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SXSW Film & TV: Three Rom-Coms, Three Very Different Results

Cinema Scholars offers the final installment of our coverage from the SXSW Film & TV Festival 2026, taking a look at three very different...

The Performance of a Lifetime: Celebrating 30 Years of THE BIRDCAGE

Introduction In the spring of 1996, a vibrant, pastel-hued whirlwind touched down in South Beach, Miami, and changed the landscape of mainstream American comedy forever....

MERMAID Is Giving Major Florida Vibes – Interview With Star Johnny Pemberton

As anyone who's watched the 2015 Polish horror/musical masterpiece The Lure can attest, mermaids are supposed to be scary. They're not humans with fish...

DEMONIC – A Review Of Blomkamp’s Latest

Introduction For over a dozen years, South-African writer/director Neill Blomkamp has been polarizing audiences worldwide. Blomkamp's use of handheld cameras, as well as his documentary...

RARE BEASTS: A Review Of Billie Piper’s Rom-Com

Cinema Scholars is pleased to review Billie Piper’s directorial debut, Rare Beasts. A dark romantic comedy starring Billie Piper, Leo Bill, David Thewlis, and...

World War 2: The Movie Stars Who Served

These are the stories of the men who had achieved fame in Hollywood and also served in the military during WWII. Clark Gable Eight months after...

Oliver Thompson Talks WELCOME TO HAPPINESS – The Director’s Cut

Cinema Scholars' Rebecca Elliott sits down via zoom to chat with Oliver Thompson about the Director's Cut of his 2016 debut film Welcome To...

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938): A Retro Review

Introduction Made for $2,000,000 ($35,000,000 adjusted for inflation), shot in Technicolor, and released in 1938, The Adventures of Robin Hood was the most expensive movie...