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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...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Ray Harryhausen

Introduction As a master of visual effects, the case could easily be made that Ray Harryhausen is one of the most influential figures in cinema...

DADDIO Review: An Acting Showcase For Dakota Johnson And Sean Penn With Surprising Depth

Introduction Christy Hall's Daddio is two tropes in one film. On the one hand, you have the single-location, two-hander talk-heavy character study, but you also...

MY LADY JANE: Rob Brydon and Anna Chancellor Talk About Their New Series!

Synopsis “Gird your loins for the tragic tale of Lady Jane Grey, the young Tudor noblewoman who was Queen of England for nine days and...

Tribeca Festival 2024: A Review

Introduction From June 5th to 16th this year, downtown Manhattan hosted the 23rd annual Tribeca Festival, which brought film, art, episodic content, audio storytelling, games,...

INSIDE OUT 2 Review: Deep Breaths

Introduction All of us have memories of our early teenage years. Middle school. Puberty. Suddenly caring far too much about clothes and hair. Or, caring...