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From Marlowe To Rockford: A Progression To An Iconic Character

Introduction When I was a boy, my family moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Those were idyllic years. I loved living in Southern California. I...

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...

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...