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Fantastic Fest 2026: The Director Of THE SQUIRREL Talks About His Sweet Sci-Fi Charmer

Cinema Scholars is back with more coverage of Fantastic Fest 2026 and an interview with Markus Lehmusruusu, director of The Squirrel. The Squirrel, a...

Fantastic Fest 2026 Coverage: Two Days Full Of Horror!

Introduction I love Fantastic Fest! It is my favorite eight days of the year. Every year, I walk into the festival carrying this massive amount...

RESIDENT EVIL (2026) Review: Never Thought I Would See The Day

Introduction My first memory of the Resident Evil video game franchise goes all the way back to my college years. I was in a friend's...

The Story Of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS (1927)

Introduction Nearly a hundred years since its premiere, Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) remains a source of fascination for generations of filmgoers. Even if you've never...

The Making of TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)

Badge of Evil In the spring of 1956, Whit Masterson's crime novel, Badge of Evil, became a modest hit upon its release. The book garnered...

THE LONG WALK Review: Walk It Off

Introduction By sheer coincidence, I attended a screening of The Long Walk just two days after walking around Disney World for three days. If you...

BACK TO THE FUTURE Turns 40: Revisiting A Classic

Introduction When Back to the Future premiered on July 3, 1985, no one could have predicted it would become one of the defining films of...

The American Spy Shows Of The Swinging Sixties

Introduction During the mid-1960s, the spy craze of movies and television was taking off. This was primarily thanks to the James Bond franchise exploding on...