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WANNABE: ALL WASHED UP: A Roundtable Interview With The Mockumentary Makers

Introduction Hollywood loves comeback stories. Few, however, are quite as gloriously awkward or as hilariously self-inflicted as Wannabe: All Washed Up. Twenty years after Richard...

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS Review: This Is What They Mean By A Crime Against Film

Introduction The concept of the celebrity sex pass was popularized on an episode of Friends. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, a celebrity...

AUTONOMOUS: Kyle Valle And Erin Áine Talk About Their Groundbreaking ‘Micro Horror’

Introduction 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...

Bond Girls: A Scholars’ Spotlight (Part 4)

Introduction In part 4 of our ongoing Bond Girl series, we head back to the beginning of the Sean Connery era for biographies of Ursula...

SORCERER (1977): A Cinema Scholars Retro Review

Though better known for its production issues, William Friedkin's Sorcerer  (1977) puts on a masterful display of non-stop tension that personifies the filmmaking sensibilities...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Paulette Goddard

Early Life Paulette Goddard was born Marion Goddard Levy on June 3, 1910, to Alta Mae Goddard and Joseph Levy in Queens, New York. Her...

A Review Of The New Horror Film A BANQUET

Cinema Scholars reviews Ruth Paxton's new horror film A Banquet starring Sienna Guillory and Jessica Alexander. IFC Midnight will release A Banquet in select...

MARRY ME – A Review of the New Romantic Comedy

Reuniting on screen for the first time since Anaconda (1997), Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson energize Marry Me. The new romantic comedy may not...