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Scholars Spotlight: The Sherman Brothers – Part II

Introduction If Part I of our series was the story of an ascent, then Part II is the story of orbit. Join us as we...

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....

Rodgers And Hammerstein: A Cinematic Celebration – Part III

Introduction When Rodgers and Hammerstein first collaborated on Oklahoma! (1943), they could scarcely have foreseen the cinematic afterlife awaiting their work. Broadway triumph was one...

Director Timur Bekmambetov Talks AI As A Filmmaking Partner And ‘Mercy’!

Introduction Noted auteur Timur Bekmambetov made an appearance at New York Comic Con two weekends ago to discuss his new feature film, Mercy, from Amazon/MGM...

GOOD FORTUNE Review: How Do Angels Get Their Wings?

Introduction Good Fortune, a movie featuring Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen, as well as Keanu Reeves as an inept angel, seemed like exactly the kind...

Black Phone 2: A Chilling Second Volume In Derrickson’s Modern Horror Chronicle

Introduction I’ve always appreciated when filmmakers love a genre so deeply that they create an homage in its honor. That’s exactly what Scott Derrickson and...

Rodgers And Hammerstein: A Cinematic Celebration – Part II

Introduction Join Cinema Scholars for Part II of our celebration of one of the great cinematic partnerships. When Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II joined...