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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...

HUNTING DAZE: A Review Of The SXSW Midnighter!

Introduction Profound social commentary in film is a tricky thing to pull off without falling into the trap of virtue signaling. Virtue signaling occasionally works...

THE OCTOPUS MURDERS: An Interview With Director Zachary Treitz

Synopsis When journalist Danny Casolaro was found dead in a hotel bathtub, police ruled it a suicide. But his family and colleagues believe he may...

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE – Kubrick’s Dystopian Masterpiece

Introduction In December 1971, iconic director Stanley Kubrick's dystopian masterpiece had its worldwide premiere in New York City. We at Cinema Scholars thought this was...

Rory Culkin Talks About His Latest Film 5LBs OF PRESSURE!

Synopsis In this gripping action-thriller, Adam (Luke Evans), an ex-con back in his old neighborhood after serving 16 years for murder, walks a rocky path...

The Hollywood Vampires – A Drunken Oral History

Introduction During the eventful year of 1973, events were converging in Los Angeles. The result of this would be the formation of an iconic "drinking...