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I recently reviewed the first two episodes of Mike Flanagan’s new production of Carrie. One of the central themes of Carrie is the cruelty...
Cinema Scholars interviews Petunia writer/director Alec C. Cohen and star Charlie McDermott at the Austin Film Festival. The film celebrated its world premiere at...
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James Whitmore said, "The documentary form is something we need more than almost anything else." Today, that statement is truer than ever. So it...
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Independent filmmaking has always been about embracing limitations and transforming them into opportunities. Whether it's stretching a budget, building creatures from scratch, or experimenting...
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Christopher Nolan has become a generational storyteller and filmmaker. His films have explored superheroes through The Dark Knight Trilogy, science fiction through Interstellar (2014)...
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Horror has always been at its most unsettling when it taps into stories that feel older than memory itself. Long before masked killers stalked...
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Set against the unforgiving landscapes of the American frontier, Long Shadows (2025) is a brooding and emotional Western about vengeance, grief, and redemption. When...
