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...

BOILING POINT: Review Of The One-Shot Restaurant Drama

Filmed as one continuous tracking shot, Philip Barantini's Boiling Point uses this technique to enhance its story rather than using it as a niche. ...

Cinema Scholars Reviews GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

Cinema Scholars reviews Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which opens exclusively in theaters nationwide on November 19, 2021 courtesy of Columbia Films. Introduction It’s no secret that...

An Interview With RED STONE Writer/Director Derek Presley

Cinema Scholars takes a look at the new indie crime thriller Red Stone, and sits down with director Derek Presley to talk cinematic inspirations,...

THE BEATLES: GET BACK – A Review of Peter Jackson’s Epic Documentary

Introduction January 1969 was a rough period for the world's four most famous musicians. Brian Epstein, manager and fixer for The Beatles, had died of...

THE SPINE OF NIGHT: A Review Of The New Animated Fantasy Epic

Cinema Scholars reviews the new animated fantasy The Spine Of Night, which opens in theaters, on demand and digital October 29, 2021. Introduction When telling an epic...