The Cinematic Schematic

TIME STAMPS 1:53 – 2018 Oscar nomination reactions 112:19 – Sound Trek with Alexandra Bohannon The latest episode of The Cinematic Schematic wraps up The Cinematropolis‘s January theme of  Prestige Films: Past and Present with a special Oscar 2018 nomination reactions conversation featuring Laron Chapman, Alexandra Bohannon, Zachary Burns and myself. We discuss several of the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay among others. In the second half of the show, Alexandra Bohannon takes back the music books in the latest edition of “Sound Trek” covering her very favorite “prestige pictures.” In this talk, she attempts to pinpoint and define the term “prestige” before breaking down tunes from Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. This month’s Sound Trek selections Jackie – “Children” Jackie – “Intro” Apocalypse Now – “Intro” Apocalypse Now – “Delta” Apocalypse Now – “Ride of the Valkyries” Titanic – “Leaving Port” Titanic – “Death of Titanic” Titanic – “The Dream / My Heart Will Go On”   Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis […]

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We continue our month of Prestige Films: Past & Present with a special edition of The Cinematic Schematic‘s “Sound Trek” dedicated to the recently announced Oscar nominations for the 2018 Best Original Score. Now that the Academy has rolled out this year’s contenders for Best Original Score, Alexandra Bohannon picks her favorite tracks from each of the nominated scores and breaks down what made them the most important of the year. Which of these scores the best stands the best chance at a win? Tune in to get our thoughts and analysis on each nomination in the Best Original Score category! Today’s Sound Trek Selections Dunkirk – “Supermarine” The Last Jedi – “The Sacred Jedi Texts” Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri – “Billboards on Fire” The Shape of Water – “A Princess Without A Voice” Phantom Thread – “For the Hungry Boy”   Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis on Twitter and Instagram @thecinematrop

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As our month of Prestige Films: Past and Present continues, The Cinematroplis writing team found ourselves split over the controversial 2006 Best Picture winner, Crash. Laron Chapman recently wrote a full-fledged defense of Paul Haggis’s film, calling it “a cinematic prophecy ahead of its time.” Kevin Tudor objected to Laron’s defense and challenged him to a Cinema Showdown. This is a recording of that discussion. It’s been twelve years since the infamously awarded Crash win. Looking back, was it really a terrible movie or just ahead of its time? Check out Laron and Kevin’s debate and let us know what you think about it in the comments below. Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis on Twitter and Instagram @thecinematrop

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***Today’s episode was recorded on three completely different setups in three different locations. Audio quality between each segment may vary. Time Stamps 2:04 – The Shape of Water Spoiler-Free Review 21:40 – The Shape of Water Spoilers 42:40 – “Sound Trek” featuring Godzilla 1954 and more with Alexandra Bohannon 124:40 – Special Pan’s Labyrinth post-screening panel discussion from The Tower Theatre — The Cinematic Schematic closes out our December theme of “Misunderstood Movie Monsters” with a Guillermo Del Toro monster themed episode that includes a special panel discussion talking Pan’s Labyrinth, our review/analysis of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water with Laron Chapman, and the latest edition of Sound Trek from Alexandra Bohannon featuring the score from one of Japan’s most iconic monsters. This month’s “Sound Trek” takes a trip into the supernatural, the realm of Japanese sci-fi and into the alien invasion genre. Links to all of Alexandra’s selections can be found below. We close with a special conversation discussing Pan’s Labyrinth with The Oklahoman‘s culture writer and member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, Nathan Poppe, Oklahoma filmmaker Rogelio Almeida Jr, and Christopher Shultz from Lit Reactor and the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. The panel discussion took place after a screening of Pan’s Labyrinth at Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City.   December’s […]

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FULL THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS AHEAD The Cinematic Schematic returns with another special episode featuring a brand new segment called CINEMA SHOWDOWN where a host drills a panel made up of experts with opposing opinions about a newly released film. The first edition of CINEMA SHOWDOWN is hosted and produced by Caleb Haldane from Red Six to Golden Corral. Haldane was not a fan of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and has a few questions for people who loved the movie. In his review of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars movie, Haldane called the film “a disappoint that was practically trolling the audience.” On the other side of the table is Caleb Masters and other fans of the movie. In his Cinematic Schematic review of The Last Jedi, Masters called the film “the best Star Wars movie we’ve seen since The Empire Strikes Back.” Joining the Calebs are comic book enthusiast and podcaster extraordinaire Vinton Bayne from Common Room Radio’s Excelsior podcast and filmmaker/ co-host of The Cinematic Schematic‘s film score analysis segment, Sound Trek, Alexandra Bohannon. Vinton and Alexandra both loved The Last Jedi with varying opinions on how well it all worked. In this conversation, Caleb Haldane grills the […]

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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 down in our spoiler-filled analysis discussion. Love it or hate it, we hope you’ll join our conversation by tuning in to this special Cinematic Schematic podcast. Once you’ve finished, please subscribe on Apple Podcasts […]

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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 most influential animes ever made. The show closes with the first edition of our new segment, “The Essayist,” where I sit down with this month’s special contributor, Bobby Griffith, to take a deeper dive into his essay on […]

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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 experience learning as a screenwriter and getting films with high profile talent made in Oklahoma. Hear all of this and more of our future episodes by subscribing and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts!

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Special Guests Jacob Leighton Burns Co-director Zachary Burns Co-director 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 Light by following Planet Thunder Productions on Facebook and Twitter. Fleeting Light deadCenter Schedule World Premiere – Saturday, June 10 – 3:30 P.M. in “The Okie Not So Short Shorts” […]

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              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, 8:30 pm Saturday, June 10, 6:00 pm

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