin Peaks, he fractured the conventions of noir into the kaleidoscope that is Blue Velvet. Though the critical successes of Eraserhead and The Elephant Man would make an auteur out of Lynch early…

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      Sound Trek Film Composer Spotlight: Kevin Manthei

      November 28, 2018
      Kevin Manthei

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      Guest Kevin Manthei

      Film/TV/Video Game Composer

      Follow Kevin Manthei on Twitter: @KevinManthei

      Like Kevin on Facebook @KevinMantheiMusic

      Visit kevinmanthei.com for more information on his past and future projects


      Welcome to the first of Sound Trek’s new film/TV/video game composer spotlight interviews on…

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      Suspiria Is A Definitive Trump-Era Horror Film

      November 8, 2018
      Suspiria

      When covering songs, artists should try their best to both capture the spirit of the original while at the same time doing something new and unique with the material. This year, surviving ’90s band Weezer scored a hit by covering “Africa,” one of two Toto singles to rise up…

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      Halloween Versus Halloween: Has HE Finally Come Home Again?

      October 31, 2018

      WARNING: SPOILERS FOR HALLOWEEN (1978 and 2018) ABOUND BELOW

      While the Halloween franchise has its share of fans who deeply love every film in the series, there is no denying that the original 1978 movie is the best of the lot. Even non-fanatics point to Halloween as a well-made…

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      Horror Sequel Fatigue: If They’re so Bad, Why Do We Keep Watching?

      October 30, 2018
      Sequels

      As of late July 2018, eight of the top ten movies at the box office were sequels. It’s as ludicrous sounding as it is lucrative. Original ideas come from indie production companies and the big studios pump out sequels, prequels, and spinoffs to guarantee profits from audiences. Four…

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      Scream’s Meta-Thrills Scared 1990s Horror into a Bloody Evolution

      October 26, 2018
      Scream

      In life, we all have rites of passage that mold, shape, and in many ways, transform the world and perspective we once knew. From birth (if we aren’t sacrificed for a demonic ritual), to puberty (if we aren’t drenched in pig’s blood at senior prom), to marriage (if we’re…

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      The Halloween 2018 Special – The Cinematic Schematic #9

      October 24, 2018
      Halloween

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      Trick ‘r’ treat listeners! In this month’s edition of The Cinematic Schematic celebrating the horror movie season, we’re stepping into the suburban American town of Haddonfield, IL to review David Gordon Green’s Michal Myers revival film, Halloween. Laron Chapman and The Cinematropolis essay contributor Christopher Shultz join me…

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      A Brief History Of Horror Anthology Films, The Perfect Halloween Treat

      October 18, 2018
      Horror Anthology Films

      Renowned editor and short horror fiction anthologist Ellen Datlow argues that the short story is the paramount format for horror tales. She writes in the introduction to her anthology Inferno (via writer Johann Thorrson’s blog):

      I think that fiction of the supernatural works better in the shorter…

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