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...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Irwin Allen: “The Master of Disaster”

Introduction In the 1970s, Irwin Allen earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” after producing such successful films as The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering...

SUNSET BOULEVARD: The Making of the Billy Wilder Classic

Premise Before legendary director Billy Wilder had moved to Los Angeles and began to direct iconic Hollywood movies, he was a big fan of them....

Revisiting Austin Film Festival Darling RE: UNITING Ahead Of Its Upcoming Release

Cinema Scholars revisits our interview with Re: Uniting writer/director Laura Adkin as well as costars Bronwen Smith and Michelle Harrison at this year's Austin...

THE GARFIELD MOVIE (2024) Review

Introduction After Garfield (Chris Pratt) unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), he and his canine friend Odie are...

IF Review: Imagine That

Introduction I never had an imaginary friend (IF) as a kid. That’s probably because I watched enough scary movies when I was young that an...