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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...

Eire On The Rise – A Look At Ireland’s Booming Film Industry

Introduction Ireland and its people have been renowned for their storytelling since before time. Through various methods, it's no surprise they're successful at telling these...

Helena Coan Talks About Her New Doc THE LIE: THE MURDER OF GRACE MILLANE

Synopsis The headline-grabbing murder of 21-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane while on a solo holiday in New Zealand is examined in this confronting documentary that explores...

ANYONE BUT YOU – A Shakespearean Contemporary Rom-Com

Introduction The hit romantic comedy, earning over $200 million worldwide, Anyone But You, is the highest-grossing live-action Shakespeare adaptation of all time. It gives a...

Jonathan Parker And Marlo McKenzie Talk CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR!

Synopsis Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her...

Louise Brooks – A Scholars’ Spotlight

Dancer. Movie Star. Mistress. Actress. Author. Vamp. Vixen. Victim. Lulu. Legend. Louise Brooks was all of these things and more. “The great art of films...