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TONY Offers Up A Perfect Slice From Anthony Bourdain’s Beginnings

Cinema Scholars reviews the new Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony. The film is directed by Matt Johnson and stars Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, and Emilia...

MOTOR CITY Review: Trying Something New, Which Sort Of Works

Introduction Sparkling dialogue is not the trademark of traditional action movies. Potsy Ponciroli's Motor City attempts to cultivate an action film nearly devoid of any...

ROCKY (1976): Still The Champ Fifty Years Later

Introduction Fifty years have passed since a modest, low-budget film about a down-and-out Philadelphia club fighter first flickered across screens. Rocky, released in 1976, remains...

TONY Offers Up A Perfect Slice From Anthony Bourdain’s Beginnings

Cinema Scholars reviews the new Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony. The film is directed by Matt Johnson and stars Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, and Emilia...

MOTOR CITY Review: Trying Something New, Which Sort Of Works

Introduction Sparkling dialogue is not the trademark of traditional action movies. Potsy Ponciroli's Motor City attempts to cultivate an action film nearly devoid of any...

ROCKY (1976): Still The Champ Fifty Years Later

Introduction Fifty years have passed since a modest, low-budget film about a down-and-out Philadelphia club fighter first flickered across screens. Rocky, released in 1976, remains...

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Review: The Heart Of Spider-Man

Introduction Spider-Man has been the everyman of the Marvel Universe since his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The Fantastic Four may be...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Paul Thomas Anderson

Introduction Since his first feature hit theaters in 1996, Paul Thomas Anderson has built a body of work that stands apart from most of what...