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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...

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...

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959): An Appreciation

"A Hitchcock Picture to End All Hitchcock Pictures" Alfred Hitchcock made a total of fifty-three films. And it's amazing to consider just how many managed...

TRON: ARES Review – We Used Smaller Words This Time

Introduction It's been fifteen years since Tron: Legacy (2010) was released, and about a hundred years since the original Tron (1982), based on how much...