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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...

JOE BELL (2021) – A Review Of The New Mark Wahlberg Drama

Introduction Hindsight can be a double-edged sword. On one side, knowledge gained from life events teaches people how to make better decisions going forward. On...

Richard Pryor And Gene Wilder: An Illusion Of Friendship

Introduction From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor teamed up four times (Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil,...

The Beverly Hills Hotel: Hideaway to the Stars

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a legendary locale with a long history of Hollywood glitz and glamor.  A kaleidoscope where celebrities mesh into a...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD – A Look At The New QT Book

The Movie vs. The Book Quentin Tarantino recently published his first novel, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Based on his 2019 movie Once Upon...

Q&A With Novelist Martin Turnbull

We had the pleasure of sitting down recently with accomplished Old Hollywood novelist Martin Turnbull for a brief Q&A session to discuss movies, writing,...