Cinema Scholars Second Anniversary – A Look Back

Cinema Scholars’ second year is officially in the books. In this anniversary piece, some of our team looks back on the experience, including their favorite moments this past year. We also share our fifteen most popular articles published in the past twelve months.

Most Popular Articles

15. The Astonishing Life and Tragic Death of Carole Landis

14. The Story Behind SCARFACE (1983)

13. The Making of POPEYE (1980)

12. HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES (2003): 20th Anniversary Review

11. BONES AND ALL Review

10. Matt Helm: A Movie Retrospective

9. Movie Stars in the Studio System: Secrets and Rules

8. Hollywood History: The Chateau Marmont

7. The Making of PLANET OF THE APES

6. The Star-Studded Streets of Beverly Hills (Part 2) 

5. THE OFFER Review

4. Is VERTIGO (1958) the Greatest Film Ever Made?

3. The Making of FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)

2. Celebrity-Owned Restaurants of Old Hollywood

1. Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder: An Illusion of Friendship

Thoughts From Our Staff

Rebecca Elliott, Managing Editor/Contributor

Year two proved to be another busy one with many highlights for Cinema Scholars. We welcomed several new writers to the team, and our coverage of both classic and current TV and film grew accordingly. Returning to festivals like Tribeca and Fantastic Fest, Cinema Scholars also covered both South By Southwest and the ATX TV Festival as official press for the first time.

The site also celebrated many high-profile interviews with various filmmaking talent including Ryan Phillippe and Lance Henrikson. With all this momentum, we hope to branch out even more very soon. Here’s to another year of wins at Cinema Scholars!

Hugh Feinberg, Managing Editor/Contributor

As I stated last year around this time, this is a difficult field to break into. With all the many websites out there, it ain’t easy to make a dent. Fortunately, we seem to have done just that. Our numbers on social media (Facebook and Twitter, specifically) over the last two years have skyrocketed thanks to our loyal readers and, especially, the hard work of the people that help make this Site run. I’d personally like to thank everyone who contributed to our website over the last year. We wouldn’t be where we are without you. Oh, and we got a new logo too!

Even as we close in on our five-hundredth article, we understand that long-form journalism is slowly becoming a dying art form. The future, for better or for worse, lies with audio/visual. Podcasts and YouTube are both thriving in the entertainment industry and that’s especially true with regards to film theory and film critique. As such, we are making plans to bring you podcasts and video features that will help launch this website into its next phase. We hope that you will continue to support us and stick with us. Here’s to the next year!

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