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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...

Lana Turner and the Murdered Mobster

An Ending And A Beginning In 1957 Hollywood star and sex symbol, Lana Turner had just split from her 4th husband Lex Barker. The split...

MARTYR’S LANE: A Review Of The New Ghostly Feature

Director Ruth Platt gives us a slow burn supernatural drama in Martyr’s Lane. The film contains some fantastic performances by young actresses, Sienna Sayer...

LANGUAGE LESSONS Review: Growing Together While Apart

Filmed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, director/writer/star Natalie Morales and writer/star Mark Duplass set the bar for socially-distant filmmaking with Language Lessons....

A Review Of The Film BROKEN DIAMONDS (2021)

Cinema Scholars presents a review for the film Broken Diamonds starring Ben Platt and Lola Kirke, ahead of its release by FilmRise and in...

SETTLERS (2021) – A Movie Review

Introduction Writer-director Wyatt Rockefeller’s debut feature Settlers is not your typical science-fiction fare. Unlike films such as 2015's The Martian, Rockefeller's film is one that...