Articles

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: Pushing The Yellow Bus 20 Years Later

Introduction It’s hard to overstate the enormous impact that Little Miss Sunshine had when the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. It...

THE END OF OAK STREET Review: A Summer Movie From Another Time

Introduction From the moment the soundtrack starts in David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street, I felt a certain sense of nostalgia. This movie...

QUENTIN TARANTINO: What’s Next For One Of Hollywood’s Greatest Directors?

Introduction Almost 35 years into his career, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the most distinctive and influential filmmakers of the modern era. Emerging from the...

NITRAM: A Review Of The Disturbing Australian Drama

Introduction Captivating and nihilistic, Justin Kurzel's Nitram shows what the life of a psychopathic monster would look like without empathizing or humanizing his actions. Featuring top-notch performances...

Director Tarik Saleh Talks THE CONTRACTOR

Cinema Scholars interviews Tarik Saleh, director of the new action/thriller The Contractor. The film stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Kiefer Sutherland. Paramount Pictures...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Veronica Lake

Early Years Born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman in Brooklyn, New York on November 14, 1922, Veronica Lake came from a modest, working-class family. At the...

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN: A Retro Review

Following the recent death of William Hurt, Cinema Scholars thought of no better time to present a retrospective review of Kiss of the Spider...

Aline: A Review of the Unofficial Celine Dion Biopic

Introduction Dizzying and heartwarming, Aline pays homage to the love story of Celine Dion and her husband Rene. This is done through its barely fictionalized...