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Art House New York: An Interview With Allason Leitz, Co-Founder Of The “People’s Film Festival”

Introduction There’s a familiar story doing the rounds: cinemas are dying, audiences have moved on, and the magic of the big screen is fading into...

MAGNUM, P.I. (1980-1988) – How Tom Selleck Transformed Television

Introduction The rebooted Magnum P.I. (2018-2023), starring Jay Hernandez, was a good and fun series. Hernadez was a charismatic and engaging lead. Further, Perdita Weeks...

Review: MOTHER MARY Is A Stylized Rock Opera Thriller With Horror Sensibilities

Cinema Scholars reviews David Lowery's new music thriller Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. The film co-stars FKA Twigs, Kaia Gerber, and...

BABYLON Review: We’re Going To Need Two Cigarettes After This Romp

Introduction It’s a rare occurrence when a movie or series shows something that stops every random thought in my head, every synapse focusing like a...

LES MISERABLES: A 10-Year Anniversary Review

Introduction Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Tom Hooper's Les Misérables garnered eight Oscar nominations (winning three) and made $441 million worldwide. But with ten years of hindsight, is...

An Interview With THE APOLOGY Writer/Director Alison Star Locke

Cinema Scholars interviews Alison Star Locke, writer/director of the new thriller The Apology. The film stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, and Janeane Garofalo. The...

PREDATOR: A 35th Anniversary Oral History

Introduction Forever immortalized as the film that gave the world the "epic handshake meme," Predator (1987) is, perhaps, the zenith of the oft cocaine-fueled science-fiction/action...

THE FABELMANS: It’s Not Fabelman. It’s Fabel-Man. He’s A Fable…Man

Introduction Similar to James Gray’s Armageddon Time (2022), The Fabelmans, directed and co-written by Steven Spielberg, is a fictionalized depiction of parts of Spielberg’s childhood....