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CASINO ROYALE (2006): Becoming Bond Twenty Years Later

Twenty years after it hit screens in November 2006, Casino Royale still feels like the moment that the James Bond series remembered what it...

THE DOG STARS: Another Take On Ridley Scott’s Latest Film

Introduction By and large, the apocalypse feels a little played out as a subject. Between the zompocalypse, plagues, and war, it has been a subject...

James Bond In Space! The Making of MOONRAKER (1979)

Good Intentions When James Bond's The Spy Who Loved Me was released in July of 1977, the plan was for Eon Productions, which made the...

TROLLS BAND TOGETHER Review – Road Trip

Introduction In Hollywood’s never-ending quest to milk every franchise into a desiccated husk, they present to us Trolls Band Together. While being the third film...

THE JOB OF SONGS: An Interview With Director Lila Schmitz

Introduction On the west coast of Ireland, a community of musicians seeks joy and connection through music as they face a modernizing world. Synopsis The Job of...

NAPOLEON Review: An Abject Failure From Top-To-Bottom

Introduction Boring, pointless, and uninspired, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon attempts to side-step the traditional biopic pratfalls but forgets to do anything remotely interesting or captivating. Scott, and...

The Secrets of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO

Introduction In many ways, Psycho (1960) is the perfect film school movie. In addition to containing what is perhaps the most studied sequence in all...

SALTBURN: A Review Of Emerald Fennell’s Provocative Thriller At The Austin Film Festival

Cinema Scholars reviews Emerald Fennell’s provocative thriller, Saltburn. The film screened as the opening night selection for this year's Austin Film Festival, with Fennell...