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Austin Film Festival: Tyler Savage On ODDITIES, Genre Mashups, And Working With Adrienne Barbeau

Cinema Scholars interviews Tyler Savage, writer/director of the horror film Oddities, which celebrated its Texas Premiere at the Austin Film Festival. Oddities stars Lilimar,...

WICKER Review: The Most Human Man In Town Isn’t Human

Introduction I recently reviewed the first two episodes of Mike Flanagan’s new production of Carrie. One of the central themes of Carrie is the cruelty...

Austin Film Festival: A Chat With PETUNIA Director Alec C. Cohen And Star Charlie McDermott

Cinema Scholars interviews Petunia writer/director Alec C. Cohen and star Charlie McDermott at the Austin Film Festival. The film celebrated its world premiere at...

Scholars’ Spotlight: James Coburn

Early Years James Harrison Coburn III was born on August 31, 1928, in the sparsely populated town of Laurel, Nebraska. When his father's Ford dealership...

The Astonishing Life and Tragic Death of Carole Landis

Early Years Frances Lillian Mary Ridste was born in Fairchild. Wisconsin on New Year's Day in 1919. Shortly after her birth, her father, a railroad...

HEAT 2: The Latest News On Michael Mann’s Long Awaited Sequel!

Introduction Michael Mann’s 1995 film Heat is still the benchmark for the crime genre and is also widely considered to be one of the more...

World War 2: The Movie Stars Who Served

These are the stories of the men who had achieved fame in Hollywood and also served in the military during WWII. Clark Gable Eight months after...

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: The King Of The Monsters Is Heading for NYC!

Introduction Since its debut in 1954, the Godzilla franchise has scared and excited audiences for over seventy years. Ishiro Honda’s original Godzilla used the giant...