Edgar Wright has been known to use music to great effect in his narrative films, so it's only appropriate that he makes a music-related documentary. The Spark Brothers (2021) tells the tale of brothers Ron Mael and Russell Mael who, as Sparks, have been writing and recording albums for nearly 5 decades. Unlike so many musicians who had an initial creative flourish then lose sight of their muse, the Maels are still creating great music right up to today.
Due to a peculiar turn of events, Tim, Bernard and Maurice handed the keys to the See Hear car over to friends of the show Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast and musician / documentarian Skizz Cyzyk. These guys are the best, and we felt completely comfortable leaving the show in their professional hands. As a bonus, Mike also presents an interview with the film's editor Paul Trewartha. Paul cut The Sparks Brothers using Adobe Premiere.
Special Guests: Bruce McDonald, Tony Burgess Guest Co-Host: Maurice Bursztynski
Mrs. French's cat is missing.
In a rather different take on the typical zombie story, Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (2008) has the English language as the infectious agent which drives people mad. Written by Tony Burgess (and based on his novel, Pontypool Changes Everything), the film stars
Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy, a shock jock from the big city now working in backwater Ontario with his audio engineer Laurel-Ann (Georgina Reilly) and producer Syndey Briar (Lisa Houle).
Mike discusses Pontypool with See Hear's Maurice Bursztynski.
The See Hear podcast mixes music and movies. Mike joined regular hosts Tim, Sticky and Maurice to look at Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
Kulturecast
As part of the January, Bond January series at Kulturecast, Mike joins Chris Stachiw and Sean Liang in a discussion of Casino Royalle and Quantum of Solace.
Special Guest: Paul Trewartha
Wrapping up 2016, Mike has been a guest on a few terrific shows...
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